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Suresh Balasubramanian

Investor

Venture Partner at Storm Ventures

Sunnyvale, California, United States

About

Suresh Balasubramanian is Chief Marketing Officer at Qualio, where he is leading a rebuild of the company's go-to-market engine from single-channel paid search to omni-channel inbound and account-based marketing. Over two decades, he has held marketing and general management roles across startup, scale-up, and post-acquisition environments globally, including positions at Qualys (where he contributed to revenue growth from $300M to $500M and a shift to multi-channel ABM), MeridianLink, The Myers-Briggs Company, and Adobe. He has also served as CEO at LiveHive and Armor5, and advises GTM teams for Storm Ventures.

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Experience

  1. QualioChief Marketing Officercurrent2025 — present
  2. Storm VenturesGTM Advisorcurrent2025 — present
  3. MeridianLinkChief Marketing Officer2023 — 2025
  4. QualysChief Marketing Officer2021 — 2023Foster City, California, United States
  5. Elevate Security (acquired by Mimecast)Chief Marketing Officer2020 — 2021Saratoga, California, United States
  6. The Myers-Briggs CompanyChief Marketing Officer / GM / Senior Vice President Global Marketing, Products & Programs2016 — 2019Sunnyvale
  7. LiveHive Inc, Armor5CEO Roles2012 — 2016
  8. SIIABoard Member2009 — 2012
  9. AdobeGM Worldwide Anti-Piracy / Customer Monetization Strategy2007 — 2012San Jose
  10. Everdream Corp (Acquired by Dell), Macrovision, AMDVice President Product Management, Alliances Leadership Roles2001 — 2007
  11. JP Morgan ChaseSummer Associate, Investment Banking TMT2000
  12. Silicon GraphicsSr Marketing Manager1996 — 1999
  13. Silicon GraphicsMember of Technical Staff1994 — 1996

Education

  1. The Wharton SchoolMBA, Finance
  2. The Ohio State UniversityMS, Computer Science
  3. National Institute of Technology, TiruchirappalliBachelor's degree, Computer Science
  4. Vidyamandir

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Go-to-Market StrategyPositioning (Marketing)Board of DirectorsRevenue & Profit GrowthProduct Marketing28Business Development35Software Licensing6Pricing4Emerging Markets2Global Management2IT Service Management1
+12 moreProduct ManagementCloud ComputingGo-to-market StrategyDemand GenerationBusiness AlliancesStrategic PartnershipsSolution SellingStart-upsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)SaaSEnterprise SoftwareStrategy
  • CPI (leadership and talent selection) Certified Practitioner — The Myers-Briggs Company
  • MBTI Certified Practitioner — The Myers-Briggs Company

From Suresh's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,317 more

Also attended The Ohio State University84

Keatten SmithCapital Formation Coordinator at March Capital PartnersJohn Rice, Ph.D.Partner Emeritus at CincyTechSara Risch, PhDAdvisor at CincyTechWill McKelveyPrincipal at Lerer HippeauJohn D. SimonExecutive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital PartnersSachi SanghaviJunior Analyst at JobsOhio Ventures

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Also attended National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli14

Job SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalNachi DasExperts | Global Market Expansion & Growth at 212Anil KurugantiPartner at GP BullhoundSwathi DhamodaranAssociate, Growth Equity at Trifecta Capital AdvisorsShub BhattacharyaInvestments at FoundamentalChandresh IyerGeneral Partner at SixThirty Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Qualio5

Jeremy KirschOperating Partner at Differential VenturesKen ElefantPartner at Sorenson VenturesArun PenmetsaPartner at Storm VenturesJP (Jean-Paul) SandayPartner at Menlo VenturesVijay NagappanPartner at MHS Capital

Also worked at Elevate Security (acquired by Mimecast)3

Martina LauchengcoPartner at Costanoa VenturesNitin ChopraManaging Director at Shasta VenturesPatrick HeimManaging Partner at Syn Ventures Seed Management Llc

Also worked at Adobe81

Louise TomlinsonInvestor at Reinventure GroupAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesSydney SloanChief Marketing Officer at Scale Venture PartnersJeff VeenDesigner and investor in London, United KingdomErika NashInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalDavid MackayD9Y at Mucker Capital

+ 75 more

Also worked at JP Morgan Chase254

Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesDavid GoldenManaging Partner, Revolution VenturesTodd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionNick ZurickTalent Lead at Pantera Capital

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Colleagues at Storm Ventures

Abby Kearns
Investor at Storm Ventures
Ahmed Al-Bahar
Entrepreneur in Residence at Storm Ventures
Alex Mendez
Managing Director Emeritus at Storm Ventures
Arun Penmetsa
Partner at Storm Ventures
Christian Weniger
Venture Partner at Storm Ventures
Daniel von Devivere
Venture Scout at Storm Ventures
David Somers
Partner at Storm Ventures
Emily Moskowitz
Entrepreneur in Residence at Storm Ventures