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Kyle DohertyunlockedWAYNE: together at Harvard Business School (2008)
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WAYNE: together at Sonatype
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About
Wayne Jackson serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Sonatype, a software supply chain company that created Maven, Nexus and related technologies, and previously held the role of CEO there; a majority interest in the company was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in December 2019. He was earlier CEO of Sourcefire, Inc., which he led through a March 2007 IPO before its acquisition by Cisco for $2.7 billion, and co-founded Riverbed Technologies, serving as CEO until its sale for more than $1 billion in March 2000. Jackson holds a B.B.S. in Finance from James Madison University (1985) and completed the Executive Education program in Corporate Governance at Harvard University.
Executive at Sonatype
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Sonatype's investors · 9
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2018AspenwoodSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksBlue Delta CapitalMcLean · $15M – $50M checksCanvas VenturesCampbell · $5M – $20M checksFounders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2018Golub GrowthChicagoHummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)San Francisco · since 2016New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checksTPGSan Francisco · since 2018
Co-founders at Sonatype
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Brian FoxChief Technology Officer and co-founder
Experience
- SonatypeExecutive Chairman of the Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
- SonatypeCEO2010 — 2025Fulton, Maryland, United States
- Sourcefire, part of CiscoCEO2002 — 2008Columbia, Maryland, United States
- Riverbed Technologies (acquired by Nasdaq:AETH)CEO1998 — 2001
Skills & more
SaaS81Enterprise Software76Salesforce.com8Software as a Service (SaaS)9Strategic Planning9Start-ups85Cloud Computing34Strategic Partnerships44Product Management18Mergers3Demand Generation5Go-to-market Strategy23
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- Who is WAYNE JACKSON?
- Wayne Jackson serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Sonatype, a software supply chain company that created Maven, Nexus and related technologies, and previously held the role of CEO there; a majority interest in the company was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in December 2019. He was earlier CEO of Sourcefire, Inc., which he led through a March 2007 IPO before its acquisition by Cisco for $2.7 billion, and co-founded Riverbed Technologies, serving as CEO until its sale for more than $1 billion in March 2000. Jackson holds a B.B.S. in Finance from James Madison University (1985) and completed the Executive Education program in Corporate Governance at Harvard University.
- Where does WAYNE JACKSON work?
- WAYNE JACKSON is Executive at Sonatype.
- Where did WAYNE JACKSON go to school?
- WAYNE JACKSON studied at Harvard Business School (Executive Program, Corporate Governance); James Madison University (BBA, Finance).
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