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Brian NeSmith is an American technology entrepreneur. He is currently the CEO of
Arctic Wolf Networks
Blue Coat Management
FC Gold Pride profile
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Brian NeSmith is an American technology entrepreneur. He is currently the CEO of Arctic Wolf Networks
Arctic Wolf Networks is a cybersecurity company that provides security monitoring to detect and respond to cyber threats. The company monitors on-premises computers, networks and cloud based information assets from malicious activity such as cybe ...
, a network security startup he founded in 2012. Prior to Arctic Wolf, Brian served as president and CEO of Blue Coat Systems
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Blue Coat Systems, Inc., was a company that provided hardware, software, and services designed for cybersecurity and network management. In 2016, it was acquired by and folded into Symantec. In 2019 was, as part of Symantec Enterpris ...
, which he helped take public.
Before Blue Coat, NeSmith had been the CEO at IPSILON Networks, which was acquired by Nokia Telecommunications in early 1998.
NeSmith was also the majority owner and founder of the now defunct FC Gold Pride
FC Gold Pride was an American professional soccer club based in the San Francisco Bay Area, which participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The club replaced the San Jose CyberRays of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association as the top-le ...
of Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 sea ...
. He founded the club in the spring of 2009 and was a co-owner with his wife Nancy, who held the title of President.
NeSmith graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He and his family live in the Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
area.
External links
Arctic Wolf Networks
Blue Coat Management
FC Gold Pride profile
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