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Michael Brown

Partner at Shield Capital; Former Director

Palo Alto, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • Board Member

    2022 - Current

  • Board Member and Investor

    2017

    Comprehensive medical device automation and management powered by AI

  • Partner

    2022 - 2024

  • Director

    2018 - 2022

    Accelerating adoption of advanced commercial technology to the military

  • Board of Trustees

    2013 - 2021

    The Berklee College of Music Board of Trustees are the primary fiduciaries of the college and are familiar with Berklee’s mission, objectives, policies, and programs. Trustees have a strong interest in the future of the college and are ambassadors of the college.

  • Presidential Innovation Fellow

    2016 - 2018

    Working with Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) at the Defense Department

  • CEO

    2014 - 2016

    As President and CEO of Symantec, the world’s leading cybersecurity firm, we refocused our business on security (selling the Veritas software business), articulated a new company strategy to leverage our strengths in security, recruited a new executive team, continued to change our business model towards security-as-a-service and improved profitability.

  • Board Member

    2003 - 2016

    I joined Symantec's Board of Directors following the company's merger with Veritas Software in July 2005.

  • Board Member

    2011 - 2014

    In 2011, I invested in and joined the board of the Echo Nest, a music intelligence platform with the world’s largest repository of data about music powering some of the world’s most widely used music services: Spotify, Sirius XM, Clear Channel and Vevo. In March 2014, Spotify purchased Echo Nest.

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