Ryan Carlson

President

2023 - Current

I help lead the Go to Market function at Chainguard - building a sales, marketing, and customer success team that brings our world class product and technology to every customer.

Partner

2019

I’m an angel Investor that is empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs with advice and personal capital. Along with a seasoned group of C- and SVP-level executives, I typically invest in early-stage technology companies led by brilliant, passionate, and visionary founders. See some of the founders we have backed here: https://theoperatornetwork.com/portfolio/

Advisor to CEO and to the VP of Marketing

2022 - 2024

Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Wiz

2022 - 2022

I helped build out marketing at Wiz until we found someone better to lead the team.

EVP and head of OktaX

2021 - 2022

Helped create OktaX, which worked with founders inside Okta to build new startups for whatever is next.

Chief Marketing Officer

2016 - 2021

I led the marketing team at Okta through IPO and well beyond.

VP, Marketing

2015 - 2016

VP, Product Marketing

2011 - 2015

I built the product marketing team at Okta.

Sr. Director, Product Management

2009 - 2011

Redwood Systems was a venture backed company transforming energy efficient commercial lighting. Joined at Series A, pre-revenue. Shipped first product, managed initial trial customers, won deals at Google, Facebook and other key facilities. Backed by Battery Ventures, USVP, and Index Ventures. Acquired by Commscope.

CEO, co-founder

2008 - 2011

Boot-strapped online expert recommendation system for interior design. I started a tech company with my wife; the company did not make it but we did.

Director of Product Planning

2007 - 2008

Product planning / strategy for Virtex high end FPGA product line.

Director of Marketing

2003 - 2007

Led the strategic and product marketing team responsible for the high-speed serial I/O technology used on all Xilinx FPGAs.

Sr. Product Line Manager

2000 - 2003

Fabless semiconductor company backed by Sequoia, Redpoint, and IVP (acquired by LSI Logic in 2003). I managed Marketing and Applications teams.

President

1999 - 2000

Started Mojam.com (via spin-off from parent company) and managed to get to profitability but not scale. Mojam.com acquired in 2007 (long after I was gone).

Product Marketing Manager

1996 - 1999