Jim Messina is founder and CEO of the Messina Group, a full-service consulting firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. The architect of Barack H. Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, Messina is widely recognized as one of the world's premier public affairs and communications strategists. In 2013, Messina was named the chairman of Organizing for Action, an advocacy group that promotes social policies from the community level, and co-chairman of Priorities USA Action, a progressive super PAC. His close and ongoing connections to President Obama and other key global figures add singular value and insight to the Messina Group's work.
LinkedIn ProfileTwitter ProfileGerard Bauer is the vice president of EMEA sales at Vectra. Previously, he held several sales leadership roles at Riverbed Technology over a seven-year period, most recently as regional vice president for Southern Europe. Gerard has a proven track record in jumpstarting new regions and growing revenues in mature markets. Before Riverbed, Gerard held key sales leadership roles at NetApp including director of Eastern Europe, where he established new markets that fueled revenue growth for the company. He holds a diploma in business administration from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.
See profileAaron Bean is the vice president of human resources at Vectra. He brings more than 20 years of HR leadership to Vectra, with experience in private and public companies. Before Vectra, Aaron was vice president of HR at Skyhigh Networks, which was acquired by McAfee, and senior vice president of HR at Aruba, where he led human resources from startup to IPO and acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Prior to Aruba, he was head of human resources for the Juniper Security Products Group and vice president of HR at Alteon WebSystems, where he built HR, facilities and IT functions from startup to IPO. Aaron holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Southern California.
See profileJason Kehl is vice president of engineering at Vectra. He has over 15 years of experience in the security industry, including management, software development and strategic innovation. Previously, Jason was vice president at Juniper, where he led global R&D for the SRX and management product lines. Prior to Juniper, he was a director at Cisco, where he drove innovation in IPS Global Correlation and big data. Jason joined Cisco through the acquisition of IronPort Systems where he led teams that built the industry’s leading anti-spam and reputation technologies. He holds a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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