An experienced executive leader with more than 20 years in global sales/revenue capture, services, operations, and management for both large publicly traded companies and small, early-stage start-ups. Proven track record in executing successful go-to-market strategies that deliver profitable growth by accelerating and broadening product sales, international expansion, and developing alternative routes to market. I have had the privilege of recruiting, developing and coaching a variety of amazing, A-player talent for multiple functions. I believe people are the key to building great cultures and great companies. This belief has led me to multiple successful exits via acquisition and IPO. Every day, I wake up excited about what technology can do for the world. It is this passion that drives me to inspire excellence in others. I am focused on building high performance teams committed to delivering exceptional results. I aspire to cultivate a growth mindset culture, where we learn from our collective successes and failures and continuously seek to improve to deliver the best possible results for our customers. Key skills include: -Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Control Systems, IoT, Software, Hardware, Networking, Virtualization, SaaS, PaaS, DevOps, ML/DL, HPC, Metaverse, Cloud, and Emerging Technologies. -Scaling businesses and driving strategic sales of complex technology solutions. -Strong focus on customer success and building winning cultures. -Consultative, top-down sales approach focused on C-Suite and F500-F1000 Enteprises as well as Public Sector. -Accomplished in implementing Ecosystem and Channel programs, GTM & Partnership strategies with SIs, VARs, OEMs, and CSPs. -Leadership skills in mentoring, setting goals, motivating, and coaching to build high-impact global sales teams. -Adapting and navigating through every economic environment, including marshaling organizations through restructurings and acquisitions. -Turn-around experience taking stagnant businesses and recalibrating them into thriving, growth-oriented performers.
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Chief Revenue Officer (Cro)Cerio Dec 2024 - PresentOttawa, Ontario, CaEvery inflection point in computing is driven by the need for better economics and a better operational model. At Cerio Were on a mission to make data center infrastructure commercially and environmentally sustainable, to free our customers to solve bigger problems and continuously innovate – whatever moves their business forward. -
Head Of Sales | Media & Entertainment | North America At NvidiaNvidia Aug 2021 - Jan 2024Santa Clara, Ca, UsAs the Head of Sales for Media & Entertainment, I work with the industry's largest companies on their biggest challenges. Today we are helping these industries transform their business with artificial intelligence and meeting them wherever they are on their AI journey. Generative AI has brought us to the tipping point of the next computing era. As our customers race to figure out how to apply LLMs, Co-pilots, Avatars, NLP, Analytics, and other modalities, they are looking to Nvidia to help guide them into uncharted digital waters, create greater efficiencies, and monetize new revenue streams. We are leading the charge across the computing ecosystem helping the world unlock the full value of AI and solving our customers most complex problems. Nothing is more exciting and rewarding than taking this journey with the world's greatest minds. -
Head Of Ethernet Switch Sales, North AmericaNvidia Jun 2020 - Aug 2021Santa Clara, Ca, UsApplications have become so powerful servers can no longer handle the workloads. The future of compute is the data center itself. With advances in AI the network will become the central nervous system and the intelligence will be derived from the GPU's, DPU's and CPU's collectively to optimize performance and reduce cost. My role is to lead a team that helps organizations discover how to, not just transform their network with modern techniques, but also to transform their business.
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Vice President, North America Sales (Acquired By Nvidia)Cumulus Networks Mar 2019 - Jun 2020Mountain View, California, UsUnlike anyone else in the market, we build networking products purely with Linux. Our customers can leverage its standard interfaces and rich ecosystem to achieve a new level of control of cost and operations — previously accessible only to the largest web-scale operators. By transitioning to open networking, we believe organizations of all sizes can affordably build and efficiently operate your network like the world’s largest data centers.As the Vice President of North America Sales, I'm charged with making sure our customers know how easy it is to break the shackles of the old world infrastructure and move to the new era of flexibility, automation, and low cost. We have the world's best team to help show you the way to network nirvana so you can start realizing the benefits of a next generation network you have only dreamed about. -
Senior Vice President, Worldwide SalesShieldx Networks Oct 2017 - Jan 2019San Jose, Ca, UsAs Senior Vice President of World Wide Sales, I lead the go-to-market strategy for all things related to unlocking customer value. I'm responsible for sales, channel and, most importantly, customer success. The ShieldX Sales organization is unwavering in their dedication to deliver mind staggeringly, innovative solutions that help customers secure their highly virtualized data centers and complex cloud environments in ways never imagined. Our ShieldX team engages with customers to help them realize unprecedented efficiencies, cost savings, and resiliency through automated security and micro-segmentation. -
Vp-Global Government SalesFireeye (Ipo In 2013) Mar 2013 - Sep 2017Responsible for protecting the Government and Education sectors from malicious attacks and leading a team of passionate security professionals who build trusted advisor relationships with our clients. Showing the world you can no longer ignore the short comings of traditional security countermeasures and proving FireEye delivers next generation threat protection to keep your business safe and secure.
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Regional Sales Manager: Government Sales -Western RegionMcafee (Acquired By Intel) Mar 2003 - Mar 2013Grew government sales consistently by double digit growth rates. Built and led teams focused on finding innovative solutions to help our customers do more with less and stretch IT dollars to the fullest.Educating and evangelizing on how our solutions help customers augment their security programs and optimize operational and fiscal efficiencies.
Bret Brasso Education Details
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University Of Southern CaliforniaBusiness & Administration
Frequently Asked Questions about Bret Brasso
What company does Bret Brasso work for?
Bret Brasso works for Cerio
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Bret Brasso's current role is Executive Leader.
What schools did Bret Brasso attend?
Bret Brasso attended University Of Southern California.
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