20,300+ first-level connections. Silicon Valley veteran with 30+ years of experience in marketing, sales, consulting and executive search. Broad and deep network of executives, impactful companies, VCs and startup service providers. Web has contributed early-stage marketing expertise to several leading-edge, high-profile startups and spent the vast majority of his entire career working with early-stage companies.From 2006 - 2012 and again from 2015 - 2018, Web was Founder and CEO at HiWire, a boutique executive search and consulting firm. Web helped startup executives best utilize their valuable time by acting as a trusted resource to offload significant parts of critical, yet extremely time-consuming tasks in three areas: 1). recruiting and sourcing, 2). business / product planning in preparation for pitching to investors, and 3). fundraising.After beginning his career as a Product Manager at Hewlett-Packard, Web was a very early hire at Sun Microsystems (Product Line Manager and Sales Rep), MIPS Computer Systems (Manager of Product Marketing) and RSA Data Security (VP of Marketing and Sales). While at RSA, Web spearheaded the efforts to create and then spin off VeriSign as a separate company, co-writing the Business Plan and raising the initial $5.4M from VC and corporate investors. He was instrumental in product direction and all early strategic alliances as the founding VP of Marketing and Business Development.