Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Brian M. NeSmith served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Blue Coat Systems from March 1999 to June 2011. Prior to Blue Coat Systems, Mr. NeSmith served as Vice President of Nokia IP, Inc., a security router company, which acquired Ipsilon Networks, Inc., an IP switching company, where Mr. NeSmith served as Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. NeSmith held several positions at Newbridge Networks Corporation, a networking equipment manufacturer, including Vice President and General Manager of the VIVID group. Mr. NeSmith holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology