Andy Palmer

With a track record of 5 successful startups in the past 13 years, Andy is a specialist in accelerating the foundation & growth of early stage companies. Andy’s unique blend of strategic perspective and disciplined tactical execution is suited to environments where uncertainty is the rule rather than the exception.

Andy Palmer’s Specialties:

Software, Sales & Marketing, Web Services, Service Oriented Architecture, Drug Discovery IT/Informatics/Software, Database, Data Warehouse

Andy Palmer’s Experience

Co-Founder & BOD Member

Vertica Systems

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year)

Co-Founded company. Recruited team(including CEO), acquired first customers and partners, drove significant revenue growth, raised $23M+ from leading venture capital firms - NEA, Kleiner Perkins, Highland Capital & Bessemer Venture Partners.
Founding BOD Member

CloudSwitch

(Computer Software industry)

2008 — Present (less than a year)
Founding BOD Member

ByLedge

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

2008 — Present (less than a year)
Founding BOD Member

SciLink

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

August 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Board Member

Animation Technologies

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2000 — Present (8 years 4 months)

Independent board member.
CEO & Co-Founder

Vertica Systems

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2005 — December 2007 (3 years)

Co-Founded company. Recruited team, acquired first customers and partners, drove significant revenue growth, raised $23M+ from leading venture capital firms - NEA, Kleiner Perkins, Highland Capital & Bessemer Venture Partners. Proactively hired top tier CEO.
SVP of Operations & CIO

Infinity Pharmaceuticals

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2001 — January 2006 (4 years 5 months)

As the Chief Information Officer and SVP of Operations at Infinity Pharmaceuticals (INFI), Andy was part of the original startup team and responsible for information technology & informatics as well as the Finance, Administrative, Facilities, Organizational Development & Human Resource Functions as the company raised over $100M and grew from 3 to 100+ people.
VP of Sales & Marketing

Bowstreet (Purchased by IBM in Dec 2005)

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 1998 — May 2001 (2 years 9 months)

As the Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Bowstreet, Andy led the development and execution of all early sales & marketing initiatives and product definition as well as the recruitment of the company’s sales, marketing & professional services teams as the company grew from 4 to over 350 employees.
VP of Marketing

pcOrder.com

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; PCOR; Computer Software industry)

September 1995 — September 1998 (3 years 1 month)

Andy was the first Vice President of Marketing at pcOrder.com (NASDAQ:PCOR) where he was directly responsible for dramatic revenue growth and rapid customer acquisition in preparation for a successful initial public offering.
Director of Marketing

Trilogy

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1994 — September 1996 (2 years 4 months)

Developed and implemented vertical sales and marketing programs as company grew from less than 50 to over 500 employees with revenue growth in excess of 100%/year.

Andy Palmer’s Education

Dartmouth College - The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

MBA, General Management, 1992 — 1994

Activities and Societies:

Entrepreneurship, Technology
Bowdoin College

BA, English, History, Computer Science, 1984 — 1988

Activities and Societies:

Rugby, Theta Delta Chi