Gleb Budman

Current

CEO and Co-Founder at Backblaze

Past

Sr. Director, Product Management at SonicWALL
Vice President, Products at MailFrontier, Inc.
Sr. Product Manager at Excite@Home

Sr. Marketing Manager at Kendara
Co-Founder at netRelevance
Summer Associate at A.T. Kearney
Technical Leadership Program Member at GE
Founder and CEO at AttackPost

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Education

University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business
University of California, Berkeley

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

Gleb Budman’s Summary

Founder of three companies, leader in two startups from pre-launch through acquisition, and seasoned executive. Worked to save the world from spam. Now on a mission to never again hear the cry, "I wish I had backed up."

Gleb Budman’s Experience

CEO and Co-Founder

Backblaze

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Online Backup for your computer. But simple.
Sr. Director, Product Management

SonicWALL

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

March 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Led Email Security division with P&L responsibility. Integrated MailFrontier acquisition and rolled out new product line to 10,000 global channel partners. Signed up 3000 corporate customers. Doubled revenues and brought to profitability in one year.
Vice President, Products

MailFrontier, Inc.

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

June 2002 — February 2007 (4 years 9 months)

(Acquired by SonicWALL)
Led product strategy/marketing/management and business development from pre-launch through acquisition at anti-spam and email security company. Quoted by Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Network World, InfoWorld, NPR, CBS News, and hundreds of others.

MailFrontier protected over 1 million consumers and 2000 enterprises. Gartner Magic Quadrant visionary. Winner of PC Magazine, Cnet, SC Magazine, Network World, Consumer Reports, and numerous other awards.
Sr. Product Manager

Excite@Home

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

March 2000 — March 2002 (2 years 1 month)

Drove products including Broadband Platform and Excite Toolbar from inception through mass adoption (2 million daily users.) Ran 40+ person broadband self-install division, building a combination retail/online system used by over 100,000 customers to install broadband service (resulting in $5 million direct savings.) Developed Platform-Product-Professional Services strategy and leveraged it in selling to AT&T, Comcast, Cox, and other cable companies. CEO later presented this strategy during earnings call as defining the direction Excite@Home needs to head.
Sr. Marketing Manager

Kendara

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

June 1999 — February 2000 (9 months)

(Acquired by Excite@Home)
Reported to CEO. Ran marketing and products from pre-funding through acquisition. Search startup grew from 0 to 45 people and developed innovative end-user and enterprise products.
Co-Founder

netRelevance

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

August 1998 — May 1999 (10 months)

Founded search startup during business school. Business plan used as a model for entreneurship classes at U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business for years after. Joined Kendara to pursue shared vision.
Summer Associate

A.T. Kearney

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; EDS; Management Consulting industry)

May 1998 — August 1998 (4 months)

Developed strategic global sourcing plan for Fortune 10 company.
Technical Leadership Program Member

GE

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

June 1995 — August 1997 (2 years 3 months)

Designed and deployed robotic equipment in Spain for nuclear energy research. Program managed and staffed $80 million refurbishment plan for Japanese reactors. Trained in Six Sigma Quality.
Founder and CEO

AttackPost

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Sporting Goods industry)

August 1994 — May 1995 (10 months)

Developed business plan for mountain biking components company while in undergrad. Designed and prototyped initial product.

Gleb Budman’s Education

University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business

MBA , Global Business, Technology, Entrepreneurship , 1997 — 1999

Consulted in Peru on solar energy options.
VP of Internet Club.
Wrote for school newspaper.
Mentored minority entrepreneurs.
University of California, Berkeley

B.S. , Mechanical Engineering , 1991 — 1995

President of Super Mileage Vehicle (developed two automobiles; one tested at 746 miles per gallon.)