Overview
Andy Brown serves as CTO in Residence at FinTech Innovation Lab[1][4] and CEO of Sand Hill East[3], where Brown advises and invests in early-stage companies across cloud security, FinTech, InsurTech, and AI[2]. Brown has spent over 30 years in enterprise technology, including roles writing C and Oracle code at BT in the late 1980s and leading technology strategy at UBS, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and Bank of America[2]. Brown holds board positions at Zscaler[5] and serves as a board advisor to aiScout[10], among other advisory roles at venture firms and startups[6][7][8][9]. Brown holds a BSc (Hons) in Chemical Physics from UCL[11].
Profile introduction
I've spent 30+ years building, breaking, and reimagining enterprise technology — from writing C and Oracle code at BT in the late '80s to leading technology strategy at UBS, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and Bank of America. Today I sit on the boards of Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) and Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), Replica Cyber and Tifin AMP, and run Sand Hill East, where I advise and invest in early-stage companies across cloud security, FinTech, InsurTech, and AI. As CTO-in-Residence at the FinTech Innovation Lab, I help startups turn ideas into products that solve real problems for financial institu…
Career history
- CEOJan 2014 to presentSand Hill East
- CTO in ResidenceNov 2013 to presentFinTech Innovation Lab
- Member Board of DirectorsNov 2015 to presentZscaler
- Board Of DirectorsSep 2019 to presentEverpure
- Advisory PartnerFeb 2026 to presentFlume Ventures
- AdvisorApr 2024 to presentCapri Ventures
- AdvisorMay 2016 to presentFTV Capital
- Board AdvisorSep 2023 to presentaiScout
- Senior advisorDoControl
Education
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