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Lane Bess

Board Member at Deep Instinct

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Overview

Lane Bess serves as a Board Member at Deep Instinct [4]. Bess is CEO of Deep Instinct and Principal and Founder of Bess Ventures and Advisory [2], roles held concurrently with Board Member positions at Blaize Holdings Inc. [3] and Carnegie Mellon University [6]. Bess previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Zscaler Inc. from 2015 to 2011 [7] and as President and CEO of Palo Alto Networks from 2008 to 2010, where Bess led late-stage fundraising and scaled the company to a revenue run rate exceeding $200 million prior to its IPO [2][8]. Earlier career experience includes service as Executive Vice President at Trend Micro [9]. Bess holds a BS in Managerial Economics from Carnegie Mellon University [11] and an MBA from the University of Dayton [12].

Profile introduction
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Lane Bess is CEO of Deep Instinct and Principal/ Founder of Bess Ventures and Advisory. Prior, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Zscaler Inc., an innovator and leader in Cloud based Internet security services. He has spent over 30 years as an operational executive and has successfully launched start-ups and grown medium sized businesses to large scale. Between 2008 and 2011, Lane was CEO of Palo Alto Networks where he led the late fundraising and scaled the company from its early go-to-market, to a revenue run rate exceeding $200 million on the path to its IPO. Prior to Palo Alto Networks,…

Career history

  1. Chairperson of the BoardJan 2024 to presentBlaize Holdings Inc.
  2. Board MemberSep 2022 to presentDeep Instinct
  3. Principal and FounderMar 2015 to presentBess Ventures and Advisory
  4. Member Board Of TrusteesJun 2019 to presentCarnegie Mellon University
  5. Chief Operating OfficerApr 2011 to Mar 2015Zscaler Inc.
  6. President & CEOJun 2008 to Nov 2010Palo Alto Networks
  7. Executive Vice PresidentOct 2002 to May 2008Trend Micro
  8. Investor1979 to 1983CMU

Education

  1. BS, Managerial Economics1979 - 1983Carnegie Mellon University
  2. MBA, MBA1989 - 1992University of Dayton

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