Tim PrendergastFounder

United States - San Francisco Bay Area

CEO at strongDM, a series-B startup solving the 20+ year old problem of how to get people to access infrastructure in a safe and sane way. Tiger Global, GV, True Ventures, and Sequoia all backed strongDM because nothing else compares. Have you tried it, yet? https://www.strongdm.com/

Founded Evident.io, the first real-time API-based cloud security platform, exiting to PANW as the category leader for $330m. Evident became the foundation for us to build PANWs first 100mm+ ARR cloud business. I served as the first Chief Cloud Officer in a Fortune 1000 company during my time at PANW.

Prior to this, I was the principal architect for Adobe's Cloud Team -- designing and scaling the elastic AWS infrastructure that created the well-known success story that is the poster-child for digital transformation.

I also did a stint piloting a multi-dimensional seating appliance of sizable scale and comfort across digital experiences on various platforms (Xbox, PS4, Steam, and others). ROI to be determined.

I spend my non-professional time as a seed investor in technologies that I truly believe in, share teachable moments and anecdotes from my journey with other founders, and generally try to be of value to the people who believed in me during my journey.

I continue to push the value of diversity in teams, boards, and thought as a key differentiator in companies. I wholeheartedly believe that women, people of color, and people with disabilities are critical to the culture and success of companies. We can only succeed together, as humans, if we respect and empower each other to be our best. All humans deserve equal compensation, equal respect, and equal opportunity to reach their potential.

My primary areas of expertise are cloud security, cloud infrastructure, building and scaling SaaS businesses, and legit barbeque. If you show up at my house with a gas grill or tofurkey, prepare to be exiled to the wastelands.