Meet the team

Meet the people that make CloudBolt, CloudBolt.

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    Craig Hinkley

    Chief Executive Officer

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    Brendan Dolan

    Chief Financial Officer

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    Kyle Campos

    Chief Technology Officer

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    Pritesh Upadhyay

    Chief Revenue Officer

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    Shawn Petty

    Chief Customer Officer

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    Mark Zembal

    Chief Marketing Officer

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    Craig Hinkley

    Chief Executive Officer

    Role:
    Chief Executive Officer

    Education:
    Bachelor of Information Technology, Swinburne University of Technology

    Experience:
    – CEO, WhiteHat Security, 2015-2022
    – VP & General Manager, LogLogic a division of Tibco Software (acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2015), 2013-2015
    – VP & General Manager, HP Enterprise – Networking Division

    Greatest professional accomplishment:
    Turn around and transformation of WhiteHat Security which led to a growing and profitable business that was acquired by NTT, Security Division at an above-market multiple.

    Favorite motto:
    Life is about progress, not perfection – I am a work in progress.

    Superpower:
    Seeing things for what they are and being able to rapidly “connect the dots”.

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    Brendan Dolan

    Chief Financial Officer

    Role:
    Chief Financial Officer

    Education:
    BBA IONA University; MBA Columbia University 

    Experience:

    • Chief Financial Officer; CloudCheckr (acquired by NetApp) 
    • Chief Financial Officer; Viventium 
    • President, PerTrac Financial Solutions (acquired by eVestment/NASDAQ) 
    • Chief Financial Officer, CapitalIQ (acquired by Standard &Poor’s/McGraw Hill) 

    Greatest professional accomplishment:
    I have led multiple technology companies through their growth stages to successful exits.

    Favorite motto:
    “Strive for greatness, lead with integrity.” 

    Superpower:
    Operational optimization – Optimizing business operations to enhance efficiency and effectiveness

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    Kyle Campos

    Chief Technology Officer

    Role:
    Chief Technology & Product Officer

    Education: Nothing to brag about – High School graduate, started working at a startup right out of high school.

    Experience:

    • EVP of Technology, Smarsh 
    • Digital TechOps, CSAA 
    • Director of DevOps, BioIQ 
    • Director of Quality Operations, rSmart 

    Greatest professional accomplishment:
    Added $2bil+ of enterprise market value through successful launch and scale of enterprise SaaS business line, moving product from newcomer to market leader in under 3 years.

    Favorite motto:
    Don’t let success go to your head or failure go to your heart.

    Superpower:
    Optimal dishwasher loading – no combination of dishes is above his ability to fit and ensure appropriate direct cleanability resulting in no dirty dish left behind.

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    Pritesh Upadhyay

    Chief Revenue Officer

    Role:
    Chief Revenue Officer

    Education:
    MIS, Minnesota State University 

    Experience:

    • CRO, Zenoss 
    • CRO, Optanix 
    • Director of Sales and General Manager, Sirius Computer Solutions 
    • VP Sales, CA Technologies 

    Greatest professional accomplishment:
    Converted Optanix from a direct sales model to channel-focused, creating a high-producing network of over 50 channel partners, which ultimately resulted in a successful exit for the company.

    Favorite motto:
    “One team. One Dream.”

    Superpower:
    Ability to adapt and thrive in any situation.

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    Shawn Petty

    Chief Customer Officer

    Role:
    Chief customer officer

    Education:
    Colorado State University

    Experience:

    • Offering Owner, IBM 
    • Senior SAN Architect (Disaster Recovery), Raytheon 
    • Senior Storage Engineer, Harris Corp 

    Greatest professional accomplishment:
    US Navy Veteran (VFW – Desert Storm and Desert Shield)

    Favorite motto:
    “Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Superpower:
    Gift of gab

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    Mark Zembal

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Role:
    Chief Marketing Officer

    Education:
    BA Marketing – University of St. Thomas

    Experience:

    • CMO, SecureAuth 
    • Principal/Founder, Parasol Consulting 
    • VP, Global Marketing & Communications, Acxiom 
    • Co-founder, Mindspace Advertising 

    Greatest professional accomplishment:
    Instrumental in the marketing and positioning of six companies that enjoyed successful exits (agency and/or client-side involvement)

    Favorite motto:
    “Argue for your limitations and they are yours.”

    Superpower:
    Building high-performing teams that punch well above their weight class.