James Brear, CEO, Swimlane
James Brear has proven experience driving high-growth startups to successful outcomes. Prior to joining Swimlane, James was CEO of Zycada and, before that, Veriflow, which was sold to VMWare in August 2019. Veriflow was launched in 2016 and quickly gained recognition as a pioneer of intent-based networking. Accolades for the company include being named a Gartner’s Cool Vendor and an RSA Innovation Sandbox finalist; being listed as one of Frost & Sullivan’s “top 10 to watch” and one of Information Week’s “vendors to watch;” and winning the SC magazine innovation award as well as Barclay’s innovation challenge. Previously, James was the CEO at Procera (NASDAQ:PKT) until its successful acquisition by Francisco Partners in August 2015. At Procera, James grew annual revenues in excess of 1100% in less than six years.
