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Benjamin Golub
Benjamin Golub Overview
Investor Type
Angel
Investments
2
Portfolio
2
Benjamin Golub General Information
Description
Mr. Benjamin Golub serves as the Interim Chief Executive Officer & Executive Chairman at Storj Labs. He serves as a Venture Advisor at Mayfield Fund. He also served as Advisor at Aljabr. He was a Co-Founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Docker. Previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Gluster. Prior to this He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Plaxo and served as its President. He led Plaxo through a complete turnaround and over 20 million users, and a large and successful acquisition by Comcast Interactive Media. He previously served as a Board member at TRUSTe. He served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs for VeriSign, since December 2003. Since joining VeriSign in 1997, he served in a variety of management positions. He served as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President/General Manager of the Enterprise Security, SSL, and Payments divisions at VeriSign. Prior to joining VeriSign, he served in a number of product development, operations and business development roles at such companies as Avid Technology and Sun Microsystems. He serves as a Director of Familybuilder and Gluster. He has been an Independent Director of True Ultimate Standards Everywhere, since July 2010. He serves as a Member of the Corporate Advisory Board at GrayBoxx. He serves on a number of for-profits and non-profit boards, including BlueSwarm, and Partners for Youth with Disabilities. He served as a Director at Plaxo. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) accreditation. He holds an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School, a Masters degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and a B.A. degree in Public Policy from Princeton University. He currently serves as the Chief executive Officer of the company.