Brendon Schmidt
Principal & Head of Business Development·Sierra Ventures
Bio
Professional summary
Brendon Schmidt is Principal and Head of Business Development at Sierra Ventures, where he leads business development operations, including the CXO Advisory Board and Annual CXO Summit. He works with portfolio management teams on CXO engagement, strategic partnerships and analyst relations, and also supports Sierra's investment team on sourcing and diligence. Before Sierra, he worked at Gartner supporting CIOs in healthcare and investors in venture capital and private equity.
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Sierra VenturesPrincipal & Head of Business Development2017 – Present
- GartnerDirector2017
Education
- University of FloridaMS, Entrepreneurship
- University of FloridaBA, Environmental Science
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