Bio
Kirk Bowman is a Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he teaches a course in sales organization. He currently serves on the board of various private companies, including Atlassian (software development and collaboration solutions), Code 42 (enterprise, SMB and consumer data protection), Sookasa (encryption and HIPAA compliance), Couchbase (NoSQL database software), Grovo (digital learning platform), Semmle (data driven software engineering), and Delphix (data as a service). Kirk also advises several other private companies in sales strategy.
Kirk’s most recent operational experience was as the sales executive at Equallogic, a storage system company, which was acquired by Dell, Inc. in early 2008. In the 20 years prior to Equallogic, Kirk held executive sales and general management positions at VMware, Inktomi, Model N, Object Design, and Parametric Technology Corporation. This diverse background has allowed Kirk to develop extensive industry experience with multiple technologies and associated sales strategies, including: enterprise software, embedded database software, enterprise search software, internet search, storage systems, internet infrastructure, and virtualization software.
Kirk received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1987. His outside interests include golf, and cycling.