Full Name
Vanessa Pegueros
Job Title
Corporate Board Member
Company
VP Advisory, LLC
Speaker Bio
Vanessa currently serves on the boards of LivePerson, BECU, and Prisidio as well as being a board observer for Vouched.id. She has experience as a member of Audit Committee, Nom/Gov Committee, Chair of the Comp Committee, and Chair of the Cyber & Technology Committee. Through her appointment to the LivePerson board, Vanessa has become familiar with the activist process, leading a CEO search process, and debt restructuring. At BECU, she gained board experience relative to the technical transformation process and as a former board member of Carbon Black, she was a part of the $2.1B sale of Carbon Black to VMware where she gained valuable M&A experience. Vanessa is a venture partner at Flying Fish Partners, a VC firm focusing on AI/ML early-stage companies. She is seeking additional board roles in the Energy Tech, Health Tech, or Cybersecurity space.
Vanessa has over 30 years of experience managing technology, security, privacy, and risk teams in a variety of verticals. Enabled by her operational experience and ability to execute, she has been successful in leading companies through their technology and risk challenges. She has accomplished this through the definition of effective strategy and by building high performance teams to respond to the dynamic business environment.
She has broad experience working at a global level with start-ups as well as Fortune 500 companies. She understands highly structured and regulated cultures as well as more dynamic and innovative cultures. She has held roles in Engineering, Sales, Product Development, IT and Operations within Financial Services, Telecommunications, eComm and SaaS companies including Sprint, AT&T Wireless, US Bank, Expedia, DocuSign and OneLogin.
At DocuSign, she led the team through a hyper growth period including the company’s IPO ensuring that the pillar of security was a key differentiator in the marketplace. Her understanding of the international regulatory environment has allowed her to lead and develop effective global security and compliance teams.
Vanessa brings strong interpersonal skills and is recognized for her ability to promote open communication and inspire collaboration. Her empowering and decisive leadership style, coupled with her business acumen, have enabled a solid track record of constructively and successfully addressing difficult situations.
Vanessa has over 30 years of experience managing technology, security, privacy, and risk teams in a variety of verticals. Enabled by her operational experience and ability to execute, she has been successful in leading companies through their technology and risk challenges. She has accomplished this through the definition of effective strategy and by building high performance teams to respond to the dynamic business environment.
She has broad experience working at a global level with start-ups as well as Fortune 500 companies. She understands highly structured and regulated cultures as well as more dynamic and innovative cultures. She has held roles in Engineering, Sales, Product Development, IT and Operations within Financial Services, Telecommunications, eComm and SaaS companies including Sprint, AT&T Wireless, US Bank, Expedia, DocuSign and OneLogin.
At DocuSign, she led the team through a hyper growth period including the company’s IPO ensuring that the pillar of security was a key differentiator in the marketplace. Her understanding of the international regulatory environment has allowed her to lead and develop effective global security and compliance teams.
Vanessa brings strong interpersonal skills and is recognized for her ability to promote open communication and inspire collaboration. Her empowering and decisive leadership style, coupled with her business acumen, have enabled a solid track record of constructively and successfully addressing difficult situations.
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