Lessons from a First-Time CEO – Raj Mallempati – FS #2
Raj Mallempati, CEO of BlueFlag Security, has found real joy in creating a new category. But it has not all been easy. Hiring the initial team was a big obstacle, working long hours does occur, and he is always thinking about the business. The most important thing he has done so far is to invest in customer success early and often, gaining trust before talking business. Design partners and advisors have been a great help. Ultimately, Raj says that it is a crawl, walk, run approach to becoming a founder: focus on solving the problem, and the money will come.
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Raj Mallempati is CEO & Co-founder of BlueFlag Security. Prior to launching BlueFlag, he most recently served as COO CIEM at Microsoft, through Microsoft’s acquisition of his prior company CloudKnox Security (acquired 2021). Prior to joining CloudKnox, Raj was the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Malwarebytes. Raj has also held positions as the Vice President of Global Marketing at MobileIron, Vice President of Product Marketing at Riverbed Technology, and was the Director of Marketing and Business Strategy at VMware. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MS, Computer Science from the University of Texas, and a B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
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