Eric Gan
Chief Executive Officer
- ○ Born in Hong Kong
○ Graduated from Imperial College Medical School
○ Lived in Japan for 30+ years
○ Started as a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs
○ Started first start-up ‘eAccess’ in 2000
○ eAccess profitable in Year 2 & IPO’d in Year 3
○ eAccess merged with SoftBank in 2013
○ Current role: Cybereason CEO and Chairman
Manish Narula
Chief Financial Officer
- ○ Born in India
○ Graduated from Stanford University MS&E
○ Joined Microsoft from 2008 to 2015
○ Joined ARM from 2015
○ CFO at Treasure Data from 2019 to 2021
○ Joined SoftBank Corp from 2022
○ Current role: Cybereason CFO & Head of HR
Andrew Schwabecher
President, R&D, Services and Operations
- ○ Graduated from the University of California
○ 20+ years experience leading B2B technology organizations
○ Founded a managed infrastructure company acquired by 8x8
○ Joined Softbank in 2014
○ Softbank roles held include VP and CEO of a major subsidiary
○ Served on the Board of the startup Dome9 acquired by CheckPoint
○ Member of Equinix Technical Advisory Board
○ Current role: Cybereason President of R&D, Services and Operations
Gregory Puff
Legal Counsel
- ○ Born in the Silicon Valley, USA
○ Lived in Japan for 7 years
○ Graduated from NYU School of Law
○ 30+ years of experience as a M&A lawyer
○ Joined SoftBank Vision Fund (SVF) in 2019
○ Partner & Deputy General Counsel at SVF
○ Current role: Cybereason General Counsel and Head of Customer Service and Support
Eric Nagel
President, JPAC
- ○ Graduated from the University of Nottingham, UK
○ Lived in UK, South America, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore
○ Experienced Corporate Development and Investment executive
○ Worked at Merrill Lynch for 15+ years rising to Managing Director
○ Most recent experience as a VP at Intellectual ventures
○ Current role: Cybereason President of Japan and APAC
Eric Gan
Chairman
Eric Gan was the founder of eAccess, a mobile telecommunications company that challenged the belief held by both Japanese and foreign businesses that Japanese consumers were different from the rest of the world. His success in marketing low-cost mobile phones led to his career advancement—becoming the President of Ymobile, a SoftBank Corp. subsidiary, and later becoming Executive Vice President of SoftBank itself. He has led SoftBank’s pivot to overseas markets, specifically in China and India, putting him at the forefront of Japanese companies expanding into new countries and reaching new consumers. Prior to founding eAccess, Gan was a Telecom Analyst and Managing Director for Goldman Sachs Japan, where he was involved in advising telecommunications financing projects in Japan and Asia.
Ken Miyauchi
SoftBank KK
Mr. Ken Miyauchi is a Chairman at SoftBank Commerce & Services Corp. and a Chairman at SoftBank Corp. He is on the Board of Directors at SoftBank Group Corp. Mr. Miyauchi was previously employed as an Executive Officer by Softbank Group Japan Godokaisha, a President & Representative Director by WILLCOM, Inc., a COO, Representative Director & Vice President by Softbank Telecom Corp., an Outside Director by Carview Corp., and a COO, Representative Director & Vice President by SOFTBANK BB Corp. He also served on the board at Brightstar Global Group, Inc., eAccess Ltd., Z Holdings Corp. and Brightstar International Corp.
Steven Mnuchin
Liberty Capital
An American investment banker and film producer who served as the 77th United States secretary of the treasury as part of the Cabinet of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. Serving for nearly a full presidential term, Mnuchin was one of the few high-profile members of Trump's cabinet whom the president did not dismiss.
Daniela Llobet
SoftBank Vision Fund
At SoftBank Group International for three years as Director. Previously at Tech Hub at SoftBank Latin America and General Manager at Fave. Harvard Business School MBA graduate.
Sir Julian Horn-Smith
Independent
British businessman who is a member of the boards of a number of international corporations and an advisor to others.
Santo Politi
Spark Capital
Santo joined Bankers Trust, to help launch the bank’s first early stage venture arm. He left to become the President of Blockbuster before eventually returning to venture capital as a general partner at Charles River Ventures. After a few years, Santo struck out on his own to start Spark in 2005 with Todd Dagres and Bijan Sabet.
Izhar Armony
Charles River
Izhar Armony has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2004. Mr. Armony has been a managing general partner at Charles River Ventures, a venture capital investment firm, since 1997. Prior to joining Charles River Ventures, Mr. Armony was with Onyx Interactive, an interactive training company based in Tel Aviv where he served as vice president of marketing and business development. Mr. Armony also served as an officer in the Israeli Army. Mr. Armony received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business and an M.A. in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
