Jeff Pashalides, Head of Corporate at Sequoia Capital

Summary: Among other topics, Jeff discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:<br> <br> * The symbiotic relationship between practitioners, the venture community, and the founding community<br> * Sequoia’s CIO activities and events<br> * Jeff’s insights into the importance of security, artificial intelligence, and the public cloud to CIOs<br> * How Sequoia helps clients cut through the noise to see what is real<br> * Strategies for the successful development and implementation of new technology<br> * Two things enterprise technology can learn from consumer technology<br> * Eye on the trends: cloud security, focus on talent<br> <br>  <br> Jeff Pashalides is the Head of Corporate at Sequoia Capital, a global venture capital firm. Jeff joined Sequoia in 2014 to establish, build, and lead Sequoia’s corporate practice. His team works closely with founders, investors, and C-level executives on a broad range of strategic projects.<br> Before joining Sequoia, Jeff led finance and corporate development at TrueCar and led Blackstone’s software as a service advisory practice.<br> Jeff has a computer science degree from Brown University.<br>