Brad Murdoch is EVP, Strategy and Product for Lightbend. In this role he drives corporate strategy and product management as well as owning responsibility for strategic alliances. Prior to joining Lightbend in 2016, Brad filled a number of executive roles in strategy, business development, marketing, and operations for early and growth stage companies in the professional open source, cybersecurity and enterprise mobility markets. Previous companies include JBoss (acquired by Red Hat), Prevoty (acquired by Imperva), Framehawk (acquired by Citrix), Nukona (acquired by Symantec) and OpenSpan (acquired by Pegasystems). Brad holds an honors degree in Computer Science from the University of Glasgow.