Jim Zierick, Executive Vice President Product Operations
Mr. Zierick brings more than 25 years of enterprise experience building technology companies in operations and sales to BeyondTrust, where he is responsible for directing the company's global initiatives to drive product growth and technical thought leadership in the Privilege Identity Management market, as well as adjacent markets. He drives the development methodology, process and management for the entire BeyondTrust product suite.
Prior to joining BeyondTrust, Zierick served as CEO of Nirvanix, a provider of cloud storage solutions. Before joining Nirvanix, Zierick was CEO of Aspyra, a provider of information solutions for the healthcare industry. Prior to Aspyra, he was CEO of enterprise-oriented embedded control software developer LogicalApps, where he led a sale to Oracle Corporation. Prior to LogicalApps, Zierick was executive vice president of Peregrine Systems' worldwide field operations, where he oversaw a staff of 350 including sales, alliance, customer support and professional services organization, and was responsible for generating $200 million of new license support and service revenue before the sale of the company to Hewlett Packard.
Prior to joining Peregrine, Jim was a partner with McKinsey & Co. where he advised and executed a number of strategic and operational improvement plans with major technology companies. He co-led McKinsey's Southern California technology and operational effectiveness practices, leveraging deep experience in the enterprise software, server, storage and semiconductor sectors.
Mr. Zierick received his an MBA from Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business and a B.E. and an A.B. from Dartmouth College in Engineering.