Bio

Gamiel Gran joined Sierra Ventures in 2008 as Vice President of Business Development. Gamiel leads the Business Development Strategy for the Firm that allows broad market outreach for Sierra Ventures. Key elements of the Business Development effort are formal external advisory boards such as the Sierra Ventures CIO Advisory Board, Sierra Strategic Advisory program, partnerships with services providers such as Angel investors, recruiters, venture banking, and law firms. Serving in the role of Business Development is a unique role for the venture capital community and a role that Sierra Ventures has seen significant impact across each stage of the investment process from sourcing deals, accelerating portfolio company market adoption and successful exits. In his role, Gamiel develops lead sources for the firm and is focused on the broader software sector. Gamiel has more than 20 years of operational roles leading Business and Corporate Development, Strategic Alliances, Indirect Channels, and Direct Sales for companies such as IBM, Oracle, BEA, Asera, Edify and Cassatt. Prior to joining Sierra in 2008, Gamiel was VP Global Channels/Business Development at Cassatt Corp., VP Global Channel Sales at Edify, VP Strategic Alliances at BEA, and VP Business Development at Asera. He also spent four years at Oracle in Channel Sales and ten years at IBM in Business Development and Sales. During his career, Gamiel has been recognized for successfully establishing strategic relationships and launching channels and indirect sales models publications such as VAR Business and CRN have captured these skills with various industry awards. Gamiel holds a BA in Economics/Social Science from the University of California at Berkeley.