User:Mbanic

Mike Banic is a technology marketing professional in Silicon Valley.

Mike brings over 25 years of high-tech product management and marketing along with a practical understanding of how technology can solve business problems. Mike has held leadership roles in companies ranging from start-ups to the Fortune 25.

Mike is the Vice President of Marketing at Cyber Security upstart Vectra Networks and serves on the Board of Directors for Ronald McDonald House, Stanford, where is also the chair of the Marketing Committee.

Previously, Mike was the Vice president of Global Marketing for Networking at Hewlett Packard where he led the worldwide marketing functions to enable 16 consecutive quarters of growth. Mike joined HP from Juniper Networks where he held several leadership roles including Vice President of Enterprise Marketing and Vice President of Marketing for Ethernet Platforms Business Unit and made significant contributions toward growing the company’s enterprise revenue and market share. Mike joined Juniper through the acquisition Peribit Networks, where he was vice president of Enterprise Marketing. He previously served in product marketing and product management positions at Trapeze Networks, Rhapsody Networks (Acquired by Brocade Networks in 2002), Extreme Networks, 3Com Corporation (which acquired Synernetics in 2004). Mike started his career as a system engineer for Artel Communications.

Originally from Connecticut, Mike professes amnesia regarding the futility of the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox during his youth and now takes great pride in the championships of the Red Sox, Celtics, Patriots and Bruins.

Mike holds a BS in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.