Jeff Williams

EXPERIENCE

Jeff Williams joined Bain Capital in 2016. He is an Operating Partner on the Ventures team, focusing on infrastructure software and security.  Jeff has more than 25 years of operating experience helping early-stage enterprise software companies to scale and grow into market leaders. He works across the Ventures portfolio in both application and infrastructure software companies, assuming board roles and partnering with management teams to develop go-to-market strategies, build efficient sales engines, and make introductions to larger enterprise customers.

Prior to joining Bain Capital, Jeff led sales at organizations such as GlobalCenter (acquired by Exodus Communications in 2001), IntruVert Networks (acquired by McAfee in 2003), and IronPort Systems (acquired by Cisco in 2007).  Most recently, Jeff served as Senior Vice President of Sales at FireEye, a leading enterprise security platform.  He was FireEye’s first sales leader and helped transform the company into a market-leading enterprise security company, culminating in a successful public offering in 2013.

EDUCATION

Jeff has a BS in marketing from California State University, Chico.