Jeff Pashalides, Head of Corporate at Sequoia Capital

Among other topics, Jeff discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy: * The symbiotic relationship between practitioners, the venture community, and the founding community * Sequoia’s CIO activities and events * Jeff’s insights into the importance of security, artificial intelligence, and the public cloud to CIOs * How Sequoia helps clients cut through the noise to see what is real * Strategies for the successful development and implementation of new technology * Two things enterprise technology can learn from consumer technology * Eye on the trends: cloud security, focus on talent   Jeff Pashalides is the Head of Corporate at Sequoia Capital, a global venture capital firm. Jeff joined Sequoia in 2014 to establish, build, and lead Sequoia’s corporate practice. His team works closely with founders, investors, and C-level executives on a broad range of strategic projects. Before joining Sequoia, Jeff led finance and corporate development at TrueCar and led Blackstone’s software as a service advisory practice. Jeff has a computer science degree from Brown University.