Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
CB Rank (Person) 356,680

Bethany Mayer has served as the Executive Advisor of Siris Capital Group since January 18. Bethany brings over 25 years of technology experience to Ixia and joined the company from HP where she held several key executive roles since 2010 and most recently served as HP's senior vice president and general manager of its Network Functions

Virtualization (NFV) business and led the company's NFV initiative. Previously, Bethany was senior vice president and general manager of HP's Networking Business unit, where under her leadership the business unit delivered 12 consecutive quarters of growth. Prior to that, she was vice president, marketing and alliances for HP's Enterprise Servers Storage and Networking Group. Prior to joining HP, Bethany served as senior vice president, worldwide marketing and corporate development at Blue Coat Systems, and has held roles at Cisco Systems, Apple Computer, Lockheed Martin, and smaller technology companies. Bethany serves as a Director on the Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) Board of Directors. She holds a BS from Santa Clara University and an MBA from California State University, Monterey Bay. In 2015, Bethany was named by CRN as a Top 25 Disruptor in the technology industry due to her years of leading breakthrough technology developments including Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization.

Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 5
Bethany Mayer is the Executive Advisor at Siris Capital Group. Additionally, Bethany Mayer has had 5 past jobs including Senior Vice President & General Manager of Network Functions Virtualization at HP.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
HP
Senior Vice President & General Manager of Network Functions VirtualizationFeb 2014Sep 2014
HP
Senior Vice President & General Manager of HP’s NetworkingMay 2011May 2014
HP
Vice President of Marketing & AlliancesMar 2010Oct 2011
Bluecoat
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Corporate DevelopmentJun 2007Feb 2010
IXIA
President & Chief Executive OfficerSep 2014
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Bethany Mayer holds 3 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Box, Member of the Board of Directors at Aptiv, and Member of the Board of Directors at IXIA.
  • Box Board MemberApr 1, 2020
  • Aptiv Member of the Board of DirectorsOct 2015
  • IXIA Member of the Board of DirectorsSep 2014
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
DataStax
Board MemberJul 20182019
Number of Events 1
Bethany Mayer has participated in 1 event, Structure Security 2016 on Sep 27, 2016.
Number of News Articles 5
NewsJul 12, 2018
DataStax: Active Everywhere, Every Cloud | Hybrid Cloud | Apache Cassandra | NoSQL — Datastax Appoints Bethany Mayer to Board of Directors
NewsJan 3, 2018
NewsAug 25, 2014
NewsNov 12, 2008
NewsOct 2, 2008