Patrick Salyer

Patrick brings a decade of enterprise leadership experience to Mayfield. He is the former CEO of Mayfield portfolio company Gigya, customer identity and access management leader, which was acquired by SAP. As a first-time CEO who built Gigya into a successful enterprise company, he brings a leadership playbook which can serve as a model for entrepreneurs. His operational expertise includes successfully navigating multiple product pivots, establishing a new market category, scaling to more than 300 employees and more than 700 customers, and driving to a good financial outcome. He has proven go-to-market expertise, having built global inside and field sales models, sold to Fortune 500 companies such as Nestle, GSK and Fox, and achieved high growth rates. Patrick holds a BA from Harvard University.