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Nutanix Appoints Brian Martin as Chief Legal Officer
Company adds a seasoned and highly experienced legal leader with deep B2B technology expertise SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nCompany adds a seasoned and highly experienced legal leader with deep B2B technology expertise\n\n\n SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nNutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced that it has named Brian Martin as Chief Legal Officer, effective June 18, 2024. With more than 20 years of experience in legal leadership roles, Martin has a proven track record of managing large, multinational teams while developing legal department personnel into company leaders at B2B technology businesses. In previous roles, he has helped drive transitions to cloud services and has consistently driven engagement among his teams while building legal functions as a competitive advantage and making it easier to do business in deep engineering cultures.\n\n\n“It is my philosophy that through the delivery of strategic and sensible legal counsel, a legal department will provide a competitive advantage to a company,” said Brian Martin, Chief Legal Officer at Nutanix. “I am honored to work with the world-class legal team at Nutanix and look forward to helping drive forward the company’s unrivaled innovation and execution.”\n\n\n“Brian has a wealth of experience in driving the ethical and legal achievement of business objectives,” said Rajiv Ramaswami, President and Chief Executive Officer at Nutanix. “We are proud to welcome him to Nutanix as he will guide trust, transparency, and compliance with our employees, customers, partners, investors, and regulators.”\n\n\nIn this role, Martin will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s legal department. Previously, he was the EVP and general counsel of Lyten, Inc., an advanced materials company located in San Jose, California. Prior to that, he served as SVP, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Juniper Networks for 6 years. He also served as general counsel of KLA-Tencor Corporation for 8 years and spent 10 years in senior legal positions at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Martin is an instructor at the Stanford University School of Law where he teaches a course on the role of the general counsel. He has also taught legal ethics at the Southern University Law Center and the University of Buffalo Law School.\n\n\nMartin currently serves on the Board of Directors of Family Supportive Housing, a non-profit organization that provides shelter and supportive services to h...