Michael Kochanik

Mike Kochanik

Co-Founder & Head of Global Channels and Alliances

Responsible for global channel revenue and alliances at NetFoundry, Mike brings to NetFoundry a 25-year distinguished career as a sales executive and global industry leader. He has led 5 early stage companies to successful liquidity events and the creation of greater than $500M in shareholder wealth across a wide range of emerging markets, including Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Open Source, and Cyber Security. As Chief Revenue Officer of flowthings.io, Mike led efforts to secure strategic funding and successfully launched the company into the IoT market in 2015. He built CipherCloud’s global sales organization and led the company to $35M in revenue in the first 30 months of business operation, as Vice President of World Wide Sales. At CollabNet, he founded and was General Manager of both the DevOps and Federal business units, as well having generated $100M of the company’s overall revenue during his tenure. He started is early career as a Senior Systems Engineer for Lockheed Martin working on numerous DoD programs, including the US Navy Trident Missile program. Mike holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA from Seton Hall University. He currently resides in the New York metropolitan area with his wife and their two sons.