Lerry leads the development of the partner ecosystem in the Business Analytics and IoT market group, focused on introducing Splunk into non-traditional markets and use cases. A University of Oregon journalism major, Lerry moved to Silicon Valley in 1986 after writing a story about the “personal computer” and thinking, “hey, this might turn into something”. (Don’t ask about his hunch on Starbucks – “fad”). With years of experience in the tech sector, he knows a lot of people and has many “lessons learned” that drive his daily business decisions and interactions.