Phillip Fernandez has served as a member of the Braze board of directors since May 2019 and is the Lead Independent Director. In 2016, he retired from Marketo, Inc., a marketing software company, where he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since co-founding the company in 2006. Prior to founding Marketo, Mr. Fernandez was President and Chief Operating Officer of Epiphany, Inc., a marketing software company, and before that was Chief Operating Officer of Red Brick Systems Inc. He was a Venture Partner at Shasta Ventures, a venture capital firm, in 2017 and continued as a Special Advisor to Shasta Ventures. Mr. Fernandez received his B.A. in History from Stanford University. The board believes he is qualified to serve because of his more than 40 years of experience in the technology field and his prior service as a public company director and executive.