Sarah Autrand is a creative, strategic and energetic marketing executive with over 20 years experience acquired from a career spanning 6 Fortune 1000 companies and over 30 successful emerging enterprises. Leading technology companies include Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems, as well as numerous emerging and midrange technology companies in a broad range of consumer and enterprise software categories, most of which have been acquired or continue to grow as businesses. Not limited to marketing IT, her background includes driving marketing in the nonprofit, education, professional services, and life sciences fields. Sarah has authored several articles and whitepapers, and has been quoted on Silicon Valley marketing trends in the India Post, Palo Alto Weekly, San Francisco Business Times, Silicon Valley Business Ink, and San Jose Business Journal. She has ghost-written, authored or co-authored articles published in a variety of media, including Government Security News, Silicon Valley Business Ink, Corporate Counsel Magazine, and Cloud Times. Sarah is a sought after speaker on key marketing topics and trends at industry events as well as local investor groups, entrepreneurial centers, universities, and marketing associations. She has won over 20 awards, including in the fields of Science, Management and Leadership. She completed her undergraduate studies with Honors in English (Literature) at San Francisco State University, earned her M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and holds several writing diplomas and certificates. She has also completed post-graduate studies in Writing, Eastern Philosophy and Physics at Stanford University.
