Kim Fisher Warren

Commercial Advisor

Kim is a 25-year technology sales and strategy leader with diverse experience in: AI, Cybersecurity, Telecom, mobile chipsets, 4G & 5G mobile infrastructure, cloud, storage, and networking equipment.  Originally from the East Coast, Kim is now in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Kim has grown and scaled businesses of all sizes from startups ($215M exit) to divisions of the largest companies in the world (Apple, Verizon, Cisco, Ericsson, Intel).

For instance, in her CRO type of role at Apple as the Director of US Carrier Business - Enterprise Category Country Leader she led sales, sales engineering teams, and strategic planning teams in the Enterprise/B2B division and delivered $2B in revenue growth in 2 years with only 40 people.  Prior to Apple, Kim was the Director of Business Strategy at Verizon, where she led her division to be the growth engine of the company delivering double-digit growth in the Business-to-Business division (B2B). 

Before that, she was the Director of Global Platform Sales at Verizon, where she led sales and solution architect teams across the world.  In this role, she was responsible for closing a $50M, 17-country contract within 3 months of the public launch.  For this role, she was awarded an individual Global Silver Stevie Award in the Women in Business category of "Leader in Transforming Customer Engagement" as well as a team Stevie award in the category of “Connected Enterprise of the Year”. 

Kim has a BA from Columbia College of Columbia University in NYC, majoring in Biology with a Pre-Medicine concentration, and her MBA from Columbia Business School, concentrating in Strategy and Innovation.  She was on the Dean's list both undergrad and in business school.  She has served as a board member for a Women in Technology non-profit and is currently a board advisor to several start-ups.  In her spare time, Kim is a competitive runner.