About Gary Steele
Gary Steele is a chief executive officer and director at Shield AI.
Experience
This experience comes from Gary Steele's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Gary Steele in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.
Shield AI Inc Current
Chief Executive Officer and director
2025 – Present · San Diego, CA
Builds autonomous aircraft and AI pilots for military and commercial users.
CI
Cisco
President, Go-to-Market
2024 – 2025
SP
Splunk
President & CEO
2022 – 2024
PR
Proofpoint
CEO
2002 – 2022
PO
Portera
CEO
1998 – 2002
SI
Sybase, Inc.
Vice President and General Manager
1995 – 1997
SM
Sun Microsystems
Manager, Market Development
1989 – 1995
HP
Hewlett-Packard
Product Manager
1984 – 1989
Key Colleagues at Startups
The people Gary Steele works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.
Shield AI Inc · Form D, May 1, 2026
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Keith Dunleavy
Director
AB
Andrew Berlin
Director
Brandon Tseng
Co-Founder and President, director
PL
Peter Levine
Director
SZ
Shivon Zilis
Director
KA
Kingsley Afemikhe
Chief Financial Officer
DG
Daniel Gwak
Director
Ryan Tseng
President, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, director
GC
Gaetano Crupi
Director
SM
Stephen Marcus
Director
DP
Doug Philippone
Director
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Greg Smith
Director