Eric Clelland - Vice President of Sales

Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales

Eric is responsible for sales and systems engineering at Cyan.

Eric has an extensive background ranging from sales to systems engineering and business development for companies including Ameritech, Caymas, Cerent, Cisco and DSC Communications.

Most recently, Eric was an officer of Caymas Systems where he managed sales and business development.

Prior to joining Caymas, Eric was a senior sales executive at Cisco Systems, leading a national sales operation selling all Cisco products. Eric joined Cisco through the acquisition of Cerent Corporation where he was the initial sales leader and helped drive customer requirements, secure Cerent’s initial design wins, and build the national sales team as the director of sales.

Prior to Cerent, Eric worked at DSC Communications in multiple sales and systems engineering roles. He started his career as an engineer at Ameritech in network planning and design. Eric holds a BSEE from Oakland University and a MSEE from the University of Michigan.