Darren Sumter | Chair, Board of Directors
For over 20 years, Darren has worked as a management consultant and a business development strategist specializing in providing companies with business to business software solutions to drive innovation and improve profitability. Darren currently works at Coupa Software as the Regional Vice President Sales – Enterprise.
Darren previously worked at LinkedIn where he managed responsibilities for several strategic customers in North America across several sectors. Prior to LinkedIn, Darren was a member of several Big Data, B2B Software, Strategic Consulting companies where he held responsibilities for new market and new customer business development. Prior to his Software career, Darren was a strategy consultant in the US and Europe.
Darren attended the Harvard Business School where he earned an MBA. Prior to HBS, Darren attended the US Military Academy at West Point, NY where he earned a BS degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and served in the US Army’s Aviation Branch. He is a veteran of the 1st Gulf War where he served in Saudi Arabia and Iraq for operations Desert Storm and Shield.