Byron Deeter, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, leads their global cloud practice and has been involved in cloud computing since 1999. In addition to BVP's Twilio investment, he has lead Bessmer's investment in Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), Criteo (CRTO), Eloqua (ELOQ), Adap.tv (Acq: AOL), Playdom (Acq: Disney), Box, Clearslide, DocuSign, and SendGrid. Prior to joining Bessemer, Byron was a successful entrepreneur, investor, and most recently worked as an executive at IBM after the acquisition of Trigo, where he served as president & CEO.