# Brad Bullington

> Brad Bullington is a San Francisco technology executive, operator, investor, and advisor whose career has moved through storage, LED lighting, enterprise networking, and factory software. After backing Amper Technologies and serving on its board and as executive chairman, he became CEO in March 2025 and led the manufacturing-software company through its acquisition by ECI Software Solutions in December 2025.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Amper Technologies
- **Organizations:** Amper Technologies, ECI Software Solutions, Q6 Capital, Borderless, Pica8, Bridgelux, DCM Ventures, Seagate Technology, Maxtor, Kearney, Deloitte, Xenio Systems, Magnolia Medical Technologies, Upgrade
- **Education:** BBA in Finance; Certificate of International Studies in Business, University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business, Digital Media Management Certificate, UCLA Anderson School of Management
- **Known for:** Drove Bridgelux revenue from roughly $10 million to $100 million over four years, according to Pica8's 2021 appointment announcement., Led more than $100 million of capital formation at Bridgelux and strategic partnerships with Toshiba and Chevron., Led Bridgelux as it entered a 2015 acquisition agreement with an investment group led by China Electronics Corporation.

## Career timeline

- **1998-2000** — Worked as a financial consultant at Deloitte.
- **2000-2003** — Worked as a management consultant at Kearney.
- **2003-2006** — Led strategy and corporate development work at Maxtor.
- **2006-2009** — Held corporate strategy, business development and strategic marketing leadership roles at Seagate Technology.
- **2010-2016** — Joined Bridgelux, rose from strategy and corporate development leadership to CEO, and led the company through a sale agreement with an investment group led by China Electronics Corporation.
- **2016-2017** — Served as a venture partner and entrepreneur in residence at DCM Ventures.
- **2017** — Co-founded Q6 Capital and began investing in early-stage technology companies.
- **2017-2025** — Backed Amper Technologies and served as an investor, board member and later executive chairman.
- **2021-2022** — Served as CEO of enterprise-networking software company Pica8, which was repositioned as Borderless.
- **2022-2023** — Served as CEO of Borderless, the enterprise-networking company formerly known as Pica8.
- **2025** — Became CEO of Amper Technologies in March; ECI Software Solutions acquired Amper in December.

## Achievements

- Drove Bridgelux revenue from roughly $10 million to $100 million over four years, according to Pica8's 2021 appointment announcement.
- Led more than $100 million of capital formation at Bridgelux and strategic partnerships with Toshiba and Chevron.
- Led Bridgelux as it entered a 2015 acquisition agreement with an investment group led by China Electronics Corporation.
- Co-founded Q6 Capital and backed Amper Technologies at the seed and Series A stages.
- Served Amper sequentially as investor, board member, executive chairman and CEO.
- Led Amper as it was acquired by ECI Software Solutions in December 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — ECI Software Solutions acquired Amper Technologies; Bullington said the combination would provide scale and accelerate operational efficiency for manufacturers.
- **2025-03** — Bullington became CEO of Amper Technologies after six years as an investor, board member and executive chairman.

## Links

- Website: https://amper.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-bullington

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Last updated: 2026-08-18