# Brian Mullen

> Brian Mullen is Coralogix's Chief Marketing Officer and strategic-partnerships leader, a San Francisco Bay Area technology operator whose career has moved through telecom, APIs, open-source databases, venture support, and observability. He joined Twilio when it had roughly 30 to 35 employees, built a global partnership network as the company approached its 2016 IPO, spent more than seven years at InfluxData across business development, cloud, and marketing, joined Nexus Venture Partners to help founders with go-to-market work, and now leads global marketing and partnerships at Coralogix. Away from work, he is a longtime competitive sailor who captained Cal's sailing team and later campaigned several keelboats on San Francisco Bay and beyond.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer & Strategic Partnerships at Coralogix
- **Organizations:** Coralogix, Nexus Venture Partners, InfluxData, Twilio, Clearwire, Amp'd Mobile, TeleCommunication Systems, Kivera, PlaceWare, Ockam
- **Education:** University of California, Berkeley, Los Gatos High School
- **Known for:** Built Twilio's early global telecom partnership network; public biographies cite more than 150 partnerships during his tenure and Coralogix's current biography cites more than 200., Helped launch Twilio's first teams in Europe, Asia, and Latin America while the company grew from roughly 30 to 35 employees to its 2016 IPO., Held business-development, cloud general-management, and chief-marketing roles during a seven-plus-year tenure at InfluxData.

## Career timeline

- **2000-2003** — Worked in sales/account management at PlaceWare, which Microsoft acquired in 2003.
- **2003-2005** — Managed business development and sales at TeleCommunication Systems.
- **2005-2007** — Served as Director of Business Development at Amp'd Mobile.
- **2007-2010** — Served as Vice President of Business Development at Clearwire.
- **2011-2017** — Joined early Twilio to lead business development, built a global telecom partnership network, and helped establish teams in Europe, Asia, and Latin America through the company's 2016 IPO.
- **2017-2024** — Spent more than seven years at InfluxData, moving through business development and partnerships, VP and GM of Cloud, and Chief Marketing Officer.
- **2024** — Joined Nexus Venture Partners as Partner, Business Development, leading its CXO network and advising portfolio companies on customer adoption and go-to-market.
- **2026** — Serving as Chief Marketing Officer & Strategic Partnerships at Coralogix, leading global marketing and the partner ecosystem.

## Achievements

- Built Twilio's early global telecom partnership network; public biographies cite more than 150 partnerships during his tenure and Coralogix's current biography cites more than 200.
- Helped launch Twilio's first teams in Europe, Asia, and Latin America while the company grew from roughly 30 to 35 employees to its 2016 IPO.
- Held business-development, cloud general-management, and chief-marketing roles during a seven-plus-year tenure at InfluxData.
- Helped grow the InfluxDB community to more than one million developers, according to Coralogix's leadership biography.
- Led Nexus Venture Partners' business-development function and CXO network for portfolio founders.
- Competed for Cal sailing from 1995 to 1999, later campaigned J/24, J/105, and J/70 boats, and placed third in the 2017 Express 27 Nationals series aboard Orange You Glad.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Marked Coralogix's $200 million Series F by arguing that full-fidelity data, open formats, and a shared foundation for engineers and AI agents fit the current market moment.
- **2026-04** — Promoted Coralogix's presence at Google Cloud Next 2026 and its observability, AI, and data work.
- **2026-03** — Highlighted Coralogix's 2026 growth plans, new teams, new markets, and the role of its Olly AI assistant.
- **2026** — Listed by Coralogix as Chief Marketing Officer & Strategic Partnerships, responsible for brand, demand generation, product marketing, and alliances.

## Links

- Website: https://coralogix.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-t-mullen/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/btmulls

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Last updated: 2026-09-04