# Jason Dorfman

> Jason Dorfman is the co-founder and CEO of Orum, a live conversation platform that uses a parallel dialer and speech recognition to help sales reps skip busy signals, voicemails, and dead numbers so they reach live prospects faster. He built the idea out of a problem he lived through as the first sales hire at Rubrik, where reps dialed 100 times a day to get a handful of pickups. Since founding Orum in 2019 with Karthik Viswanathan, he has raised more than $50 million and grown the company into a widely used tool across outbound sales teams. He is based in Austin, Texas.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Orum
- **Organizations:** Orum, Rubrik, RightScale
- **From:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Technology Management Program, College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Orum, a live conversation platform for outbound sales teams., Raised more than $50 million in venture funding, including a $22M Series B in 2022., Was the first sales hire at Rubrik and helped build its go-to-market organization through hypergrowth to 1,700+ employees.

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Graduated from UC Santa Barbara during the downturn and started as an SDR at RightScale, later promoted to Account Executive.
- **2013** — Moved to Silicon Valley and launched a first startup, which ended in a small buyout.
- **2014** — Joined Rubrik as its first sales hire when the company had roughly 12 employees.
- **2014-2019** — Built Rubrik's worldwide SDR, inside sales, and corporate sales teams as the company grew from $0 to a multi-billion-dollar valuation.
- **2019** — Co-founded Orum with Karthik Viswanathan to automate cold calling with a parallel dialer.
- **2022** — Raised $22 million Series B led by Tribe Capital, bringing total funding past $50 million.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Orum, a live conversation platform for outbound sales teams.
- Raised more than $50 million in venture funding, including a $22M Series B in 2022.
- Was the first sales hire at Rubrik and helped build its go-to-market organization through hypergrowth to 1,700+ employees.
- Grew Orum to host millions of sales calls, enabling reps to have 5-10x more live conversations per day.

## Latest updates

- **2022-11** — Announced a $22 million Series B round led by Tribe Capital with Craft Ventures and Unusual Ventures participating.

## Links

- Website: https://orum.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncdorfman/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jasoncdorfman
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztFe7s6y1YY

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Last updated: 2026-07-16