# Jay Prassl

> Jay Prassl is the Boulder-based co-founder and former CEO of Automox, a cloud-native endpoint management company. Before Automox, he worked at LeftHand Networks and led marketing and branding at SolidFire. His public interviews focus on automating routine IT work and designing deliberate practices for distributed teams.

- **Role:** Co-founder and former CEO at Automox
- **Organizations:** Automox, SolidFire, LeftHand Networks, HP
- **Education:** Michigan State University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Automox and served as its CEO during its early development and expansion., Was an early employee at both LeftHand Networks and SolidFire, which were acquired by HP and NetApp respectively., Named among Colorado’s 2022 Titan 100 honorees.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2008** — Joined LeftHand Networks as employee number five; spent about a decade at the company.
- **2008** — HP acquired LeftHand Networks.
- **2011** — Publicly identified as SolidFire’s vice president of sales and marketing.
- **2016** — NetApp acquired SolidFire, where Prassl had led marketing and branding.
- **2017** — Led Automox as it expanded cloud-based patching and system-management capabilities.
- **2020** — Automox announced a $30 million Series B while Prassl was CEO.
- **2021** — Automox announced a $110 million Series C, with total funding exceeding $152 million at the time.
- **2022** — Automox announced Tim Lucas as CEO on August 23, succeeding Prassl.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Automox and served as its CEO during its early development and expansion.
- Was an early employee at both LeftHand Networks and SolidFire, which were acquired by HP and NetApp respectively.
- Named among Colorado’s 2022 Titan 100 honorees.

## Latest updates

- **2022-08** — Automox appointed Tim Lucas CEO and publicly thanked Prassl for his founding and leadership contributions.
- **2022-03** — Prassl discussed distributed work, onboarding and meeting feedback in an Automox interview.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayprassl
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jprassl

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Last updated: 2026-10-15