# Reed Henry

> Reed Henry is the Seattle-based co-founder and CEO of Aquera, which connects HR, identity and business applications. His career includes co-founding Vertical Networks, strategy and new business at eBay, and marketing leadership at SeeBeyond, ArcSight and Genesys. He holds electrical engineering degrees from the University of Washington and Caltech and an MBA from Stanford, and is an investor in Stellar Snacks.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Aquera
- **Organizations:** Aquera, Vertical Networks, eBay, SeeBeyond, ArcSight, Genesys, Stellar Snacks
- **Education:** BS in Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, MS in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Vertical Networks, backed by Kleiner Perkins and Accel Partners., Co-founded and leads Aquera., Held chief marketing officer roles at Genesys, ArcSight and SeeBeyond.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2000** — Co-founded Vertical Networks; responsibilities included marketing and product management.
- **2000–2001** — Held strategy and new business leadership responsibilities at eBay.
- **2001–2005** — Led marketing, business development and alliances at SeeBeyond.
- **2007–2010** — Led marketing at ArcSight.
- **2012** — Appointed chief marketing officer of Genesys in December.
- **2016** — Began tenure as Aquera CEO in late 2016.
- **2017** — Listed as executive officer and director in Aquera’s June Form D; signed as CEO.
- **2024** — Named with Craig Glogower on the European Identity and Cloud Conference program for a session about disconnected applications.
- **2026** — Provided Aquera’s partner statement for Okta’s expanded Cross App Access ecosystem.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Vertical Networks, backed by Kleiner Perkins and Accel Partners.
- Co-founded and leads Aquera.
- Held chief marketing officer roles at Genesys, ArcSight and SeeBeyond.
- Aquera received UKG’s 2024 Innovator of the Year award as technology partner recipient under his leadership.
- Aquera ranked No. 1,256 on the 2025 Inc. 5000; this is a company recognition.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Okta’s June 23 announcement named Aquera among 25+ early XAA adopters and included Henry’s statement about Aquera Agentic AI Bridge and MCP Servers.
- **2025-12** — Gartner’s December 8 session listing named Henry and Craig Glogower for a presentation about Aquera Identity Survey Hub and application-owner engagement.
- **2024-11** — UKG named Aquera the technology partner recipient of its Innovator of the Year award.
- **2024-06** — The EIC program listed Henry and Craig Glogower for a disconnected-applications session; the recording was posted June 6.

## Links

- Website: https://aquera.com/company
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reedhenry
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/reedhenry8

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