John Humphreys has over 20 years experience developing markets for Silicon Valley companies. Prior to joining D-Side Advisors, John was VP of Marketing for BRECIS Communications. John joined BRECIS at an early stage and over several years helped the company define and market a range of communications SoCs that resulted in significant design wins and enabled the closure of two rounds of funding totaling over $40M. Prior to BRECIS, John was VP of Product Marketing for Ramp Networks. Ramp was a leading manufacturer of routers and security appliances. Ramp Networks had a successful IPO and was subsequently acquired by Nokia. John played a pivotal role in directing product strategy and steering the company into the security market. John has held senior positions in other companies including Madge Networks, Ungermann-Bass, Ingres and Hewlett-Packard.

John has a Bachelor's degree in business from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management with a focus on marketing.