Allan Leinwand founded Proficient Networks, Inc. and Vyatta, Inc.

He is on the board of Anaplan, Inc. and Senior Vice President-Engineering at Slack Technologies, Inc.

In the past he occupied the position of Chief Technology Officer at ServiceNow, Inc., Chief Technology Officer & VP-Engineering at The Sutter Health Data Center, Manager-Consulting Engineering at Cisco Systems, Inc., Internet Engineer at HP, Inc., Chief Technology Officer-Infrastructure at Zynga, Inc., Venture Partner at Panorama Capital LLC, President & Chief Executive Officer for Proficient Networks, Inc., Chief Technology Officer & VP-Engineering at Digital Island, Inc., Operating Partner at J.P. Morgan Partners LLC and Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Allan Leinwand received an undergraduate degree from The University of Colorado.