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As the Global Chief Digital Officer at Sequoia Capital, Avon is responsible for the firm’s overall global digital transformation strategy, as well as infrastructure and security. He has more than 20 years of experience in executing and driving business transformation initiatives at both Fortune 100 companies and Silicon Valley-based high tech firms. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Avon served as SVP & CIO at Rubrik, a cloud management company, where he was responsible for business applications, infrastructure, data and security. Before Rubrik, Avon spent 9 years at VMWare, where he led several initiatives, including IT transformation activities that focused on people, process and technology with the objective of developing a more nimble and agile delivery structure. Avon also served in IT leadership positions at Franklin Templeton Investments and Deloitte.