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Neil Wu Becker

CEO & Co-Founder

Neil Wu Becker
LEADER
Neil is an award-winning marketing and communications executive who has led global teams at a variety of IT, security and enterprise software firms – from Dow Jones Component and bellwether stock companies to small-caps and pre-IPO unicorns. He is an adviser for startups and has been a CMO for various companies.

Recently Neil served as CMO of Onit, a legal tech firm. He was CMO at Behavox, where he established the early-stage security startup’s marketing function. He led Worldwide Marketing at Apttus and was EVP & CMO at A10 Networks. Neil also served as Vice President of Marketing at Armor Defense, a secure managed cloud provider for HIPAA and PCI-based data protection.

Earlier in his career, Neil led marketing communications and PR teams at some of the world’s largest tech companies. He led teams for Cisco that provided market visibility for nearly two-thirds of the Dow Jones component’s business – its largest core units (routing, switching), biggest growth opportunities (data center, cloud, SDN), security, wireless, application networking, and Strategic Alliances. The media named Neil one of the tech industry’s top-15 PR pros, and he helped lead Cisco’s PR organization, which PRWeek acknowledged two years in a row as the profession’s best in-house team. Neil was the head of worldwide PR at bellwether chip maker Micron and led marketing communications at security firm Trend Micro.

With this experience, Neil established NextBound with a proven methodology that has produced several industry awards in branding, marketing, PR, and CEO communications. This framework is part of his commitment to help NextBound clients stand out. If you know his personal background, you know NextBound’s brand promise, which is fueled by his relentless drive to make you great.

THE POWER OF THE PEN

Neil was a sports journalist for 3 of the top 20 U.S. newspapers; He wrote for magazines and flirted with being a sports agent.

ESPN or B2B?

Neil wanted to be the first Asian on ESPN. Ask him how a convo with Steve Levy altered that
dream forever.

PACIFIC RIM

Neil feels indebted to PR & Marketing – both crafts helped him find his roots an ocean away
(don’t be shy – ask him!)

Are you ready to be

Boundless?

If you understand the value of harmonizing your brand, marketing, and communications, and if you believe in being boundless in ideation, creativity, and strategy, then we need to talk. We innovate the art and possibility of marketing to help our clients stand out in crowded marketplaces. We are not bound to the status quo. We are bound to what’s next. If you genuinely share this ambitious spirit, connect with us now. Your marketing deserves it.