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Travis Perkins

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VP, Global Customer Advocacy at Tailscale
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Travis Perkins is a VP at Tailscale with over 20 years of experience in customer success and go-to-market strategy for SaaS companies. A two-time founder with two successful exits, he has held leadership roles at Cloudflare and Pulumi. He studied Aviation Flight Operations at San José State University.

As a Bay Area native, Travis has a passion for aviation, reflected in his educational background and interest in companies like Boeing. He is also an active angel investor and partner at VIENTO.ventures, where he advises and supports startups.

Unique fact: Despite a long and successful career in software and tech, his university education is in aviation and flight operations.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
VP, Global Customer Advocacy
Job Level
Senior
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Customer Advocacy
His current role is VP of Global Customer Advocacy, and he often discusses how understanding customer needs helps a product's use case expand within an organization.
Secure Access
He is focused on providing secure infrastructure access solutions, highlighted by his posts about Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Tailscale's acquisition of Border0.
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Career

Work history

5-2026
VP, Global Customer Advocacy
Tailscale
9-2024 - 7-2026
VP of Customer Experience
Tailscale
1-2024
Partner
VIENTO.ventures
1-2024
Partner and Sr. Consultant
Perkins & Perkins Tech Advisors
5-2022 - 12-2023
VP of Customer Operations
Pulumi Corporation
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Education
Aviation Flight Operations
San José State University
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