Jamie Young Perlman

Jamie Young Perlman

Executive-in-Residence
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Jamie Young Perlman brings 20+ years of experience driving growth for B2B software companies through strategic partnerships and business development. Teams he has led have envisioned, structured, negotiated, and executed on alliances that have differentiated products, generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and elevated companies to market-leading positions. 

Jamie works closely with the Canvas General Partners to evaluate and advise portfolio companies, especially with regard to their go-to-market and partnership strategies. He leverages his sizable network of technology and enterprise software executives to make introductions for Canvas’ portfolio companies.

Jamie holds an MBA from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Art History and Spanish from Colby College. He lives in Marin County, in the Bay Area, with his wife and two daughters.

Biography

Prior to joining Canvas as an Executive-in-Residence, Jamie served as the Vice President of Business Development at Dropbox. Previously, he held a number of executive roles over a decade-long tenure at cloud content management company Box, including as Vice President of Business Development and as General Manager of the Box | IBM partnership.

Jamie Young Perlman brings 20+ years of experience driving growth for B2B software companies through strategic partnerships and business development. Teams he has led have envisioned, structured, negotiated, and executed on alliances that have differentiated products, generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, and elevated companies to market-leading positions. 

Jamie works closely with the Canvas General Partners to evaluate and advise portfolio companies, especially with regard to their go-to-market and partnership strategies. He leverages his sizable network of technology and enterprise software executives to make introductions for Canvas’ portfolio companies.

Jamie holds an MBA from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Art History and Spanish from Colby College. He lives in Marin County, in the Bay Area, with his wife and two daughters.

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Jamie is passionate about health, wellness, and fitness. You can find him enjoying the outdoors with his family in the North Bay. He is also a voracious listener of podcasts and audio books, especially focused on self-improvement, technology, and business.

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Jamie led a popular rock band in Argentina in his early twenties.

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