We’re very excited to congratulate our co-Founder and President, Brian Dosal, on his 5-year BrightGauge anniversary! His product vision keeps us moving forward and constantly pushing to make our platform even better, so it’s certainly time for us to give the official recap of how he got here:
Brian grew up in the Miami area where he spent summers working in the family IT business, Compuquip Technologies. When the time came for college, Brian decided on attending Notre Dame where he would focus on Management Information Systems while also holding a position on the fencing team. We have a few laughs trying to imagine Brian in his fencing days, but we should also point out that he worked his way up to captain of the team and won a national championship during his time there.
After graduating from Notre Dame, Brian joined IBM to work in their Central US Territory out of the Milwaukee area. It took about 2 years or so, but he finally decided that he’d had enough of “big corporate America”... Miami was calling and he decided to move back and join the family business full-time. He started in Sales and eventually ended up running the entire sales team while also starting the Managed Services division of the company with his brother, Eric. Most importantly while running Sales, Brian saw an opportunity to launch a software product to help MSPs manage their data.
Brian decided to leave Compuquip and focus on his ideas of bringing a MSP data solution to life. He became employee # 1 here at BrightGauge and literally did it all - sales, marketing, product management, operations, and everything else. Flash forward to today, and with the awesome team we’ve built these last few years, Brian is now able to focus on his passion of Product Management. He splits BrightGauge duties with Eric, and as a result Brian can be found at the helm of our Product Team: everything you see, click, and use within the product is his responsibility.
From conceiving ideas to the design, planning, development, testing, and ongoing management of the product, Brian is the guy who manages it all. He has a real passion for building incredible software and he loves to help our customers improve their businesses by leveraging their data.
In addition to leading our fearless Product Team, Brian is also an active Board Member and Advisor to the family’s other 3 businesses: Compuquip, Blue Wave Communications and Dosal Capital.
When he’s not working on business stuff, Brian enjoys spending time with his wife, Jackie, and daughter Caroline. He also enjoys spending time outdoors and tries to play golf regularly, although with a growing software business and young family, it’s tough to do sometimes. Brian’s other claim to fame here at BrightGauge is being our in-house wine expert, with a nice cabernet usually on the top of his list. Our crew gets to enjoy some wine tastings with him from time to time at BrightGauge celebrations, and we thoroughly enjoy helping him explore his hobby!
Jackie, Caroline, and Brian
Please join us in congratulating Brian on a fantastic 5-year journey with BrightGauge. We can’t wait to see what’s coming up next!
