Cary Bran serves as the senior director of Innovation and New Ventures at Plantronics. In this role he leads the research and development of next-generation software and device concepts and products, including efforts to deliver integrations between wearable devices and the next generation of Web browsers.

Cary's background includes over 15 years of experience developing enterprise collaboration and communications software solutions. Prior to joining Plantronics, for over a decade Cary was at Cisco Systems, where he held positions in software architecture, business development, and technical strategy. As part of his tenure at Cisco, he led the internal WebRTC evangelism efforts and contributed to the IETF and W3C WebRTC standards development.

Cary holds a BS (Cum Laude) in Computer Science from Seattle University and an MBA from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.