He attended Dartmouth College, where he earned a Bachelor's of Arts (BA) degree in Computer Science.
[4] Salem joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2014, where he focuses on infrastructure software and services[5] with a specialization in cybersecurity.
He serves on the boards of several Bain Capital Venture portfolio companies, including DocuSign, and serves independently on the boards of Mandiant (MNDT), Atlassian (TEAM), and ForeScout (FSCT).
He currently serves on the board of directors for a number of privately held startups including Cloudgenix, Attivo Networks, ShieldX, Leapyear, Awake Security, ShiftLeft, Red Balloon Security, BetterCloud and Rubrik.
[6] Salem also had held vice-president positions at Security Pacific Merchant Bank, Ask Jeeves and Oblix Inc.[2] Salem served on the Board of City Year San Jose from 2015 through 2018 and is now a trustee of City Year.