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I am a leading global cybersecurity expert who has held C-level and VP roles at leading global companies, as well as a serial entrepreneur and company builder with multiple Fortune 1000 exits. I am active as an executive, investor, mentor, and Board member with many high-growth companies at the intersections of cybersecurity, AI, and IoT, the same spaces in which I have built and successfully exited multiple companies and hold numerous patents.
I am Founding Partner at CC Stratus Capital, an innovative investment firm with a strategic focus on cybersecurity, blockchain, AI, and IoT (Internet of Things).I'm a serial entrepreneur and company builder, currently active as an investor, advisor, and Board member with a number of high-growth companies at the intersection of security, cloud, and mobile -- the same space in which I've built and successfully exited several companies, and in which I hold several patents.
I was Executive Chair of dfuse / StreamingFast, the leading blockchain big data platform (acquired by The Graph) and Chair of Cybeats, the IoT endpoint security company (acquired by Relay Medical). I was previously Chief Technology Officer - Safe Identity in Intel's Security Group, and VP Safe Identity at McAfee. I was President of PasswordBox, the leading digital identity company, leading up to the company’s acquisition by Intel. I was Chairman & CEO of Enomaly, a global leader in cloud computing, until Enomaly’s acquisition in 2011; and was the founder, CEO, and CTO of Assurent, a leading cybersecurity company, up to its acquisition in 2006.
I've served on the Boards and Advisory Boards of many leading cybersecurity, cloud, AI, and IoT companies such as Immunio, Elliptic Technologies, Virima, CloudeAssurance, Veracode, NetClarity,, and Fonolo.
I'm often quoted by the press, and have appeared on the cover of CIO Magazine, as well as frequent appearances in media such as the New York Times, CBS, NBC, USA Today, etc. and hundreds of technology publications. I hold a Ph.D. and multiple patents in the field of software security.
I also climb the occasional mountain.
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