Bio

Seasoned technology executive and entrepreneur, recognized for innovating and bringing to market next-generation technologies and approaches to address difficult industry challenges. Available for advisory, strategy, architecture and audit consulting engagements as well as investment opportunities. • Passionate Technology Visionary • Accomplished Executive and Experienced Startup CEO • Recognized for driving “Mission Impossible” project success • Strong Culture Builder • Two successful exits • Experienced at developing zero-revenue startups • Patented Inventor of network and security technologies. • Innovator of: o Proxy-in-the-Cloud in 2001 o Full-stack security from-the-Cloud in 2009 o “Internet Wormholing” Accelerated Internet in 2011 o Network Feature Virtualization (NFV) in 2013 – Awarded Patent in 2015 o Distributed Virtualized / Hybrid Data Center Architectures in 2014 (Patent Pending) • Published author of “Unified Cloud Security” Book • Raised $15.4 Million in Venture funding • Expert witness to Congress o House Committee on Energy and Commerce o Senate Judiciary Committee • Technology advisor to numerous startups including: o Palo Alto Networks o Netscreen Technologies • Strong Relationships with a variety of industry communities including: o Open Source Community o Ethical Hacking / Red Team o Internet Service / Network Operators o Networking and Security Product Vendors