Ken has over 20 years of experience building and leading technology companies. He served as a top executive at several telecom, network and enterprise security businesses, including serving as CEO of Emerging Threats which was sold to Proofpoint in 2015. Prior to that, Ken was as co-founder and VP of Engineering at Covelight Systems and Hatteras Networks.
Éric has more than 15 years of experience as co-founder and CTO of cybersecurity software companies and is an active member of the security and open source communities. He has worked on the development of Suricata – the open source network threat detection engine – since 2009, is part of OISF executive council, and the Netfilter Core team for the Linux kernel's firewall layer.
Peter has 15 years of experience in the IT industry, including enterprise-level IT security practice. He is an adamant admirer and explorer of innovative open source security software and is responsible for quality assurance and testing on the development team of Suricata – the open source threat detection engine.
Mark has over 20 years of experience leading marketing, product management and engineering for technology companies. Mark has served as the senior marketing and product executive at Netsertive, Emerging Threats, Overture Networks, Covelight Systems and Hatteras Networks.
Ronda has over 15 years of experience in accounting and finance, with 8 years in leadership roles at start-up technology companies. Ronda most recently served as the Director of Finance for 250ok, which was acquired by Validity in 2020. In previous roles, she led financial operations at start-up IT business, Odyssey Media Group and other businesses. Her passion is helping make startups successful.
Ed is a successful entrepreneur and consultative sales leader with over 25 years of experience across multiple industries. He is a strategic thinker focused on delivering information security solutions that drive business value based on individual needs. Recent successes have included roles at RSA Security, Emerging Threats, LogRhythm and Computer Associates (CA) serving mid-sized and large businesses.
Steve is a cyber security industry expert and thought leader, appearing in broadcast and print media and a frequent speaker at industry conferences. He has more than 20 years experience in business development, sales and customer relations working for IT and network security businesses focused on enterprise and critical national infrastructure across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
David has over 25 years in CyberSecurity. He began career as a K-12 educator special education, but quickly moved into leadership and became the CIO of his local school system at age 30. After 8 years as CIO and cyber security leader, David transitioned into Sales Engineering. Previously, he held various SE and SE leadership roles in companies such as Trend Micro, FireEye, Absolute Software, and Beyond Trust Software
