I have 20 years of cyber security operating and investing experience. I advise, guide, and operate high tech startups primarily in the B2B security space. I'm a former market analyst, engineer, product manager, marketing leader, and partnership manager. In other words I build and grow businesses - in all aspects. I'm a board advisor or board member at multiple firms and an investment advisor for multiple venture capital and debt firms.

Current and prior investment and advising portfolio includes:

FinMark (seed - active), MuukTest (seed - active), TrueFort (A - active), Virsec (B - active), ArkoseLabs (B - active), WhiteSource (C - active), CloudEssence (Exited to Contrast Security), Syncurity (Exited to Swimlane), Papyris (Shutdown).

Prior experience includes starting, leading, and growing companies including JupiterOne, CA Technologies, Sonatype, Signal Sciences, Veracode, Symantec, LURHQ, Secureworks, and @Stake.

I am a well known expert in the cyber security market, having spoken at many major industry conferences. I also mentor and advise start up companies emerging in the mobile, social, cloud, and security markets. In my free time I operate as an entrepreneurial coach for the University of North Carolina MBA program.

My expert commentary has been referenced online and in print by publishers such as Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, Forbes, Reuters, and the LA Times. Additionally, I've contributed to multiple television and radio interviews for both National Public Radio and the BBC.

My deal flow is sourced from my network of entrepreneurs, investors, VC, that I've built over the last 20+ years of operating startup businesses. I plan to syndicate all deals where I have allotments over 50K in order to build an LP book of business. Investments will primarily be sourced in the United States with the occasional Israeli based cybersecurity firm in the mix.