Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

• Building at the intersection of AI and Security. We’re fortunate to be backed by exceptional investors, including operators and angels from Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Sophos, Cloudflare, and many others.

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos

• The SANS Difference Makers Awards shine a light on the cybersecurity practitioners who are leading innovative developments in the industry, who’ve made outstanding security achievements, and who are contributing back to the InfoSec community in ways that deserve recognition.

Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 · 0 mo

• AWS & CrowdStrike Cybersecurity Accelerator in collaboration with NVIDIA is an equity-free program designed to empower cybersecurity startups from EMEA and US with product development, GTM and fundraising support.

May 2024 – Present · 2 yrs

• Inside the Network is all about building category-defining cybersecurity startups.
• Collectively, we’ve spent decades building, researching, and investing in cybersecurity companies. On this podcast, we invite you to join us inside the network where we bring you the best founders, operators, and investors building the future of cyber.
• We will talk about the hard parts of the founder journey - launching companies, getting to product-market-fit, raising capital, and scaling to an exit. Both the success stories and the epic failures. We are here to make the founder journey easier, but not too much easier because anything worth building is hard (but you already knew that 😊).

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

• 'Cyber for Builders: The Essential Guide to Building a Cybersecurity Startup' is the most comprehensive resource about building the future of cybersecurity available on the market. Within hours of the official launch, the book instantly became the Amazon best seller in several categories. In 2024, 'Cyber for Builders' got recognized as Book of the Year at the SANS Difference Makers Awards, the most prestigious recognition available to cybersecurity authors globally.
• Most cybersecurity books talk about how to do security. This book is different as it is intended first and foremost for builders - startup founders, security analysts, security engineers, marketing and sales teams, product managers, VCs, angel investors, software developers, investor relations and analyst relations professionals, and others who are building the future of cybersecurity.

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Clutch is addressing the increasingly critical challenge of non-human identity security within modern enterprises.
• As digital infrastructures expand and become more complex, the management and security of non-human identities—ranging from API keys and secrets to tokens and service accounts—have emerged as a pivotal yet often neglected aspect of cybersecurity. Recognizing this gap, Clutch is developing an enterprise platform dedicated to the comprehensive protection and management of these identities.

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

• Member of The Security Tinkerers, a non-profit organization championing the advancement of cybersecurity. I am proud to be part of a community of world-class CISOs, CTOs, cybersecurity CEOs, and industry leaders. Our collective mission, encapsulated in our byline "Advancing cybersecurity through trust," focuses on fostering growth and innovation in the cybersecurity field. Through collaborative efforts, we aim to nurture a safer digital environment by sharing knowledge, resources, and expertise.

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Nullify augments your AppSec team with AI agents capable of carrying out multiple levels of product security work autonomously.

Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr

• Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community comprised of leading CIOs, CTOs and technology executives.
• Members are selected based on their depth and diversity of experience, then invited to enjoy an array of benefits including a private forum for discussion and collaboration, the opportunity to share insights on Forbes.com, exclusive product and service partnerships and concierge-level support.

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

• Execs On Deck fellows are Directors, VPs, and C-Suite executives ready to expand their impact at high-growth startups.

Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 · 0 mo

• A member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals.

Oct 2022 – Jan 2023 · 3 mos

Feb 2022 – Oct 2022 · 8 mos

• A ‘unique fast-track MBA for venture capital’ for extraordinary leaders. Included VC is the first of its kind global Fellowship for individuals from overlooked & diverse communities.
• Mission: To diversify and change the face of the VC industry, dramatically increasing representation and maximising fund success by transforming networks, staff, deal flow and investments, creating effective multi-generational change.
• Over 85% of those Fellows that were actively looking for a role have broken into the venture capital ecosystem globally – from Asia to Europe to North America.
• Included VC is supported by an international consortium of venture capital partners and sponsors including: Creandum, Daphni, European Investment Fund, KAYA VC, K Fund, HSBC Ventures, HV Capital, Mouro Capital, Mangrove Capital, M12 - Microsoft's venture fund, Notion Capital, Seedcamp and Wilson Sonsini.
• Included VC has been featured by the likes of Forbes, Sky News, CNBC & Business Insider.

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

• Industry's top newsletter (750,000 reads annually) about building startups, as well as business and investment sides of cybersecurity. Covering topics like venture capital, go-to-market strategies, and business models in cybersecurity.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Writing about venture capital, startups, cybersecurity and product-led growth

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

• Cyber Club London (CCL) is a community comprised of cybersecurity leaders and experts, with exposure to early-stage (Seed/ Series A) start-ups and innovation, access to private investment opportunities, leveraging domain expertise and connections to assess and contribute to the success of early stage cybersecurity ventures.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

• Vaultree is an encryption technology company having developed the world’s first and fastest fully functional data-in-use encryption toolkit for any company to encrypt and process all their data in an always-encrypted live production database environment, at enterprise scale. Simplicity and usability are key for enterprises and lie at the heart of what Vaultree is building, allowing for usage of existing tech stacks and preferred ciphers.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

• Startup Wise Guys is one of the most active early stage investors in the broader Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region and Nordics, has been voted Top VC fund in CEE.
• Startup Wise Guys is a mentorship-driven accelerator program for early-stage B2B SaaS, Cybersecurity, and Fintech startups, providing seed capital, office space and most importantly – world-class mentors.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

• A blockchain security company that detects DeFi attacks in real-time using cutting-edge geometric ML. Thanks to CyVers' Security Operation Platform for Web 3.0 businesses, security, compliance, fraud, and risk teams can automatically identify and respond to incidents across the entire crypto attack surface.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr

• As an Advisor, I help portfolio companies with product management, go-to-market strategy and product-led growth.
• Loyal VC is a global venture fund with 220+ investments across 50+ countries. The fund is designed to minimize systemic bias inherent in the investment process, unlocking greater returns.
• The Loyal Startup Index Fund has delivered strong returns since its launch in 2018, thanks to its collaborative, staged investment process, its network of over 500 global advisors, and its partnerships with the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, and INSEAD, rated the #1 non-US business school for unicorn founders by Pitchbook.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr

• CyRise is a venture accelerator focused on early stage cyber security startups. It's mission is to grow the best founders in the Asia-Pacific region, and give them everything they need to successfully take their ideas to a global market. CyRise offers ambitious founders a $50,000 capped SAFE note and a 14 week, mentor driven program to grow their business into a high-value, high-growth company. Its surrounds selected startups with world-class mentors, early stage customers, and investor introductions.
• I mentor founders about product, product-led growth and go-to-market strategy.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 · 0 mo · United States

• Are you a startup that prioritises sustained growth and profitability? Looking to fundraise? Reach out to me for a chat!
• Calm Company Fund invests early in profitable businesses that want to maximize their chances of success and build for the long-term.

Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 · 0 mo · New York, New York, United States

• The Venture Cooperative is an educational program and inclusive community that make Laconia's investments, processes, and learnings accessible for the next generation of early stage investors.
• Members financially share in Laconia's success, participate in the investment processes, share expertise within Laconia's community, and collaborate with early stage founders.
• Laconia leads investments in seed stage B2B companies that make existing markets and workflows more efficient. Laconia is a full-service venture firm, with a family of funds & a venture asset management company.
• If you are a B2B company looking to fundraise - reach out to me for a chat!

Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 · 0 mo

• Republic is a financial technology company that specializes in investment-related services in the private markets, which include a retail investment platform, a blockchain advisory service, and a private capital division. Republic has deployed over $900 million in investments, supported over 600 companies, with a community of over 1.5M users across 100 countries. Republic is backed by dozens of leading investment firms and financial institutions and has co-invested with the best names in venture and private equity.
• Republic's Venture Associate program aims to empower, inspire, and educate aspiring investors on venture capital, including crowdinvesting, with valuable resources to support their learning, networking opportunities, and private investing journey.

Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 · 4 yrs · Mountain View, California, United States

• LimaCharlie enables organizations to detect & respond to threats, automate processes, reduce the number of vendors, and future-proof their security operations.
• We do it by giving security teams full control over how they manage their security infrastructure. Get full visibility into your coverage, build what you want, control your data, get the security capabilities you need, for however long you need them, and pay only for what you use.

Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs · San Francisco, California, United States

• Reforge offers selective growth-focused programs for experienced professionals in marketing, product, data, and engineering. All programs are led by actual practitioners and feature top product and growth leaders from companies including Google, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Atlassian, Slack and others.

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Lendesk (subsidiary of Quicken Loans LLC) is a financial technology company on a mission to create graceful products that simplify the mortgage process, and help fund the future. As a product manager, I own the strategy, roadmap, and execution for a product, services, and business that helps the consumer in one of the most important parts of their home buying journey - obtaining home financing.
• Set the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Finmo, and ensured alignment on the executive level; built financial projections to ensure the desired ROI
• Established product management processes and practices for a fully remote team formed after the acquisition of Finmo, the fastest growing mortgage origination platform in Canada
• Lead the company-wide strategic initiative to pivot the industry leader for documents and application collection into a best in class POS for mortgage brokers, working across product and functional teams
• Executed on the goal to compel users to submit direct-to-lender in a way that creates value for agents and broker-owners by continuous customer discovery, relentlessly iterating, building new functionality, working with the executive team to establish strategic direction, cross-functional coordination and evangelizing the initiative at all levels of the company
• Crafted and evangelized the vision and roadmap for Finmo, relentlessly validating it with customers & prospects to ensure we’re building a valuable and differentiating product
• Worked closely with cross-functional sales, product, engineering, marketing, legal, compliance and operational teams to operationalize the roadmap and achieve business goals
• Lead the integrations with third-parties/partners that enabled Finmo brokers to obtain borrower’s bank statements and tax documents in a matter of minutes, unlocking a new revenue source for Lendesk
• Scaled product knowledge throughout the organization by writing enablement guides, hosting training sessions and office hours

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr · Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area

• As Product Managers, Owners, Analysts, and Marketers, we all share a common pursuit: to create thoughtful products that solve customer problems. To do this effectively, we require a flexible and diverse set of skills along with a passion for learning. ProductBC aims to serve the local community by offering our members access to a variety of opportunities and content so we can learn and grow as product professionals.
• Co-led the inaugural ProductBC “Diversity in Product” Scholarship awarding 6 people from underrepresented groups with $1,000 each to support their learning and development
• Crafted the proposal to improve the value proposition of the ProductBC membership
• Owned the social events portfolio by organizing the ProductBrew and looking for other ways for the members to connect, network and build meaningful professional relationships

Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 · 0 mo

• At Dreamerley, we believe that every child is a hero destined to do extraordinary things. Our mission is to inspire millions of children to dream big and to make their dreams come true, one personalized story at a time.
• Conducted market research and opportunity assessment to identify an area to experiment in; established a hypothesis about the business model & launched a small side project
• In short 4 weeks, built an MVP of the personalized children's books store leveraging the Shopify platform and no-code tools
• Working with copywriters, designers and illustrators, developed 2 story books that can be fully personalized to reflect a child's appearance, name, and gender
• Built a brand including Instagram & Twitter follower base and experimented with different growth strategic (content proven to be the most effective resulting in 23% increase in conversion)
• Launched the product, established and optimized a robust order fulfillment system that allowed custom-printed, fully personalized book orders to be shipped in under 6 hours
• This side project folded due to our inability to squeeze the thin margins in the crowded on-demand-publishing space.

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr · Vancouver, Canada Area

• Mogo — a Canadian neobank — offers a finance app that empowers consumers with simple solutions to help them get in control of their financial health. With more 1 million members and a marketing partnership with Canada's largest news media company, Mogo continues to execute on its vision of becoming the go-to financial app for the next generation of Canadians.
• Worked across departments (development, design, operations, legal, finance, support) to evangelize the roadmap, ensure alignment and launch products
• Led a cross-functional team of 13 engineers & QA, working with designers throughout the complete software development lifecycle, from design to release on Android, iOS and web
• Owned full Mogo app redesign & rebrand initiative and lead the launch of MogoSpend Spending Analysis, that enabled over 1 million Mogo members to track their spending and easily identify opportunities for achieving their financial goals
• Increased engagement by over 24% by launching a messaging centre functionality nudging users to stay on top of their financial goals
• Reported to the leadership team to shape the product roadmap, define risk mitigation strategies, and facilitate engineering solutions to ensure a best-in-class product experience
• Worked closely with managers to revamp engineering processes, implement agile methodologies, and ensure code quality
• Managed the product backlog by translating the product requirements into a prioritized set of well-defined epics and guided the team through the agile best practices

Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 · 4 yrs · Vancouver, Canada Area

• At Moe's, we truly believe that your home should be your oasis. A place that reflects your personality and great sense of style. Our promise to you is that we will always take great care in designing products, giving you customer curated collections with simple design for the everyday home.
• Owned the online shopping experience for retail and wholesale distribution channels, including optimization of the customer journey and conversion metrics on web and mobile
• Led the initiative to launch innovative online shopping experience; relentlessly ensured cross-departmental alignment; worked with design and development to ensure seamless execution
• Worked closely with the executive, data, demand planning and ecommerce teams to develop product strategies, identify and execute on the growth opportunities in the area of digital
• Improved accuracy of inventory management and order fulfillment systems thereby reducing shipping errors
• Developed new tools and processes including new customer quote generation to lower sales channel effort by approx. 40%
• Fully rebuilt product content, pricing, and digital assets engines, lowering ad hoc operation costs by 65% (approx. 20 hours per week)
• Forecasted demand for company product line, established reorder points and placed orders with factories abroad to ensure continuous supply

Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 · 3 yrs

• Agency for Certification and Accreditation is a distance learning platform which provides employees in public institutions and municipalities with licensing training and certifications. Curated by a team of industry experts, our online training courses cover a broad range of subject areas including supply chain, operations, finance and public procurement.