Dan Barahona — Co-Founder
Security training for 130,000 students. Solar for 40,000 homes. Now, competitive intelligence for product marketers. Same playbook: take something hard to access and make it easy. IntelHero: Automated Competitive Intelligence. Know what competitors are shipping — blog posts, messaging changes, job openings, pricing updates — before your boss asks. No more manual tracking. Get a free competitor report at intelhero.com. DM me if you're interested. ============================================================================= APIsec University: Co-founded the largest application security education platform in the world. 130,000+ students. 3 million hours of training consumed. Used by 80% of the Fortune 100. One Block Off the Grid: Founded a group solar purchasing program that helped 40,000 homes go solar when the industry was still nascent. 25 years in cybersecurity. Executive roles in sales, marketing, product, and business development at HP/ArcSight, Qualys, Anomali, and APIsec. Started my career as a crashworthiness engineer at General Motors. Member of a national championship winning Formula SAE team at Cornell. MBA from Michigan. Pediatric cancer advocacy: After losing a child to brain cancer, I've helped raise nearly $1M for pediatric cancer research through Children's Brain Tumor Foundation and Blood Cancer United, and lobbied Congress to pass the STAR Act and Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Renewable Energy expert with extensive cybersecurity experience.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 30 yrs 4 mos
Career Highlights
- Co-founded largest application security education platform.
- Founded solar program for 40,000 homes.
- 25 years of experience in cybersecurity leadership.
Work Experience
APIsec University
Founder of APIsec University (4 yrs 3 mos)
apisec.ai
Head of Growth (5 yrs 11 mos)
Qualys
Chief Marketing Officer (3 mos)
Query.AI
Advisor (2 yrs 11 mos)
Kontain
Startup Consultant (3 mos)
IntelHero
Founder, Lead Advisor (6 yrs 8 mos)
ThreatWatch Inc
Advisor (8 mos)
Anomali
Chief Marketing Officer (3 yrs 1 mo)
Qualys
EVP Worldwide Field Operations (10 mos)
WatchDox (acquired by BlackBerry)
SVP Strategy & Business Development (3 yrs 7 mos)
ArcSight, an HP Company
Vice President, Business Development (1 yr 1 mo)
ArcSight
Vice President, Business Development (7 mos)
One Block Off the Grid
Founder (1 yr 10 mos)
Sensage | a KEYW company
Vice President, Business Development (2 yrs 3 mos)
Vice President, Emerging Markets (1 yr 6 mos)
Director, Business Development (4 yrs 10 mos)
AppStream
Director, Business Development (1 yr 1 mo)
GetToday
Founder, Director, Business Development (11 mos)
AlliedSignal/Honeywell
Sr. Analyst, M&A (9 mos)
General Motors
Safety & Crashworthiness Engineer (3 yrs)
Education
MBA at University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
M. Eng. at Cornell University
BS at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
International Baccalaureate at Washington international school