Venture-backed company using AI to simplify observability for millions of developers.

I love how innovation shakes things up and challenges the status quo. But making a real impact requires more than just cool technology; it needs effective go-to-market execution. That's where I come in—helping brave entrepreneurs, brilliant engineers, determined leaders, and visionary investors turn their innovation into value, even when the odds are tough. Over the years, I've been fortunate to play a part in creating $3B in shareholder value through five acquisitions of various VC and PE-backed companies as a CMO and CPO. Whether contributing individually or leading global teams of up to 50 people, each role has taught me something new and helped me add more value.Security Tinkerers. Member. Non-profit CISO and cybersecurity community.Symmetry Systems. GTM Advisor. DSPM to enable AI. Uno.ai. GTM Advisor. AI Security Co-pilot.LiveAction. Fractional CMO. Network visibility provider. Inspectiv. GTM Advisor. Pen testing and bug bounty as a service.SafeBase. GTM Advisor. Security and safety trust portal provider. TXOne. GTM Advisor. IoT security platform. Trend Micro spin out. Hub. CEO and Founder. Presales engagement platform. Raised $4.1M. Pavillion Executive. Member. CxO GTM professional community.ForgetPoint Capital. Fractional CMO. $1B fund. Bolt. Fractional CMO. $100M AUM fund. enSilo. Fractional CMO. AI EDR and EPP agent. Acquired by Fortinet. BlockApps. GTM Advisor. Enterprise blockchain middleware.Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. Member. Enterprise blockchain consortium.Behaviosec. Fractional CMO. AI Behavioral Biometrics. Acquired by LexisNexis.Cisco. Entrepreneur in Residence. Blockchain and supply chain innovation lab.Mojo Networks. CMO and CPO. AI WiFI. Acquired by Arista.Lastline. CMO. AI malware detection. Acquired by VMWare.Roambi. CMO and GM. Mobile business intelligence. Acquired by SAP. Piston. GTM Board Member. OpenStack software. Acquired by Cisco.

Joined Fortinet during its high-growth phase after consulting for various startups, where we disrupted the traditional enterprise cybersecurity approach. Initially, I served as the VP of Product Management for Emerging Technologies, then was promoted to VP of Product Marketing, overseeing a vast product portfolio with over 5,000 SKUs.At Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), I contributed to generating over $50B in shareholder value. One of my proudest achievements was playing a key role in creating the Unified Threat Management (UTM) category, boosting revenues from $123M to $211M by collaborating closely with sales. I worked with engineering and research to differentiate our products, earning 30 industry awards, and improved product management efficiency to increase gross margins to 70%. Additionally, I drove a multi-million dollar deal pipeline globally with our channel sales team and scaled our marketing teams to 17 people, managing a $13.5M annual budget, and supporting the company's growth from 200 to 1,000 employees.

Product marketing and management leader to companies with revenues from $1M to $250M+.ColdSpark (Acquired by BakBone)Fortinet (IPO, UTM Market Leader)Internet Security Systems (Acquired by IBM)IronPort (Acquired by Cisco Systems) Lancope (Acquired by Cisco Systems)Permeo (Acquired by Blue Coat)Sarvega (Acquired by Intel) Secure Software (Acquired by Fortify)

Sales engineer to companies from $5M to $10B in annual revenue. Cisco. Senior security sales consulting engineer. WheelGroup (acquired by Cisco). Security sales engineerUUNET. Presales engineer.EDS. Network administrator for U.S. Senate, IBM and Xerox.