Ryan Gurney Email & Phone Number

Silicon Valley, California, United States

YL Ventures funds and supports visionary cybersecurity entrepreneurs from seed to scale to help them evolve transformative ideas into market-leading companies. The firm accelerates company growth with tailored support through its powerful network of Chief Information Security Officers, global industry leaders, and a dedicated team of multidisciplinary experts. Based in Silicon Valley, New York and Tel Aviv, YL Ventures manages five funds with $800M in total AUM. The firm has a track record of seeding cybersecurity unicorns such as Axonius and Orca Security, and its portfolio companies have been successfully acquired by high-profile, global industry leaders including Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, Okta and Proofpoint. In 2022, YL Ventures ranked 8th out of over 250 venture capital firms in PitchBook’s prestigious Global Manager Performance Score League Tables, and was the only cybersecurity-focused VC to secure a top 10 spot on the list.

Silicon Valley, California, United States

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Looker joined Google Cloud in 2020. I was head of all things security and compliance related to Looker pre acquisition and helped Google and Looker integrate and centralize key security processes post acquistion.

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Built the information security and compliance program at Looker. I worked with Google to aid them in due diligence pre-acquisition.

San Francisco, California, United States

I headed up Zendesk's information security and compliance efforts, and played a key role in preparing the company to go public (ZEN). In my time there we grew from 200 - 1800 employees, and scaled the security team from 2 to 20 globally. Great company!

San Francisco, California, United States

Led all information security and compliance initiatives for the Company. Recruited to develop, implement, and execute an information security program for Engine Yard, a leader in Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS).

San Jose, Ca

I was responsible for the development and enhancement of key security processes related to the company’s products. Led a mixed team of direct reports and consultants in dissecting malware, performing vulnerability research, and executing security audits against web and mobile applications, Cloud platforms, and other key eBay infrastructure. Developed and executed on security strategies for eBay Inc. and its many global adjacencies. Presented strategies, business cases, and security status debriefs to executive management. Managed an annual budget of approximately $4M, allocated to fund strategic projects, consultant spend, R&D, training, and the acquisition and maintenance of enterprise-wide security tools.

San Francisco Bay Area

Security consulting.