I’m the Founder and CEO of TrustCloud, an Integrated AI and API native security assurance platform that helps CISOs prioritize and prove how their security program simultaneously protects and grows their business.To protect their business, CISOs use TrustCloud to implement continuous control assurance and 3rd-party cyber assurance to perform programmatic IT risk quantification -- which ensures that they understand the first-party and nth-party security and privacy posture of their IT landscape. CISOs grow their business with TrustCloud by accelerating regulatory compliance assurance to complete multiple compliance audits faster, and automating customer assurance to complete security reviews and questionnaires quickly and accurately. The end result: CISOs prove how their security program runs as a profit center by -- - Reduce time and cost by at least 60%- Reducing residual risks by at least 5 - 10% quarter over quarter - proving how their security program protects the business- Accelerate revenue and business growth workflows by 80% by completing customer security reviews and onboarding new vendors faster to support sales and business leadersWe’re passionate about helping CISOs and companies protect and grow their business, while earning trust in every business relationship.More about me:I’m the Founding CEO, team member, and angel investor in multiple start-ups, many of which have had successful exits. I have years of experience providing customer-focused solutions in the fields of digital transformation, digital health, mobile/digital apps, cloud, grid and high-performance computing, and Green IT.I coined the term “Backend as a Service,” and built the #1 product (Kinvey, acquired by Progress) in both the “Enterprise Health Cloud” and "Mobile Development Platform” markets, as rated by Forrester and Gartner.I’ve written software that’s used by millions, and I have the unique background of creating and growing 2 successful online not-for-profit communities, with more than 3.5 million members participating from over 175 countries.I’m a strong believer in mentor-backed entrepreneurship, and I love living.Education:I earned my BS in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.