Ceo And Co-Founder
Current
Jun 2022 - Present
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John Viega Email & Phone Number
CEO and Co-Founder at Crash Override
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John Viega previously worked as CEO and Co-Founder at Crash Override and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Nyu School Of Engineering. John Viega holds Ms, Computer Science from University Of Virginia.
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Seasoned product leader in the security software field.Specialties: Software development, product management, security, engineering management, security operations, operational process, competitive analysis, technical due diligence, usability engineering
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16 roles · 28 years
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Adjunct Professor Of Computer Science
Current
Jan 2014 - Present
Oct 2016 - Apr 2022
Executive Vice President, Products And Engineering
Responsible for Product Management and Engineering for all commercial solutions, globally. The portfolio includes enterprise and SaaS fraud, enterprise and SaaS security, managed security services and managed applications.
Dec 2014 - Sep 2016
Executive Vice President Of Products, Strategy And Services
I own the products and services portfolio for a profitable, growing cloud security company backed by Goldman Sachs and Bessemer. Oversight of engineering, product management, product marketing, professional services and corporate strategy.Acquired by BAE Systems in December, 2014.
Mar 2010 - Dec 2014
Editor In Chief
Ieee Security And Privacy Magazine
Jan 2011 - Dec 2012
Technical Advisory Board Member
Aug 2007 - Jan 2011
Cto, Saas, Vice President Of Engineering
Apr 2009 - Mar 2010
Advisory Board Member
Bit9
Oct 2008 - 2010
Founder And Ceo
Apr 2008 - Mar 2009
Vp, Chief Security Architect
Responsible for all of McAfee Avert R+D which includes the company's core Anti Virus / Spyware technology, as well as SiteAdvisor engineering and Ops. Also responsible for an ops team handling product security across the entire product line.Significant M+A activity, including work on business cases, diligence, competitive analysis, acquisition integration, and so on.Frequent customer contact in both product management / evangelist style roles. Frequent public speaker.
Jan 2006 - Apr 2008
Founder And Cto
Performed many functions across the business, as needed (as is typical in a startup environment). Co-founded the company; Raised the Series A round (led by Charles River Ventures). Architected first versions of the company's static analysis technologies and did the initial product management work for the company's first product. Developed the CLASP application security process, and performed process consulting for customers. Responsible for the first $2M in sales as a services company.
Mar 2001 - Dec 2005
1999 - 2002
~3 yrs
Security Applications Group
My group focused on making Widevine's product offering more secure, from both a network and software level.
Nov 2000 - Jul 2001
Senior Research Associate And Senior Consultant
I brought in funding from DARPA to do an aspect-oriented extension to the C programming language. I also won funding from NIST for software watermarking. I also spent a lot of time doing software security consulting for companies like Visa. This is where I started writing my first book, Building Secure Software, with all around awesome guy, Gary McGraw.
Jun 1998 - Nov 2000
Research Associate
As an undergraduate, I worked on the Alice Project (www.alice.org). As a graduate student, I worked on language design (www.viega.org/papers/thesisfin.htm). In my spare time, I wrote the Mailman mailing list manager (www.list.org).
Jun 1994 - Jun 1998
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John Viega education
Ms, Computer Science
University Of Virginia
Ba
University Of Virginia
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Wakefield School
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John Viega is based in New York, United States while working with Crash Override.
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John Viega has worked for Crash Override, Nyu School Of Engineering, Capsule8, Bae Systems Applied Intelligence, and Silversky.
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John Viega holds Ms, Computer Science from University Of Virginia.
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