Management Team
Management
Team
Ian Paterson
CEO
15-year data analytics entrepreneur, proven track record commercializing data science solutions and landing multi-million dollar accounts.
Tucker Zengerle
Chief Operations Officer
20-year operations expert with experience in scaling operations and driving company growth in the financial sector, with roles in banking, private equity, and cybersecurity.
Philip De Souza
President, Aurora
Scott Meyers
CFO & Corporate Secretary
20-year proven financial officer with experience in multinationals, Canadian organizations, and managing growth through downturns.
Board of Directors
Board of
Directors
Ali Hakimzadeh
Executive Chairman
Seasoned executive with 25 years of corporate finance and investment banking experience, involved in over $1B in small cap financing and M&A across North America. Formerly served as Chairman of HS GovTech (HS) before sale to private equity.
Jennifer Swindell
Director
Formerly Senior Vice President at Perspecta and Booz Allen Hamilton, and as a U.S. Navy Special Operations Officer. Jen has led strategic initiatives to provide life-cycle security services support to U.S. government agencies.
Blake Corbet
Director
Since March, 2021, Blake Corbet has been the Chief Corporate Development Officer of BBTV Holdings Inc. a Canadian publicly listed global media tech company headquartered in Vancouver, BC that leverages technology to help content creators and influencers boost their content. Prior to that Mr. Corbet was co-Head of Investment Banking at PI Financial Corp. and he has held other senior investment banking positions for Haywood Securities, CIBC World Markets and Salomon Brothers over the last 25 years. Skilled in mergers, acquisitions and advisory roles involving both public and private companies, Mr. Corbet has also led initial public offerings for technology, industrial, biotech and other companies while working in Toronto, New York and London. He is a graduate of the University of British Columbia with a degree in Economics and has been registered with the securities regulatory authorities at various times in each of Canada, the US and UK.
Ed Hammersla
Director
Seasoned executive with over 40 years experience in software technology, startups, and cybersecurity. Former chairman and CEO of Utilidata, Inc., former president of global operations and CSO at Forcepoint, and former president of Raytheon Cyber Products, a Raytheon holding, where he sustained double-digit growth in revenue while coordinating M&A activity that led to the creation of Forcepoint. Former leadership roles at Trusted Computer Solutions, Sterling Software, Informix Federal, and NEC. Key figure in the development of trusted Linux variants that became Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the first major Linux OS to qualify as a "trusted" OS under the Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) and Protection Profile (PP) measures of the internationally-recognized Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCEVS) standard. Former investor and advisor for multiple organizations in the venture capital community. Currently serves on the advisory board for the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI) and multiple other governmnet committees, industry association working groups, and boards of directors.
Ian L. Paterson
Director
CEO of Plurilock Security Inc. where he led the productization and commercialization of over 35,000 hours of academic research. Raised early-stage investment and closed Plurilock's first US$1 million in sales from lighthouse customers in the United States Federal Government and in the critical infrastructure and financial services sectors.
Board of Advisors
Board of
Advisors
VADM Mike McConnell (USN Ret.)
Vice Admiral Mike McConnell is former Director of the National Security Agency of the United States under presidents Bush and Clinton and former Director of National Intelligence under presidents Bush and Obama. He is former head of intelligence at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) and a current board member at multiple organizations. VADM McConnell is a two-time recipient of the highest US award for service to the intelligence community.
Gaétan Houle
Gaétan Houle is former Chief Security Officer at Airbus, former Chief Security Officer at Bombardier, former Chief Security Officer, Bell Canada, former Chief Engineer in Communications Security with the Canadian Department of National Defence, and former Director of Corporate Security with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Consul at the Canadian Embassy in Peru, and former National Cybersecurity Practice Leader for Ernst and Young Canada.
Chris Pierce
Chris Pierce is a former Executive Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton and a former Lieutenant in the US Navy. Chris Pierce is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and holds a graduate degree in organizational management.
Joe Sexton
Joe Sexton is former President of Worldwide Field Operations for AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco), a leader in application intelligence, and former Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales at McAfee. He has held executive sales positions at Cisco, Mercury Interactive, EMC and CA Technologies, and has held Executive in Residence roles at Greylock Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. He serves on the Board of Directors for Laconic, Aqua Security, XFactor, and Menlo Security.
VADM Jan Tighe (USN Ret.)
Vice Admiral Jan Tighe is former United States Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, former Director of United States Naval Intelligence, and a current board member at Goldman Sachs, General Motors, and MITRE.
Patrick Gorman
Patrick Gorman is a former Senior Executive Advisor for Cybersecurity at Booz Allen Hamilton, former Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security officer at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, former Chief Security Officer, Bridgewater, and former Assistant Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer for the United States Intelligence Community.
Brandon Swafford
Brandon Swafford is Chief Information Security Officer at HPS Investment Partners, a former Information Security Officer at Citadel, former Chief Information Security Officer at Webster Bank, and former Chief Technology Officer at Forcepoint.
H. Bryan Cunningham
Bryan Cunningham is a former White House cyber and national security lawyer and longtime Palantir senior advisor. Mr. Cunningham served as Deputy Legal Advisor to the National Security Council under Condoleezza Rice and was a career CIA officer. He is the current Executive Director of the University of California, Irvine's Cybersecurity Policy and Research Institute, was founding vice-chair of the American Bar Association Cyber Security Privacy Task Force and was awarded the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement for his work on information issuess
Advisors
David Raffa
Advisor
