Management TeamReed Taussig, President and CEO Reed Taussig has more than 30 years of experience in the computer hardware and software field. Prior to joining ThreatMetrix, Mr. Taussig was president and CEO of Vormetric Inc., a leader in the data privacy and protection industry. Under Mr. Taussig's direction Vormetric established itself as a leading provider of encryption solutions for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). Mr. Taussig also served as President and CEO of Callidus Software [NASDAQ:CALD], the leading provider of Enterprise Incentive Management application systems. As founding CEO and the fifth employee, Mr. Taussig led the growth of company to more than $70 million in revenues and over 350 employees. Prior to Callidus Mr. Taussig was the President and CEO of inquiry.com, a pioneer in the B2B internet space as well as Senior Vice President of Operations for Gupta Technologies the leader for PC client server software development tools and databases. Mr. Taussig holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Arizona. David Jones, CTO and VP of Engineering Mr. Jones co-founded ThreatMetrix in 2005. He has more than 15 years experience in technical and management roles within the software industry. Prior to co-founding ThreatMetrix Mr. Jones founded SpamMATTERS delivering products used by Federal Government enforcement agencies for tracking Phishing and Spamming operations. At Surfcontrol, he was VP of Global Research, a leading internet content filtering company that has most recently been acquired by WebSENSE. Among his major achievements at SurfControl was the management of the Email Filtering and flagship anti-spam solutions generating over 30% of company revenues. Mr. Jones arrived at his position at SurfControl when EmU Tech, another company he founded, was acquired by SurfControl in 2001. Mr. Jones holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology, Sydney. Alisdair Faulkner - VP, Products Alisdair Faulkner has over a decade of experience delivering mission critical technology to global markets. At ThreatMetrix Mr Faulkner is responsible for Product Management and Strategic Accounts. Prior to ThreatMETRIX, Mr Faulkner was a Founder and Business Development Director of NetPriva, leading network performance software provider, acquired by Expand Networks. Prior to acquisition, NetPriva's customer's included VW Bank, Alcatel, Daimler Chrysler and Belkin Technologies. Mr Faulkner came to NetPriva with the acquisition of the assets and IP of Foursticks where he was a co-founder and responsible for Product Management. He holds a Masters of Engineering in Information Technology & Telecommunications from Adelaide University, a Grad.Dip in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute Australia and is a graduate of the AICD Company Directors Course. Tom Grubb - VP, Marketing Tom Grubb has more than 25 years of experience in the computer hardware and software field. Prior to joining ThreatMetrix, Mr. Grubb was vice president of marketing for Polivec Inc., a pioneer in the governance, risk and compliance industry. Mr. Grubb also served as vice president of marketing for Vormetric, a leader in data privacy and security. Grubb has held senior marketing positions at Intuit [NASDAQ:INTU], Embarcadero Technologies [NASDAQ:EMBT] , and co- founded Bluecurve which was acquired by Red Hat [NASDAQ:RHAT]. Grubb holds a B.S. in Business from Eastern Illinois University. Lance Jacobs - VP, Sales Lance Jacobs has over 15 years in management, business development, sales and marketing in the software industry. At ThreatMetrix, Mr. Jacobs is responsible for accelerating the adoption of ThreatMetrix fraud prevention solutions by etailers, social networks, online dating services, gaming companies and payment processors. Prior to ThreatMetrix, Mr. Jacobs was director of North American business development at F-Secure, the publicly held IT security and anti-virus software provider, where he built relationships with service providers such as Cox, Charter Communications, CenturyLink, Shaw Communications, Dish Network, DirecTV, WildBlue, and many others. Earlier in his career, he was director of business development at Verifia (since acquired by Quova), a pioneer in Internet IP geolocation technology. Mr. Jacobs is a graduate of Utah State University. Neil Katz - Chief Financial Officer Neil Katz is the Chief Financial Officer of ThreatMetrix since 2007. Neil has over 20 years of of experience in finance, accounting and general management roles across a number of industries During the past seven years Neil has held the positions of CFO with Hicom International, Aptrix and Sensory Networks - all being innovative and high growth start up companies in the engineering and IT sectors. Neil has extensive experience in corporate restructuring, capital raising activities and played a key role in the sale of Aptrix to IBM. Neil holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree in Financial Management obtained from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Scott Thomas - Director, ThreatCenter, Bots and Malware Mr. Thomas co-founded ThreatMetrix in 2005 and is responsible for ThreatCenter sensor network, partnerships with external parties, Government and enforcement. Since inception, Mr. Thomas has been the key manager and technical lead for the provision of ThreatMetrix's range of investigative and forensic tools for tracking fraudsters, botnets, spamming and phishing operations to government agencies. Scott is one of the foremost experts in Email hacking techniques and Malware distribution. He is a veteran software engineer in the email filtering industry from 2000 and was the lead developer for automated email Analysis and rules engine of the Surfcontrol (now WebSENSE) Email Filter. He has delivered commercial-grade Internet products since 1997 commencing with Turbosoft range of terminal emulation products. Scott has held professional software development roles for over 12 years And holds a Bachelor of Information Technology Degree. |