会社概要

James Neilson is the VP of Sales for Europe at OPSWAT, where he oversees the European go-to-market function and is responsible for scaling the business through our own sales teams and partner channels, meeting revenue and profitability targets, and ensuring customer satisfaction.

James has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, 18 of which are in leadership positions for cybersecurity companies. Prior to joining OPSWAT he served as VP of Sales EMEA at Immersive Labs – a UK-based cyber startup – and held leadership roles at Forcepoint and Symantec.

Malcolm leads Asia Pacific & Japan sales and distribution for OPSWAT. In this role, Malcolm is responsible for driving sales revenue growth, ensuring the improved effectiveness of the sales organization and for optimizing the ongoing sales strategies in light of constantly changing competitive pressures, market demands and evolving products and services.

Malcolm has over 30 years of IT industry experience, including more than 15 years in Cybersecurity. Malcolm has been living and working in Singapore since 1997 and prior to joining OPSWAT, he held senior leadership roles at IBM, Tenable and Akamai, before which his formative career years were spent in London after graduating with honors in 1988.

Sertan Selcuk is the Regional Sales Director for OPSWAT, overseeing the overall business management in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa Regions. Sertan brings over 20 years of business development experience in Cybersecurity, mainly with ministries, military institutions, intelligence agencies, and other public institutions and large commercial organizations in the region. Before joining OPSWAT, Sertan served as CSO at V-Count, as Managing Director of Kaspersky in Turkey and Turkic Countries, and as Senior Director of Innova IT Solutions, one of the largest Cybersecurity system integrators in the META region. Sertan has a bachelor's degree in electronics and telecommunications engineering from Yildiz Technical University, a master's degree in Cybersecurity from Middle East Technical University, and an MBA from Manchester University.

Michael Schumacher joined OPSWAT as an Area Sales Director in December of 2018. In his current role, Michael (or “Schu” as everyone knows him) is responsible for leading the Enterprise Vertical Sales Team in identifying, landing and nurturing those strategic corporate users of OPSWAT’s world-class CIP products and services.

Prior to joining OPSWAT, Michael spent 9 years as a Regional Sales Director for Frontier Communications’ CPE business as he grew their Enterprise Solution Services from a “startup” into a $130M business. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.

Michael Hylton is a Cybersecurity veteran with over 20+ years of experience. Michael joined OPSWAT in 2018 and leads the Americas Public Sector Sales Organization. He helps solve some of the most complex cybersecurity threats facing public sector. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Michael led a cybersecurity team at Booz Allen Hamilton, providing consulting services to the DoD and several other agencies in the US and globally on cybersecurity, policy, and application protection best practices. Additionally, Michael was the VP of Sales at NowSecure.

Michael earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and a Master of Business Administration from George Mason University and is a candidate for a Master of Studies in Law at Wake Forest University. He holds technical certifications in SABSA Enterprise Security Architecture, ITIL Framework, and Certified Ethical Hacker.

Chad Loeven joined OPSWAT in September 2021 and now leads the OEM division, whose team is responsible for licensing OPSWAT’s technology portfolio to the world’s leading technology vendors. OPSWAT solutions like OPSWAT Endpoint Security SDK protect over 150 million end users through partnerships.

Prior to OPSWAT, Chad ran global sales and marketing for VMRay, a sandbox vendor, for five years. He also ran technology alliances for RSA, where he came on board as part of RSA’s acquisition of Silicium Security and their ECAT EDR (Endpoint Discovery and Response) technology. At Silicium he was responsible for worldwide sales and marketing, channel development and partnerships. Chad graduated with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Alessandro leads OPSWAT’s Global Channels Strategy and Operations. In this role, he is responsible for the governance and collaboration of the channel ecosystem, in alignment with OPSWAT’s growth strategy, and in close collaboration with the geographic VP Sales. Alessandro joined OPSWAT in June 2020 having successfully led Global Channels in the IT/Software industry throughout the prior two decades.

He spent the last several years at Ipswitch, Inc., building a highly productive worldwide ecosystem that consistently attained upwards of 30% average annual new business growth with high profitability, culminating in an acquisition by Progress Software Corp. in early 2019. Alessandro was then invited by Progress to lead a $300m/year global channel, where he again fostered high growth and profitability rates.

Joe Edwards is the VP of Global Sales Engineering for OPSWAT, where he oversees the pre-sales engineering team activities across the world. Joe brings 25 years of management, consulting, and creative problem-solving experience to customers looking for trusted network and cybersecurity advice. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Joe served for 10 years as Founder/CEO at e-velocity technical consulting. He has also held sales and technical management roles at Cisco, IBM, and Juniper Networks. Joe has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Cincinnati.

Sam Davidson is the Vice President of Professional Services at OPSWAT where he oversees global professional services efforts. Sam brings 28 years of technology services integration experience with him to the role. Prior to joining OPSWAT, he was one of the founders of Extensys, Inc., a technology services integrator, where he ran sales and services for them. Sam has an MBA from Goizueta Business School (Emory) and a BA from Rutgers University.

Cuong is the General Manager and VP of Research and Development of OPSWAT Vietnam. He oversees the overall business activities of the Vietnam subsidiary and leads R&D teams to build innovative products for OPSWAT. Cuong has nearly 30 years of experience in business management and product development in the software industry. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Cuong was the Founder and CEO of innovative software boutiques Eragram and Vietnam e-Solution, and the Managing Director for the Vietnam branch of the global software services Luxoft Company. Cuong holds a bachelor’s degree from Ho Chi Minh City University for IT, an MBA from Malaysia Open University, and a Data Science Specialization Certification from Johns Hopkins University on Coursera.

Csaba Litkei is the General Manager of Hungary for OPSWAT where he oversees the management of the Hungarian site in Veszprém. Csaba brings 7 years of leadership and more than 15 years of engineering experience in R&D. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Csaba served as Senior Software Developer Engineer and Software Development Team Lead at Continental. Csaba has a Computer System Programmer and a master’s degree in Agrochemistry from Pannon University.

Alin Besnea is the General Manager for OPSWAT Romania where he oversees the Operations and HR functions, as well as coordinating all aspects of the business in Timisoara, Romania. Alin is also the Director of Products for OPSWAT Endpoint Security SDK, handling the strategic vision and roadmap, as well as the engineering teams working on the OEM offering. Alin brings 14 years of engineering and engineering management experience. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Alin served as CTO at 2o, a social gaming start-up that he helped co-found. Alin has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Polytechnics University of Timisoara.

Victoria Huang is the APAC Marketing Manager and Taiwan Site Manager for OPSWAT where she oversees the development and implementation of the organization’s APAC regional marketing strategy which includes content localization, public relations, media partnerships, demand generation, webinars, conferences and events. Victoria brings more than 8 years of global sales and marketing experience from organizations in Taiwan, the United States, and Japan. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Victoria served as Sr. Marketing Specialist at Sumitomo Electric. Victoria has a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications from Golden Gate University.

Miguel Ángel Fernández is Country Head in Spain for OPSWAT where he oversees operations of the Madrid office. He is also a Project Manager for NetWall USG/BSG and NetWall Diode products. Miguel Ángel brings 15 years of experience working in technology and innovation in multinational/multicultural companies. Half of that experience was acquired working in cybersecurity. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Miguel Ángel served as Product Manager at Bayshore Networks and he is partner and co-founder of Barbara IoT. Miguel Ángel has a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Andy Takamatsu is the Country Manager of Japan at OPSWAT, where he oversees the management of business in Japan. Andy brings with him more than 16 years of sales management experience in the cybersecurity industry. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Andy served as the Managing Director of Absolute (NetMotion) Software, the Country Manager of BlueCat Networks of Canada in Japan, and the General Manager of Sales for Citrix Systems Japan. Andy has a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies from Lewis and Clark College in the US.

Benny Czarny is the Chairman of the Board, founder and CEO of OPSWAT. He is a leading cybersecurity expert that founded OPSWAT with a personal investment in 2002 to offer a unique, market-driven approach to security application design and development, which has been breaking new ground in the field of cybersecurity for more than 15 years. Benny has over 20 years of experience in successfully identifying market needs and building, marketing, and selling innovative cloud-based security products and solutions. From the early days of computer viruses, he was interested and involved in the fields of encryption, network operations, and security vulnerability detection and research. Prior to founding OPSWAT, Benny held technical leadership positions at NetManage, Netect and BindView.

Benny earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Technion-Machon Technologi Le'Israel

Mike Gregoire is a Founding Partner at Brighton Park Capital (BPC), a growth equity private equity firm located in Greenwich CT and New York. Prior to joining BPC, Mike was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CA Technologies where he started in 2013. At CA, Mike accelerated the company’s software leadership with innovative offerings, a renewed brand, and a strengthened market presence. The result of Mike’s leadership over almost 6 years was the sale to Broadcom in July 2018, yielding a $10.5 billion market cap appreciation.

• Chair of the World Economic Forum’s IT Governors Steering Committee and member of the Business Roundtable’s Information and Technology Committee
• Executive Council, TechNet
• Board of Directors, Smartsheet
• Board of Directors, AMD
• Chairman, AppviewX
• Chairman, Paradox.ai
• Member of the Board, Women’s Sports Foundation

Mike earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Computing from Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada, and a Master of Business Administration degree from California Coast University.

For over 25 years, Julie Cullivan has driven transformational go-to-market, technology, security, operational, and acquisition strategy for both public and pre-IPO companies. Most recently she was the Chief Technology and People Officer at Forescout Technologies where she was responsible for leading the company’s business model transformation, information technology strategy, production operations, and human resources. Prior to Forescout, Julie held executive positions at FireEye, Autodesk, McAfee, EMC, and Oracle. She was recognized as a Cybersecurity Leader of the Year 2020 by CSWY, a Woman of Influence 2019 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, 2019 Most Influential Corporate Board Directors, and awarded the Bay Area CIO of the Year 2017. Julie is a recognized leader in both the technology and cyber-security field and a frequent speaker on topics including women in technology, security as a board room imperative, digital innovation, and building high impact teams.

• Board of Directors, Axon Enterprise
• Board of Directors, HeartFlow
• Board of Directors, AaDya Security

Julie has a B.S. in Finance from Santa Clara University.

Hagi Schwartz is a distinguished financial management professional. In 2005, Hagi founded Magnolia Capital, an investment advisory firm, where he was Managing Director. Hagi is also a Venture Partner at Western Technology Investment, which he joined in 2011. Previously, Hagi was the Chief Financial Officer of several public and private technology companies including Check Point Software Technologies Inc., HyperRoll, Inc., ATRICA, Inc., and Noosh, Inc.

Current and prior Board of Director roles:

• Board of Directors, Mimecast
• Board of Directors, Silicon Graphics International Corp
• Board of Directors, BigFix
• Board of Directors, Qualys
• Board of Directors of other private companies

Hagi has a B.A. in Economics and Accounting from Bar-Ilan University.

Einat is CMO at NICE, leading the company-wide Marketing strategy across all regions and solution lines. In the 14 years she has been with NICE, Einat has played multiple, key roles in defining and shaping NICE’s global strategy, as the company grew and expanded to its current success. Prior to joining NICE, Einat led product and global marketing roles with global market leaders such as BMC Software and SAP. Einat holds an MBA with a focus on Marketing and a BA in Computer Science.