Strategic Guidance From Proven Security Leaders

Dug co-founded Duo Security and led it as CEO through its $2.35B acquisition by Cisco, then continued running Duo as a General Manager in Cisco's Security division. Duo became Michigan's first tech unicorn. Today he is co-founder and CEO of Song United, a Michigan family office that pairs investment with philanthropy, and co-founder and chair of the Michigan Founders Fund. Before Duo, Dug spent seven years as founding Chief Security Architect at Arbor Networks, which protected most of the world's internet service providers and grew past $120M in annual revenue before its acquisition by Danaher. He remains an active investor, advisor and board member across the startup community.

Dr. Boneh is a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where he heads the applied cryptography group and co-directs the computer security laboratory. His research focuses on applications of cryptography to computer security, including cryptosystems with novel properties, security for mobile devices, web security, and cryptanalysis. He has authored more than a hundred publications in the field and is a recipient of the Gödel Prize, the Packard Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Award, the RSA Award in Mathematics, and five best paper awards. In 2011 he received the Ishii Award for industry education innovation.

Jason built and led the information security team at Netflix for more than a decade, rising from Cloud Security Architect to Director of Engineering for cloud security and then VP of Information Security. His team was responsible for application, infrastructure, and operational security for the Netflix streaming service, and became known for its open source contributions, with more than 30 security releases. Before Netflix, Jason led the information security team at VMware, and he spent his early career at @stake and iSEC Partners working with Fortune 500 clients. Since retiring from Netflix in 2021, he has served as an Operating Advisor at Bessemer Venture Partners and advises cybersecurity startups.

Brad most recently served as Chief Trust Officer at Salesforce, where he led the company's security strategy and customer trust programs. Before Salesforce, he was SVP and Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cisco, responsible for ensuring Cisco met its security and privacy obligations to customers, regulators, employees, and stakeholders. He was previously Adobe's first Chief Security Officer, growing the security function from a handful of people to more than 600 globally. Early in his career, Brad co-founded the Software Security Group at Cigital and led the application security practice at @stake. He holds a BS in computer science and mathematics from the College of William and Mary, an MS in computer science from George Washington University, and an MBA from Columbia University and London Business School.

Fares is the Chief Technology Officer of Quantum Health, where he leads the technology organization and strategy, including the company's generative AI platform. He was previously CTO of Anaplan, overseeing more than 800 engineers and contractors. Before Anaplan, Fares was CISO at Mattel, leading a global security team across four continents, and held a CISO role at Vituity. Earlier, he was Head of Product Security and Assurance at Visa, where his team secured Visa's product portfolio, including the security integration for Apple Pay and VisaNet. He also served as a technical security specialist at Royal Bank of Canada, and advises several security companies.

Jim is Chief Trust Officer at Saviynt and a long-time advisor to early-stage security companies. He has served as CSO or CISO at American Express, DTCC, KPMG, Aetna, CVS and MassMutual, and was global head of application and mobile security at JPMorgan Chase. He is the former Board Chair of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC) and a former board member of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). Jim advises and invests through several cybersecurity venture funds, is an ICIT Fellow, and teaches cybersecurity as adjunct faculty at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.