At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top San Francisco based CEO’ operating in the Penetration Testing space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Ashish Gupta
CEO and President of Bugcrowd
Ashish drives strategy for global corporate and product marketing at Infoblox, including brand awareness, go-to-market programs, and demand generation initiatives. With more than 20 years of general management experience,Ashish specializes in creating new markets and categories, positioning companies for growth, and developing differentiated business strategies in highly competitive industries. He joined Infoblox from Actian, where he was CMO and SVP of business development. Previously, he held leadership positions at Vidyo, Microsoft, Alcatel/Genesys Telecommunications, Telera, Deloitte Consulting, and Hewlett-Packard.
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About Bugcrowd, Infoblox: Bugcrowd harnesses the power of a global community of security researchers to surface critical software vulnerabilities.
Jacob Hansen
Co-Founder & CEO of Cobalt
Jacob Hansen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cobalt.io
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About Cobalt: Cobalt is a PTaaS platform that transforms traditional pentesting into a data-driven vulnerability management engine.
Vincent Liu
CEO & Co-Founder of Bishop Fox
Vincent Liu (CISSP) is the co-founder and CEO of Bishop Fox. He is an expert in security strategy, red teaming, and product security; and at Bishop Fox, he oversees firm strategy and client relationships.
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About Bishop Fox: The leader in offensive security, providing continuous pen testing, red teaming, attack surface management, & security assessments.
Tania A. Coke
Founder & CEO of Tellus You Care
Prior to founding Tellus, Tania worked at Google and Capital IQ in product and strategy roles. She has also held research positions at Harvard Medical School and MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research. She graduated from Stanford with her masters in Engineering where she was a DFJ Entrepreneurial Fellow. She is a Boston native who loves New York and is currently working on her daruma doll collection.
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About Tellus You Care: AT TELLUS, OUR VISION IS TO RADICALLY IMPROVE ELDERCARE WITH CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY.
Min Pyo Hong
Founder and CEO / CISO of SEWORKS
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About Hack In The Box, SEWORKS: Automated offensive security developed by a team of white hat hackers.