# Adam Markowitz

> Adam Markowitz is the CEO and co-founder of Drata, a trust management software company founded in 2020. An aerospace engineer by training, he previously founded Portfolium, acquired by Instructure in 2019. His career connects a student portfolio used in job interviews with software for demonstrating skills, security controls and, more recently, AI agent governance.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Drata
- **Organizations:** Drata, Portfolium, Instructure, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Solar Turbines
- **Education:** BS, Structural Engineering (emphasis in Aerospace Structures), University of California San Diego, MS, Astronautical Engineering, University of Southern California
- **Known for:** Founded Portfolium, acquired by Instructure in 2019., Co-founded and leads Drata, which reported crossing $100 million ARR within four years of launch., Led Drata as it expanded to more than 8,000 customers across over 80 countries by February 2026.

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Entered UC San Diego as an undergraduate.
- **2008** — Began aerospace engineering work on the Space Shuttle engine program.
- **2013** — Founded Portfolium; an August 2013 interview describes its January launch.
- **2019** — Instructure acquired Portfolium for a reported $43 million; became VP and GM at Instructure.
- **2020** — Co-founded Drata with Daniel Marashlian and Troy Markowitz.
- **2021** — Drata publicly launched in January and reached 1,000 customers in its first year, according to Markowitz.
- **2025** — Drata announced its SafeBase acquisition and publicly marked passing $100 million ARR.
- **2026** — Began hosting When Trust Meets AI; Drata introduced limited-availability AI Agent Governance.

## Achievements

- Founded Portfolium, acquired by Instructure in 2019.
- Co-founded and leads Drata, which reported crossing $100 million ARR within four years of launch.
- Led Drata as it expanded to more than 8,000 customers across over 80 countries by February 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Drata made its agentic third-party risk management product available as a standalone offering.
- **2026-08** — Drata announced limited availability of AI Agent Governance, initially focused on Anthropic environments.
- **2026-03** — Announced a new Drata brand and unification of the SafeBase company brand under Drata.
- **2026-02** — Drata opened San Francisco headquarters and launched When Trust Meets AI, hosted by Markowitz.

## Links

- Website: https://drata.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markowitzadam
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/markowitzadam

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Last updated: 2026-10-21