# Paul Martini

> Paul Martini is the CEO, chief architect and co-founder of iboss, a Boston-based cloud security company he built with his twin brother Peter starting from a San Diego garage in 2003. He holds more than 230 patents in cloud, cybersecurity and networking, and has helped push zero trust and Security Service Edge into the enterprise mainstream. Before iboss he did circuit-board and network software work at Copper Mountain Networks and SAIC.

- **Role:** CEO, CTO, Chief Architect and Co-Founder at iboss
- **Organizations:** iboss, Copper Mountain Networks (former), SAIC (former)
- **Nationality:** American (Cuban heritage)
- **Education:** Computer science and biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
- **Known for:** 230+ issued and pending patents in cloud, cybersecurity and networking, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Named to Goldman Sachs' 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs

## Career timeline

- **late 1990s** — Began software engineering at age 18
- **post-graduation** — Circuit board design and network software at Copper Mountain Networks
- **early 2000s** — Built distributed real-time network systems at SAIC (clients included Rolls Royce)
- **2003** — Co-founded iboss with twin brother Peter Martini from a San Diego garage
- **2012** — Company rebranded to iboss
- **2015** — Raised $35M growth round led by Goldman Sachs
- **2021** — Closed $145M Series B; total funding reaches $180M
- **2023** — Forbes profile marks iboss handling 150B+ daily transactions across 100+ data centers

## Achievements

- 230+ issued and pending patents in cloud, cybersecurity and networking
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- Named to Goldman Sachs' 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs
- Peer-reviewed research published in Journal of Foundations in Computer Science and Journal of Analytical Biochemistry
- Bootstrapped iboss for roughly a decade before taking outside capital
- Built iboss into a global platform serving thousands of enterprises

## Latest updates

- **2023-07** — Forbes profile on Paul and Peter Martini and iboss' cloud security scale.
- **2023-03** — Appeared on Techstrong TV discussing whether zero trust is product, service or philosophy.

## Links

- Website: https://www.iboss.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinipaul
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ibossCloud
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEd1pqkDeIo
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ibosscloud

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