# Rita Gurevich

> Rita Gurevich is the founder and CEO of SPHERE, a New Jersey identity-security company born from her experience helping separate Lehman Brothers' technology assets after its 2008 bankruptcy. A Stevens Institute of Technology computer science and mathematics graduate, she started SPHERE from her kitchen in 2010, bootstrapped it for eleven years, and turned hands-on access-control cleanup into the SPHEREboard software platform and managed services business.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at SPHERE
- **Organizations:** SPHERE, Lehman Brothers, StealthBits Technologies, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey Technology Council, Forbes Technology Council
- **Education:** Bachelor's studies in Computer Science and Mathematics, Stevens Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Bootstrapped SPHERE for eleven years before accepting venture capital., Raised a $10 million Series A in 2021 and a $31 million Series B in 2022., Named one of New Jersey Monthly's Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs in 2012.

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Began the first of three cooperative-education internships at Lehman Brothers while a Stevens student.
- **2006** — Graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology and joined Lehman Brothers full time in information technology.
- **2008** — Worked on the team separating and distributing Lehman Brothers' technology assets after its bankruptcy.
- **2008-2010** — Served as Director of Messaging Product Management at StealthBits Technologies.
- **2010** — Founded SPHERE as a solo founder, initially operating as a data-security consulting business.
- **2021** — After eleven years of bootstrapping, raised a $10 million Series A led by Forgepoint Capital.
- **2022** — SPHERE raised a $31 million Series B led by Edison Partners with participation from Forgepoint Capital.
- **2023** — Returned to Stevens as the Thomas H. Scholl Visiting Entrepreneur lecturer.
- **2025** — Was named CEO of the Year in the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards.
- **2026** — SPHERE reported its strongest year on record for 2025 and continued expanding its identity-hygiene platform and integrations.

## Achievements

- Bootstrapped SPHERE for eleven years before accepting venture capital.
- Raised a $10 million Series A in 2021 and a $31 million Series B in 2022.
- Named one of New Jersey Monthly's Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs in 2012.
- Named among NJBIZ's 50 Best Women in Business in 2015 and 40 Under 40 in 2017.
- Received a SmartCEO Brava Award in 2016.
- Selected for EY's Entrepreneurial Winning Women program in 2016.
- Named CEO of the Year in the 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards.
- Led SPHERE as it won a 2022 Globee Cyber Security Global Excellence Award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — SPHERE announced an integration with SailPoint, and Gurevich described complete, trusted identity data as the basis for faster governance decisions.
- **2026-02** — SPHERE reported its strongest year on record for 2025, citing platform growth and broader enterprise adoption.
- **2025-10** — SPHERE published Gurevich's RSA 2025 interview with Ed Amoroso on identity intelligence, automation, AI and blind spots.

## Links

- Website: https://sphereco.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritagurevich
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SPHERETechSol
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkvQ7P1nAH4
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/SphereTechnologySolutions

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Last updated: 2026-08-26