# Sam Glines

> Sam Glines is a St. Louis technology professional and the co-founder and former CEO of cybersecurity company Norse. After a consulting career at Accenture, he co-founded Norse with Tommy Stiansen in 2010, led its business development and financing efforts, and became a public advocate for live threat intelligence. He left the CEO role in January 2016 amid layoffs and financial pressure. His current LinkedIn profile lists ArchKey Solutions.

- **Role:** Technology executive, entrepreneur, and product and project management professional
- **Organizations:** Norse, Accenture, Nexicon, ArchKey Solutions
- **Education:** Double major in Accounting and Management Information Systems; exact degree designation unverified, Saint Louis University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Norse in April 2010., Co-inventor on US patent 8,726,379, granted May 13, 2014., Led Norse during its 2014 Gartner Cool Vendors inclusion and Red Herring North America Top 100 recognition.

## Career timeline

- **1991-1995** — Attended Saint Louis University.
- **1995-2008** — Worked in technology consulting at the organization that became Accenture; an archived biography describes thirteen years.
- **2008** — Left Accenture to pursue entrepreneurial work; subsequently worked at Nexicon and met Tommy Stiansen.
- **2010-04** — Co-founded Norse with Tommy Stiansen and served as CEO.
- **2013-12** — Norse raised a $10 million venture round; Oak Investment Partners was identified as its institutional investor.
- **2014-05** — Named co-inventor on US patent 8,726,379, granted May 13, 2014.
- **2014-12** — Appeared on CNN to discuss Norse’s disputed Sony hack theory.
- **2015-03** — Norse announced a partnership with NEC and Infosec.
- **2015-09** — Norse announced an $11.4 million Series A1 round led by KPMG Capital and $42 million total venture funding.
- **2016-01** — Departed as Norse CEO during a period of layoffs and financial pressure; Howard Bain became interim CEO.
- **2016-02** — Issued a statement acknowledging management mistakes and disputing criticism of Norse.
- **2020-09** — Earned Certified ScrumMaster certification from Scrum Alliance, per LinkedIn.
- **2020-11** — Earned Certified Scrum Product Owner certification from Scrum Alliance, per LinkedIn.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Norse in April 2010.
- Co-inventor on US patent 8,726,379, granted May 13, 2014.
- Led Norse during its 2014 Gartner Cool Vendors inclusion and Red Herring North America Top 100 recognition.
- Led Norse during its 2015 NEC partnership and KPMG Capital-led financing.

## Latest updates

- **2020-09** — LinkedIn records Certified ScrumMaster certification.
- **2020-11** — LinkedIn records Certified Scrum Product Owner certification.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samglines

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