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Dave DeWalt and the compound interest of showing up
Before the cybersecurity deals came 500 cold calls a week. The NightDragon founder has spent his career turning repetition, relationships, and an operator’s instincts into a larger field of play.
Yanek Korff Took the Job He Never Wanted - Then Built a Company Around What He Learned
He studied computer science to avoid working with people. An unexpected promotion, two bruising years, and one industry rant later, Yanek Korff became the operator teaching cybersecurity to show its work.
Dave Merkel Tried to Quit Cybersecurity. Then One Tweet Wouldn’t Leave Him Alone.
After chasing hackers for the Air Force, building AOL’s incident-response muscle and riding Mandiant into a billion-dollar deal, ‘Merk’ was finished with security startups. A complaint about lousy service changed his mind - and became the premise for Expel.
Jason Martin Built for the Breach - Then AI Gave Every Machine a Badge
After 25 years in cybersecurity, Martin stopped treating identity as a login problem and started following what every human, machine, and AI agent did next. That bet took Permiso from 100 interviews before code to an acquisition by Okta.
Scott McCrady
Scott McCrady is the founder and CEO of SolCyber, a Dallas-based managed security services provider that emerged from stealth in July 2021 with a $20 million Series A led by ForgePoint Capital. An engineer by training with more than two decades in networking and cybersecurity, McCrady previously ran Symantec's global MSSP business and built out FireEye's Global MSSP and System Integrator business before launching SolCyber to bring enterprise-grade managed security to the mid-market.