Brian Contos

Nexicon, Inc. develops next generation digital media protection and intelligence solutions. It also delivers anti-piracy, intellectual property security, business intelligence and network security products and solutions to many industries, including the motion picture and music industries, software and games, publishing, ISPs, financial services and government. The firm helps media owning clients increase profitability by recovering revenues lost to online piracy while helping both government and private organizations secure and gather network information. The company was founded by Stiansen Tommy in 1999 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

Force10 Networks, Inc. is a technology company, which engages in the provision of infrastructure solutions to build and secure intelligent services networks. The company was founded by Prabhat K. Dubey, Steve Sinclair, and Bruce Miller on September 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Joyent, Inc. engages in the design and development of cloud computing and systems software. It offers data services platform that computes and analyzes capabilities. The firm's Manta solution provides robust, scalable and portable object storage, with integrated server-less computing. The company was founded by David P. Young, Brian A. Brown and Jason A. Hoffman in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

LogRhythm, Inc. provides security intelligence services. It serves the banking and finance, retail and hospitality, energy and utilities, higher education, healthcare and government industries. The company was founded by Christopher L. Petersen and Phillip M. Villella in March 2003 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Accenture LLP provides management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. Its services encompass customer relationship, finance, human resources, service, supply chain, information management, business process, and infrastructure outsourcing services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Intecom manufactures voice infrastructure systems. The private company is based in Addison, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Wurldtech Security Technologies, Inc. provides protection for mission-critical connected devices against the persistent and dynamic threat of cyber attack. The firm’s services include site security assessment, site security health check and in-person security training. The company was founded by Nate Kube in 2007 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Synack, Inc. provides a cloud-based platform which provides a subscription security-as-a-service solution that redefines the static, signature-centric model of security testing and vulnerability discovery. The company was founded by Jay Kaplan and Mark Kuhr in May 2013 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Palerra, Inc. provides stealth cloud security. It enables organizations to protect business-critical cloud infrastructure and data with LORIC, the cloud security automation platform. Palerra LORIC is the first CASB to combine threat detection, predictive analytics, security configuration management and automated incident response and remediation into a single solution. The company was founded by Rohit Gupta and Ganesh Kirti on July 12, 2013 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Dtex Systems, Inc. provides user analytics based security, visibility and cost saving solutions. It offers endpoint profiling and analytics for enterprises. The firm is configurable for both local and multinational organizations and this mature, hardened technology enables to deliver the visibility, transparency and security needed by global businesses to prevent internal threats without compromising user privacy. The company was founded by Mohan Koo in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.