Onapsis is led by a group of executives characterized by their deep experience in cybersecurity, technology, thought leadership, team-building abilities and a proven record of successfully crafting and executing on enterprise business strategy.
Mariano Nunez
Chief Executive Officer
Mariano Nunez
Chief Executive Officer
As CEO, Mariano drives the strategic direction of the company. Under his leadership, Onapsis has become the market leader in protecting business applications and one of the fastest-growing technology and cybersecurity companies in the world.
Mariano has 20+ years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, both as an executive and as a cyber security expert. He was the first to publicly present on cybersecurity risks affecting ERP platforms and how to mitigate them at major conferences such as RSA, Black Hat and SANS. He was the developer of the first open source ERP penetration testing framework and has discovered critical security vulnerabilities in SAP, Oracle, IBM and Microsoft applications.
Mariano has been interviewed and featured in mainstream media such as CNN, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Fortune and The New York Times. He has been distinguished by Boston Business Journal as "40 under 40", by EY as "Entrepreneur of The Year 2018" and by MIT as a "Top 35 Innovator under the age of 35", as well as being selected an Endeavor entrepreneur. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and has completed executive training programs at Harvard Business School and Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Sadik Al-Abdulla
Chief Product Officer
Sadik Al-Abdulla
Chief Product Officer
As Chief Product Officer, Sadik is responsible for leading product vision, strategy, and execution for The Onapsis Platform. An executive leader of enterprise security businesses with more than 20 years of experience, Sadik has the insight and expertise to help customers solve today’s most sophisticated security challenges.
Prior to joining Onapsis, Sadik served as Vice President of Product Management for McAfee’s enterprise business. While at McAfee, he envisioned and brought to general availability their market-leading SASE/SSE product and evolved their Gartner Magic Quadrant leading CASB solution. He was also responsible for several other major product lines, including data loss prevention (DLP), secure web gateway (SWG), and network-based intrusion prevention system (NIPS). Previously, Sadik held multiple leadership positions at CDW, helping to lead the security business to over 3x growth. He is a former security consultant, security researcher, and penetration tester.
Denis Cashman
Chief Financial Officer
Denis Cashman
Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer, Denis is responsible for leading the global finance and operations organization. A proven executive with more than 30 years of experience scaling publicly-traded and growth-stage global technology companies, Denis has the expertise and track record to drive operational excellence and accelerate global growth.
Most recently, Denis served as CFO of Affirmed Networks, where he helped lead the company’s acquisition by Microsoft and remained as Partner CFO for one year to facilitate the integration of Affirmed within Microsoft’s Azure business unit. Previously, Denis spent nearly three decades in financial positions at EMC, ultimately serving as CFO. He played a key role in the integration of Dell and EMC following Dell’s acquisition of EMC, and he served as CFO of the Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group.
Denis began his professional career with EMC in 1988 as Finance Controller for EMC's manufacturing facility in Cork, Ireland. He transferred to the U.S. in 2000. Denis is a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and is a graduate of Munster Technology University (MTU), formerly Cork Institute of Technology (CIT).
Debi Dowling
Senior Vice President, Business Operations | Chief of Staff to CEO
Debi Dowling
Senior Vice President, Business Operations | Chief of Staff to CEO
As Senior Vice President, Business Operations and Chief of Staff to CEO, Debi is responsible for ensuring streamlined results-oriented activities within the organization based on key company objectives, as well as leading Onapsis’s Program Execution Office. Prior to joining Onapsis, Debi served as Chief of Staff and oversaw business enablement for Global Services and Sales Engineering for several years at Juniper Networks, where she also held other leadership roles across multiple functional areas including Customer Success, Professional Services, Program Management Office and Business Operations. She has vast hands-on experience working directly with Services, Sales, Engineering, HR and Marketing.
Throughout her career, Debi has also held management roles at a number of organizations, including Vodafone, Siemens, and Acision. She attended the Newbury Institute of Higher Education and Henley Business School in the United Kingdom.
Catherine Gassé
Chief People Officer
Catherine Gassé
Chief People Officer
As Chief People Officer Catherine is responsible for scaling the company’s people strategy and operations for sustained hypergrowth while supporting and evolving the thriving, compassionate culture at Onapsis. With nearly 20 years of human resources and recruiting experience, Catherine brings a genuine understanding of how a thriving company culture can positively impact business performance, a solid track record in hiring and retaining top talent for global organizations and a strong philosophy behind driving company philanthropic efforts.
Previously, she served as the head of HR for global functions at Vistaprint where she was responsible for HR initiatives including talent acquisition, experience and engagement, compensation, performance management and HR Operations. Prior to that, Catherine joined Dell Technologies as part of the Secureworks acquisition where she spent six years as the HR leader for a large global business unit. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Boston College.
Annabel Lewis
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
Annabel Lewis
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
As Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Annabel leads our legal and compliance activities with a focus on expanding our global operations to support Onapsis’s continued growth. She brings deep expertise in growing and scaling cybersecurity and software companies. Managing through empowerment, teamwork and positivity are the hallmarks of Annabel’s leadership.
Annabel’s 15 years of tech industry experience include multiple mergers, acquisitions, IPO initiatives, and international expansion. Prior to Onapsis, Annabel held executive positions responsible for several functions including legal, corporate information security, audit, strategic partnerships and business development. Annabel served as General Counsel and Secretary for Singtel’s cybersecurity organization, where she helped lead key growth initiatives, including integrating its various security units into one organization, with over 2,000 employees and 200,000 customers. While at Trustwave, through both organic growth and 15 acquisitions, Annabel helped transform this startup into one of the world's largest cybersecurity firms, culminating in its $850M-valued sale.
Annabel holds a biology degree from the University of Texas at Austin and graduated cum laude with honors from St. Mary's University School of Law.
Shane MacDonald
SVP – Global Sales and Alliances
Shane MacDonald
SVP – Global Sales and Alliances
As Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Alliances, Shane is responsible for building growth across Sales, Sales Engineering, and Alliances. While at Onapsis Shane has held a variety of GTM roles and has been successful in building many high-performance teams. Prior to Onapsis, Shane has held a variety of sales leadership positions at fast growing cybersecurity companies, including Aveksa and RSA. A native to the Boston area, Shane enjoys watching local sports, skiing, and spending time with his wife and two children. Shane holds a B/S Business Administration from Boston University.
Victor Hugo Montero
Chief Information Officer
Victor Hugo Montero
Chief Information Officer
An Onapsis co-founder, Victor oversees the development, implementation and alignment of IT and infosec programs with business objectives. During his time at Onapsis, Victor has held a number of executive roles, including COO and CPO. These roles, together with his 20+ years of experience in IT and InfoSec, have provided him a deep knowledge of company needs, structure and internal processes, enabling him to drive enterprise value. His vision and capabilities earned him recognition as “Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2012” by the Endeavor organization. Victor holds a graduate degree in organizational leadership from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Buenos Aires. He also completed the Entrepreneurial Ventures Program at Harvard Business School.
Juan Pablo Perez-Etchegoyen
Chief Technology Officer
Juan Pablo Perez-Etchegoyen
Chief Technology Officer
As CTO, JP leads the innovation team that keeps Onapsis on the cutting edge of the Business-Critical Application Security market, addressing some of the most complex problems that organizations are currently facing while managing and securing their ERP landscapes. JP helps manage the development of new products as well as support the ERP cybersecurity research efforts that have garnered critical acclaim for the Onapsis Research Labs.
JP is regularly invited to speak and host trainings at global industry conferences, including Black Hat, HackInTheBox, AppSec, Troopers, Oracle OpenWorld and SAP TechEd, and is a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Cloud ERP Working Group. Over his professional career, JP has led many Information Security consultancy projects for some of the world's biggest companies around the globe in the fields of penetration and web application testing, vulnerability research, cybersecurity infosec auditing/standards, vulnerability research and more.
Kellie Snyder
Chief Customer Officer
Kellie Snyder
Chief Customer Officer
Kellie is focused on working with Customers and driving great Customer Experience. She joined Onapsis with over 20 years of experience having worked with many of the largest companies and brands in the world and leading customer engagement functions - services sales, customer success, professional services, support and education. Previously she has worked at both private and public companies of various sizes and stages including Adobe, Marsh & McLennan, CA Technologies, Interwoven and most recently Salsify.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Onapsis is guided by a group of cybersecurity leaders, investment professionals and business leaders with the proven ability to grow companies in dynamic markets.
Mariano Nunez
Chief Executive Officer, Onapsis
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Mariano Nunez
Chief Executive Officer, Onapsis
As CEO, Mariano drives the strategic direction of the company. Under his leadership, Onapsis has become the market leader in protecting business applications and one of the fastest-growing technology and cybersecurity companies in the world.
Mariano has 20+ years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, both as an executive and as a cyber security expert. He was the first to publicly present on cybersecurity risks affecting ERP platforms and how to mitigate them at major conferences such as RSA, Black Hat and SANS. He was the developer of the first open source ERP penetration testing framework and has discovered critical security vulnerabilities in SAP, Oracle, IBM and Microsoft applications.
Mariano has been interviewed and featured in mainstream media such as CNN, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Fortune and The New York Times. He has been distinguished by Boston Business Journal as "40 under 40", by EY as "Entrepreneur of The Year 2018" and by MIT as a "Top 35 Innovator under the age of 35", as well as being selected an Endeavor entrepreneur. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and has completed executive training programs at Harvard Business School and Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Dave DeWalt
Former CEO, FireEye, McAfee, Documentum
Founder & CEO of NightDragon
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Dave DeWalt
Former CEO, FireEye, McAfee, Documentum
Founder & CEO of NightDragon
Dave DeWalt is founder, CEO and Managing Director of NightDragon, a late-stage and growth venture capital firm focused on the cybersecurity, safety, security and privacy market. He is a veteran CEO, advisor, and investor who has led companies, from startups to the Fortune 500, on a transformational journey of success. Focused on technology and cybersecurity, Dave helped create more than $20 billion of shareholder value during his 15-plus years as President and CEO of three major companies. That includes driving the largest cybersecurity IPO to date as of 2013, and leading the largest all-cash deal in technology history as of 2010. Today, he serves as Managing Director of Allegis Cyber as well as investor and board member in the world’s most innovative companies such as Delta Airlines, Five9, Forescout, Phantom Cyber, Claroty, Team8, DataTribe, Illusive Networks, and Optiv.
Greg Dracon
Partner at .406 Ventures
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Greg Dracon
Partner at .406 Ventures
Greg Dracon is a Partner at .406 Ventures with 25+ years of combined venture investing and high-tech operating and management experience. Greg leads .406’s cybersecurity practice, which has invested in companies including AuthAir (acquired by LogMeIn), Carbon Black (IPO 2018), Edgewise (acquired by Zscaler), GreatHorn, HYPR, KSOC, MineralTree (acquired by Global Payments), Onapsis, Oort (acquired by Cisco), Pwnie Express (acquired by Outpost24), Randori (acquired by IBM), Sevco, Tausight, Terbium Labs (acquired by Deloitte), ThreatGRID (acquired by Cisco), Threat Stack (acquired by F5), ThreatX, Trilio, Vaultive (acquired by CyberArk), and Veracode (acquired by CA Technologies).
Greg serves on the Cybersecurity Strategy Council for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a former board director of the Advanced Cyber Security Center – a non-profit consortium comprised of industry, academic, and government leaders establishing New England as a center of excellence for cybersecurity thought leadership.
Prior to joining the team at .406 in 2007, Greg was a Vice President at venture capital firm Core Capital Partners and previously, spent nearly a dozen years in a variety of operating and management roles within the high-tech industry.
Greg received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University and his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Gerhard Eschelbeck
Former VP Security & Privacy Engineering (CISO), Google
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Gerhard Eschelbeck
Former VP Security & Privacy Engineering (CISO), Google
Eschelbeck brings strong experience in transforming traditional security solutions and delivering them through the cloud, which will help Onapsis guide customers to the cloud with confidence. A proven information technology executive with strong operational and strategic experience, Eschelbeck has launched innovative and successful companies and has built high-performance multi-national teams in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Widely regarded as one of the foremost experts on network and system security, Eschelbeck was invited to present his research in information security to the U.S. Congress, and is a frequent speaker at major industry conferences. Eschelbeck is also a highly regarded author and is well-known for publishing the "Laws of Vulnerabilities." He is one of the inventors of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and holds numerous patents in the field of managed network security. Eschelbeck previously held CTO positions at Sophos, Webroot and Qualys.
Marcos Galperin
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, MercadoLibre
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Marcos Galperin
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, MercadoLibre
Marcos Galperin is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of MercadoLibre Inc (NASDAQ:MELI). He is co-founder of the company and has been a Board Member since October 1999. He is also a board member of Endeavor, a non-profit organization that selects, mentors and accelerates high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. He is also a board member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to working with the company, Mr. Galperin worked in the fixed income department of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in New York from June to August 1998 and at YPF S.A., an integrated oil company, in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Galperin received an MBA from Stanford University and graduated with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Sebastien LEHNHERR
Chief Information Officer, Schlumberger
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Sebastien LEHNHERR
Chief Information Officer | Schlumberger
Sebastien Lehnherr is Chief Information Officer of Schlumberger, a position he assumed in December 2019. Lehnherr is responsible for leading the Information Technology (IT) strategy and deploying differentiated technologies and digital practices to support Schlumberger's performance and digital ambitions.
He has held previous global management roles, including most recently vice president of Cyber Security and Global Information Technology Director. He joined Schlumberger in 2001 as an IT Project Engineer and spent his early career in Information Technology and Software Products across multiple countries including the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and France.
Lehnherr earned a degree in Computer Engineering from the Ecole Centrale Marseille, France.
Yvon Roy
Managing Director - Investments, VC & Technologies at CDPQ
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Yvon Roy
Managing Director - Investments, VC & Technologies at CDPQ
Yvon Roy is senior director of investment, VC & technology at Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of the largest private equity fund manager and investor in Canada. Mr. Roy has over twenty years of financial management experience. Prior to joining Caisse, Mr. Roy held various management positions at Lumenpulse, an architectural LED lighting manufacturing company, including senior vice president, M&A | Investor Relations and Executive Vice President, Finance. He has, among other things, participated in the initial public offering of the company. Prior to joining Lumenpulse, he was Vice President, Finance of ProDrive Systems for nearly six years. Previously, Mr. Roy was Corporate Controller for Actional Corporation (now Progress Software - NASDAQ: PRGS) a Silicon Valley-funded venture capital software company. He also held positions with KPMG LP / LP in the corporate tax Department and at Pricewaterhouse Coopers LP/LP, where he provided financial advisory services.
Mr. Roy holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and a Graduate Diploma in Accounting from HEC Montréal. Mr. Roy is a member of Quebec CPA Order. He has served,and continues to serve on numerous boards of private corporations as well as those of philanthropic organizations, including the Fondation du centre jeunesse de Montréal, an organization that helps disadvantaged children and the Montreal General Hospital Foundation.
J.R. Smith
Partner, Evolution Equity Partners
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J.R. Smith
Partner, Evolution Equity Partners
J.R. Smith is a partner at Evolution Equity Partners focused on growth stage technology investments in information security, enterprise software and consumer. Prior to joining Evolution, he was Chief Executive Officer of AVG Technologies where he was responsible for strategy and operations and leading the company to an IPO in 2012 on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Smith is considered to be a thought leader in the areas of security, privacy and data protection and has authored several books on these subjects. Prior to AVG he was CEO of several software companies including Telecom Solutions Group, a pan-European network deployment and telecommunications software development company he founded in 1997 whose clients included Vodafone, Nextel, Orange, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Nokia and Ericsson. Mr. Smith began his career in Seattle, Washington with PNC, which evolved to become the publicly listed VoiceStream, later acquired by T-Mobile.
David Stienes
Partner at LLR Partners
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David Stienes
Partner at LLR Partners
David Stienes is a Partner at LLR Partners, a growth equity firm founded in 1999 with more than $3.5 billion of capital raised across five funds. David has been with LLR for 20 years and focuses on technology and technology-enabled services investments with an emphasis on information security, business resiliency and risk management. Along with Onapsis, Mr. Stienes has led investments and serves on the on the board of the following information and cybersecurity companies: Digital Guardian, Phishlabs, BluVector, and Cigital Inc. David received a B.B.A. degree in Accounting, summa cum laude, from James Madison University. He has been Director at Onapsis since 2018.
Juan Pablo Perez-Etchegoyen
Chief Technology Officer, Onapsis
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Juan Pablo Perez-Etchegoyen
Chief Technology Officer, Onapsis
As CTO, JP leads the research & development team that keeps Onapsis on the cutting-edge of the Business-Critical Application Security market. He is responsible for the design, research and development of Onapsis’s innovative software solutions and helps manage the development of new products as well as the SAP cybersecurity research that has garnered critical acclaim for the Onapsis Research Labs. He is regularly invited to speak and host trainings at global industry conferences including Blackhat, HackInTheBox, Troopers, and SAP TechEd/DCODE.
Prior to joining Onapsis, Juan Pablo led many Information Security consultancy projects for companies in Latin America, EE.UU. and Europe. His strongest experience is in the fields of Penetration Testing, Web Application Testing, Vulnerabilities Research and Information Security Auditing and Standards.
Victor Hugo Montero
Chief Information Officer, Onapsis
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Victor Hugo Montero
Chief Information Officer, Onapsis
As CIO and co-founder, Victor is responsible for developing, implementing and aligning IT and infosec programs with business objectives. During his time at Onapsis, Victor has held a number of executive roles, including COO and CPO. These roles, together with his 20+ years experience in the IT and InfoSec fields, have provided him a deep knowledge of the company needs, structure and internal processes, enabling him to drive enterprise value. His vision and capabilities earned him recognition as “Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2012” by the Endeavor organization. Victor holds a graduate degree in organizational leadership from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Buenos Aires. He also completed the Entrepreneurial Ventures Program at Harvard Business School.