About ThreatX

Gene has a lengthy track record as an executive at technology companies, including COO at White Ops, General Manager at Resilient Systems (acquired by IBM), and VP of Worldwide Sales and Global Alliances of Network Intelligence (acquired by EMC and integrated into RSA). Gene has extensive experience building high-impact teams at early-stage startups in storage, virtualization, and cybersecurity. He has specific expertise in go-to-market strategies, marketing, customer success, and channel development. Gene holds an MBA from Northeastern University, where he guest lectures on topics such as product management, marketing, and sales.

Tom has a long track record of building and scaling product delivery capabilities at mid- and growth-stage startups. He served as the VP of Engineering at Edgewise Networks, where he led engineering through early releases of Edgewise’s zero-trust micro-segmentation product. While at Veracode, a leader in AppSec, Hickman led engineering through an Agile transformation, and helped the company become a true multi-faceted AppSec platform prior to its acquisition by CA Technologies in 2017. Tom holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Digital-first growth leader and tech marketing executive with 20+ years’ experience building brands, generating demand, growing pipeline and driving revenue in B2B and B2G markets. Formerly at ZeroNorth, Forcepoint, and Raytheon.

With more than 20 years of experience developing software and leading engineering teams, VP of Engineering Phil Lawrence brings a wealth of valuable skills and knowledge to ThreatX. He was most recently Director at Devo, Inc., where he managed a team of over 40 CloudOps and NOC team members. Before that, Phil led engineering at Resilient Systems where he grew development from a team of 6 to a multi-national organization as part of IBM. Earlier, Phil held engineering leadership roles at IBM Resilient, PegaSystems, and Microsoft. Phil hold a MS in Engineering/Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Libby brings over 15 years of experience in accounting, finance and consulting with proven expertise in leading process design to support growth initiatives, financings and M&A. Prior to ThreatX, Libby served as the VP Internal Audit with GCP Applied Technologies.  Before GCP, Libby was a Managing Director with CFGI, a financial consulting firm, where she helped companies transform their finance functions, complete acquisitions and support IPO transactions. Libby began her career in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche after receiving her B.S. degree in Management from Boston College, with dual concentrations in finance and accounting.  She is also a certified public accountant.

Bret has served in multiple executive roles for Corporate Express/Staples and BMC Software. He has extensive knowledge of the software development and security products industries. Bret has been responsible for enterprise security in multiple roles and has been an innovator throughout his career. His proven track record of building and developing high performing organizations and dynamic cyber security teams helps ThreatX deliver AppSec services that meet enterprise needs.

Billy has 10 years of sales experience in cybersecurity and startup sectors. He has helped build, scale, and lead go-to-market teams at multiple early- and mid- stage companies. Most recently, Billy led western region enterprise sales go-to-market at AtScale. Previously, Billy was the initial sales hire at Komand (acquired by Rapid7), where he developed and led go-to-market strategies. Prior to Komand, he was an early sales hire at Resilient Systems (acquired by IBM). Billy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern New Hampshire University.

Andrius has a varied career ranging from ethical hacking, penetration testing and security product development for the US Department of Defense, senior consulting positions for Fortune 500 enterprises, and corporate CISO responsibilities for large enterprises. Andrius has an exceptional blend of software development skills combined with extensive knowledge and experience of the network and security industries.