SmartBear has appointed Dan Faulkner, the company’s Chief Product Officer, as Chief Executive Officer.
Ray Kruck, Founder and CEO of Tugboat Logic, has joined the DEVOPSdigest Vendor Forum.
Kruck has a 24+ year enterprise security career with executive leadership roles in Corporate Development, Marketing and Sales at several leading firms, including Check Point Software, Proofpoint, Websense, and Voltage Security. In 2011, Kruck co-founded Nexgate with a breakthrough platform to help brands discover, monitor and secure their brands social presence. Nexgate was acquired by Proofpoint (NASDAQ: PFPT) as their largest acquisition in 2014. Since Nexgate, Kruck co-founded Pointgrey Partners an early stage venture investment firm focused on deep technology plays that drive competitive disruption in the enterprise and life science markets. He enjoys mentoring other startup ventures with his participation as an Associate in Canada's leading technology venture mentorship program, Creative Destruction Lab. In 2017 he founded Tugboat Logic.
Tugboat Logic is a Security Assurance Platform providing automated technology to demystify the process of creating and managing an InfoSec program. With Tugboat Logic, enterprises can quickly get secure and prove it to customers. Powered by AI, Tugboat Logic’s patent-pending technology automates InfoSec policy creation, audit readiness, and security questionnaire response so enterprises can gain trust with customers and sell more. Tugboat Logic helps you prepare for audits in half the time and at a fraction of the cost, ensures you respond to security questionnaires in minutes (not hours), and builds and scales your InfoSec plan in minutes.
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Kindo formally launched its channel partner program.
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