Leadership
Rapid7 has a strong senior leadership team and a set of investors that provide stability and financing in this very competitive market.
Mike Tuchen President & CEO
Mike joined Rapid7 in 2008 to lead its next phase of growth as the company expands its marketing, sales channels and product development. Prior to joining the company, he was the general manager of Microsoft's SQL Server marketing team, leading worldwide strategic planning and revenue-generating efforts, including product marketing, field programs, product planning and partner strategy. Mike has had two stints totaling nine years at Microsoft in an expanding range of product development and marketing roles. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Brown University (magna cum laude), a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar).
Corey E. Thomas Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing, & Services
Corey leads Rapid7's business functions and the company's Metasploit division. His responsibilities include sales, marketing, services, product management and operations. Corey has more than 12 years’ experience growing technology businesses. Corey joined Rapid7 in 2008 to focus on scaling business operations including building out the marketing, product management and operations functions. Prior to joining Rapid7, he led consumer sales, marketing, and business development as a vice president at Parallels, a global leader in virtualization and automation solutions. Corey also held a number of leadership positions in the Microsoft Server and Tools division, launching the worldwide availability of SQL Server 2005 and steering product planning for Microsoft's data platform and storage strategy. Prior to that, he was a Consultant at Deloitte Consulting. Corey holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Vanderbilt University (magna cum laude) and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar).
Tas Giakouminakis Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Tas is a Rapid7 co-founder and the chief architect of NeXpose and has been part of the Matthews and Devine team since 1990. Giakouminakis helped form Percussion Software in 1994 where he led the server development of Notrix, Percussion's first product. In addition, he led the server development team for Rhythmyx, Percussion's Enterprise Content Management system. Tas left Percussion to launch Rapid7 in 1998. Prior to his recent experiences, he worked in the financial services sector, developing software in the security and risk areas for CitiCorp.
HD is Chief Security Officer at Rapid7 and Chief Architect of Metasploit, the leading open-source penetration testing platform. HD founded the Metasploit Project in the summer of 2003 with the goal of becoming a public resource for exploit code research and development. Prior to joining Rapid7 and continuing his work on the Metasploit Framework, HD was the Director of Security Research at BreakingPoint Systems, where he focused on the content and security testing features of the BreakingPoint product line. Prior to BreakingPoint, HD spent seven years providing vulnerability assessments, leading penetration tests, and developing exploit code.
Tim O'Toole Chief Financial Officer
Tim joined Rapid7 as CFO in September 2008 to manage all aspects of finance and human resources. Previously, Tim was the CFO at Mzinga, the leading provider of business social media and learning solutions. From 2004 to 2007, Tim was Vice President of Finance for Bladelogic (acquired by BMC Software in 2008). While in that role, he was instrumental in increasing revenue sources, establishing eight foreign subsidiaries and completing the Bladelogic initial public offering, raising $98 million. Tim holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Bentley University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Deidre Diamond Vice President of Sales
Deidre comes to Rapid7 with over 13 years in sales leadership, responsible for driving the sales efforts across the company, reinforcing the company's sales structure, and training and mentoring potential sales leaders. Prior to Rapid7, Deidre was with technology staffing company, Stride & Associates, where she played a key role in Stride's growth and achieving its continued success. Deidre brings superior sales leadership to Rapid7 to create an outstanding sales organization that will drive company growth. Deidre is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton and resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Chad Loder Co-Founder & Vice President of Engineering
As Vice President of Engineering, Chad is responsible for the development and overall quality of Rapid7's product solutions. Chad brings to Rapid7 over 12 years of experience building enterprise software systems. Before he co-founded Rapid7, Chad was a Principal Developer at Percussion Software where he was instrumental in bringing their Rhythmyx content management system to market. Chad also held positions at Cognex, where he developed software for machine vision, and IBM, where he worked on communications systems for the Department of Defense.
Patty Wright Vice President of Professional Services
Patty Wright is responsible for leading and managing Rapid7's world-class Professional Services Organization. Patty comes to Rapid7 with a wealth of over 20 years experience in Professional Services, IT Management and Support Services. Prior to Rapid7 Patty was Senior Director for Symantec Consulting, managing a large, highly skilled consulting team delivering security consulting and product implementation engagements to extremely high levels of client satisfaction for Symantec's Southeast and Central U.S. and Canadian regions. Wright joined Symantec through the company's acquisition of @stake, a top-tier boutique consulting firm focused solely on high-end security products and consulting. While at @stake, Wright was the Regional Director for the Central and South-East U.S. Patty holds a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.
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