Experienced Enterprise Security Leaders
VMRay is led by a team of highly accomplished corporate leaders and malware analysis experts.
Dr. Carsten Willems
Co-Founder
Carsten is the original developer of CWSandbox, one of the first commercial malware sandbox systems that was later renamed to GFI Sandbox and then Threat Analyzer. He is a pioneer in creating enterprise software for dynamic malware analysis and detection, and is one of the leading experts in this field worldwide. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science / IT-security at the Ruhr-University of Bochum in 2013 and today has more than 20 years of experience in malware research and software design. Carsten has founded several companies, mentored many CyberSecurity startups and regularly presents at academic and industry conferences. Together with co-founder and CTO Ralf Hund, he developed the unique hypervisor-based threat detection technology that is the basis for VMRay Analyzer.
Dr. Ralf Hund
Co-Founder
Ralf achieved his Ph.D. in computer science / IT-security at the Ruhr-University of Bochum in 2013. During his studies, he focused on new analysis methods for software binaries, with a strong focus on malware. His findings were published and presented at many leading academic IT security conferences and received several awards for outstanding work. Furthermore, Ralf has been involved in the design and development of several sandbox technologies. He has experience in malware research for more than 10 years and is an active speaker at various academic and industrial conferences. His special interests lie in virtualization techniques and its application to software analysis.
Chad Loeven
VP Sales & Marketing, President VMRay Inc.
Chad has been involved in enterprise security for over 20 years. Prior to VMRay he managed technology alliances at RSA, the security division of EMC. He came on board RSA via their acquisition of Silicium Security and Silicium ‘s ECAT ETDR (Endpoint Threat Detection and Response) technology where he ran sales and marketing. Prior to Silicium he ran Sunbelt Software’s Advanced Technology Group (ATG), bringing to market the CWSandbox malware analyzer and Sunbelt’s ThreatTrack threat intel feeds. Sunbelt was acquired by GFI, and is now ThreatTrack Security. As president of VMRay Inc. he oversees operations and all sales and marketing activities worldwide outside of Germany.
Uriel Cohen
VP Products
With over a decade in cyber security, Uriel has become passionate about solving enterprise security challenges with technology innovations. Prior to joining VMRay, Uriel served as Director of Product Management for Ifasec GmbH, a German-based company bringing to market an adaptive network access control solution. Prior to that, Uriel was the Director of Products at WireX Systems, a network forensics company based in California and Israel. Prior to WireX, Uriel held a Technical Product Management role at Check Point Software Technologies, where he focused on building a successful roadmap for its FW-integrated Threat Prevention solution. Uriel holds a B.Sc with honors in mathematics from Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Francis Montesino
Head of Labs
Francis brings over 15 years of cyber security experience to VMRay. Prior to joining VMRay, Francis worked at G DATA leading the Automation Team focusing on tooling and automation integration for the security labs. In his earlier years, he worked for TrendMicro’s AV Lab focusing on malware research and incident handling. Francis then worked for Sunbelt in the Philippines where he was instrumental in establishing the company’s AV Lab. He then moved to Florida to work for GFI (formerly Sunbelt Software) where he managed malware collection, processing, and sharing processes.
Uta Fendt
VP People
Uta brings more than 20 years of experience in HR management of IT companies with a focus on e-commerce and IT security to VMRay. In recent years she has worked as HR Manager for companies such as G Data, Intershop, Osudio and KPS. She has extensive knowledge in recruiting, personnel development and the development of HR processes in growth companies. She holds an M.Sc. from the University of Leipzig. As VP People for VMRay she is responsible for all personnel management and recruiting activities of VMRay GmbH.
Advisory Board
Assisting the management team is an independent, international advisory board including experts in business development, strategic partnerships, malware research, and global IT-security market.
Dr. Rolf-Christian Wentz
Rolf-Christian is a business angel and consultant/coach. He has investments in various start-ups, including in software. He is also a lecturer in innovation management at the RWTH University Aachen and at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and is a member of the board of Zooplus AG, the European e-commerce market leader in pet supplies. Before his current activities, Rolf-Christian worked as a manager for Procter & Gamble, SC Johnson and Campbell Soup for 26 years. After being finance director and then marketing director at P&G, over the last eight years of his managerial career he was the managing director responsible for the Central European and the German business unit, respectively, of the latter two companies. Rolf-Christian has a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Cologne, Germany. He is author of “The Innovation Machine: How the world’s best companies manage innovation.”
Mike Rogers
Mike is a Strategy, Corporate and Business Development expert with a 25+ year background in Banking, Digital Media and Cybersecurity. Mike is a veteran consultant to early stage companies, having formed and built two management consulting practices in Silicon Valley, after successful Executive Strategy, Corporate and Business Development roles at OpenTV, Cyberguard, Secure Computing, and Lumension Security. Mike has a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan, and an MBA in International Finance from Thunderbird.
Willi Mannheims
Willi is the managing partner at eCapital. With 25 years of experience in venture and private equity, Willi has lead 4 successful IPOs while serving in leadership positions at several small and medium sized technological growth companies including: Daimler Chrysler (Business Development & Strategic Planning), Cubis AG (Head of Business Development); Secunet AG (Founder & CEO); escrypt GmbH (CEO), Eracom AG (CEO), and ISITS AG (CEO). Willi received his MBA from the Henley Management College UK and Graduate degree as an aerospace engineer from RWTH Aachen.
Investors
ECAPITAL
ECAPITAL AG, based in Münster, is a capital management company for alternative investment funds (AIF) under the EuVECA regulation. The company is one of the leading venture capital investors in Germany and since 1999 has actively supported innovative entrepreneurs in future-oriented sectors. The focus is on fast-growing companies in the software / IT, industry 4.0, cleantech and new materials segments. ECAPITAL currently manages six funds with a subscription capital of over 200 million euros and invests in companies in early to later stage phases. Learn more at http://ecapital.de/.
High-Tech Gründerfonds
The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is Germany’s most active and largest early-stage investor. We finance your technology start-up with venture capital – from clean-tech and robotics to drug development, from chemistry to software. Benefit from the experience and the extensive networks of our team with its technological and business know-how. Learn more at http://high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/.
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