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Management Team

 

Derek Gabbard
Chief Executive Officer
Gabbard brings over 15 years of voice and data networking and network security experience to his role as CEO at Lookingglass. He is responsible for delivering products and services to Lookingglass’ customers, across the commercial, federal civilian agency and defense department communities.

Prior to Lookingglass, Gabbard was Chief Technology Officer at Soteria Network Technologies. Gabbard also served as Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the world-renowned CERT® at Carnegie Mellon University. He was responsible for the development and delivery of information assurance and security curriculum. He developed courseware in cryptography, secure remote access methods, firewalls, intrusion detection systems and securing network infrastructure. Gabbard also worked as a manager at Arbor Networks, the industry leader in behavioral analysis and DDoS detection and mitigation, where he was responsible for training development of products and technology aimed at large enterprises and Internet Service Providers.

Gabbard is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy.

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Chris Coleman
President
Coleman brings over 20 years of experience in information security and technology and a strong balance of hands-on experience and business acumen to his role as President at Lookingglass. He is responsible for leading and managing the Lookingglass product portfolio and will apply his vision to corporate messaging, product marketing and branding initiatives. Coleman translates the needs of the customer and ensures product development aligns with Lookingglass’ rapidly expanding customer base in the commercial and federal markets.

Prior to Lookingglass, Coleman served as the Director of Cyber Security at Cisco Systems, Inc. where he focused on identifying solutions to critical customer challenges through delivery of Cisco and partner technologies for civilian, defense and intelligence organizations. Previously, Coleman served in key management roles with Integrated Data Systems and ManTech. During his tenure at ManTech, he was responsible for the remote security monitoring services and data hosting services profit and loss centers and managed ManTech’s IT services and operations.

Coleman also managed the NetWitness product development team and was essential in the successful spin out of the technology and development team in 2006. Coleman studied Electrical Engineering at the New York Institute of Technology – Old Westbury. He is an active member of the cyber security community and enjoys ice hockey and skiing.

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Jason Lewis
Chief Scientist
Lewis has worked in network security since 1996 in various roles in the private sector, as a government contractor and as a government employee. Prior to joining Lookingglass, he worked for the National Security Agency (NSA). He is responsible for maintaining a world class development team and an industry leading product set.

As a Global Network Exploitation and Vulnerability Analyst with NSA, Lewis used his experience as a network security engineer to analyze network data, exploit networks of interest and provide actionable reporting for Counter Terrorism and Target Analysts. This work included analysis of BGP, packet dumps and various network protocols. He was responsible for founding and leading a group of subject matter experts in the field of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN). Jason has also worked for Internet Service Providers (ISP), a multicast event management company, a WLAN service and content provider, and as a government contractor with Naval Sea Systems Command.

Lewis is an experienced computer systems engineer holding several Microsoft Certifications in systems engineering and network administration. His background as a network analyst and global network security engineer is unparalleled, and he has established, led and mentored several software development teams.

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Don Gilberg
Senior Vice President of Strategic Development
Gilberg has a proven track record as an early stage investor. His leadership and experience will aid Lookingglass as he develops strategic relationships with public and private organizations and provides a successful roadmap for overall corporate growth and profitability. Gilberg is a Series A investor in Lookingglass and an active member of its executive leadership team.

Prior to Lookingglass, Gilberg filled a similar management role and was an early stage investor with NetWitness (prior to the successful exit of the company in a sale to EMC-RSA). Gilberg is a member of the Board of Directors at Digital Sandbox, has served as Chairman and currently holds the position of Chairman Emeritus of the InfraGard Board of Advisors, a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the private sector. InfraGard is an association with nearly 55,000 members from businesses, academic institutions and state and local law enforcement agencies dedicated to sharing information and intelligence for the protection of national critical infrastructure.

Gilberg is an entrepreneur and attorney with degrees from Suffolk University Law School and Boston University. He is an avid supporter of the Xtreme Couture GI Foundation, which was established by Randy Couture to raise awareness and funds to support American troops wounded in action and their families.

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Brian Garmey
Senior Vice President
Garmey brings over 17 years of experience in business development to Lookingglass. His strong ability to identify market opportunities and develop strategies to further the sales cycle, will enable Lookingglass further develop in corporate, government and international sectors.

Prior to Lookingglass, Garmey served as CEO of Soteria Network Technologies. Garmey has worked with a multitude of commercial accounts as well as government contracting. He was a key factor in growing Soteria from a start-up to a cash-flow positive company. Garmey has founded several successful, profitable companies ranging from a marketing production firm, to non-profit fundraising association to a real estate investment company. At Avery Dennison, he achieved record growth in revenue and market share.

Garmey was named the SmartCEO 2008 Emerging Growth Company winner, and has held a position on the GBTC Emerging Company Leaders Roundtable. He is a 1989 graduate of John Carroll University with a BSBA in Business Finance, and was a Tie-Smith Fellow at the University of Maryland’s Entrepreneurship Program.

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Scott Schneider
Vice President Sales
Schneider brings 12 years of extensive sales leadership experience with emerging information security technology companies to his role as Vice President of Sales. He is responsible for growing and leading the Lookingglass sales force while implementing a worldwide sales execution strategy.

Prior to Lookingglass, Schneider served as the Vice President of Sales at iSIGHT Partners, a global cyber risk management firm, where his focus was on penetrating federal, enterprise and SMB markets. Previously, his roles included Regional Vice President at VeriSign as a result of the company’s acquisition of iDefense, where Schneider was Vice President of Sales and Marketing. At iDefense, Schneider’s efforts resulted in an established sales team that doubled revenue for two consecutive years. Schneider began his sales management career as Regional Sales Director at McAfee.

Schneider holds a B.S. from Texas State University.

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