Security Executive, Office of the CTO, Rational at IBM
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Security Executive, Office of the CTO, Rational at IBM
- Past
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- Founder and CTO at Ounce Labs
- Senior VP Server Security at Watchguard Technologies, Inc
- Founder and CEO at Qiave Technologies
- Director of Engineering at Genuity (GTE Internetworking)
- Managing Director, Security Engineering at BBN Technologies
- Manger, Product Development at Vertigo Development
- Project Manager at Hewlett-Packard
- Software Engineer at Apollo Computer
- Education
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- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer & Network Security
- Websites
Jack Danahy’s Summary
National speaker and writer on computer network and data security
Holder of five patents in variety of security technologies
Founder of two successful security technology companies
Board of Directors, Payment Card Industry Security Alliance
Contributor to industry and national security working groups on data privacy, security, and cybersecurity/cyberthreat topics
Jack Danahy’s Specialties:
Technology company creation and funding, cybersecurity, data privacy and regulation, technical M&A diligence
Jack Danahy’s Experience
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Security Executive, Office of the CTO, Rational
IBM
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2009 — Present (5 months)
Ounce Labs acquired by IBM August 1, 2009
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Founder and CTO
Ounce Labs
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2002 — August 2009 (7 years 1 month)
Founded source code security analysis company in August 2002. Developed patented source analysis technology and technique currently in broad adoption for security, data privacy, and compliance purposes.
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Senior VP Server Security
Watchguard Technologies, Inc
(Computer & Network Security industry)
October 2000 — August 2002 (1 year 11 months)
Managed team through acquisition and directed advanced technology strategy
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Founder and CEO
Qiave Technologies
(Computer & Network Security industry)
August 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 3 months)
Created company and technology around hardened operating systems and secure kernel-level communication. Sold in October 2000 to Watchguard Technology, Inc
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Director of Engineering
Genuity (GTE Internetworking)
(Computer & Network Security industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years )
Following acquisition of BBN by GTE, Managed continuing development and evolution of online managed security services
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Managing Director, Security Engineering
BBN Technologies
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 1996 — October 1999 (3 years )
Created first managed security services delivering remote security and firewall management for early internetworking adopters.
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Manger, Product Development
Vertigo Development
(Computer Software industry)
April 1996 — November 1996 (8 months)
Manager of product development team in early stages of online content delivery
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Project Manager
Hewlett-Packard
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1989 — April 1996 (7 years )
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Software Engineer
Apollo Computer
(Computer Software industry)
1988 — 1989 (1 year )
Acquired by HP
Jack Danahy’s Education
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
BS , Computer and Systems Engineering , 1982 — 1986
- Activities and Societies:
- Sigma Chi
