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Guardium

is in the Business Services Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.7M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Founded in 2002, Guardium was the first company to address the core data security gap by delivering a scalable enterprise security platform that both protects databases in real-time and automates the entire compliance auditing process. Our achievements have been recognized by industry analysts and other experts but true recognition comes from our customers. Since the company's beginning, we have steadfastly maintained our single-minded focus on enterprise database security and compliance. Today, Guardium provides the most widely-used solution for preventing data center breaches and ensuring the integrity of corporate data. Our vision is to secure critical data across your entire database and application infrastructure without impacting performance or disrupting your business processes or IT infrastructure.

Number of Employees 74
Contact Information

230 Third Ave

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

www.guardium.co...

1 781 487 9400

NAICS Code Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths): 561621

Recent Events

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    12/01/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

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  • IBM to buy start-up Guardium for $225 million: Report

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  • Database activity monitoring lacks security lift

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  • Guardium and The Herjavec Group Co-Host Executive Seminar on Best Practices for Data Security, Privacy...

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News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Ram Metser CEO
Ron Ben-Natan Cto
Chris Kenworthy Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Marketing and Product Marketing at Mcafee
Dennis Omanoff Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Fulfillment at Mcafee
George Kurtz Senior Vice President for Mcafee's Enterprise Business Unit
Joe Sexton Senior Vice President of North American Sales for Mcafee
Keith Krzeminski Mcafee's Current Senior Vice President of Finance
Avivah Litan Gartner Research Vice President
David Valovcin Vice President, Sales
Kelsey Doherty Vice President, Investor Relations, Mcafee, Inc.
Martin Pejko Vice President, Global Channels
Mike Castricone Vice President, Finance and Administration
Paul J Resten Vice President, North American Sales
Phil Neray Vice President
Rich Mogull Research Vice President at Stamford
Themis Papageorge Vice President, Services
Upesh Patel Vice President Business Development
Todd Gebhart Senior Vice President and Business Unit General Manager for Mcafee's Consumer, Mobile
Mounil Patel Research Director, Aberdeen
Roy Barr Director, Business Development
Steve Adler Program Director, IBM Data Governance Solutions
Brandie Claborn Senior Manager, Investor Relations, Mcafee, Inc.
Eric Ogren Security Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group
Geoffrey S Oblak Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Leslie G Denend Director, Chairman Compensation Committee
Thomas Darcy Director, Chairman Audit Committee
Amit Yoran Board of Directors
Carl Bass Board of Directors
David G. DeWalt Board of Directors
Denis J O'Leary Board of Directors
Gill Zafrir Board Member
Liane Wilson Board of Directors
Nimrod Schwartz Board Member
Robert B Bucknam Board of Directors
Robert Pangia Board of Directors
Yuval Cohen Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. CEO Current
Telekol CEO Former
Nokia Corporation Vice President Former
Telekol Co-Founder Former
Guardium, Inc. Executive Former
University of Massachusetts Amherst Master's degree in Business Administration Former

Ron Ben-Natan has over 20 years of software development and technology experience. Prior to Guardium, he worked for companies such as Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Intel, and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Mr. Ben-Natan holds a Ph.D. in the field of distributed computing. An IBM GOLD consultant, he is an expert on distributed application environments, application security, and database security, and has authored ten technical books and numerous articles on these topics, including his most recent book, Implementing Database Security and Auditing .

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Cto Current
ViryaNet, Ltd. Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Marketing and Product Marketing at Mcafee Current
McAfee, Inc. Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field and Product Marketing Current
Foundstone Executive Vice President, Sales and Business Development Former
Aventail Corporation Vice President of Sales Former
University of Washington Bachelor of Science Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Fulfillment at Mcafee Current
McAfee, Inc. Senior Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing Current
Fordham University Bachelor's Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Hacking Exposed CEO Current
Guardium, Inc. Senior Vice President for Mcafee's Enterprise Business Unit Current
Bridgegate LLC Current
Foundstone CEO Former
Seton Hall University Bachelor of Science Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Senior Vice President of North American Sales for Mcafee Current
University of Kentucky Bachelor's Degree In Marketing Former

Keith Krzeminski is McAfee's Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance, reporting directly to Rocky Pimentel, McAfee's Chief Operating & Financial Officer. Krzeminski joined the Company in March 2007, and provides executive management oversight for the worldwide controller, tax and sales order operations organizations. Prior to McAfee, Krzeminski served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Home Interiors & Gifts, Inc., a marketer and manufacturer of home décor products, from 2005 to 2006. He has also served in several capacities during his six year career at Electronic Data Systems Corporation ("EDS"), a global information technology services company, including chief financial officer for EDS’ software business, UGS PLM Solutions, and as EDS’ chief accounting officer. Before joining EDS, Krzeminski spent more than three years as vice president and controller of Quaker State Corporation, a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive consumer products and services. Previously, he spent 11 years with Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., an international accounting firm. Krzeminski is a Certified Public Accountant and received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, with a major in accounting.

Organization Position Status
McAfee, Inc. Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance Current
Guardium, Inc. Mcafee's Current Senior Vice President of Finance Current
Home Interiors & Gifts, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Home Interiors & Gifts, Inc. Senior Vice President Former
Quaker State Corporation Vice President Former
Quaker State Corporation Controller Former
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science Degree In Business Administration Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Gartner Research Vice President Current

David Valovcin has more than 20 years of direct, channel, and international sales and management experience.

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Vice President, Sales Current
Courion Corporation Vice President of Worldwide Sales Former
Pegasystems Inc. Vice President of Sales Former
American International College BS In Business Administration Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Vice President, Investor Relations, Mcafee, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Vice President, Global Channels Current
Network Intelligence Corporation Vice President of Global Channel Sales Former
Colby College Bachelor Degree In Economics Former
Northeastern University Degree Former

Prior to joining Guardium Mike served as a Controller in Nokia Networks. Mike also served as Controller of Telekol Corporation where he managed the financial operations, IT, and Human Resource functions.

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Vice President, Finance and Administration Current
Telekol Controller Former
Bentley College Masters Degree In Accountancy Former
University of New Hampshire BS In Interdisciplinary Mathematics Former

Organization Position Status
The Marketing Group of New England, Inc Executive Vice President Current
Guardium, Inc. Vice President, North American Sales Current
Tambone Investment Group Vice President Current
American Cancer Society, Inc. Volunteer Current
Dropfire Board of Directors Current
Motorola, Inc. Former
Bryant College Bachelor of Science Degree In Marketing Former
Bryant University Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Vice President Current
Symantec Corporation Senior Director, Marketing Current
On Technology Corporation Vice President of Marketing Former
Schlumberger Limited Field Operations Engineer Former
McGill University Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honors) Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Research Vice President at Stamford Current

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Vice President, Services Current
Courion Corporation Vice President of Services Former
Cullinet Software Former
MIT Sloan School of Management PhD Former
National Technical University of Athens BS In Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Former

Upesh Patel brings to Guardium 20 years of technology experience including more than a decade spent on security and compliance. He is responsible for managing and expanding relationships with Guardium's technology partners to provide customers with the most advanced and interoperable solution for preventing information leaks and ensuring the integrity of corporate data. Prior to joining Guardium, Upesh was Vice President of Product Partnerships for Network Intelligence (now part of RSA, The Security Division of EMC), a leading security information and event management (SIEM) company, where he drove partnership and technology integration activities with top security and infrastructure companies including Cisco, Microsoft, Check Point Software, RSA and Juniper Networks. Upesh also managed all aspects of business development for Check Point Software, where he led its award-winning OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) Alliance Initiative. He also worked at The Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), managing key strategic partners and SCO's ISV Developer Program. Upesh received a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computer Science at the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK.

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Vice President Business Development Current
Network Intelligence Corporation Vice President of Product Partnerships Former
University of Kent Bachelor of Science With Honours In Computer Science Former

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Consumer, Mobile and Small Business, McAfee, Inc. Todd Gebhart is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of McAfee's global Consumer, Mobile, and Small Business. In this role, Gebhart is responsible developing and executing the partnership, retail, and direct web sales strategy for the global expansion of McAfee's consumer, mobile, and small business. Mr. Gebhart joined McAfee in 1999 to lead the Company's OEM, Service Provider and Outsourcer sales teams. In 2002 Gebhart took over responsibility for McAfee's consumer business and in 2004 added the mobile business to his charter. Under his sales leadership McAfee's global consumer business has achieved record results and established many significant global partnerships with leading OEM, ISP, Telco, and financial services companies. Mr. Gebhart brings more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry to McAfee and has held senior level management positions with leading technology companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to joining McAfee, he held the position of VP President of Sales at Alaris Corporation, a leader in video compression technology over the internet. Gebhart started his career at IBM where he held a variety of sales and sales management positions. Gebhart received his Bachelor of Science Degree at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and completed the executive management program at Harvard University.

Organization Position Status
Mobile Co Executive Vice President Current
Small Business Co Executive Vice President Current
Consumer Corp Executive Vice President Current
Guardium, Inc. Senior Vice President and Business Unit General Manager for Mcafee's Consumer, Mobile Current
McAfee, Inc. Executive Vice President and General Manager, Consumer, Mobile and Small Business Current
Consumer Corp General Manager Current
Mobile Co Senior Vice President Former
Small Business Co Senior Vice President Former
Small Business Co Business Unit General Manager Former
Mobile Co Business Unit General Manager Former
California Polytechnic State University Bachelor of Science Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Director, Chairman Compensation Committee Current

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Research Director, Aberdeen Current

Roy Barr has extensive experience in sales and business development, with a proven record of accomplishment in building sales, channels, customer management, and OEM relations.

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Director, Business Development Current
Guardium, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Telekol Cofounder Former
Telekol Director of Business Development Former
Resilien Incorporated Former
The London School of Economics MA In International Political Economy Former
Bar-Ilan University BA In Political Science Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Program Director, IBM Data Governance Solutions Current

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Director, Chairman Audit Committee Current

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Senior Manager, Investor Relations, Mcafee, Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Security Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group Current

Amit Yoran is the chairman and CEO of NetWitness Corp (http://www.netwitness.com), provider of network-based forensics, investigations and incident-response technologies. Previously Yoran served as the Bush Administration cyber-czar, CEO and advisor to In-Q-Tel (venture capital arm of the CIA), vice president of Worldwide Managed Security Services at Symantec, founder and CEO of Riptech and director of vulnerability programs at the Department of Defense's CERT. Yoran currently serves as a director on the boards of several innovative security companies including Guidance Software (GUID), Guardium, Digital Sandbox and Trust Digital.

Organization Position Status
Netwitness Corporation CEO Current
SC Magazine US Chairman and CEO of Netwitness Corp Current
Cso Interchange Independent Director Current
Digital Sandbox Chairman of the Board Current
Netwitness Corporation Chairman Current
Security Growth Partners LLC Board of Directors Current
Secure Anchor Board of Directors Current
Guardium, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Infowarcon Board of Directors Current
SC Magazine US Board of Directors Current
Ironkey, Inc Board Member Current
Symantec Corporation Vice President of Worldwide Managed Security Services Former
United States Air Force officer Former
Cyota.com Inc. Board of Directors Former
The George Washington University Master of Science degree Former
United States Military Academy Bachelor of Science degree Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Dave DeWalt is Chief Executive Officer and President of McAfee, Inc. He joined McAfee in April 2007. DeWalt has more than 20 years in the technology space, holding a series of leadership positions in some of the industry's most innovative and successful companies. Prior to McAfee, DeWalt oversaw customer operations and sales at EMC Corporation. His responsibilities included channels, alliances and partners, product sales, global accounts, vertical programs, and field business operations. DeWalt also led EMC's content management and archiving software business. At EMC, DeWalt helped form the EMC Software Group (ESG), which in turn helped transform EMC from a hardware vendor to a complete IT provider. Responsible for a more than $4 billion business, DeWalt was promoted three times, ultimately becoming president of software, sales and services. He joined EMC in 2003 when EMC acquired Documentum, the global leader in enterprise content management. As president and CEO, DeWalt led Documentum through nine consecutive quarters of growth, five record revenue quarters, and four successful acquisitions before leading the sale of the company to EMC for $1.9 billion. Prior to joining Documentum, DeWalt was founding principal and vice president of Eventus Software. He also held various executive positions as Quest Software, Segue and Oracle Corporation. Over the course of his career DeWalt has helped build companies from startup (Eventus, Quest) to midsize (Documentum, Segue) to some of the largest (Oracle, EMC). A true expert in acquisitions, he led the sale of Documentum and Eventus, has been acquired three times, and has acquired more than 50 companies over the course of his career. DeWalt was named one of the 25 most influential executives in high technology by the readers of the industry publication CRN. He has spoken at the World Economic Forum on the issue of cybersecurity and keynoted at several technology industry conferences including Interop and Software 2008 and is slated to keynote at RSA 2009. DeWalt has served on the board of directors for MatrixOne, Serena, Polycom (as lead director), Documentum, Silicon Valley Leadership Group and the Enterprise Software Roundtable. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum IT and telecom industry board of governors. As a recognized expert on mergers and acquisitions, DeWalt is the author of "Making M&A Work." He's a frequent guest on international business programs, and appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, CNN and Fox Business. DeWalt received his Bachelors of Science in computer science and electrical engineering from the University of Delaware. At the University of Delaware, he won a school-record three East Coast Conference titles, advanced to the NCAA championships three times, and was the first wrestler to be inducted into the Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame.

Organization Position Status
McAfee, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Polycom, Inc. Board of Directors Current
McAfee, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Guardium, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Documentum, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
McAfee, Inc. President Former
Documentum, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Former
Dewalt Executive Vice President Mark Lewis Former
EMC Corporation Executive Vice President & President, Software Group Former
Documentum, Inc. Executive Vice President Former
Quest Software, Inc. vice president of sales and marketing Former
Documentum, Inc. General Manager Former
University of Delaware B.S. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Ascent Venture Partners Partner Current
Ascent Venture Partners Owner Current
Guardium, Inc. Director Current
CFA Institute Board of Directors Current
Network Intelligence Corporation Director Current
Fidelis Security Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Arthur Andersen LLP audit, business advisory division Former
Norwest Venture Capital Investment Analyst Former
Ascent Corp Former
Business Layers Director Former
Watch Hill Partners, Inc. Investor Former
Integral Access, Inc. Investor Former
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. Investor Former
Boston University MBA Former
Hamilton College BA In Economics Former

Organization Position Status
Sirica Interim Chairman of the Board Current
Weblayers, Inc. Board Member Current
Bamboo Media Casting Board Member Current
Guardium, Inc. Board Member Current
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology B.Sc. In Aeronautical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Nimrod Schwartz. One of the founders of NetVision, Israel's leading ISP, Mr. Schwartz brings to Cedar the technologist and entrepreneur's perspective. With 5 years as NetVision's VP of Business Development and CTO and over 12 years of technology and engineering experience with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC,) Mr. Schwartz is experienced in the operations aspects of technology development, support and management.

Organization Position Status
Netvision, Inc. Vice President of Business Development Current
Cedar Fund Team Member Current
Cedar Corporation Current
Guardium, Inc. Board Member Current
Pegasus Limited Board Member Current
Digital Equipment Corporation technology and engineering experience Former

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Guardium, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Stage One Ventures Managing Partner Current
Guardium, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Sandlinks Board of Directors Current
Hebrew University of Jerusalem MBA Degrees Former
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Llb Former

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