Scott Hammack

Executive Chairman at CheckRed

Scott Hammack brings with him a wealth of management experience in start-up and publicly held companies. He has created over $1 Billion in market capitalization over the past 20 years through several technology ventures including, NetSPI, MasterChart, Inc., Cyberguard Corporation, and Prolexic. When he took over at Prolexic, the company had a $14 million revenue run rate; upon its sale to Akamai, three years later, it had a revenue run rate of over $70 million and was sold for $415 million. Scott was brought-in as the Chairman and CEO of Cyberguard Corporation to turn around the nearly bankrupt company with a public market capitalization of $9 million from its recent de-listing from the NASDAQ Exchange. After three years of Scott’s leadership, Cyberguard became a technology leader in network security solutions to Fortune® 100 companies and governments worldwide. The company was re-listed on the NASDAQ Exchange, settled its class-action lawsuit, accumulated $15 million in cash, and was ultimately sold to Secure Computing for $295 million.

Timeline

  • Executive Chairman

    Current role