Richard Olver

Richard Olver is an experienced leader in the technology sector, currently serving as a Strategic Advisor at Next DLP since April 2024 and holding advisory board positions at AccuKnox, Picus Security, and Percent. Previously, Richard was an Executive Advisor at Akamai Technologies for a brief period and the Chief Executive Officer of Ondat, which was acquired by Akamai. Richard has held significant roles at StackRox and CrowdStrike, where contributions led to acquisitions and an IPO, respectively. Richard's career also includes vice presidency at Tanium and CipherCloud, the latter of which was acquired by Lookout. Richard holds a Master of Engineering degree in Manufacturing Systems and Management with German from the University of Bath and educational credentials from RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau.