Simon Hunt

I've run a ~$300m business unit, deployed risk solutions through a global credit card network, helped steal billions of dollars of value from cyber criminals, led a successful 200-person cybersecurity startup from inception to $350m exit, led Innovation Engineering for a fortune 500 company culminating in defining a completely new market, helped define the product strategy for a $1B cybersec product portfolio, built the first $100m revenue opportunity for a global fintech, acquired and integrated 16 companies, designed multi-year Gartner MQ top-right leading products, and helped hundreds of engineers file their first patents.

I'm not sure which I'm more proud of - probably helping engineers file patents, and my work with graduate recruitment into cybersecurity.

I'm an experienced technology leader with proven product, innovation, field support and development leadership skills. An expert at aligning short and long-term market demands with engineering, support, and strategic initiatives for greater success.

I'm a huge "friend of sales" - someone who excels at in-person customer meetings to help teams broker profitable deals and long customer relationships. I believe "everyone works for sales" and an expert at solving sales vs engineering issues.

I've spoken to every size of audience, from intimate lunch-and-learn to auditorium events. I can write copy, press releases, and construct my own presentation flows - I've even written user guides and technical documentation.

• GM / PM / VP of PM / VP Engineering / CTO for Gartner MQ leading products

• Experienced SE Lead, helping sales teams win fortune 500 accounts, deals from $50k to $5M+

• Thought leader and Corporate Spokesperson, Evangelist CTO

• Experienced leading agile multi-site engineering, innovation, and pre/post-sales support

• Global sales, strategy and partner relationship definition

• Executive, Technical, M&A process and integration lead, due diligence and risk assessment for 16 acquisitions.

• Prolific inventor across a broad range of cyber security domains, including virtualization, authentication, encryption, network control/SDN, email, UAV, smart home, and smart materials.