Stairwell helps security teams outsmart any attacker, put intelligence into action, and take back the cybersecurity high ground with the Inception platform.

Cyber Security

Stairwell

Sarah Baker

Ciara Munz

Alex is passionately curious about it all: malware analysis, EDR, emulating threats, and hunting them. He loves to build all types of things from the ground up. When he gets the chance, he tries to catch the occasional F1 race.	

Alex Hegyi

Julie has spent the last decade supporting tech companies in the cybersecurity space by solving problems, spotting issues, and bringing parties to the agreement.

Julie Simmons

Dylan Dow is the current Digital Marketing Manager at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Prior to joining [Stairwell](/org/stairwell), Dylan worked as Content Strategy Manager at [ConnectWise](/org/connectwise) from June 2020 to August 2021. From September 2018 to August 2019, Dylan was a Copywriter & Editor at Zhengzhou ZIEL Imp&Exp Trade Co., Ltd. Additionally, Dylan has experience as an English Teacher, working at Buckland International Education Group from August 2016 to August 2018. Finally, Dylan has also worked as a Web Manager and Editorial Board Member at The Appalachian & The Peel Review from April 2015 to May 2016.

Dylan Dow attended [Appalachian State University](/org/appalachian-state-university) where they earned a Bachelor's Degree in International and Comparative Politics.

Dylan Dow

Daniel Mayer

Nate Frickel is a Senior Technical Recruiter with over 10 years of experience in recruiting for tech companies. Nate is currently the Recruiting Lead at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Previously, they were a Sr. GTM Recruiter at IronNet Cybersecurity from February 2020 to February 2022 (IPO August 2021), Chronicle from April 2019 to February 2020 (Acquired by Google Cloud), and Duo Security from February 2017 to April 2019 (Acquired by [Cisco](/org/cisco)). Nate has also worked as a Sr. Technical Sourcing Recruiter at Microsoft from May 2016 to November 2016, and as a Sr. Recruiter at [Certain Affinity](/org/certain-affinity) from September 2015 to May 2016, working on recruiting projects for Expedia, Microsoft, Amazon, and [Point Inside](/org/point-inside). Prior to that, they were a Sr. Technical Recruiter at [Rackspace](/org/rackspace) from April 2014 to January 2015, where they worked on mergers and acquisitions of dental practices.

Nate Frickel completed their diploma at Bellevue Christian School before moving on to study at [Seattle Pacific University](/org/seattle-pacific-university).

Their manager is Jan Kang, COO & General Counsel.

Nate Frickel

Tyler King is currently the Hiring & Culture Czar at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Tyler has experience as a technical recruiter, and has focused on all tactical and strategic elements of growing companies. At [Uber](/org/uber), Tyler helped the company grow from approximately 40-170 employees in 1.5 years. Tyler has also worked with the Department of State, where they helped with talent and mission support.

Tyler King graduated from [George Mason University](/org/george-mason-university) with a Bachelor of Science in Finance.

Tyler King works with Mike Wayne - Chief Revenue Officer, Siddhartha Sinha - VP of Engineering, and Jan Kang - COO & General Counsel. Their manager is Mike Wiacek, Founder & CEO.

Tyler King

Bill Pentney

Brian Lee

Eric Byrd

Jesse Bickford is the Head of Growth Marketing at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Jesse has over 15 years of marketing experience, with a focus on lead generation and demand generation.

Jesse started their career at GE Digital, where they spent 5 years as the Director of Marketing Operations. In this role, they led a team of marketers in developing GE Digital's first omni-channel campaigns, which increased open rates by 142% and click-through rates by 200%. Jesse also created GE's first Targeted Account programs, which increased call-to-action engagement by 27%.

In 2015, Jesse left GE Digital to join [ThreatConnect](/org/threatconnect), Inc. as the Director of Demand Generation. In this role, they led the development of [ThreatConnect](/org/threatconnect)'s first GDPR-compliant processes, which increased sales and marketing opt-ins. Jesse also created a scalable Inside Sales routing process that was repeatable between regions. Under Jesse's leadership, the company saw a 60% increase in click-to-open rates.

In 2020, Jesse left [ThreatConnect](/org/threatconnect) to join [Stairwell](/org/stairwell) as the Head of Growth Marketing. In this role, they are responsible for leading [Stairwell](/org/stairwell)'s marketing efforts and driving growth for the company.

Jesse Bickford has a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in marketing from the University of Southern Maine.

Their manager is Jan Kang, COO & General Counsel. Some of their coworkers include Daniel Mayer - Threat Researcher, Rory Wohl - Head of Compliance, and Nate Frickel - Recruiting Lead.

Jesse Bickford

Rory Wohl is the current Head of Compliance at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Prior to their current position, Rory worked as a Risk Analyst at [Pure Storage](/org/pure-storage) from July 2020 to January 2022, where they implemented Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR)-based models, risk scenarios, and risk quantification tools. Rory also engaged with stakeholders to have meaningful discussions on threats, compensating controls, policies, and risk, introducing accountability and responsibility for remediation efforts. Rory also served as the Risk Operations Manager at Google from October 2019 to July 2020, and as the Program Manager, Compliance at Chronicle / Google Cloud from March 2019 to September 2019.

Some of their coworkers include Daniel Mayer - Threat Researcher, Nate Frickel - Recruiting Lead, and Jesse Bickford - Head of Growth Marketing. Their manager is Jan Kang, COO & General Counsel.

Rory Wohl

Steve Cooper is currently the Head of Revenue Operations at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Prior to their current position, Steve held the role of Senior Director Sales Operations at [Sauce Labs](/org/sauce-labs) from April 2020 to May 2022. In this role, Steve was responsible for managing commissions, comp plans, territory building, forecasting, pipeline management, revenue data accuracy, transparency, and reporting, lead management, and quote to cash. Steve was also responsible for completely restructuring the broken Salesforce.com instance and implementing a best of breed forecasting methodology that resulted in 98% accuracy.

Prior to their role at [Sauce Labs](/org/sauce-labs), Steve served as the Sr. Director Global Sales Operations at [Mya Systems](/org/mya-systems) from July 2018 to April 2020. In this role, Steve was responsible for managing the GTM budget process and reducing costs while refocusing the tech stack to support the GTM movement.

From September 2015 to October 2016, Steve served as the Director of Global Sales Operations at [Persado](/org/persado). In this role, Steve was responsible for leading a team of sales operations professionals and overseeing all aspects of the sales process including territory planning, quota setting, deal approvals, forecasting, and pipeline management.

Steve began their career in sales operations in June 2005 as a Senior Sales Operations Project Manager at Advent Software. In this role, Steve was responsible for managing a team of sales operations analysts and coordinating all aspects of the sales process includingQuotes, pricing, ordering, and product fulfillment.

Steve Cooper's educational career consists of a BA in Theirtory from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a degree from [The University of Manchester](/org/the-university-of-manchester).

Some of their coworkers include Shel Sharma - VP of Product, Siddhartha Sinha - VP of Engineering, and Shoshana Abrass - Head of Product Operations. Their manager is Mike Wiacek, Founder & CEO.

Steve Cooper

Robert Iannicello is currently the Head of Channel at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Prior to this, they served as the VP Global MSSP Programs & Business Development at COFENSE from January 2018 to April 2022, where they were responsible for building and establishing the foundation for an MSSP RTM, including the Program, Pricing, Sales Operations processes. Robert also grew the MSSP RTM 250% in 2020 and 112% in 2021, and signed and closed new business with over 100+ producing MSSPs Globally. Additionally, they built a feedback loop for Product Managers to meet with key MSSPs to receive product feedback which led to building in key features specifically for MSSPs, allowing COFENSE to displace the competition.

Before their time at COFENSE, Robert Iannicello served as the Sr. Director - Channels, Americas at PhishMe, Inc. from October 2015 to December 2017. In this role, they were responsible for all PhishMe Americas Channels, including but not limited to: DMR and VAR business.

Prior to their time at PhishMe, Robert Iannicello served as the North American Partner Success Manager at Symantec from March 2009 to October 2015.

Robert Iannicello has a Bachelor's of Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) with a specialization in Organizational and Human Resources and a minor in Psychology from [Western University](/org/western-university). Robert also has a diploma in Business-Marketing Co-op from [Georgian College](/org/georgian-college).

Some of their coworkers include Mike Wilusz - Head of Solutions Engineering. Their manager is Mike Wayne, Chief Revenue Officer.

Robert Iannicello

Tuan Vu is a software engineer at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Tuan was previously the head of information technology at [SigFig](/org/sigfig), and before that, they were the systems engineering manager at [Credit Karma](/org/credit-karma). Tuan Vu has also worked as a technical analyst at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.

Tuan Vu attended [UC Santa Barbara](/org/uc-santa-barbara) and achieved certification from ITIL and MCSE in IT.

Some of their coworkers include Drew Krausen - Senior Support Engineer, Nate Walck - Client Platform Engineer, and Vinith Podduturi - Software Engineer. Tuan Vu reports to Siddhartha Sinha, VP of Engineering.

Tuan Vu

Mike Wayne is the current Chief Revenue Officer at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Prior to their current position, they held the title of Head of Enterprise Sales, Americas at Chronicle from January 2018 to August 2019. Chronicle was born from X, the moonshot factory, and is dedicated to helping companies find and stop cyber attacks before they cause harm. Wayne worked with the entire security industry to give good the advantage in the fight against cybercrime.

From September 2019 to January 2021, Wayne was the Head of Security Sales, Americas at Google. In this role, they were responsible for leading a team of sales professionals that helped Google Cloud customers solve complex security challenges. Prior to their time at Google, Wayne worked as an Enterprise Account Executive at [NetApp](/org/netapp) from May 2011 to August 2012.

Mike Wayne has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and a Google Business Academy certification from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business.

Some direct reports include Mike Wilusz - Head of Solutions Engineering, Steve Cooper - Head of Revenue Operations, and Robert Iannicello - Head of Channel. Mike Wayne reports to Mike Wiacek, Founder & CEO. They work with Jan Kang - COO & General Counsel, Siddhartha Sinha - VP of Engineering, and Shel Sharma - VP of Product.

Mike Wayne

Paul Scott has worked in the security field for over ten years. Paul started out as a system administrator at cPanel Inc, where they were responsible for responding to Nagios alerts. Paul then moved on to Alert Logic, where they became a senior technical product manager for security content. In this role, they were responsible for directing intelligence, research, and content. In July 2018, they joined Perch Security as director of threat research. In this role, they are responsible for exploding all the malware and using machines to analyze threats.

Paul Scott has a degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations from the [University of Houston](/org/university-of-houston). Paul also has a degree in Computer Science from St.Edward's University.

Paul Scott reports to Shel Sharma, VP of Product. and Greg Zemlin - Senior Product Manager reports to Paul Scott. They are on a team with Christopher Leyva - Design Lead, Shoshana Abrass - Head of Product Operations.

Paul Scott

Christopher Leyva is currently the Design Lead at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Prior to that, they were a Senior Product Designer at deepwatch from February 2021 to May 2021. Christopher also worked as a Sr Product Designer at Perch Security from December 2016 to February 2021, and as a Product Designer at Soltra Solutions from March 2016 to December 2016.

Christopher Leyva attended the [University of South Florida](/org/university-of-south-florida), where they earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design.

Christopher Leyva reports to Shel Sharma, VP of Product. They work with Paul Scott - Head of Product, Shoshana Abrass - Head of Product Operations.

Christopher Leyva

Mike Wilusz is the head of solutions engineering at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Mike has over 10 years of experience in the tech industry, including stints at Google and [Cisco](/org/cisco).

At Google, Mike led the Americas customer engineering team for Chronicle, BeyondCorp Enterprise, and Security Command Center. Mike was responsible for managing and growing a team of SEs across the Americas region.

Prior to joining Google, Mike worked as a systems engineer at [Cisco](/org/cisco). In this role, they were responsible for leading technical engagement in strategic accounts in the New England region. Mike also served as a collaborative specialist, leading the regional SE team in events for knowledge-sharing and discussing sales best-practices.

Mike is passionate about technology and its potential to change the world. Mike is an experienced leader and problem-solver who is always looking for new challenges.

Mike Wilusz has a certification from Google in Google Apps Certified Deployment Specialist. Mike also has a certification from Meraki - Now Part of [Cisco](/org/cisco) in Certified Meraki Networking Associate. Lastly, they have a certification from [Federal Aviation Administration](/org/federal-aviation-administration) in Private Pilot - Airplane, Single Engine, Land (ASEL).

They work with Sara Mathes - Senior Account Executive, Robert Iannicello - Head of Channel, and Steve Cooper - Head of Revenue Operations. A direct report to Mike Wilusz is and Robbie Adams - Solutions Engineer. Their manager is Mike Wayne, Chief Revenue Officer.

Mike Wilusz

Drew Krausen is a senior support engineer at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Drew previously worked as a lead technical program manager at [Waymo](/org/waymo) from January 2021 to February 2022 and as a senior technical program manager at Chronicle from January 2018 to August 2019.

At [Waymo](/org/waymo), Drew was responsible for managing a team of engineers and technicians who worked on developing and deploying the company's self-driving car technologies. Drew also worked closely with the legal and compliance team to ensure the safety of customer data.

At Chronicle, Drew was the first and only technical program manager at the rapidly growing cyber-security startup company. Drew was responsible for coordinating work across all business units, including engineering, product, legal, finance, marketing, sales, and support. Drew also worked closely with the executive team and group leads to solve large, ambiguous problems.

The product launch at Chronicle was overwhelmingly successful, and Drew played a key role in onboarding more customers than originally planned. Drew worked with the C-level team on priorities and with all units on execution to quickly scale the sales, onboarding, and customer relationship functions.

Drew has a balance of technical knowledge, process experience, and communication skills that allow him to excel in their role as a senior support engineer at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell).

Drew Krausen has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from [Reed College](/org/reed-college) and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from [Oregon State University](/org/oregon-state-university).

They are on a team with Tuan Vu - Software Engineer, Nate Walck - Client Platform Engineer, and Kamaal Palmer - Software Engineer. Drew Krausen reports to Siddhartha Sinha, VP of Engineering.

Drew Krausen

Kamaal Palmer is a software engineer who currently works at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Kamaal has also worked at Crayon and Tamr Inc. In their previous positions, they have collaborated with various teams on agile software development lifecycles, built and maintained REST APIs, designed and developed product features, participated in code reviews, and mentored and coached interns. Kamaal is skilled in full-stack development and is always looking for ways to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Kamaal Palmer attended [Bowdoin College](/org/bowdoin-college) where they received a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Africana Studies. Prior to that, they attended [The Packer Collegiate Institute](/org/packer-edu) where they received their high school diploma.

Their manager is Siddhartha Sinha, VP of Engineering. They work with Udbhav Prasad - Software Engineer, Nate Walck - Client Platform Engineer, and Vinith Podduturi - Software Engineer.

Kamaal Palmer

Vinith Podduturi is a software engineer who currently works at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Prior to working at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell), Vinith worked as a senior manager at [VMware](/org/vmware), a senior software developer at Symantec, and a software developer engineer at Microsoft. Vinith's first job was as an intern at [National Instruments](/org/national-instruments). 

Vinith has a wealth of experience in the software engineering field. At [VMware](/org/vmware), Vinith led a team of seven engineers as part of NSX Intelligence. NSX Intelligence is a big-data platform that collects flow telemetry primarily for security use cases. The team that Vinith led was responsible for collecting endpoint context, along with network context of a flow and presenting it to the user in an intuitive graph representation. 

At Symantec, Vinith worked as a senior software developer. Vinith's responsibilities included big data graph clustering using ML, fast searching of the time-series data, and developing performant REST APIs to query large scale data. 

At Microsoft, Vinith worked as a software developer engineer. While at Microsoft, Vinith was the go-to person for DRUID related tuning. DRUID is a time-series database that is known for its performance at scale. 

Vinith's first job was as an intern at [National Instruments](/org/national-instruments). At [National Instruments](/org/national-instruments), Vinith worked on developing software for data acquisition and control systems.

Vinith Podduturi has a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Engineering from [Texas A&M University](/org/texas-a-m-university) and a BE in Computer engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

They are on a team with Drew Krausen - Senior Support Engineer, Silas Cutler - Principal Reverse Engineer, and Tuan Vu - Software Engineer. Vinith Podduturi reports to Siddhartha Sinha, VP of Engineering.

Vinith Podduturi

Shoshana Abrass is the current head of product operations at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Prior to their current position, Abrass served as the lead technical program manager at [Waymo](/org/waymo) from January 2021 to February 2022. Her previous company was Chronicle, where they worked from January 2018 to August 2019 as the senior technical program manager.

Abrass has been praised for their ability to balance technical knowledge with process experience and communication skills. Shoshana has strong relationships with executives, group leaders, and 'thought leaders', which has allowed their to work across various business units.

In their previous role at Chronicle, Abrass was responsible for providing project management for the engineering team, tracking releases and deliverables, and driving communication between product and engineering. Shoshana was also the launch captain for the company's public launch in April 2019. The product launch was successful, but it resulted in the need to onboard more customers than originally planned. Abrass worked with the c-level team on priorities and with all units on execution in order to quickly scale the sales, onboarding, and customer relationship functions.

Abrass also has experience with legal and compliance issues, as they served as the engineering contact for Chronicle's GDPR compliance, ISO27001 certification, and SOC2 certification. Shoshana helped develop the company's initial capacity planning and cost models before handing off those responsibilities to the growing SRE team.

Shoshana Abrass has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from [Reed College](/org/reed-college) and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from [Oregon State University](/org/oregon-state-university).

They work with Tyler King - Hiring & Culture Czar, Mike Wayne - Chief Revenue Officer, and Siddhartha Sinha - VP of Engineering. Shoshana Abrass reports to Mike Wiacek, Founder & CEO.

Shoshana Abrass

Sara Mathes

Robbie Adams has always had a passion for security and people. After serving in the Navy as a Cryptologic Technician, Robbie transitioned to the private sector as a Cyber Security Engineer at Microsoft. While at Microsoft, Robbie excelled in their role and was quickly promoted to Canteen Manager / Lead Bartender at the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In this role, Robbie was able to use their people skills to create a positive team culture that resulted in the majority of team members outperforming targets.

In November 2017, Robbie left Microsoft to join [Red Canary](/org/red-canary) as their first Sales Engineer. Robbie quickly proved himself to be a valuable asset to the company and was promoted to Director of Customer Solutions Engineering. In this role, Robbie led a team of 20 engineers and achieved 100%+ quota attainment back-to-back years.

Currently, Robbie is a Solutions Engineer at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). In this role, Robbie is responsible for working with customers to ensure they are getting the most out of the [Stairwell](/org/stairwell) platform.

Robbie Adams has a Master's Degree in Information Security Engineering from [SANS Technology Institute](/org/sans-technology-institute), a Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration with a focus in Information Systems from City University of Seattle, and is also Non-Matriculated in Business Administration from the University of Washington Bothell. Robbie Adams is also certified by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner, GIAC Certifications in GIAC Certified Project Manager (GCPM), GIAC Security Expert (GSE), GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE), GIAC Critical Controls Certification (GCCC), GIAC Continuous Monitoring Certification (GMON), GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN), and GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH).

Robbie Adams reports to Mike Wilusz, Head of Solutions Engineering.

Robbie Adams

Udbhav Prasad is currently a software engineer at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Udbhav has previous experience working as a software engineer at Rubrik, Inc. from October 2017 to April 2022 and as a member of technical staff at BloomReach from February 2016 to September 2017. Udbhav has been instrumental in building a replication micro-service that copies data efficiently from the minimum number of nodes in a source Cassandra cluster to a target Cassandra cluster. Udbhav has also launched a globally available Cassandra cluster across AWS on East, West and APAC datacenters. Udbhav is skilled in managing an Elastic Data Platform that provides infrastructure as a service - provisioning AWS instances, scaling up and scaling down instantly and handling optimal resource allocation. Udbhav has also worked on various projects that involved cutting infrastructure costs without affecting our serving abilites at scale.

Udbhav Prasad received a Master of Science in Computer Science from [Carnegie Mellon University](/org/carnegie-mellon-university). Udbhav also holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and a Master of Science in Mathematics from the same school.

Udbhav Prasad reports to Siddhartha Sinha, VP of Engineering. They work with Drew Krausen - Senior Support Engineer, Tuan Vu - Software Engineer, and Vinith Podduturi - Software Engineer.

Udbhav Prasad

Greg Zemlin

Nate Walck is a Client Platform Engineer at [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Nate has previously worked as a Senior Software Engineer, macOS at Square from October 2020 to November 2021, a Sr. Client Platform Engineer at [Uber](/org/uber) from September 2018 to October 2020, a Systems Engineer at Facebook from May 2015 to September 2018, and a Corp SRE at [Dropbox](/org/dropbox) from October 2013 to May 2015. Nate has also worked as a Macintosh Systems Engineer at Tamman Technologies Inc. from July 2012 to October 2013 and as a Computer Support Technician at Trax Tech from January 2007 to July 2007.

Nate Walck attended Liberty University, where they earned a BS in Biblical Studies.

Nate Walck works with Silas Cutler - Principal Reverse Engineer, Vinith Podduturi - Software Engineer, and Udbhav Prasad - Software Engineer. Nate Walck reports to Siddhartha Sinha, VP of Engineering.

Nate Walck

Silas Cutler

Mike Wiacek is the founder and CEO of [Stairwell](/org/stairwell). Mike was previously the co-founder and chief security officer of Chronicle, an [Alphabet](/org/alphabet-int) company that focuses on enterprise cybersecurity challenges. Mike has also worked as a principal software engineer at Google and as a global network exploitation and vulnerability analyst for the Department of Defense.

Mike Wiacek's educational career includes a BS in computer science and mathematics from [La Salle University](/org/la-salle-university) and an MS in computer science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Some direct reports include Mike Wayne - Chief Revenue Officer, Steve Cooper - Head of Revenue Operations, and Tyler King - Hiring & Culture Czar.

Mike Wiacek

Shel Sharma

Siddhartha Sinha

The team at Stairwell has a history of experience in the technological field, with a focus on computer science and engineering. The team members have worked for companies such as Google and Chronicle, as well as for the Department of Defense. They have also been educated at universities such as La Salle University and UMBC.

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