A serial entrepreneur and a highly skilled engineer, Mahmoud is the heart and soul of VGS. Previously, he was CTO and co-founder of Balanced Payments (since acquired). Prior to that, Mahmoud designed automated product matching systems at Milo.com (acquired by eBay) and built high-frequency trading systems for Wachovia Securities, now a part of Wells Fargo. With experience ranging from Wall Street to early-stage startups, Mahmoud is passionate about democratizing data security. He started Very Good Security to make best-in-class security and compliance attainable for businesses of all sizes.