About Us | Eclypsium

Founded on unprecedented industry experience and research, Eclypsium^® is delivering a new layer of security to defend the unguarded firmware and hardware infrastructure of the modern enterprise.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, our team is on a mission to protect organizations from the threats that subvert traditional security measures. Whether you are looking to protect your organization or planning the next step in your career, we hope you’ll join us on our mission.

Management

Yuriy Bulygin, Ph.D.
CEO & Founder

Alex Bazhaniuk
CTO & Founder

Mark Godschalk
Chief Operating Officer

John Loucaides
SVP Strategy & Federal Technology

Jarrod Bogue
Chief Revenue Officer

Yoav Yaari
VP of Engineering

Ariella Robison
VP of Marketing

Richard Wajsgras
President, Federal

Daniel Gutson
Chief Architect

Kelle Bush
Director of Customer Success

Michael Thelander
Director of Product Marketing

Erin Hancock
Director of Human Resources

Anna Shapkina
Director of Finance

Mark Finke
Director of Sales, North America

Nate Warfield
Dir. of Threat Research & Intelligence

Maximiliano Sibert
Engineering Director

Melissa Russell
Senior Director, Demand Generation

David Cundiff
VP of Services and Solutions

Yuriy Bulygin, Ph.D.

CEO & Founder

Yuriy has led the Advanced Threat Research team at Intel Security and microprocessor security analysis team at Intel Corporation. He also created CHIPSEC, the open-source firmware and hardware security assessment framework.

Alex Bazhaniuk

CTO & Founder

Alex has been performing security research and product security for a number of years at Intel Corporation. Alex has presented his research at well-known security conferences and he also teaches popular trainings in firmware security.

John Loucaides

SVP Strategy & Federal Technology

John has extensive history in hardware and firmware threats from experience at Intel and the United States government. At Intel he served as the Director of Advanced Threat Research, Platform Armoring and Resiliency, PSIRT, and was a CHIPSEC maintainer. Prior to this, he was Technical Team Lead for Specialized Platforms for the federal government.

Jarrod Bogue

Chief Revenue Officer

Jarrod is the Chief Revenue Officer at Eclypsium. He has over 25 years of experience in enterprise software, cybersecurity and cloud and has a track record of building and mentoring great teams, accelerating growth, and delivering outcomes across the customer lifecycle. Jarrod has operated successfully in both early stage and Fortune 50 organizations and has led teams through multiple acquisitions and divestitures. Prior to joining Eclypsium, Jarrod held VP roles at Trend Micro, Hewlett Packard, ArcSight, TippingPoint and Siemens.

Mark Godschalk

Chief Operating Officer

Mark has 25 years of experience building and operating enterprise software and security businesses, including SPI Dynamics (acquired by HP), SecureWorks (acquired by Dell; IPO SCWX), ControlScan (acquired by EchoSat) and Loudcloud (IPO Opsware). He has had success helping launch new market categories and scale companies from pre-revenue to $500M. Mark received a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Daniel Gutson

Chief Architect

Daniel has more than 25 years of experience in software engineering and management, at companies such as Motorola and Intel. In recent years he has focused intensively on software security using microprocessor hardware facilities (every transistor counts), and firmware security, leading to his role as engineering director and site manager of Eclypsium’s Argentina development branch. Daniel enjoys the simultaneous combination of low level programming with high level abstractions under rigorous best industry practices, especially suited for complex security projects.

Yoav Yaari

VP of Engineering

As VP of Engineering, Yoav oversees the design, development and delivery of the Eclypsium’s product suite. Prior to Eclypsium, Yoav held leadership positions such as VP of Engineering at Visa in the Data Product Development division where he managed the B2B2C product, Data products and deep integrations with customers, and VP of Product and Engineering at TrialPay - a Fintech startup acquired by Visa.

Erin Hancock

Director of Human Resources

As Eclypsium’s Director of Human Resources, Erin is focused on cultivating a culture where team members are able to do their best work through all phases of company growth. She is versed in developing HR programs from the ground up with a specific passion for HR operations and employee engagement. Erin has a deep background supporting high tech companies through rapid changes, most recently serving as Head of People Operations for Xnor.ai, an AI/ML startup acquired in January 2020. Erin has also held progressive roles in People Operations at Apple and Seattle-based high tech product design firms, Tectonic and Artefact.

Ariella Robison

VP of Marketing

With over 20 years of technology marketing experience, Ariella is passionate about helping security professionals be more effective and advocating for them within their organizations. She believes the role of marketing is to provide valuable content throughout the customer journey as well as to communicate relevant market trends to inform research and product development. Prior to joining Eclypsium, she built the marketing engine at threat intelligence leader, DomainTools.

Richard Wajsgras

President, Federal

Rich is the President of the Eclypsium Federal business unit. He has a long history of developing successful teams to support the public sector throughout various phases including but not limited to early stage. With over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, enterprise software and cloud, Rich has been able to build an impressive track record of delivering mission outcomes to his customer and partner community. Rich was born and educated in the Washington DC area receiving a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland and an MBA from George Washington University. Prior to joining Eclypsium, Rich held VP positions at WhiteSource, Checkmarx, Trend Micro, and Hewlett Packard.

Kelle Bush

Director of Customer Success

As a Customer Success Executive, Kelle has experience building, transforming, and scaling the Customer Success organization at hyper-growth B2B SaaS company, Checkmarx. Over the past seven years, she has helped define Customer Success resulting in increased retention, long-term revenue growth, and customer advocacy. She strives to promote an excellent customer experience.

Michael Thelander

Director of Product Marketing

Michael has a 20-year track record steering product management and marketing teams for successful, innovative companies. His articles and interviews have appeared in SC Magazine, Cyber Defense Magazine, ITProfessional, Cyber Security: A Peer Reviewed Journal, and he speaks at industry events like BSides, Gartner’s IAM Summit, and RSA. Michael received CISSP training through SANS and has been in the cybersecurity space for over twelve years: before Eclypsium he headed product management at Tripwire, ran product marketing at digital fingerprinting leader Iovation, and led go-to-market programs for machine identity management pioneer Venafi.

Anna Shapkina

Director of Finance

Anna was appointed Eclypsium’s Director of Finance in 2022 after serving as Senior Finance manager since 2020. Anna provides strategic leadership for the company’s business and finance functions, as well as for the management of its financial and capital resources. Within those units lie critical business functions including, but not limited to payroll, financial reporting, accounts receivable and payable, sponsored projects accounting, international operations, consolidations, and financial systems.

Anna has more than 8 years of experience spanning finance, investment projects and FP&A functions within the manufacturing industries. Prior to joining Eclypsium Inc., Anna was working at Planar Inc. (the Leyard Company) and Acumed Ltd. in different roles of Finance Decision Support teams.

Anna received MBA Financial Management degree from Marylhurst University, Oregon, and FP&A professional certificate from Association for Financial Professionals. Anna serves as a Treasurer on the board of the Scarlet Sails Cultural Foundation. Aside from work, Anna enjoys spending time with her family going on hikes, dispersed campings, fishing, skiing, yoga, travelling all around national parks of North America, and playing racquetball, time permitting

Mark Finke

Director of Sales, North America

Mark is the Director of the North American commercial business unit at Eclypsium. With over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, enterprise software, and networking, he has delivered enterprise class solutions to customers throughout the U.S. within the Fortune 1000, State & Local Government, and the partner community. Prior to joining Eclypsium, he held strategic sales and leadership positions with McAfee, TippingPoint, Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto Networks, and Checkmarx. Mark has a B.A. in Business Administration from New Mexico State University.

Nate Warfield

Director of Threat Research & Intelligence

Nate has 20 years of experience in network security and engineering, including designing networks for Microsoft and other Fortune 100 companies. During his career at Microsoft he transitioned to security research and vulnerability management, managing researcher engagement & patch delivery for high profile Windows vulnerabilities. A prolific conference speaker, he has presented his research on systemic flaws in cloud and network security at numerous security conferences worldwide. In 2020, he was named one of WIRED magazine's WIRED25 for starting a volunteer group providing threat intelligence to hospitals & healthcare organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maximiliano Sibert

Engineering Director

Maximiliano has 20+ years of experience in software engineering working in companies such as Saber Holdings, Globant, Motorola, Arris and Mercado Libre, always following a technical path but focusing on team development and cultural values, which lead him to be part of Eclypsium's engineering team. As Engineering Director, Maximiliano provides technical guidance to engineering teams and top management, supporting organizational objectives achievement by developing goals and strategies. Additionally, he takes care of finding and implementing ways to improve cost-efficiency.

Melissa Russell

Senior Director, Demand Generation

As the Sr. Director of Demand Generation, Melissa is focused on building out marketing strategies to drive pipeline and revenue growth. She has deep experience in her 20 year career planning and executing integrated B2B campaigns, implementing and administering marketing technologies and sales enablement tools, as well as managing the BDR/SDR teams. Prior to joining Eclypsium, she headed up the demand generation engine at several cybersecurity companies including Wallarm, NeuVector and DomainTools.

David Cundiff

VP of Services and Solutions

Dave has built several high growth organizations bringing together critical processes, cutting edge technology, and high performing individuals in the cybersecurity industry. With decades of experience covering systems administration, service creation, and general "get it done" efforts he brings a unique perspective to the organization which is business and customer focused with a concentration in finding the proper balance between security and productivity.

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Eclypsium is growing rapidly and we are always looking for exceptional talent. If you are interested in joining the team and would like to learn more, contact us at careers@eclypsium.com.

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