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
VP Federal Technology

Doug Schultz
SVP Worldwide Sales

Yoav Yaari
VP of Engineering

Suzanne Balter
VP Marketing

Steve Mancini
CISO

Daniel Gutson
Director Engineering

Alex Ivkin CISSP, CISM
Director Solutions Engineering

Erin Hancock
Director of Human Resources

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

VP 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.

Mark Godschalk

Chief Operating Officer

Mark has more than twenty years experience leading global strategy, business development, and operations for early and mid stage software and SaaS market leaders, including SPI Dynamics (acquired by HP), SecureWorks (acquired by Dell), ControlScan (acquired by EchoSat), HP Software, Loudcloud (Opsware) and Model N (NYSE: MODN). He has had repeated success creating new categories and strategic partner ecosystems, to capture market-leading positions and scale companies from pre-revenue to $500M, and through IPO. Mark received a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Doug Schultz

SVP Worldwide Sales

Doug is a proven global sales leader who has successfully taken multiple companies, including Menlo Security and FireEye, from early stage startups to positions of market leadership and triple digit revenue growth. He has built enterprise sales teams from the ground up and demonstrated the ability to drive revenue generation in new market categories. His 25 years in cybersecurity and technology sales have forged a deep understanding of enterprise, federal and APAC markets, as well as strong partnerships with strategic service providers and system integrators. Doug received his BA in Management Information Systems from Washington State University.

Daniel Gutson

Director Engineering

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.

Suzanne Balter

VP Marketing

Suzanne is an experienced marketing leader with proven ability to develop new markets, accelerate growth and deliver ROI. She has a track record of success helping SaaS and B2B companies including Janrain (acquired by Akamai), AdExchanger (acquired by Access Intelligence) and GenevaLogic (acquired by Netop) achieve market leadership and scale. She has built worldwide marketing organizations for multiple international companies. Suzanne has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Alex Ivkin CISSP, CISM

Director Solutions Engineering

Alex Ivkin is a senior technical leader specializing in security solution architecture, advisory and implementation. Alex has managed large security consulting and solution engineering practices in support of security vendor suites, including Checkmarx, CyberArk and IBM, successfully and profitably delivering security products for hundreds of customers.

Steve Mancini

Chief Information Security Officer

With over 20 years experience in security, Steve Mancini currently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Threat Intelligence at Eclypsium. As CISO, Steve and his team focus on enterprise security, product security, risk management, and incident response for the company. Leading the Eclypsium Threat Intelligence program, Steve drives intelligence collection, analysis, and sharing activities in support of Eclypsium’s mission to to provide actionable intelligence to our customers and the industry at large. Steve is the former Deputy CISO of Cylance and before that worked for seventeen years at Intel. Steve released his first EDR tool (RAPIER) in 2009, established corporate programs around security community outreach, threat intelligence, APT response, and emerging threat analysis. He has co-chaired efforts to formalize a threat intelligence sharing policy framework (IEP). Outside of work he is a founder, participant, and mentor in several security leadership peer organizations, and supports several of his favorite security conferences through a variety of roles and sponsorship.

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.

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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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