Executive Management
John Vigouroux
Chief Executive Officer
John Vigouroux is M86 Security's chief executive officer. He joined the company in April of 2009 to execute the company's growth plan and manage overall operations. John brings with him over 25 years of technology industry experience in large and small companies, the last 19 years in Silicon Valley. He has a proven track record in the information security industry of increasing top and bottom line results, most recently as President and CEO of Finjan, an enterprise Web security company headquartered in San Jose, California. Vigouroux has also successfully led public companies as President and COO of Tumbleweed Communications, an established leader in messaging security. He joined Tumbleweed through the company's 2002 merger with publicly traded Valicert, where Vigouroux served as President and CEO. John grew up on the U.S. East Coast and Europe and holds a BA in Organizational Behavior & Development from Averett University where he is a Trustee, Executive Committee member and also inducted into their Athletic Hall of fame. John holds an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University.
Bruce Green
Chief Operating Officer
Bruce Green, Chief Operating Officer and based in the International headquarters in the UK, is responsible for driving the International growth of M86 Security solutions and managing global operations including Worldwide Customer support and IT/MIS. With a proven industry record in successfully driving performance improvement and aligning people, processes and cultures in global business environments, he also leads the integration process of Finjan into the M86 organization. Bruce brings over thirty years experience in the IT Services and Communications industry M86's executive team and is instrumental in driving maximum performance through the implementation of commercially-focused financial and operational controls and processes. Prior to M86, he held senior executive positions for finance or operations at multinational organizations including BT Global Services, Syntegra and BT(CBP) Ltd.
Rodney S. Miller
Chief Financial Officer
As chief financial officer of M86 Security, Rod Miller holds management responsibility for all company finance functions including overseeing the controller, budget, investor relations, tax and internal audits. Rod brings over 18 years of operational and financial management experience to his new role and will provide support, advice and resource allocation recommendations to executive management worldwide. He previously served as CFO at a variety of high-growth companies, including WorkAlert Inc., National Tour Inc. and HemoTherapies Inc. Rod started his career at Ernst & Young where he served as an auditor and information systems specialist staff accountant, and was a member of the Entrepreneurial Services Group. He holds a B.S. degree in Accounting and a Master of Accountancy with an emphasis in Information Technology, both from Brigham Young University.
William Kilmer
Chief Marketing Officer
In his role as Chief Marketing Officer, William Kilmer, is responsible for world wide marketing and product strategy for M86 Security. He brings to M86 Security a vast amount of experience in the software and services market from product management, marketing, strategy, investment, and M&A. He was previously the CEO of Avinti, a developer of behavior-based malware detection solutions which was acquired by M86 Security in 2009. Prior he worked for Intel Corporation, where he was managing director of Intel Capital Europe and director of strategic marketing for its communication and networking organizations. He has worked with several start ups previously including Dayna Communications, which was acquired by Intel.
Paul D. Myer
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
As Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Paul has worldwide responsibility for mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and partnerships. Paul is a technology industry veteran who brings over 20 years of executive management, sales, marketing and business development experience to M86 Security. Mr. Myer previously served as President and COO at 8e6 Technologies and he has held senior management positions with leading technology companies. Mr. Myer's prior experience includes business development positions with RLX Technologies, the pioneer in high-density server blades, and he served as V.P. Sales for GoShip.com, an Internet shipping and logistics startup. At NEC Technologies, he directed sales and marketing for the Display, Server and Imaging Divisions. While at Compaq Computer, he handled both channel and direct sales responsibilities for all products. Paul holds a B. A. degree in International Relations from Brigham Young University, and an MBA from Pepperdine University.
Russell B. Schumacher
Vice President, R&D Engineering
Russell B. Schumacher is a 20-year industry veteran whose work has been associated with some of the world''s most well-recognized technology companies. As vice president of R&D and engineering for M86 Security, he is responsible for directing product development, quality assurance, and beta management. Mr. Schumacher previously served as vice president of development and product management for Irvine-based Quest Software. He led a monitoring solutions team of over 130 employees across the U.S. and Australia. Prior to joining Quest Software, he spent a decade as senior vice president with Fujitsu Business Communication Systems, the enterprise telecommunications equipment subsidiary of Fujitsu Ltd. Mr. Schumacher directed the Product Success Center, which encompassed product marketing, technology research, engineering, quality assurance, and professional services. His prior work experience includes senior management positions with Vision Solutions, Tetra Tech Data Systems, White Storage and Retrieval Systems, and Unisys. He holds a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego.
Werner Thalmeier
Vice President, Product Management
As the Vice President of Product Management, Werner Thalmeier is responsible for the company's product management team and specifying and directing the company's product roadmap. Werner's experience crosses both email and web security markets with more than 20 years of work in the IT industry. His background includes field experience working with customers, technology partners and resellers in management and engineering roles. Prior to joining M86 Security, Mr. Thalmeier lead the product management team at Finjan where he helped to create the company's strategy in the secure web gateway market. Previously he also managed the worldwide sales engineering team at Finjan.
Luis Curet
Vice President, Americas Sales
Luis Curet brings over 25 years of experience in sales, channels and marketing to his role as vice president of the Americas. In this position Mr. Curet is responsible for all customer touch points and will drive new business development as the company expands their growing Secure Internet Gateway. Prior to joining M86 Security, Mr. Curet held the position of vice president for Rainbow Technologies, a $125 million IT security solutions firm that was acquired by SafeNet Inc. Mr. Curet began his career at IBM, where he held a variety of sales and management positions. He received his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Marcio Lempert
Senior VP, EMEA Sales & GM, Israel Operations
Marcio Lempert brings close to 20 years of experience in management positions in hi-tech companies, in Israel and the U.S., and an extensive background in international sales, marketing and general management. He was most recently general manager of international sales and Israel operations at Finjan. Prior to joining Finjan, Mr. Lempert was V.P. Sales & Marketing at Electronics Line 3000 Ltd., where he was responsible for managing the overall sales and marketing activities of the company with a turnover of close to $40M in over 65 countries. Prior to joining EL3K, he held the position of CEO of GoNet Channels. Between 1996-2000, Mr. Lempert worked as V.P. Sales & Marketing at MAVIX. Prior to MAVIX, Mr. Lempert worked in the position of Sales & Marketing Director Asia Pacific at RAD Data Communications and 7 years at Orbotech Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBK), in the US, as a Customer Support Manager. Mr. Lempert received his B.Sc. degree in Management from Lesley College and has a degree in Electronics Engineering.
Nick Hawkins
Vice President, EMEA Sales
Nick is responsible for driving M86 Security's EMEA sales and channel strategies. He has extensive and proven experience in managing successful IT organizations and establishing key sales methodologies that yield outstanding results. In his prior role leading M86 Security's Asia-pacific teams, Nick consistently increased market share and revenues in the Australian, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific markets. Prior to joining M86 Security, Hawkins was Vice President of Sales for MessageLabs Asia-Pacific where he set up the company's Asia-Pacific operations and presence. Previously, he held management positions in business development with British Telecom and NDS, located in the UK and Hong Kong.
Jeremy Hulse
Vice President, Asia-Pacific Sales
Jeremy is responsible for sales, channel and business development strategy in Asia-Pacific. With 23 years of experience in the Information Technology industry in the Asia Pacific region, his capabilities range from successfully selling products, solutions and services and developing business units. Jeremy has considerable experience in large enterprises sales, service provider environments and a track record in delivering strong revenue pipelines across all sales disciplines. He joined M86 Security from Oracle, where he held the position of APAC Director of Security and Identity Management, in the Consulting Division. Prior to Oracle, Jeremy was business manager for Security Services for Cisco, where he worked as part of their worldwide security practice.
