Just Launched: Cranium Arena! --- Simulate real-world threats against your AI systems with our new AI red teaming platform for enterprise security.

Meet the Team

With around six decades of experience, the Cranium team has developed and introduced revolutionary software solutions, deployed AI risk management for major enterprises, and built companies from the ground up.

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Our Leadership

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Jonathan Dambrot

CEO & Co-Founder
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Felix Knoll

COO/CRO & Co-Founder
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Paul Spicer

VP of IT Security and Compliance, Co-Founder
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Daniel Christman

Director of AI Programs, Co-Founder
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Vivek Radia

CFO
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Betsy J. Walker

SVP of Marketing
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Dan Carroll

Chief Scientist
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Byron Hawkins

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
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Investors & Advisors

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Scott Alfeld

PROFESSOR, AMHERST COLLEGE
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Ryan Permeh

OPERATING PARTNER, SYN VENTURES
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Kyle Kappel

US CYBERSECURITY ADVISORY LEADER, KPMG
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Gerhard Eschelbeck

CSO, KODIAK ROBOTICS
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Jay Leek

MANAGING PARTNER, SYN VENTURES
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Joyce Brocaglia

Founder, Diversified Search Group / Founder, Alta Associates / Founder & CEO, The Executive Women’s Forum / Founder, BoardSuited

2024 Executive Advisory Board

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Former Global Chief Security Officer,
TikTok & ByteDance, ADP, EMC

Founder/Partner,
The Business Protection Group

Roland Cloutier

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CVP, CISO,
Microsoft

Bret Arsenault

Joyce Brocaglia headshot

Founder,
Diversified Search Group

Founder,
Alta Associates

Founder & CEO,
The Executive Women’s Forum

Founder,
BoardSuited

Joyce Brocaglia

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Interim General Manager,
TikTok US Data Security

Andy Bonillo

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Chief Information Security Officer,
Cargill, Inc.

Brian Cincera

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Former CIO,
P&G

CIO,
Mars, Inc.

Vittorio Cretella

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Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO),
Johnson & Johnson

Gary B. Harbison

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President,
Hathaway Global Strategies

Melissa Hathaway

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Managing Director, Global Head of Third-Party Oversight & Supplier Assurance Services,
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Dolly Singh

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Operating Partner,
SYN Ventures

Tim McKnight

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Founder & Managing Partner,
SentiCon Security

John J. Masserini

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Chairman & Founder,
SINET, Venture Partner at SYN Ventures

Robert D. Rodriguez

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CSO,
Kenvue

Mike Wagner

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Founder,
Cloud Harmonics, Securematics, VPN Dynamics, High-Performance Networks, Micromatics

Co-Founder,
OneSecure

Pradeep Aswani

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