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01 Meet the team

Around six decades of experience securing AI.

The Cranium team has shipped revolutionary software, deployed AI risk management for major enterprises, and built companies from the ground up. Here are the people guiding the standard for AI governance.

02 Our leadership

The people setting the standard.

A leadership team with deep roots in AI development and cybersecurity, united by one mission: make AI something the enterprise can trust.

Jonathan Dambrot

Jonathan Dambrot

CEO & Co-Founder

Sets the vision for enterprise AI governance and leads Cranium's mission to secure and govern AI end-to-end.

Felix Knoll

Felix Knoll

COO/CRO & Co-Founder

Drives revenue and operations, turning Cranium's strategy into momentum for customers and partners.

Alex Schlager

Alex Schlager

Chief Technology Officer

Leads the technology behind the AI Trust Loop, bringing 20+ years of cybersecurity and enterprise AI expertise.

Paul Spicer

Paul Spicer

VP, IT Security & Compliance, Co-Founder

Owns Cranium's own security and compliance posture, including SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001.

Vivek Radia

Vivek Radia

Chief Financial Officer

Stewards the financial discipline behind sustainable, customer-first growth.

Betsy J. Walker

Betsy J. Walker

SVP of Marketing

Shapes how the world understands AI security, governance and trust.

Byron Hawkins

Byron Hawkins

Chief Information Security Officer

Leads security strategy across Cranium's platform, customers and supply chain.

03 Investors & advisors

Counsel from the best in the field.

Researchers, operators and security leaders who help us sharpen the platform and the playbook.

Scott Alfeld

Scott Alfeld

Professor, Amherst College

Academic perspective on adversarial machine learning and AI risk.

Ryan Permeh

Ryan Permeh

Operating Partner, SYN Ventures

Security entrepreneur guiding product and go-to-market strategy.

Kyle Kappel

Kyle Kappel

US Cybersecurity Advisory Leader, KPMG

Enterprise cybersecurity advisory at scale.

Gerhard Eschelbeck

Gerhard Eschelbeck

CSO, Kodiak Robotics

Decades leading security at the world's largest platforms.

Jay Leek

Jay Leek

Managing Partner, SYN Ventures

Investor and former CISO backing the next era of security.

Joyce Brocaglia

Joyce Brocaglia

Founder, Alta Associates & The Executive Women's Forum

Champion for leadership and diversity in cybersecurity.

04 2026 Executive Advisory Board

Security leaders from the world's biggest enterprises.

CISOs and CIOs who have defended global organizations now help shape how Cranium secures and governs enterprise AI.

Roland Cloutier

Roland Cloutier

Former Global CSO — TikTok & ByteDance, ADP, EMC

Founder/Partner, The Business Protection Group.

Bret Arsenault

Bret Arsenault

CVP, CISO — Microsoft

Securing one of the world's largest technology estates.

Andy Bonillo

Andy Bonillo

Interim GM, TikTok US Data Security

AI security and data governance executive.

Brian Cincera

Brian Cincera

CISO — Cargill, Inc.

Enterprise security at global industrial scale.

Vittorio Cretella

Vittorio Cretella

CIO — Mars, Inc.; Former CIO, P&G

Technology leadership across global consumer brands.

Gary B. Harbison

Gary B. Harbison

Global CISO — Johnson & Johnson

Defending a global healthcare enterprise.

Melissa Hathaway

Melissa Hathaway

President — Hathaway Global Strategies

National cybersecurity policy and strategy advisor.

Dolly Singh

Dolly Singh

MD, Third-Party Oversight — JPMorgan Chase

Global head of supplier assurance services.

Tim McKnight

Tim McKnight

Operating Partner — SYN Ventures

Former CISO and security investor.

John J. Masserini

John J. Masserini

Founder & Managing Partner — SentiCon Security

Security strategy and CISO advisory.

Robert D. Rodriguez

Robert D. Rodriguez

Chairman & Founder — SINET

Venture Partner at SYN Ventures.

Mike Wagner

Mike Wagner

CSO — Kenvue

Security leadership for a global consumer-health company.

Pradeep Aswani

Pradeep Aswani

Founder — Cloud Harmonics, Securematics; Co-Founder, OneSecure

Serial founder scaling security distribution and services.

Cliff Justice

Cliff Justice

Former U.S. Leader of Enterprise Innovation — KPMG

Managing Director, EquaTerra; enterprise innovation at scale.

05 Join the team

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See why Craniacs from around the globe come to build a safer AI world — and where you might fit in.