RESTON, VA – March 30, 2016 – ThreatQuotient, a threat intelligence platform provider headquartered in Northern Virginia, today announced that John Czupak, President and CEO, will be participating at the TechBUZZ Spring 2016 Conference to be held at PNC Place in Washington D.C. on April 6, 2016. MAVA’s TechBUZZ is the area’s premier event where early-stage entrepreneurs and active investors come together to see the best and brightest, to connect with one another, and to celebrate the strength of the startup scene in our region. Mr. Czupak will be joined by a diverse and experienced cross-section of Early Stage Investors, VCs, and experienced CEOs to provide valuable feedback in response to the presenting TechBUZZ companies. For more information, please visit: http://mava.org/programs/techbuzz/spring-2016/.
When: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 from 1-7pmET
What: TechBUZZ Spring 2016 Conference
MAVA shines the spotlight on the hottest up-and-coming early stage technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic again during TechBUZZ Spring 2016. The program will be fast-paced and interactive, with top rate networking among the area’s business elite. Whether on the stage or in the audience, innovative Company Builders and active Investors are in for an action-packed afternoon. Attendees will walk away with informative and thought-provoking insight from today’s top business leaders and investors.
Who: John Czupak, President and CEO, ThreatQuotient
John Czupak serves as President and CEO of ThreatQuotient, where he drives the company’s global expansion and manages financial growth. Mr. Czupak has played a critical role in multiple companies that resulted in successful liquidity events, and in 2015 ThreatQuotient raised over $10.2 million in funding under his lead. Prior to ThreatQuotient he served as General Manager for Cisco Systems’ Advanced Malware Protection (“FireAMP”) product line following its $2.7 billion acquisition of Sourcefire, Inc. Mr. Czupak served in a number of additional roles during his 12-year career at Sourcefire, including Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development, General Manager FireAMP and Senior Vice President, International & Business Development.
Before Sourcefire, Mr. Czupak was the SVP of Worldwide Sales for Mountain Wave, Inc., which was acquired by Symantec Corporation in July of 2002. Prior to Mountain Wave, Mr. Czupak was the Vice President of Worldwide Channels for Riverbed Technologies, a leader in mobile and wireless computing. Earlier in his career, Mr. Czupak was an original member of the management team and Vice President of Asia Pacific and Latin America for AXENT Technologies. Mr. Czupak serves as an Advisor and Board member to a number of technology companies, including Sonatype, PFP CyberSecurity and Cybrary.
About ThreatQuotient
ThreatQuotient provides ThreatQ, the only Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) that centrally manages and correlates unlimited external sources with all internal security and analytics solutions for contextual, operationalized intelligence in a single pane of glass. ThreatQ is also the first TIP to provide Indicator Nurturing, which goes beyond enrichment to help customers tailor indicators of compromise (IOCs) more specifically to their infrastructure.
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, ThreatQuotient was founded by two former security operations analysts that understand the importance and fundamentals of correlating with confidence. The company is backed by a seasoned management team and has secured over $10 million in Series A financing. Representing a strong portfolio of Fortune 100/500, major retail, healthcare, technology and defense customers, ThreatQuotient has quickly garnered industry recognition receiving several coveted awards, including A Top Startup to Watch from Dark Reading and DCInno; and two Info Security Global Excellence Awards for Best Startup and Innovation in Enterprise Security at the 2016 RSA conference. For more information, please visit: https://www.threatq.com/.
