Board Members

• Jesper Johansen, Chairman of the Board in Secunia and Partner in Dansk Kapitalanlæg

Jesper has the overall strategic capacity and has several years of experience from working with, and developing, growth companies. He has a strong financial background, as well as the strategic mindset from McKinsey. Currently, Jesper holds the position as Partner at Dansk Kapitalanlæg, a Danish private equity company investing in and developing knowledge intensive Danish growth companies with a turnover of approximately DKK 100-500m (EUR 15-70m).Today, Dansk Kapitalanlæg has 6 companies in its portfolio and a capital commitment of DKK 1.1b from a strong group of owners that, among others, count Danske Bank, ATP. PFA, Nordea Liv & Pension, augustinus, Danica og LD. Jesper’s career started as an equity analyst with Bjørnskov & Co and later as management consultant at McKinsey. From 1997 to 2007, Jesper worked within the field of investment banking, holding the position as Associate at Enskilda Securities, Founder and Owner of Capitellum, and finally Managing Director at Straumur Investment Bank from 2005 to 2007. Jesper has a M.Sc. in Finance from Copenhagen Business School (CBS), and currently serves as a board member of Reason A/S.

• Preben Damgaard, Deputy Chairman of the Board in Secunia and Owner of Damgaard Company

Preben has more than twenty years of experience within the IT industry, having a solid track record of building channels and scaling a business. He has tried to undergo the transformation of making an entrepreneurial business into a corporate entity, understanding and working with a changing organization. Currently Preben works as an advisor and investor, helping IT entrepreneurs grow their businesses through his own company Damgaard Company. Prior to this he co-founded Damgaard Data, which was listed in 1999 and subsequently merged with Navision in 2000, and two years later was sold to Microsoft for more than DKK 10 billion. Today Preben sits on a number of Danish boards, holding the position as chairman in Heartmade A/S and Proactive A/S, and as board member in Axcess A/S, 7N A/S, A.O. Johansen A/S, Scalepoint A/S, and Excitor A/S.

• Lars Neupart, Member of the Board in Secunia and Founder & CEO of Neupart

Lars has extensive experience from the IT security industry, as well as from starting and developing businesses. He is recognized as a pioneer within the IT security industry, having co-founded Neupart & Munkedal/ Vigilante in the later 1990s, among others. Lars has more than 20 years of valuable experience. Currently, Lars holds the position as CEO of the company Neupart, which he also founded in 2002. Prior to this he co-founded and was the Chief Alliance Officer of Vigilante, and from 1993 to 1997 he worked as Director of System Test. Lars’ career started as a software developer at Ericsson and System Test Manager at Dataco, giving him a solid technical understanding. Lars holds a B.Sc. in Data Communication and Engineering from the Danish Technical University (DTU), and currently serves as a board member of ITEK and Neupart A/S.

• Thomas Zeihlund, Member of the Board in Secunia and former CFO in Telenor Denmark

Thomas Zeihlund has a strong background within financials, which is also his key area of contribution on the Secunia board. Thomas has experience from companies similar to Secunia, knowing about internationalization and partnerships. In his recent position, Thomas served as CFO in Telenor Denmark, which is the second largest Telco in Denmark. Prior to his career at Telenor, Thomas has worked as CFO for Ascio Technologies Inc. From 2000 to 2004, Thomas was employed as Business Manager at Microsoft Business Solutions. Thomas earned both his M.Sc. in Business Economics and Auditing and MBA from Copenhagen Business School.

• Niels Henrik Rasmussen, Deputy Chairman, Corporate Executive President, Founder of Secunia

Niels Henrik founded Secunia in the autumn of 2002. Niels Henrik has a strong track record with more than 15 years in the field of building and developing businesses, facilitated by a unique mix of vision, strategy, and business acumen. With his strategic mind-set, Niels Henrik today focuses upon: Corporate strategy Strategic alliances and strategic partners Building relations with strategic players Entrepreneurship Market analysis From Autumn 2002 to November 2011 Niels Henrik served as CEO, developing Secunia from an entrepreneurial start up to an established corporate business of 140 employees with strong year-on-year revenue growth and a high EBITDA, also gaining DKA Capital (leading Danish private equity fund) and Preben Damgaard as strategic owners of 31% of Secunia by October 2010. Prior to founding Secunia in 2002, Niels Henrik founded IT Recruitment (acquired by PwC). Niels Henrik has also served as CEO of Virus112, while simultaneously working as Sales President of VeriSign Affiliate Europe. Niels Henrik started his career as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, also contracting jobs within business development and strategy for Ask Alex (Investors of Internet Ventures Scandinavia and TDC Innovation) and Thomas Høiland Auctions. Niels Henrik has a B.Sc. Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School. Niels Henrik has a B.Sc. Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School.

Executive Management

• Niels Henrik Rasmussen, CEO of Secunia

Niels Henrik has a strong track-record with more than 15 years in the field of building and developing businesses, facilitated by a unique mix of visionship, strategy, and business acumen. He practices a hands-on inclusive style of leadership, fostering responsibility and teamwork by his managers, and is a key contributor to Secunia's success and strong strategic focus. Prior to founding Secunia in 2002, Niels Henrik founded IT Recruitment. Niels Henrik has also served as CEO of Virus112, while simultaneously working as Sales President of VeriSign Affiliate Europe. Niels Henrik started his career as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, also contracting jobs within business development and strategy for Ask Alex (Investors of Internet Ventures Scandinavia and TDC Innovation) and Thomas Høiland Auctions. Niels Henrik has a B.Sc. Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School.

• Jacob Bratting Pedersen, COO

As Chief Operating Officer (COO), Jacob shares the responsibility of running Secunia's daily operations together with Niels Henrik Rasmussen. Jacob's main responsibility is to support and coordinate the growth of Secunia and the operations of the business. Jacob is specialised in developing, growing and internationalising technology companies both as entrepreneur, investor and advisor. He has worked with a number of hyper growth companies and possesses strong strategy and business development competencies. Prior to joining Secunia Jacob was Investment Director in the the Scandinavian venture capital firm NorthCap Partners. Jacob holds a M.Sc. Business Administration and Commercial Law from Copenhagen Business School and has international experience from working abroad for 5 years.

• Thomas Zeihlund, Interim CEO

Thomas Zeihlund has a strong background within financials, which is also his key area of contribution on the Secunia board. Thomas has experience from companies similar to Secunia, knowing about internationalization and partnerships. In his recent position, Thomas served as CFO in Telenor Denmark, which is the second largest Telco in Denmark. Prior to his career at Telenor, Thomas has worked as CFO for Ascio Technologies Inc. From 2000 to 2004, Thomas was employed as Business Manager at Microsoft Business Solutions. Thomas earned both his M.Sc. in Business Economics and Auditing and MBA from Copenhagen Business School.

Key Employees

• Michael H. Zaman, VP of Sales & Co-founder

As Vice President of Large Account Sales in Secunia, Michael has the overall responsibility for the sales unit that maintains and develops the largest accounts in Secunia's portfolio. Michael has more than ten years of sales and development experience, building and developing sale units into high performers that consistently improve and exceed budgets. In Secunia, Michael heads a team of competent and dedicated Sale Representatives, as well as managing the Customer Retention Centre. Michael is a key contributor to Secunia's successful, direct, market approach, holding an outstanding sales track-record, and network of Security executives, within Fortune500 and Global 2000 companies. This is facilitated by his unique sales competencies and extensive industry expertise and acknowledgement. Prior to co-founding Secunia in 2002, Michael was Key Account and Sales Manager at Virus 112 A/S (a unit of Eurotrust A/S), selling IT-security solutions to both SMEs and Large accounts.

• Thomas Piil, VP of Sales & Co-founder

As Vice President of Sales, Thomas manages the sales unit targeting the SME segment with the Corporate Software Inspector (CSI) solution. Thomas has more than ten years of experience as a top performing sales manager in the IT security space, building and managing sales teams. In Secunia, Thomas manages a team of highly motivated and competent sales representatives, approaching new potential Secunia CSI customers. Thomas is a key contributor to Secunia's success, holding an outstanding sales track-record, selling into Fortune500 companies and institutions worldwide. This is facilitated by his hands-on experience and unique sales competencies. Prior to co-founding Secunia in 2002, Thomas worked as Sales and Development Manager in Virus112 A/S, and was following responsible for building the UK division of Virus 911 Ltd. Thomas did his military service in the Royal Lifeguard, where he was named soldier of the month for endurance and leadership.

• Stefan Frei, Research Analyst Director

As Research Analyst Director, Stefan is responsible for conducting and publishing research based on Secunia data, gathered from the comprehensive data pool of scan results from the Secunia Personal Software Inspector and the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence. Stefan is part of the Marketing and Communication unit, working to profile the Secunia brand and contributions through factual and substantiated research. Prior to joining Secunia, Stefan was Senior Research Associate and Lecturer at ETH Zürich, researching the Security Ecosystem and investigating cybercrime operations and defenses. This research he has, among others, shared with the industry at various conferences, such as BlackHat, DefCon, and FIRST. Stefan has been in IT and security for more than 20 years, having developed key competencies within the areas of software development, pentesting, security research, and consulting for both technical and management audiences. Before joining the academic world, Stefan worked, among others, at IBM/ISS X-Force in their security assessment team in R&D in EMEA. Stefan holds a M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, a Masters of Advanced Studies in Management , Technlogy & Economics, as well as a Doctor of Science (Dr.sc.ETH), all earned from ETH Zürich.

• Thomas Kristensen, Chief Security Officer (CSO) & Co-founder

As Chief Security Officer, Thomas has the overall responsibility for Secunia's Research and internal IT units, and is also responsible for security evangelism. Thomas has more than ten years of experience within the IT security industry, representing a leading resource within the fields of vulnerabilities and Vulnerability Intelligence. Thomas is a key contributor to Secunia's success, being the no. 1 provider of reliable and accurate Vulnerability Intelligence worldwide, as well as the development of the Secunia scanner technology, which is the market's most comprehensive and accurate non-intrusive scanner solution for automatic detection and elimination of vulnerable applications (Microsoft and 3rd party). Prior to co-founding Secunia in 2002, Thomas was responsible for the Technical Department at PortSecurity A/S, until 2001 where he was appointed interim-IT Manager for Virus 112 A/S, with responsibilities within product development and the Technical Department. Following, Thomas worked for Virus 911 Ltd., responsible for building the UK division. Thomas holds a Bachelor degree from West Zealand Business School.

• Jakob Balle, VP Product Development & Co-founder

As VP of Product Development, Jakob is responsible for Secunia's in-house Development unit, developing and managing new product releases and product updates, as well as the Customer Support unit. Jakob's primary focus is to ensure a high level of applicability and usability in the solutions, maintaining Secunia as a market-driven company. Jakob heads a team of highly skilled developers and supporters that always delivers outstanding quality. Jakob is a key contributor to the Vulnerability Intelligence solutions and the development of the unique scanner technology. Latest, Jakob has, together with his team, successfully managed to develop Secunia's Corporate Software Inspector integration with Microsoft WSUS, allowing Secunia to enter the field of Patch Management. Prior to co-founding Secunia in 2002, Jakob worked as a Programmer at Virus 112 A/S.

• Niels Bjørn Andersen, General Manager Partner Sales

As General Manager Partner Sales, Niels Bjørn is responsible for defining and executing Secunia's partners program with respect to resellers, VARs and MSSPs world wide. The Partner team consists of skilled partner managers active locally on major markets in supporting sales and service through Secunia's partner program. Niels Bjørn has previously built channel programs for companies like BMC Software and Novell and he came to Secunia from a position as Sales Director for Security and High End software at Atea in Denmark. Furthermore Niels has an entrepreneurial background having built two software distribution companies. The most recent one - Aprismo – was acquired by Atea in 2009. Niels Bjørn has more than 30 years experience from the IT industry, working both with End-users, Distributors and Resellers.

• Maria Eriksen-Jensen, VP of Business Development and Marketing

As VP of Business Development and Marketing, Maria has the dual responsibility of conducting business development, aligned with the strategy of Secunia, as well as developing the marketing unit and the marketing activities for external communication. Prior to joining Secunia in 2009, Maria co-founded IDEALIZER, a danish consulting company, specialised in writing business plans and conducting market analysis. From 2005 to 2008 Maria worked at Russell Reynolds Associates as a Research Assistant. Maria holds a B.Sc. in International Business and a M.Sc. in Finance & Strategic Management from Copenhagen Business School.

• Pia Dam Olsen, Manager of Finance & Administration

As Manager of Finance & Administration, Pia has the responsibility of securing financial scalability and ensuring that Secunia is able to continue its expansion strategy by organic means. Pia also manages the Finance team, as well as being the primary contact to auditors, bank and legal advisors. Pia has extensive knowledge of the processes in Secunia, as she has worked as an external economic consultant for Secunia since 2003. Prior to joining Secunia full-time in 2009, Pia co-founded and managed AccountHouse ApS (today Amesto), a consulting company offering financial outsourcing and recruitment. Pia has also worked at Nielsen & Christensen as Head of Outsourcing. Pia has more than 15 years of experience within accounting and auditing in growth companies.

• Carsten Eiram, Chief Security Specialist (CSS)

As Chief Security Specialist, Carsten holds the dual responsibility of developing and managing the Secunia Research unit, as well as maintaining close dialogue with the software vendors, thereby ensuring both the quality and integrity of Secunia's work. Carsten is a key-contributor to the high technical quality and accurateness of the Secunia advisories and it is his key responsibilities to ensure that Secunia continues to be the most respected and trustworthy provider of Vulnerability Intelligence and most active research house worldwide. Carsten is also a very active researcher himself. Carsten has a great multi-cultural team of some of the best researchers in the world that he manages with great motivation. Carsten is a member of the editorial board of CVE, where his opinions are highly acknowledged. Prior to joining Secunia in 2003, Carsten worked as Security Team Leader in a Verisign Affiliate.

• Andreas Ohrbeck, VP Strategic Sales Development

As Vice President of Strategic Sales Development, Andreas holds the dual responsibility of developing and managing the team of strategic alliances and channel development, and aligning Secunia's go-to-market operations. This includes maintaining the organisation's scalability through strategic initiatives, and ensuring their successful implementation. Prior to joining Secunia in 2007, Andreas was Partner in Relation, a business and sales consulting company, where he specialised in business strategy for growth companies, including raising venture capital for expansion. Before that, Andreas worked as a Business Developer in VaekstFonden, the largest Danish Venture Capital fund, and at Atradius as an Account Manager. Andreas holds a M.Sc. Management of Technology from Copenhagen Business School. He is also a steering committee member of Online Trust Alliance (OTA).