An Experienced Leadership Team

Dave Gerry is CEO of Bugcrowd and a cybersecurity leader with nearly 15 years of experience spanning offensive security, autonomous testing, and crowdsourced security. Before Bugcrowd, he served as CRO and COO at WhiteHat Security, guiding the company through acquisitions by NTT and Synopsys, and has held senior leadership roles at Veracode, Sumo Logic, and The Herjavec Group. He was named the 2025 New Hampshire Tech Alliance Entrepreneur of the Year. Dave serves on the Industry Advisory Board for Merrimack College’s School of Computational Sciences and Engineering, the Girard School of Business Board of Advisors, the New Hampshire Tech Alliance AI Task Force, and the Cybersecurity Advisory Board at Cambridge University. He holds an MBA from Suffolk University.

Prior to joining Bugcrowd, Taccini was Chief Financial Officer of WhiteHat Security, where he played a key role in the successful spinout from NTT and sale of the business to Synopsys. In previous roles, he served as the CFO of HyperGrid, CFO and Treasurer of VCE Company LLC; and Vice President of Business Operations Finance for Cisco Systems. As the startup CFO of VCE, Taccini drove revenue growth, gross margin improvements, and operating efficiencies as the business scaled up to $500 million in operating budget and from six employees to 2,000-plus employees. Taccini also executed a converged infrastructure market strategy that yielded a $3 billion annual revenue run rate with 50% compounded growth over five years.

Nick joins us most recently from National Australia Bank (NAB), one of Australia’s four largest financial institutions where he served as Executive General Manager-Chief Security Officer. At NAB, he was responsible for overseeing the enterprise security portfolio, which included cyber, physical security, investigations, and operational fraud capabilities to protect customers and employees, support business growth, and enable an operationally resilient bank.

Nick currently serves as an advisory board member for Google, Amazon Web Services, and Digital Shadows. Prior to NAB, Nick held IT risk and cybersecurity leadership roles at Standard Chartered Bank, J.P. Morgan, and UBS.

Braden Russell is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with over 20 years of experience across various disciplines, including Vulnerability Management, Risk and Compliance, Advanced Endpoint Protection, Cloud Security, and Digital Commerce. He has held key leadership roles at prominent companies like Foundstone, McAfee, Intel Security, and Cylance. At Cylance, Braden served as the founding SVP of Product Development and Engineering, where he built the teams and technologies behind all Cylance products, including the award-winning CylancePROTECT, the first Next-Gen Antivirus (NGAV).

Most recently, Braden was the CTO of the Falcon Platform and Next-Gen SIEM at CrowdStrike, where he led the vision and strategy for the first Security Cloud. His innovative contributions to the field are reflected in his patents for advanced techniques in automated vulnerability discovery and intelligent malware detection.

Before transitioning to cybersecurity, Braden was part of the Advanced Digital Systems Group at Sony Pictures Studios, where his team received a Technical Academy Award in 2000.

Braden holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. He resides in Southern California with his wife and their five sons.

Emily is a go-to-market (GTM) leader with a focus on pipeline and revenue growth. She brings 15 years of GTM leadership experience, specializing in optimizing operational processes and data-driven strategy. With a background in sales and operations, Emily brings a unique approach to Marketing focused on down-funnel impact and top line growth. 

Emily joins Bugcrowd from Veracode where she most recently led the Growth Marketing organization. Her background includes leadership roles across the GTM engine, including Global Business Development, GTM Enablement, and Operational Strategy. While there, she led the team through multiple events and two successful exits.

Emily lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two young children. She enjoys the outdoors and stretching her creative muscles through painting, fiction writing, and guitar.

Trey Ford is the Chief Strategy and Trust Officer at Bugcrowd, where he leads initiatives that drive long-term growth, operational integrity, and organizational trust. In this role, he oversees the company’s FedRAMP certification and compliance, strengthens corporate safety and risk management programs, and guides strategic planning and M&A opportunities. Trey also serves as a key public ambassador, advancing Bugcrowd’s public policy efforts, thought leadership, and engagement with customers, partners, and the global hacker community.

With more than 25 years of experience across both offensive and defensive security disciplines, Trey is a recognized leader and trusted advisor in the cybersecurity industry. Prior to his current role, he served as Bugcrowd’s CISO of the Americas and has been a longtime member of the company’s advisory board.

Trey’s career includes leadership roles at Deepwatch, Vista Equity Partners, Salesforce, and Black Hat. Known for his ability to translate complex security challenges into strategic business value, he regularly collaborates with enterprise leaders, boards, and investors to strengthen execution and resilience.

Trey holds a Master of Science from the University of Texas at Austin and completed executive education at Harvard Business School. He lives in Austin, Texas with his family and is an instrument-rated private pilot.

Dr. David Brumley is a leading cybersecurity innovator and entrepreneur, recognized for advancing automated vulnerability detection. As Founder and CEO of Mayhem Security, he led the team that won DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge and built Mayhem into a trusted platform for organizations like Roblox, Cloudflare, Boeing, and the U.S. Department of Defense. A Carnegie Mellon professor and eight-time DEF CON champion, he also created picoCTF.org, empowering over 800,000 learners worldwide. His research has earned him the PECASE Award from President Obama and solidified his role as a pioneer in cybersecurity innovation. Brumley holds a Phd CS from Carnegie Mellon University, a Masters CS from Stanford University, and a BA in Mathematics from UNC.

Jennifer Hood is a seasoned HR executive with over two decades of experience across multiple industries–technology, healthcare, banking, finance, manufacturing, hospitality, and retail. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, at Red River, a technology transformation company where she oversaw employee engagement along with diversity, equity, and inclusion, all while supporting the organization through explosive growth. Prior to Red River, she served as the Vice President of Human Resources at American Renal Associates, a publicly traded company with more than 4,000 employees in 26 states.

Jennifer is passionate about employee experience and enjoys building scalable people functions to support organizational growth and excellence. She earned her BA in psychology from the University of New Hampshire. Her boys are off to college and she recently moved to coastal Maine with her husband and two dogs.

Chris Nadan is the SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Bugcrowd, responsible for all legal affairs. Chris has over 20 years of experience in legal leadership roles at global technology companies, including leading transformative strategic transactions and advising leaders and boards on significant strategic and governance matters. Most recently, he served as SVP & General Counsel at Actian Corporation, where he executed a successful sale of the company and helped lead its new incarnation. Previously, he was Deputy General Counsel for Sun Microsystems, where he won Sun’s Chairman’s Award for innovation.

A frequent speaker and writer, Chris has been an adjunct professor of law at U.C. Berkeley School of Law, and his published articles were twice cited by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in groundbreaking legal cases.

Chris received his undergraduate degree from Stanford and his J.D. from U.C. Berkeley, and lives in the Bay Area with his family.

Ronnie Parikh is a seasoned investment professional with over 15 years of experience in strategy consulting, M&A, and partnerships. He leads corporate development, driving strategic acquisitions and overseeing post-merger integration for the company.

Prior to joining Bugcrowd, Ronnie spearheaded M&A transactions representing $500M+ of total enterprise value for CarGurus, Klaviyo, and Golden Gate Capital. His hands-on approach to due diligence and deal sourcing ensures each transaction aligns seamlessly with the company’s overarching strategic objectives.

Ronnie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia. Outside of work, Ronnie is passionate about traveling the world with his wife, Kate, and spending time with their beloved pets, Ace (dog) and Pizza (cat). Ronnie is also dedicated to mentoring the next generation of business leaders and volunteers as a career coach.

Julian Brownlow Davies is a seasoned tech services professional with nearly 3 decades of working in commercial, operational and leadership roles within start-ups and scaleups across multiple geographies. Julian has a proven track record in developing and executing strategies that drive above-industry year-on-year growth and experience in scaling commercial and business operations internationally. Julian is a customer focussed leader who has a passion for problem solving and building high performing teams.

Julian has spent the last 20 years within the Cyber industry and most recently was the VP and GM for EMEA for Bishop Fox, leading their expansion into the European market. Prior to that he was the Commercial Operations Director at Slipstream Cyber, a boutique SOC and DFIR firm where he was responsible for accelerating growth, leading to their successful exit in 2022. Before joining Slipstream, Julian was the Managing Director of Asia Pacific & Japan for NCC Group, where he grew the regional business from scratch at a 6-year CAGR of 80%. Julian also operated in leadership roles within NCC Group in the UK.

Julian is now based back in the UK with his wife, twin teenagers and two dogs. He has an MBA from Griffith University, and a BSc in Psychology from York University, UK. In his spare time, he enjoys sailing, kayaking and hiking.

Sam is the VP of Corporate Marketing at Bugcrowd, leading the team responsible for the company’s brand strategy and driving awareness initiatives that reinforce its value, reputation, and influence in the market. She has over 15 years of experience in brand building and communications.

Previously, Sam served as EVP and Partner at Lumina Communications, where she provided strategic counsel across the company’s cybersecurity, enterprise software, services, and IT infrastructure sectors, supporting numerous clients. Her earlier roles included Director of Corporate Communications at Symphony, leading corporate communications for Actuate (acquired by OpenText), and managing communications for HP’s Networking business. Sam also held positions at The Hoffman Agency and Porter Novelli.

Sam holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Santa Clara University. She currently lives in New York with her husband, Erik, and they love traveling and exploring the world through food, wine, and culture.

Kent is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with an extensive military background, having served as an Infantryman, Paratrooper, and Infantry Squad Leader in the 82nd Airborne. Driven by his desire to have a greater impact on national security, he transitioned into cybersecurity nearly two decades ago. Kent has since served the national security mission as a consultant, engineer, and business development leader.

Kent excels in guiding early and growth-stage companies to establish high-performing public sector sales teams. Most recently, he was the VP of Global Sales Engineering at SimSpace, where he spearheaded successful efforts to expand public sector growth in the US, the Five Eyes alliance, and emerging markets in Eastern Europe. His prior experience includes sales leadership positions at Symantec, Rapid7, and Bricata.

Kent enjoys spending time with his wife and family as they try to keep up with their two gymnast sons. While they may have surpassed his athletic abilities, he can still claim victory over them in chess on a good day.

Jacques Lopez is seasoned Channel Sales leader with almost two decades of sales and channel management experience across both network and application security. He leads the global channel sales and strategic alliances team for Bugcrowd with a passion for partner success to offer enhanced value to our collective customers. Before Bugcrowd, Jacques held senior roles at CodeLock, Sophos, and Veracode. Jacques’s long history of success in sales and channel roles includes having been awarded “…of the year” honors in multiple channel roles and was named one of CRNs Channel Chiefs in 2023.

Jacques holds an Undergraduate in International Business and Management from Northeastern University and an MBA in Environmental Management and Corporate Strategy from Dalhousie University. Born in Guatemala as part of a US Embassy family, travels took him around the world where “normal” was less defined and imbued him with a strong sense of tolerance, gratitude, collaborative thinking, and adventure. He currently resides in New Hampshire.

Vish Saoji is an experienced engineering leader focused on building and scaling global teams and delivering enterprise-grade SaaS platforms. He has led multiple zero-to-one initiatives across both startups and large enterprises, with deep experience in cloud, security, and platform engineering. Most recently, he led security cloud and AI platform efforts at Cisco, where he also helped establish and grow a developer ecosystem. Earlier in his career, he held senior engineering leadership roles at Salesforce, Vlocity, Sabre, GE, and other organizations, contributing to large-scale cloud transformations and the development of complex enterprise applications.

Vish is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is married with two sons and, outside of work, enjoys reading, cycling, and following the Warriors and 49ers.

Dr. Thanassis Avgerinos is a distinguished cybersecurity researcher and entrepreneur known for his expertise in automated vulnerability discovery and security analysis. As co-creator of the core technologies behind Mayhem’s award-winning autonomous vulnerability detection platform, he helped turn cutting-edge research into a trusted product used across SaaS, Operational Technology, and defense sectors. He holds four patents, numerous publications, and earned the IEEE “Test of Time” Award and a Smithsonian Museum exhibit for his work. Thanassis holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. from the National Technical University of Athens.

Andrew Wilson is the VP of Offensive AI at Bugcrowd, where he leads strategic initiatives around the use of AI to superpower researchers and solve offsec challenges at scale. Andrew is a 15+ year seasoned application security expert, software architect, international community builder, and hacker at heart.

Prior to joining Bugcrowd, Andrew was a software engineer– winning awards from Microsoft for developer security, a penetration tester and researcher, the head of an AI capabilities team, and an executive leader running service delivery and international expansion work for Bishop Fox.

Andrew is currently a PhD candidate and adjunct professor at the University of Guadalajara, serves on the board of CactusCon and HackGDL, an aspiring tequila catador, and is a frequent conference speaker at national and regional conferences.

Sam Silva is Vice President of Global Sales, at Bugcrowd, leading regional strategy and growth through high-performing teams and channel partnerships. Previously, she was the first go-to-market hire at Deepwatch, scaling revenue to $20M and helping reposition the company as a leading MDR platform. She also held early GTM roles at Hexadite and Bit9 (Carbon Black).

Outside of work, Sam enjoys spending time outdoors year-round with her husband and their two golden retrievers.

Casey is the Founder of Bugcrowd, as well as the co-founder of The disclose.io Project. He is a 20+ year veteran of information security who entered the space from a youth spent inventing things and generally getting technology to misbehave. Prior to Bugcrowd, Casey entered information security as a penetration tester and security researcher, before wearing a variety of hats ranging from solutions architecture and sales to CSO, and finally landing as a career cybersecurity entrepreneur.

Casey pioneered Crowdsourced Security as-a-Service, launching Bugcrowd and its first bug bounty programs in 2012, and co-founded the disclose.io vulnerability disclosure standardization and adoption project in 2014.

Since then, he has personally advised the US Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security/CISA, the US Department of Justice around CFAA reform, the Australian and UK intelligence and policy communities, and various US Whitehouse, executive, and judicial branch legislative cybersecurity initiatives, including the US National Cyber Strategy and preemptive cyberspace protection ahead of the 2020 and 2024 Presidential Elections.”