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class="founderimage-image"/></div><h2 class="h2 is-dawn is-centered">Patrick Sweeney</h2><div class="role">President & CEO</div><div class="founders_social-wrapper w-condition-invisible"><a href="#" class="w-inline-block w-condition-invisible"><div class="w-embed"><svg width="18" height="14" viewBox="0 0 18 14" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M17.4683 1.71327C16.8321 1.99468 16.1574 2.1795 15.4666 2.26161C16.1947 1.82613 16.7397 1.14078 16.9999 0.333272C16.3166 0.739939 15.5674 1.02494 14.7866 1.17911C14.2621 0.617921 13.5669 0.245741 12.8091 0.120426C12.0512 -0.00488924 11.2732 0.123681 10.596 0.48615C9.91875 0.848618 9.38025 1.42468 9.06418 2.12477C8.74812 2.82486 8.67221 3.60976 8.84826 4.35744C7.46251 4.28798 6.10687 3.92788 4.86933 3.30049C3.63179 2.67311 2.54003 1.79248 1.66492 0.715772C1.35516 1.24781 1.19238 1.85263 1.19326 2.46827C1.19326 3.67661 1.80826 4.74411 2.74326 5.36911C2.18993 5.35169 1.64878 5.20226 1.16492 4.93327V4.9766C1.16509 5.78136 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1.72295 0.625247 1.29912 0.937964 0.986712C1.25068 0.674307 1.67469 0.498925 2.11672 0.499146C2.55875 0.499367 2.98258 0.675173 3.29499 0.98789C3.60739 1.30061 3.78277 1.72462 3.78255 2.16665ZM3.83255 5.06665H0.499219V15.5H3.83255V5.06665ZM9.09922 5.06665H5.78255V15.5H9.06589V10.025C9.06589 6.97498 13.0409 6.69165 13.0409 10.025V15.5H16.3326V8.89165C16.3326 3.74998 10.4492 3.94165 9.06589 6.46665L9.09922 5.06665Z" fill="black"/> </svg></div></a></div><p class="paragraph-14">Patrick was previously CEO at Talari (acq by Oracle) and VP Product Marketing at SonicWall.</p></div><div id="w-node-_356a8dea-8498-8028-e806-2b53f62f6211-217d4477" role="listitem" class="founderlist-item w-dyn-item"><div class="founderimage"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/637b82f903cd694c0b0f7546/63cf6e31f3d833bea8be435e_Cowboy%20Ventures%20%E2%80%94%20Founder%20images%20(52).png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="founderimage-image"/></div><h2 class="h2 is-dawn is-centered">Blake Darch茅</h2><div class="role">Co-founder & CSO</div><div class="founders_social-wrapper w-condition-invisible"><a href="#" class="w-inline-block w-condition-invisible"><div class="w-embed"><svg width="18" height="14" viewBox="0 0 18 14" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M17.4683 1.71327C16.8321 1.99468 16.1574 2.1795 15.4666 2.26161C16.1947 1.82613 16.7397 1.14078 16.9999 0.333272C16.3166 0.739939 15.5674 1.02494 14.7866 1.17911C14.2621 0.617921 13.5669 0.245741 12.8091 0.120426C12.0512 -0.00488924 11.2732 0.123681 10.596 0.48615C9.91875 0.848618 9.38025 1.42468 9.06418 2.12477C8.74812 2.82486 8.67221 3.60976 8.84826 4.35744C7.46251 4.28798 6.10687 3.92788 4.86933 3.30049C3.63179 2.67311 2.54003 1.79248 1.66492 0.715772C1.35516 1.24781 1.19238 1.85263 1.19326 2.46827C1.19326 3.67661 1.80826 4.74411 2.74326 5.36911C2.18993 5.35169 1.64878 5.20226 1.16492 4.93327V4.9766C1.16509 5.78136 1.44356 6.56129 1.95313 7.18415C2.46269 7.80702 3.17199 8.2345 3.96076 8.39411C3.4471 8.5333 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0.499367 2.98258 0.675173 3.29499 0.98789C3.60739 1.30061 3.78277 1.72462 3.78255 2.16665ZM3.83255 5.06665H0.499219V15.5H3.83255V5.06665ZM9.09922 5.06665H5.78255V15.5H9.06589V10.025C9.06589 6.97498 13.0409 6.69165 13.0409 10.025V15.5H16.3326V8.89165C16.3326 3.74998 10.4492 3.94165 9.06589 6.46665L9.09922 5.06665Z" fill="black"/> </svg></div></a></div><p class="paragraph-14">Prior to Area 1, Blake worked at CrowdStrike as a Principal Consultant, and at the National Security Agency as a Computer Network Exploitation Analyst. Blake has built his career across a range of information security skill areas, including experience in both offense and defense.</p></div><div id="w-node-_356a8dea-8498-8028-e806-2b53f62f6211-217d4477" role="listitem" class="founderlist-item w-dyn-item"><div class="founderimage"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/637b82f903cd694c0b0f7546/63c746d2601512b8c91ca38b_phil%20syme.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="founderimage-image"/></div><h2 class="h2 is-dawn is-centered">Phil Syme</h2><div class="role">Co-founder & CTO</div><div class="founders_social-wrapper w-condition-invisible"><a href="#" class="w-inline-block w-condition-invisible"><div class="w-embed"><svg width="18" height="14" viewBox="0 0 18 14" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M17.4683 1.71327C16.8321 1.99468 16.1574 2.1795 15.4666 2.26161C16.1947 1.82613 16.7397 1.14078 16.9999 0.333272C16.3166 0.739939 15.5674 1.02494 14.7866 1.17911C14.2621 0.617921 13.5669 0.245741 12.8091 0.120426C12.0512 -0.00488924 11.2732 0.123681 10.596 0.48615C9.91875 0.848618 9.38025 1.42468 9.06418 2.12477C8.74812 2.82486 8.67221 3.60976 8.84826 4.35744C7.46251 4.28798 6.10687 3.92788 4.86933 3.30049C3.63179 2.67311 2.54003 1.79248 1.66492 0.715772C1.35516 1.24781 1.19238 1.85263 1.19326 2.46827C1.19326 3.67661 1.80826 4.74411 2.74326 5.36911C2.18993 5.35169 1.64878 5.20226 1.16492 4.93327V4.9766C1.16509 5.78136 1.44356 6.56129 1.95313 7.18415C2.46269 7.80702 3.17199 8.2345 3.96076 8.39411C3.4471 8.5333 2.90851 8.55382 2.38576 8.45411C2.60814 9.1468 3.04159 9.7526 3.62542 10.1867C4.20924 10.6208 4.9142 10.8614 5.64159 10.8749C4.91866 11.4427 4.0909 11.8624 3.20566 12.1101C2.32041 12.3577 1.39503 12.4285 0.482422 12.3183C2.0755 13.3428 3.93 13.8867 5.82409 13.8849C12.2349 13.8849 15.7408 8.57411 15.7408 3.96827C15.7408 3.81827 15.7366 3.66661 15.7299 3.51827C16.4123 3.02508 17.0013 2.41412 17.4691 1.71411L17.4683 1.71327Z" fill="black"/> </svg></div></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/philsyme/" target="_blank" class="w-inline-block"><div class="w-embed"><svg width="17" height="16" viewBox="0 0 17 16" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M3.78255 2.16665C3.78233 2.60867 3.60652 3.03251 3.29381 3.34491C2.98109 3.65732 2.55708 3.8327 2.11505 3.83248C1.67302 3.83226 1.24919 3.65645 0.936785 3.34373C0.624381 3.03102 0.448998 2.60701 0.449219 2.16498C0.44944 1.72295 0.625247 1.29912 0.937964 0.986712C1.25068 0.674307 1.67469 0.498925 2.11672 0.499146C2.55875 0.499367 2.98258 0.675173 3.29499 0.98789C3.60739 1.30061 3.78277 1.72462 3.78255 2.16665ZM3.83255 5.06665H0.499219V15.5H3.83255V5.06665ZM9.09922 5.06665H5.78255V15.5H9.06589V10.025C9.06589 6.97498 13.0409 6.69165 13.0409 10.025V15.5H16.3326V8.89165C16.3326 3.74998 10.4492 3.94165 9.06589 6.46665L9.09922 5.06665Z" fill="black"/> </svg></div></a></div><p class="paragraph-14">Phil Syme has 22 years of information technology experience. His areas of expertise include system architecture, data processing at scale, and cloud technologies. Phil was previously a Chief Engineer at Next Century Corporation, co-founder and Principal Engineer at eSymmetrix, and co-authored two introductory programming books.</p></div><div id="w-node-_356a8dea-8498-8028-e806-2b53f62f6211-217d4477" role="listitem" class="founderlist-item w-dyn-item"><div class="founderimage"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/637b82f903cd694c0b0f7546/63ccf6aac173e6ec64742cad_44.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="founderimage-image"/></div><h2 class="h2 is-dawn is-centered">Oren Falkowitz</h2><div class="role">Co-founder & CEO</div><div class="founders_social-wrapper w-condition-invisible"><a href="#" class="w-inline-block w-condition-invisible"><div class="w-embed"><svg width="18" height="14" viewBox="0 0 18 14" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M17.4683 1.71327C16.8321 1.99468 16.1574 2.1795 15.4666 2.26161C16.1947 1.82613 16.7397 1.14078 16.9999 0.333272C16.3166 0.739939 15.5674 1.02494 14.7866 1.17911C14.2621 0.617921 13.5669 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href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/orenjfalkowitz/" target="_blank" class="w-inline-block"><div class="w-embed"><svg width="17" height="16" viewBox="0 0 17 16" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M3.78255 2.16665C3.78233 2.60867 3.60652 3.03251 3.29381 3.34491C2.98109 3.65732 2.55708 3.8327 2.11505 3.83248C1.67302 3.83226 1.24919 3.65645 0.936785 3.34373C0.624381 3.03102 0.448998 2.60701 0.449219 2.16498C0.44944 1.72295 0.625247 1.29912 0.937964 0.986712C1.25068 0.674307 1.67469 0.498925 2.11672 0.499146C2.55875 0.499367 2.98258 0.675173 3.29499 0.98789C3.60739 1.30061 3.78277 1.72462 3.78255 2.16665ZM3.83255 5.06665H0.499219V15.5H3.83255V5.06665ZM9.09922 5.06665H5.78255V15.5H9.06589V10.025C9.06589 6.97498 13.0409 6.69165 13.0409 10.025V15.5H16.3326V8.89165C16.3326 3.74998 10.4492 3.94165 9.06589 6.46665L9.09922 5.06665Z" fill="black"/> </svg></div></a></div><p class="paragraph-14">Oren Falkowitz is a co-founder at Area 1 Security and the global ambassador for 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