Leadership

As Chief Executive Officer, Fred Kneip is responsible for the overall company direction of CyberGRX. Prior to joining the company, Fred served in several senior management roles at Bridgewater Associates including Head of Compliance and Head of Security. Before that, Fred was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Co., where he led the company’s Corporate Finance practice. Fred has also worked as an investor with two later-stage private equity investment firms. Fred holds a B.S.E from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

As Chief Revenue Officer, Scott Schneider is responsible for all facets of CyberGRX’s go-to-market and growth strategy, including direct and indirect sales and customer success. Prior to joing CyberGRX in 2016, Scott led similar functions at SecurityScorecard, Lookingglass, iSIGHT Partners and iDefense (acquired by VeriSign). He began his career at McAfee, now an Intel company. Scott holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Texas State University.

As Chief Financial Officer, Adam Cecil is responsible for the financial leadership of CyberGRX. A seasoned finance executive with experience managing strategic acquisitions and IPOs, Adam was most recently the CFO of ProtectWise and shepherded the company through their acquisition by Verizon. Adam was CFO and COO at AlchemyAPI, acquired by IBM Watson. Prior to that, he was CFO of CommercialTribe, and was an early employee of Rally Software helping to build the company from early stage through IPO (NYSE: RALY). Adam earned a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Denver and a B.S. in Business Management, Accounting and Finance, from the University of Colorado Boulder.

As the Chief Technology Officer, Marc Haverland is responsible for driving the development and operations of the CyberGRX security risk management platform. Marc’s background is in building enterprise-grade, large-scale Software-as-a-Service platforms in security and other enterprise verticals. Prior to joining the company, Marc held executive leadership roles for the technology organizations in several startups including TrackVia, MX Logic (a security provider acquired by McAfee), DigitalGlobe (acquired by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates), and MapQuest (acquired by AOL.) Marc’s early career focused on software engineering and architect roles building enterprise-facing solutions. Marc holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado, College of Engineering in Boulder, Colorado.

As Vice President of Product, Frank Price is responsible for the vision, design and definition of the award winning CyberGRX cybersecurity risk management platform. Frank is a proven product leader who has developed high performing teams and numerous market leading cybersecurity solutions. Prior to joining the company, Frank was the Vice President of Product for Webroot (acquired by Carbonite), spent eight years as a product lifecycle leader with Sun Microsystems and founded a natural foods start-up in Boulder, CO. Frank’s early career was focused on international business, helping grow a technology start-up in Belize C.A. and having worked at Mitsubishi Chemical America. Frank holds an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business and a B.S. from Rutgers University.

As General Counsel, Ellis is responsible for the legal and people operations functions at CyberGRX. Prior to joining the company, Ellis managed the legal and risk management functions at venture-backed luxury destination club, Inspirato. He began his legal career as an associate in Holland & Hart LLP’s corporate group in Denver. Ellis earned his law degree from the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law and holds a B.A. from Bucknell University.

As Head of Operations, Aaron Hesse is responsible for administration of the CyberGRX Exchange, assessment validation and enterprise IT functions at CyberGRX. Prior to joining the company, Aaron served as VP of IT Operations at Intrawest Resorts (now Alterra Mountain Company), CIO of Smashburger, and held several leadership roles in large-scale transformation programs at Capital One and Sports Authority. Aaron holds an M.S.B.A. from Colorado State University and B.A. from the University of Northern Colorado.

As Chief Marketing Officer, Liesl Geier is responsible for overseeing the strategy and execution of all things marketing, including branding, PR/media, demand generation, partner marketing and content. Prior to joining CyberGRX in 2017, Liesl led portfolio marketing for the IBM i2 intelligence analysis portfolio, specifically the Defense, National Security and Cyber Threat Analysis use cases. Liesl began her career in advertising in New York and holds a B.A. from American University.