Our Company

As Threat Stack's Chairman & CEO, Brian is passionate about building disruptive technology companies, fueled by innovation and high-performing teams. A seasoned technology executive with over two decades of experience, Brian joined Threat Stack in 2015 from Industrial Defender where he was Founder and CEO, and which he saw through a successful acquisition by Lockheed Martin in April 2014.

Outside of work Brian enjoys spending time with his two children, attending their sporting events, traveling, skiing, and boating. Brian holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Vermont.

As Threat Stack’s Chief Security Officer, Sam is responsible for leading the company's strategic security roadmap for its continuous monitoring service, purpose-built for cloud environments. Sam brings highly relevant experience in distributed systems in public, private, and hybrid cloud environments, as well as proven success scaling SaaS startups. Sam was most recently the CXO at Cloudant (acquired by IBM in February 2014).

As the Chief Financial Officer at Threat Stack, Kevin is responsible for leading Finance and Administration. Kevin brings more than 20 years of financial and operational experience at high-growth technology start ups. Prior to joining Threat Stack, Kevin was the CFO of DataGravity and CFO of Azuki Systems (acquired by Ericsson). A CPA, Kevin started his finance career at Deloitte and gained valuable experience working at notable companies such as RSA, Cisco Systems, and Salary.com.

Jim McDonough has spent more than 10 years running sales teams in early- and expansion-stage software companies including Attend.com, Smartbear software, and Mashery (acquired by Intel in 2013), where he opened the Boston office and built out the Inside Sales team. As Vice President, Revenue at Threat Stack, Jim is responsible for developing a predictable and repeatable sales process to ensure Threat Stack’s continuing growth in the cloud security market.

Peter Basile is a high energy marketing executive with over 20 years experience developing and leading teams to define and deliver differentiated brand experiences that grow market share and build customer loyalty. Peter has held executive positions at Lionbridge Technologies, Salary.com, and Applause App Quality. At Threat Stack, Peter is responsible for building a modern demand engine that aligns messaging with customer personas and building alignment between sales and marketing.

Chris is the Vice President of Product at Threat Stack, where he is responsible for Product Management and User Experience. He brings more than 20 years of experience leading product teams and building innovative security solutions, including Data Loss Prevention, Enterprise Mobility Management, and Secure Cloud Collaboration. Prior to joining Threat Stack, Chris was Chief Product Officer at Blue Cedar Networks and Senior Vice President of Product Management at Intralinks, a secure cloud collaboration platform.

Kevin Baughman is the Vice President of Engineering at Threat Stack where he is responsible for providing strategic guidance across all of Threat Stack’s engineering teams as they continue to optimize the delivery of the Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform. Prior to joining Threat Stack Kevin was the Vice President of Engineering at Applause and Founding Engineer at Nasuni. He also has experience across several engineering organizations including Hitachi Vantara and EMC Technology Ventures Group. Kevin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Sabin Thomas is the Vice President of Kernel and Application Security Engineering at Threat Stack and is focused on building innovative products in cloud security. Sabin has co-founded two successful security companies, most recently the cloud native application security firm Bluefyre, acquired by Threat Stack. Prior to that, Sabin co-founded Codiscope (acquired by Synopsys), that created developer tools for secure code analysis and developer focused eLearning, where he ran multiple teams across engineering, ops and support efforts. At Rakuten, Sabin also managed engineering teams responsible for Rakuten's platforms for payment technology, loyalty, fraud detection, advertising and search. Sabin holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

As Threat Stack’s Vice President of Human Resources, Kathleen is responsible for the company’s strategic people initiatives and fostering a company culture that emulates Threat Stack’s values. Kathleen brings more than 20 years of progressive human resources experience in the high-tech industry leading all aspects of human resource management. She has built and led numerous human resources teams for both start-up and Fortune 500 corporations. Prior to joining Threat Stack, she held various key leadership roles to include Continuum Management Services as Vice President of Human Resources and SmartBear Software as Chief People Officer, where she introduced new HR strategies and organizational design to drive employee engagement and cultural change. Kathleen was also the principal of an independent consulting firm, SK Consulting focused on the creation of innovative people strategies for start-ups, primarily in the high-tech industry.