Deepfactor is a developer security platform that helps security and engineering teams find and fix application vulnerabilities faster and more efficiently. Requiring zero code changes, agents, or privileged kernel code, Deepfactor is purpose-built to observe every thread and process of cloud native applications. This enables developers to seamlessly observe running workloads to identify, prioritize, and remediate insecure code and vulnerabilities.
The platform integrates into developers’ existing toolchains to deliver application-aware security insights with detailed information about application behavior, system calls, and stack traces that help pinpoint vulnerable code. Deepfactor simplifies and accelerates DevSecOps by empowering engineering teams to develop secure and compliant cloud native applications.
Our founding team has over 100 years of collective software development experience. We use Deepfactor internally and are ready to answer any questions you may have. Contact us if you would like to connect with our team.
Leadership Team
Kiran Kamity
Founder & CEO
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Kiran Kamity
Founder & CEO
Kiran Kamity is a serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur with a passion for building products that meet a need and make a business impact—with Deepfactor that’s empowering engineering teams to create secure cloud native applications. Prior to Deepfactor, Kiran was the Head of Product at Cisco Cloud BU, Founder/CEO at ContainerX (acquired by Cisco), and the Founder/VP at RingCube (acquired by Citrix). Kiran is a TEDx speaker and loves nature, travel, and food.
Mike Larkin
Founder & CTO
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Mike Larkin
Founder & CTO
Author of OpenBSD Hypervisor VMM. Guest Faculty at San Jose State University for 18 years. Serial Entrepreneur Founder/CTO at RingCube (acquired by Citrix). Holds numerous patents. Avid peak bagger, climbed over 1000 summits.
Seth Knox
Chief Marketing Officer
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Seth Knox
Chief Marketing Officer
Seth Knox has 20 years of experience building marketing teams at cybersecurity startups in the cloud, endpoint, and email security markets. Prior to Deepfactor, he was Chief Marketing Officer at Agari, a leader in protecting against advanced email threats that was acquired by HelpSystems. Previously, Knox held leadership positions at businesses that were acquired by Symantec, Citrix, and VMware.
Dinesh Mistry
VP of Sales Engineering & Customer Excellence
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Dinesh Mistry
VP of Sales Engineering & Customer Excellence
Dinesh Mistry is responsible for driving the adoption of next-gen application security for modern, cloud-native applications. Dinesh has 20 years of experience in cybersecurity including at McAfee, Bromium, Agari, and CloudVector - focused on customer acquisition, sales, marketing, and product management. Dinesh earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Rizwan Merchant
Head of Engineering
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Rizwan Merchant
Head of Engineering
Seasoned engineering leader at the intersection of DevOps and security. Played key roles at companies like Qualys and FireEye. Enjoys the outdoors and biking.
Investors
Advisors
Bob Tinker
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Bob Tinker
Founder & CEO of Mobile Iron from inception to IPO. Founder & VP at Airespace (acquired by Cisco). Author of ‘The Enterprise Startup Guide’ and ‘Change or Be Changed’
Dr. Dan Boneh
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Dr. Dan Boneh
Head of the Applied Crypto Group in the Computer Science department at Stanford University. Recipient of the Packard Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Award, and the RSA award in mathematics.
Dr. Neil Daswani
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Dr. Neil Daswani
Former CISO LifeLock & Symantec CBU, Director at Stanford Advanced Security, CTO Dasient. PhD Stanford University.
Dave Bauer
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Dave Bauer
Former CISO Merrill Lynch. Chair of Cybersecurity Advisory Board at SLC. Managing Partner & co-founder at Holding Ground Decision Intelligence LLC.
Prem Jain
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Prem Jain
Founder & CEO of Pensando. SVP & GM at Cisco. Founder & CEO at Insieme (acquired by Cisco). Founder & VP at Crescendo (acquired by Cisco).
Caleb Sima
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Caleb Sima
Chief Security Officer at Robinhood. VP Security at Databricks. Managing VP Cyber Security at Capital One Bank. Founder & CEO at Bluebox (acquired by Lookout). Founder & CTO at SPI Dynamics (acquired by HP).
Ram Kumar
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Ram Kumar
Technology sales and services leader. President/COO at Unikie and Symbio. P&L operational leadership roles at SAP, Infosys, Scient, Open Software.
Ken Rutsky
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Ken Rutsky
Enterprise and cybersecurity GTM expert. Author of ‘Launching to Leading’. Ex Netscape, Intel, McAfee.
Ryan Granard
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Ryan Granard
Engineering & Operations Leader for Cloud & Digital Transformation - Intuit, PayPal, eBay, Upwork, DreamWorks, Nuance.
Tammy Schuring
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Tammy Schuring
Transformative Sales & GTM executive. VP Worldwide Sales at Micro Focus, CRO TrueFort, SVP Worldwide sales at Fortanix, VP Worldwide sales at HP.
Paul Kocher
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Paul Kocher
Entrepreneur & cryptography researcher. SVP/Chief Scientist at Rambus. Founder Cryptography Research (acquired by Rambus). Co-founder Valicert.