The RadarFirst Story

As CEO, Don is responsible for the overall leadership and direction of RadarFirst. He is a proven leader and results oriented executive possessing 20+ years of executive leadership experience delivering client value through cloud-based and on-premise solutions.

Demonstrated abilities to transform organizations at a global scale while delivering double-digit year on year revenue growth. Deep expertise and curiosity for Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, and disruptive technologies.

Passionate and energetic leader, an exceptional coach, he generates energy and enthusiasm within the organizations he leads.

Don earned an engineering degree from the University of Illinois. He enjoys hiking, biking, and is an avid endurance runner.

Lauren Wallace is a tech and privacy attorney and business executive, with both in-house and large law firm experience, and specializations in technology transactions and global privacy law. Her background includes serving as general counsel for a venture-funded health care startup and a SaaS software business; as a senior business lead for large enterprise technology companies, including Apple and Microsoft; and as lead negotiator for global enterprise SaaS and privacy agreements. Lauren has held the designation of Certified Information Privacy Professional (iapp.org) since 2014 and has written extensively on privacy law.

Lauren is an active member of the Portland business and nonprofit community, and has held board-level roles with organizations supporting entrepreneurship, women’s healthcare, and youth development. She and her two teenage sons enjoy the great outdoors and Portland’s diverse cultural, arts, and culinary scene.

As CFO, Leila leads all financial and administrative functions. She is a senior financial executive who has assisted public and privately held technology companies grow their businesses worldwide, with a demonstrated track record in leading successful large-scale transformation initiatives. She is passionate about developing high functioning teams and ensuring that her team members achieve their professional goals. Leila earned a business administration degree from the University of Washington and is a CPA. While not working, she enjoys black & white film photography, cooking and various fitness endeavors.

Alan brings his 25+ years of experience leading, building and reinventing scalable sales organizations to RadarFirst.

Most recently, Alan served as President and Chief Revenue Officer of Comodo Cyber Security. Prior to that he served as Global Head of Sales and Customer Success for Nasdaq’s Corporate Solutions software division, where over 7+ years helped lead growth from $40M to $265M. Following that, Alan led the exit/sale of those businesses to Apollo Global under the West/Intrado Digital brand, where he continued in the same role.

Throughout his many successes and exceptional track record of creating high-performing and process-driven cultures, there have been two constants in addition to phenomenal sales and profitability results: a delighted client base and a foundation of employees prepared to follow anywhere.

Wendy Demers comes to RadarFirst with over twenty-five years of experience in Information Technology across multiple domains, including financial, health care, government, and logistics. She has a track record of successfully delivering large-scale global implementations and transformation programs geared towards optimization and enabling growth.

Throughout her career in IT, she has focused on communication, inclusion, and a leadership style she describes as being of service. People-first is her primary focus, combined with a passion for ensuring her teams achieve their professional goals.

When she isn’t working, you can find her spending time with her family, working on her next book, or running in search of inspiration for more story ideas.

As VP of Product, Greg is responsible for the product management and product marketing functions at RadarFirst. He brings over 25 years of experience in product and business leadership roles across global operations. Over this time, Greg has relentlessly focused on delivering high value solutions to enterprise customers. He began his professional journey as an aerospace engineer. Greg holds a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California-Berkeley.

Doug has executive responsibility for identifying and creating the framework for strategic alliances, working with leading GRC, Security, Consulting and Technology organizations to complement their solutions with Radar’s patented decision support engine. Doug also has a direct role in creating value for a number of the company’s leading strategic customers and prospects.

Over the past 25+ years, Doug has held senior level sales and sales management positions at the likes of FireEye/Mandiant, Riverbed, iovation, WholeSecurity and FileNet – consistently surpassing sales goals and serving as a trusted advisor to his customers, partners and colleagues. Doug graduated Magna cum Laude with a BA from University of Arizona.

As VP Sales, Apollo is responsible for New Customer Acquisition at RadarFirst, leading a team of Account Executives and Business Development Specialists.

With over 10 years experience building outbound focused sales and BDR teams, Apollo is focused on developing new customer relationships and building sales capability. Apollo has a passion for nurturing teams and developing solution-oriented sales professionals that bring true value to clients.

Prior to RadarFirst, Apollo held the position of VP Sales with a focus on New Logo acquisition at Notified and previously Nasdaq Corporate Solutions where he held various management roles including Sales, Product Marketing, Commercial Strategy.

Zelda and her team are responsible for everything related to the Breach Guidance Engine™, from tracking new legislation, the research and analysis of data privacy laws, and designing new features.

As solutions engineering director, Travis is focused on building strong relationships with customers, sales and product teams as a trusted advisor. With a strong technical understanding of RadarFirst’s products and deep industry knowledge, Travis works with customers to understand their product requirements, building greater product proficiency and competence.

As Manager of Strategic Projects, Alex engages across all RadarFirst departments serving as a strategic resource and project manager, ensuring alignment across the company. Most recently Alex served as a Consultant and Continuous Improvement lead at INSIGHT2Profit, a pricing consulting firm.

Alex has two bachelor’s degrees from Northwestern University: a B.A. in Earth and Planetary Sciences; and a B.A. in Classics and Classical Language, Literature and Linguistics. He also earned a master’s degree in Geosciences from the University of Iowa. He is a Chicago-area native and strong advocate of the many wonderful museums Chicago has to offer as well as a passionate fan of Chicago sports.

As Sr. HR Manager, Courtney Moss is responsible for managing every aspect of the HR function while providing strategic input on all HR goals and initiatives of the company. She has varied HR experience, focusing most recently on high-growth SaaS companies. Courtney focuses on building inclusive companies that trust and respect their employees. Courtney has a BA in Music Composition from Lewis & Clark College and enjoys hiking, reading, pottery, and all things witchy.

Gentle midwestern crop, Chris has cultivated a career in creative endeavors and brings over 10 years of creative marketing and communications experience to RadarFirst. As Senior Content Marketing Manager, Chris helps organizations that manage data understand why it’s important to prepare for a breach and to know what to do when every second counts.

Chris studied Journalism and Mass Communication at Creighton University where he was the captain of the Speech and Debate team for which he won national awards. When he’s not executing go-to-market strategies at RadarFirst, Chris enjoys making music, reading, and making new theatre for his community.

David Van Der Merwe serves as a Senior Product Manager for RadarFirst, focused on platform operational workflows. He is highly motivated by partnering directly with customers to explore the complex problems their teams face and working with engineering teams to design, build, and deploy elegant solutions.

He has an extensive background in technology that includes ecommerce, user experience, training, solutions engineering, product marketing, and customer experience. Originally from South Africa but settled in Portland since 1999, he’s always happy to share any and all the best bike routes (rain or shine) the city has to offer.