ABOUT CLOUDRISE

At Cloudrise, we are elevating data protection.

Founded by business and security entrepreneurs with experience in global markets,
successful start-ups, and Fortune 500 companies, we have spent more than two decades
delivering seamless and integrated data protection solutions to our customers,
raising the bar for innovation, service delivery, and risk reduction.

Cloudrise is a technology-enabled services firm, specializing in delivering
data-centric services customized to meet your organization’s business needs.

Drawing from 20+ years of experience in the field, we have tailored our services to be
focused on securing your data wherever it resides. Cloudrise helps organizations
elevate their data protection, cloud security, and privacy programs through our
advisory, implementation, optimization, and managed services.

ABOUT CLOUDRISE

At Cloudrise, we are elevating data protection.
Founded by business and security entrepreneurs with experience in global markets, successful start-ups, and Fortune 500 companies, we have spent more than two decades delivering seamless and integrated data protection solutions to our customers, raising the bar for innovation, service delivery, and risk reduction.

Cloudrise is a technology-enabled services firm, specializing in delivering data security services customized to meet your organization’s business needs. Drawing from 20+ years of experience in the field, we have tailored our services to be laser-focused on securing your data wherever it resides. Cloudrise helps organizations elevate their data protection, cloud security, and privacy programs through our advisory, implementation, optimization, and managed services.

OUR TEAM

CEO + Founder

Rob Eggebrecht

With over 20 years of industry-leading expertise, Rob brings an intense drive and relentless entrepreneurial spirit to Cloudrise. As an innovative chief executive, Rob continues in transforming cybersecurity. Rob is a builder and facilitator of world-class technology management and product development teams. He has successfully fundraised over $25 million while attracting top-tier technical and managerial talent. Prior to founding Cloudrise, Rob worked as the cloud cyber and data risk leader at Deloitte, was the founder and CEO of InteliSecure, and held numerous leadership positions at global startups, all with successful exits. Educated at the University of Denver’s Daniels Business School, Rob cemented his wealth of professional knowledge with certifications from both Stanford and Georgetown.

Email:rob@cloudrise.com

COO + Co-Founder

Joe Infantino

Joe is a business operations luminary with 15-plus years of experience in risk and controls, GRC, and information security. He is a results-driven executive with proven accomplishments in business operations, service excellence, and global strategy. His well-established track record includes successfully scaling business units, while implementing strategic growth initiatives that drive revenue and EBITDA growth. He has led large teams, both domestic and international, and will continue to lead end-to-end business operations, from client acquisition and service delivery to client retention. Prior to joining Cloudrise Joe worked as VP and chief of staff at Deloitte, VP of global operations at InteliSecure and was a VP and business manager of investment banking at Citi. Joe holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire.

Email:joe@cloudrise.com

CRO + Co-Founder

Hillary Laird

As a proven sales and marketing leader with over 15 years of experience, Hillary brings tremendous passion, dedication, and an entrepreneurial drive to Cloudrise. Her longstanding customer relationships and commitment to marketing excellence continue to attract attention and drive revenue growth. Prior to joining Cloudrise Hillary worked as the cloud cyber and data risk practice lead at Deloitte. As the CMO and SVP of sales at InteliSecure, Hillary grew global revenue from $250k to $34M. Her responsibilities included direct sales, global marketing and branding programs, services product management, business development, and strategic alliances management. Hillary holds a certificate of strategic marketing management from Stanford and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Email:hillary@cloudrise.com

CFO

Rob Zillioux

Rob brings more than two decades of global financial and operational experience to his role as Chief Financial Officer. He is a strategic and results-driven business executive with expertise in business development and sales, financial leadership, corporate development, M&A, and strategic planning. His passions involve growing revenue and profits, developing teams, and business development. Prior to joining Cloudrise, Zillioux spent nearly a decade at Western Union, where he was CFO and Vice President in a variety of locations, including The Americas, Asia/Pacific, and Europe/CIS. During a six-year tenure at Vantiv, he became Senior Vice President and led the nationwide sales and business development team for the Financial Institution Segment. Rob holds a Master of Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina.

Email:rzillioux@cloudrise.com

CTO

Jason Bird

Jason is a consummate professional with over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, managed services, data governance, and privacy. He founded CyberOrchard and as the CEO, Jason led his organization to a successful merger with Cloudrise, where he now serves as the CTO. He has also held leading positions at Dr Solomons, McAfee, Biocatch, HSBC, RSA Security, and CSG Invotas, a pioneer in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) technology acquired by FireEye in 2016. Jason was a key member of numerous start-ups, each with successful exits. Having worked for vendors, system integrators, channel partners, and directly within enterprise companies, his experience of the end-to-end service journey and how to develop an appropriate technology stack is invaluable in today’s security world.

Email:jbird@cloudrise.com

OUR ADVISORS

BOARD MEMBER

Marc Nager

Marc is a Partner at the Greater Colorado Venture Fund and since 2009, has been a leader of the startup movement around the world. He has built and scaled programs that have served more than 500,000 entrepreneurs in over 700 cities and 142 countries around the world. At UP Global he managed a team of nearly 75 people with offices in 5 international locations andoversaw Startup Weekend, Startup Next, Startup Digest, Startup Week, and Startup America. He’s worked with grassroots and political leaders from around the world as well as executives at many FT500 companies around innovation and entrepreneurship.

ADVISOR

John Giacomini

With 25+ years of experience, John is a go to market executive with demonstrated success in building global loyal, growth-oriented, and integrity-driven sales teams. Throughout his career, John has specialized in hardware and software technology product sales leadership for companies ranging from early-stage start-ups to private equity-backed and mid- size, public companies. John has served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Agari, Executive VP of Global Sales at Forcepoint/Websense, VP of Sales at Symantec/Blue Coat, and Director of Sales at Network Catalyst, Inc.

PLATFORM ADVISOR

Bernd M. Constant

In his 20-plus years of experience, Bernd has deployed ground-breaking cybersecurity products and services. His vast experience encompasses roles in product development, security operations, sales engineering, customer enablement, and project management. Bernd serves as CTO at Cybraics, where he developed nLighten, a fully automated security-as-a-service platform that leverages AI/ML to detect cyber security threats. Before this, Bernd was the principal security architect for Invotas, a pioneer in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) technology. While at Invotas, Bernd designed and patented the SOAR technology that led to the 2016 acquisition by FireEye. He has also held positions at the World Bank, ArcSight, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

OUR TEAM

CEO + Founder

Rob Eggebrecht

With over 20 years of industry-leading expertise, Rob brings an intense drive and relentless entrepreneurial spirit to Cloudrise. As an innovative chief executive, Rob continues in transforming cybersecurity. Rob is a builder and facilitator of world-class technology management and product development teams. He has successfully fundraised over $25 million while attracting top-tier technical and managerial talent. Prior to founding Cloudrise, Rob worked as the cloud cyber and data risk leader at Deloitte, was the founder and CEO of InteliSecure, and held numerous leadership positions at global startups, all with successful exits. Educated at the University of Denver’s Daniels Business School, Rob cemented his wealth of professional knowledge with certifications from both Stanford and Georgetown.

Email:rob@cloudrise.com

COO + Co-Founder

Joe Infantino

Joe is a business operations luminary with 15-plus years of experience in risk and controls, GRC, and information security. He is a results-driven executive with proven accomplishments in business operations, service excellence, and global strategy. His well-established track record includes successfully scaling business units, while implementing strategic growth initiatives that drive revenue and EBITDA growth. He has led large teams, both domestic and international, and will continue to lead end-to-end business operations, from client acquisition and service delivery to client retention. Prior to joining Cloudrise Joe worked as VP and chief of staff at Deloitte, VP of global operations at InteliSecure and was a VP and business manager of investment banking at Citi. Joe holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire.

Email:joe@cloudrise.com

CRO + Co-Founder

Hillary Laird

As a proven sales and marketing leader with over 15 years of experience, Hillary brings tremendous passion, dedication, and an entrepreneurial drive to Cloudrise. Her longstanding customer relationships and commitment to marketing excellence continue to attract attention and drive revenue growth. Prior to joining Cloudrise Hillary worked as the cloud cyber and data risk practice lead at Deloitte. As the CMO and SVP of sales at InteliSecure, Hillary grew global revenue from $250k to $34M. Her responsibilities included direct sales, global marketing and branding programs, services product management, business development, and strategic alliances management. Hillary holds a certificate of strategic marketing management from Stanford and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Email:hillary@cloudrise.com

CFO

Rob Zillioux

Rob brings more than two decades of global financial and operational experience to his role as Chief Financial Officer. He is a strategic and results-driven business executive with expertise in business development and sales, financial leadership, corporate development, M&A, and strategic planning. His passions involve growing revenue and profits, developing teams, and business development. Prior to joining Cloudrise, Zillioux spent nearly a decade at Western Union, where he was CFO and Vice President in a variety of locations, including The Americas, Asia/Pacific, and Europe/CIS. During a six-year tenure at Vantiv, he became Senior Vice President and led the nationwide sales and business development team for the Financial Institution Segment. Rob holds a Master of Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina.

Email:rzillioux@cloudrise.com

CTO

Jason Bird

Jason is a consummate professional with over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, managed services, data governance, and privacy. He founded CyberOrchard and as the CEO, Jason led his organization to a successful merger with Cloudrise, where he now serves as the CTO. He has also held leading positions at Dr Solomons, McAfee, Biocatch, HSBC, RSA Security, and CSG Invotas, a pioneer in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) technology acquired by FireEye in 2016. Jason was a key member of numerous start-ups, each with successful exits. Having worked for vendors, system integrators, channel partners, and directly within enterprise companies, his experience of the end-to-end service journey and how to develop an appropriate technology stack is invaluable in today’s security world.

Email:jbird@cloudrise.com

OUR ADVISORS

BOARD MEMBER

Marc Nager

Marc is a Partner at the Greater Colorado Venture Fund and since 2009, has been a leader of the startup movement around the world. He has built and scaled programs that have served more than 500,000 entrepreneurs in over 700 cities and 142 countries around the world. At UP Global he managed a team of nearly 75 people with offices in 5 international locations andoversaw Startup Weekend, Startup Next, Startup Digest, Startup Week, and Startup America. He’s worked with grassroots and political leaders from around the world as well as executives at many FT500 companies around innovation and entrepreneurship.

ADVISOR

John Giacomini

With 25+ years of experience, John is a go to market executive with demonstrated success in building global loyal, growth-oriented, and integrity-driven sales teams. Throughout his career, John has specialized in hardware and software technology product sales leadership for companies ranging from early-stage start-ups to private equity-backed and mid- size, public companies. John has served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Agari, Executive VP of Global Sales at Forcepoint/Websense, VP of Sales at Symantec/Blue Coat, and Director of Sales at Network Catalyst, Inc.

PLATFORM ADVISOR

Bernd M. Constant

In his 20-plus years of experience, Bernd has deployed ground-breaking cybersecurity products and services. His vast experience encompasses roles in product development, security operations, sales engineering, customer enablement, and project management. Bernd serves as CTO at Cybraics, where he developed nLighten, a fully automated security-as-a-service platform that leverages AI/ML to detect cyber security threats. Before this, Bernd was the principal security architect for Invotas, a pioneer in Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) technology. While at Invotas, Bernd designed and patented the SOAR technology that led to the 2016 acquisition by FireEye. He has also held positions at the World Bank, ArcSight, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

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