Mike has over 20 years of experience in technology startups and has led companies from inception through IPO. As a former CEO he oversaw multiple product launches and built a multi-hundred million sales pipeline. His background includes leading engineering, business development, finance, and operations teams, Mike served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at University of Washington where he met Yoshi and Co-Founded Judo Security.

Prakash has over 20 years of experience in shaping B2B technology products, developing messaging and go-to-market strategies. He has successfully transformed product organizations and defined new products, led marketing to build over a $200M pipeline and manage M&A transactions. His domain expertise includes SaaS,, hybrid cloud, cybersecurity, big data, networking and manufacturing.

Nena is Director of Physical Sciences at IP Group, Inc. She has over 15 years of experience in technology commercialization, startup operations, and financing, Nena has led and participated in VC fund raising and transactions with an aggregate value of over $50 million. Nena serves as a board director and key advisor for Judo Security.

Adam is a technologist, author, speaker, and game designer with an extensive background in cybersecurity. He is a member of the BlackHat Review Board, and helped create Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE^®). At Microsoft, he drove the Autorun fix into Windows Update, was the lead designer of the SDL Threat Modeling Tool v3 and created the “Elevation of Privilege” game. Adam is the author of “Threat Modeling: Designing for Security,” and co-author of “The New School of Information Security.”

Yoshi is Professor of Computer Science at University of Washington’s Computer Security and Privacy Lab. He focuses his research on cybersecurity, particularly in the context of cloud computing and consumer applications. Yoshi’s research resulted in the patented cybersecurity technology that underpins Judo Security’s core offerings, and he continues to serve as chief science advisor.