About Skybox Security

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Gidi Cohen co-founded Skybox in 2002 and has guided the company’s vision and development as the leader in cybersecurity analytics. A respected innovator in the security analytics space, he is a popular speaker at industry conferences worldwide, demonstrating how sophisticated analytics, modeling and simulation, as well as unprecedented network visibility, are used to reduce an enterprise’s attack surface. For more than 10 years he has been committed to empowering security leaders to quickly and accurately prioritize and address vulnerabilities and threats with cutting-edge Skybox solutions.

Chief Financial Officer

Charlie Velasquez joined Skybox Security in May 2020 as Chief Financial Officer. Charlie has over 25 years of senior level finance, administration and general management experience and will be guiding the global finance teams and supporting strategic growth initiatives. After starting his career with KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Charlie has served in executive management in both private and public companies. Prior to his position at Skybox, he was the CFO at Arxan Technologies, CollabNet/Version One, AccelOps, and Tidal Software. He also has directed operations and product management for Cisco Systems’ Cloud Solution Management Theater Group giving him a unique perspective of the intersection of diverse business units. Charlie holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from San Francisco State University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California.

Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Field Operations

Rob Rosiello is Skybox Security’s executive vice president of worldwide sales and field operations. In this role, Rosiello applies his expertise of more than 25 years in the IT infrastructure and networking industry to lead a global team in a rapid-growth company. Prior to Skybox, he served as senior vice president of America sales and field operations at Riverbed Technologies, transforming the company from a product selling to software solution selling strategy.

Chief Tech. Officer & Vice President, R&D

Ron Davidson is an honored, 30-year tech veteran who has worked with many of today’s leading minds in the security industry. As CTO and VP of R&D, Davidson is leading Skybox’s long–term technology vision and is responsible for advancing the company’s product innovation and intelligence group, the Skybox Research Lab. Prior to joining Skybox, Davidson served as senior director of security research and analytics for the Cisco’s video security business, and he established and led Check Point's first threat intelligence program.

Chief Marketing Officer

Claire Darling is a data-driven, modern marketing executive with a proven track record repositioning companies and creating categories for relevance and growth. She brings innovative audience-based go-to-market strategies and expertise in her role leading all marketing functions at Skybox Security. She previously held senior marketing leadership roles at Intapp, ServiceNow, VMware, Tibco, BEA Systems, and Adobe. She earned her BA in Commerce from Abertay Dundee in Scotland.

Vice President, Customer Care

Moti Dror, Vice President of Customer Care, has more than 15 years’ experience in network security. Before taking on his current role, he served as Skybox’s Director of QA and R&D Operations for nearly 12 years. Prior to joining Skybox in 2003, Dror served as QA Manager at Harmonycom and Sheer Networks.

Chief Information Officer

Ami Ben-Dror is an experienced leader in developing, implementing and managing worldwide information systems. Prior to joining Skybox™ Security as chief information officer, Ben–Dror established the MIS department at LiveU, a live broadcasting company, and served as its global director. He has also served as the global information systems director at Radvision, and has held various roles with Oracle Israel, Pelephone Communication and other high–tech companies.

VP of People

Paula Ewanich has more than 15 years’ experience building highly valued HR teams while fostering environments known for transparent communication and flawless employee integration. She has held senior management positions at companies including Imperva, InvenSense and NetLogic (acquired by Broadcom). Ewanich is a certified coach through The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and a founding member of The Coaching Fellowship, where she is passionately focused on working with millennial women who are in the launching phase of their careers.

VP of Channel, GSIs and Strategic Alliances

Uri Levy is the vice president of business development at Skybox Security where he leads strategic business initiatives with key partners including global OEMs, large service providers, MSSPs and cloud providers. He has served various roles at Skybox, and has been instrumental at developing business in key markets. Over the last decade, Levy has built and managed leading network security integrators such as CA and NetCom Systems, consistently achieving sustained growth and brand leadership for their products and services. He also served as vice president of sales and marketing at Xpert Integrated Systems. Levy earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Interdisciplinary Centre (IDC) in Herzliya and Executive MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Gidi Cohen co-founded Skybox in 2002 and has guided the company’s vision and development as the leader in cybersecurity analytics. A respected innovator in the security analytics space, he is a popular speaker at industry conferences worldwide, demonstrating how sophisticated analytics, modeling and simulation, as well as unprecedented network visibility, are used to reduce an enterprise’s attack surface. For more than 10 years he has been committed to empowering security leaders to quickly and accurately prioritize and address vulnerabilities and threats with cutting-edge Skybox solutions.

Chris Andrews is a principal on the Providence Strategic Growth team and is based in Boston. Prior to joining the Providence Strategic Growth team in 2015, Chris was on Providence Equity’s Valuation and Strategic Analysis team since 2010. Previously, he worked in GE Capital’s Financial Management Program. Chris received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science from Fairfield University.

Doug Behrman is a Director at CVC Growth Partners, having joined the firm in 2015. Prior to joining CVC, he worked at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Doug received a BA cum laude in International Relations and History from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is based in New York.

Jason Glass is a Partner at CVC Capital Partners and a co-founding partner of CVC Growth Partners, having joined the firm in 2014. Prior to joining CVC, he spent nearly ten years at Summit Partners where he focused primarily on the technology sector, with an emphasis on software and technology services. Jason received a BBA in Finance and International Business with minors in Economics and French summa cum laude from James Madison University and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. He is based in Boston.