Ed Bellis - Chief Executive Officer @ Empirical Security

Overview

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Number of Founded Organizations

Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer
Primary Organization
Empirical Security

Location Chicago, Illinois, United States
Regions Greater Chicago Area, Great Lakes, Midwestern US
Gender Male

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Ed Bellis is based out of Chicago, Illinois and is the Chief Executive Officer of Empirical Security. He previously worked as a Co-Founder and CTO of Kenna Security.

Jobs

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Ed Bellis

is the

Chief Executive Officer

Empirical Security

. Additionally,

Ed Bellis

has had

past jobs including

VP, Chief Information Security Officer

Orbitz Worldwide

Empirical Security Chief Executive OfficerJul 17, 2025

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Orbitz Worldwide	VP, Chief Information Security Officer	2004	2010
Kenna Security	Co-Founder and CTO	2010	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

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Ed Bellis

holds

board and advisor roles as

Board Member

Polymer

and

Board Member

Kenna Security

Polymer Board Member
Kenna Security Board Member

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
oak9	Advisor	—	—

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Chicago Artificial Intelligence (AI) Companies	31,822
Chicago Seed Stage Companies	26,391
Great Lakes Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees (Top 10K)	553
Network Security Seed Stage Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees	50,111
Chicago Companies (Top 10K)	5,648
Illinois Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K)	2,446
Greater Chicago Area Cyber Security Companies	47,775
Illinois Startups	22,255
Greater Chicago Area Seed Stage Companies With More Than 10 Employees	39,225
Chicago Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees (Top 10K)	7,557

Events

Number of Events

Ed Bellis

has participated in

event,

RSA Conference 2018

Apr 16, 2018

RSA Conference 2018 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaApr 16, 2018