Primary Job Title Co-Founder and CEO Primary Organization DeepSurface Security Inc
Location Portland, Oregon, United States Regions West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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James Dirksen is founder and CEO of DeepSurface Security, the first automated Predictive Vulnerability Management suite of tools that helps enterprises protect their organizations from cyber risk. A serial entrepreneur and accomplished executive, James brings a unique blend of leadership in the private and public companies to DeepSurface. After
beginning his early career as a cybersecurity practitioner at Northrup Grumman and PriceWaterHouseCooper (PwC), he went on to found and be VP of Sales and Product at RuleSpace, an early SaaS product powering website categorization services for cybersecurity companies that was acquired by Symantec in 2010. After selling RuleSpace, he moved on to serve as VP of OEM Products at Procera Networks (now Sandvine) providing software DPI solutions used in cybersecurity products worldwide, and most recently served as Formaltech's CEO, spearheading efforts to transition DARPA-funded cybersecurity prototypes to commercial use. Based in Portland, Oregon, James is also a board member and advisor to several startups.
