Leading start-up transforms and disrupts the way cybersecurity is delivered as business continues to move to cloud and web-based productivity applications

New York, USA, Istanbul, Turkey & Toronto, Canada, January 19, 2021 -- DefensX, a start-up in the security space is transforming & disrupting the cybersecurity landscape with advanced web and threat protection technologies, has further strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Al Onove as Chief Revenue Officer, Martina (Tina) Aufiero as Chief Financial Officer, Selcan Taskiran as Chief Marketing Officer, and Mary Ivaliotis as Chief Customer Officer.

Al Onove brings a broad cybersecurity, network infrastructure, communication enablement, software sales and business alliance/development background to DefensX, having worked for Cisco, Avaya/Nortel, Acme Packet/Oracle, Infoblox, and Zscaler. He has been responsible for the sales development and global management of multiple business verticals including financial, insurance, pharmaceutical and SLED sectors and the development of regional/global channel sales & global vendor alliances. At Zscaler he was on the global account team focusing on SaaS applications and their enablement for a secure cloud transformation and cloud proxy services. Prior to that, he was a sales executive for Infoblox focusing on DNS infrastructure and security, SaaS and threat intelligence.

Aufiero has 20+ years of experience investing in and building technology businesses. Before joining DefensX, she was an investment professional with Goldman Sachs and Safeguard Scientifics and held senior level M&A and finance roles in several technology companies, including Tradeweb Markets and Moneyline Telerate. She has been a member of the Board of Directors for numerous technology companies and an advisor to start-up accelerators and incubators.

Taskiran is a global business and marketing strategist with a strong foundation in the technology sector with 25+ years of experience in strategic planning, business/product development, marketing strategy, channel management and business transformation. Before moving to Canada, he was an Executive Committee Member and CMO of Netas, Nortel’s former subsidiary and Turkey’s leading value-added systems integrator and channel & technology partner of Cisco, Microsoft, Dell/EMC, HP, Salesforce, AWS, SAP, IBM, Arbor Networks, Ribbon Communications, and other large enterprises. As a marketing professional, Taskiran transformed the company’s market perception, established the CMO office, and grew brand equity by 270%. Worked and lived in Turkey, USA, Canada, UK & France, he is fluent in 5 languages.

Ivaliotis has over 30 years of experience across product, content, business development, marketing, and sales in the financial services industry. She has held numerous senior executive positions including CMO at Interactive Data, COO & Executive VP at Telerate Inc., VP at Dow Jones Markets, helping these companies develop and expand their businesses into new areas while achieving short and long-term growth objectives. Ivaliotis is known for her effective leadership skills, strategic planning, and outstanding execution.

"We are pleased to welcome Al, Tina, Selcan and Mary to DefensX,” said DefensX CEO & Founder Osman Erkan. “They bring a tremendous depth of relevant experience and a proven track record of success to our company. Having such highly accomplished professionals on our leadership team strengthens our ability to execute on our vision. I look forward to working with Al, Tina, Selcan and Mary to take DefensX to the next stage of growth.”

DefensX is resolving all pain points currently experienced in today’s hybrid cybersecurity landscape with advanced web and threat protection technologies. The company’s disruptive transformational approach delivers excellent user experience with scalable, cost-efficient and high-performance solutions to users anywhere, over any network and on any device.

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https://www.defensx.com/team/

About DefensX

DefensX, founded in 2018 in New York, NY, protects users from sophisticated cybersecurity attacks by isolating threats before reaching end-point devices, such as desktops, laptops, smart phones and tablets. Its transformational "application to content protection" technology gives an immediate boost to security posture on any device, anywhere, and over any network. For more information, visit www.DefensX.com.

Contact:

Selcan Taskiran, CMO; [email protected] ; +1 (437) 238-8969