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Our Story
We believe that when you’re free from threats, you’re free to thrive.
We’re relentlessly committed to bringing effective, intuitive, and inclusive solutions.
Here at Malwarebytes, we believe that when you’re free from threats, you’re free to thrive. It all started with one person who needed help with a malware infection, and a community coming together to find solutions. In that moment in time a product was born for all people, with a mission to rid the world of malware.
Our product has since grown and evolved. From removing malware, to protecting devices, to ever-changing prevention.
Now we’re doing so much more than just malware remediation. We’ve forged ahead into the world of cyberprotection, privacy, and beyond.
Our products are robust, and our tech effective, across devices and the cloud. We’re trusted by businesses large and small, and institutions like schools, hospitals and governments. We’re powered by AI, and behavioral-based technology, and driven by hundreds of researchers, hunters, and innovators. All committed to delivering the best cyberprotection available anywhere.
We’re intuitive to use, and we’re more accessible to more people from all walks of life, from grandparents to geeks.
Malwarebytes is at home in the home, on-the-go, and in the corporate conference room. Made for individuals, public organizations, private entities, and everything in between.
This is what we live for, and we’re relentlessly committed to bringing effective, intuitive, and inclusive solutions to the people, families, and businesses of all kinds.
Our Global Offices
Santa Clara, California, USA
3979 Freedom Circle
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Clearwater, Florida, USA
5739 Rio Vista Drive
Clearwater, FL 33760
Cork, Ireland
One Albert Quay
2nd Floor
Cork, Ireland
Tallinn, Estonia
Kai 1 5th Floor
Tallinn, 10111
Estonia
Sydney, Australia
50 Miller Street
North Sydney, NSW, 2060
Australia
Bastia Umbra (Perugia), Italy
Via delle Ginestre,
13/15 06083,
Bastia Umbra, Italy
Lisbon, Portugal
Av. António Augusto de Aguiar 122C,
1050-046 Lisbon,
Portugal
Bilbao, Spain
Plaza Circular 4 - 5º izq. ,
48001 Bilbao,
Spain
Executive Team
Marcin Kleczynski is CEO and co-founder of Malwarebytes, a cybersecurity company specializing in simple, intuitive cyberprotection for both consumer and businesses. Marcin believes everyone deserves the right to be safe online, and stands behind the belief by continuing to offer a free consumer product. As CEO, Marcin has overseen the phenomenal growth of Malwarebytes from a one-man band to a company with over 800 employees and offices across the globe. Today he continues to lead the strategic expansion of the business and guide the long-term vision for the research and development teams. Marcin is recognized as a foremost authority on cyberthreats, receiving numerous awards including the Silicon Valley’s 40 Under 40, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Forbes 30 Under 30.
Tom joined the company in April 2018 and leads finance, accounting, corporate strategy, legal affairs, and workplace operations at Malwarebytes. He has nearly 20 years of leadership experience in high-growth technology businesses in both financial and operating roles. Before Malwarebytes, Tom was CFO of Angie’s List, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) and prior to that he spent over a decade at NAVTEQ Corp. (NYSE: NVT), and later Nokia, where he held executive and managerial roles across sales, product management, strategy, and investor relations. Tom also serves as an advisory board member at privately-held ZYYAH, Inc. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BBA from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.
Mark Strassman joined Malwarebytes as the company’s Chief Product Officer in January 2021 to lead product and design. Mark brings a focus on customer empathy – anticipating user needs and delivering delightful experiences, while building and executing on strategies to meet emerging market trends. He comes to Malwarebytes from LogMeIn, where he was General Manager of their Unified Communication and Collaboration business unit, delivering the industry-leading GoTo product portfolio, serving hundreds of millions of users. Previously, he led BlueJeans’ product, design, and integrated portfolio strategy to transform from a video transcoding service to a communications and collaboration platform focused on end-user love and IT trust. Mark has also held senior leadership positions at Blackboard, Autodesk, Adobe Systems, and Macromedia. Mark holds a master’s degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.
Greg is a Silicon Valley technology executive who brings more than 25 years of experience driving technology vision, strategy, global operations management, acquisition integration and scalable business growth. As Malwarebytes CIO, Greg oversees company security, business applications and information technology. Prior to joining Malwarebytes, he was CIO of Marketo, where he helped navigate a successful IPO and sale to Vista Equity Partners for $1.8 billion.
Adam Hyder, Chief Technology Officer, drives Malwarebytes’ product development, innovation strategy, vision, engineering, and cloud operations, ensuring the company continues to make the world safer and more secure through innovations on its cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions. Adam has a proven track record of successfully bringing large-scale consumer and SaaS products to market and accelerating growth. Prior to Malwarebytes, Adam was EVP of Engineering at BlueJeans Network. He also served as the CTO of Jobvite and as the CTO of Yahoo HotJobs. Adam started his career with Sun Microsystems, where he worked on Java technologies in its early days.
Pedro envisions the future of advancements and threats that will impact the industry while leading his innovative team of engineers and developers to find proactive solutions. Pedro joined Malwarebytes in 2013 and was the co-founder of the company's anti-exploit technology.
A veteran CMO with over 20 years of marketing leadership experience, Gary has a proven track-record in building high-impact marketing teams, winning brands, and hyper-growth demand generation engines. Gary has successfully positioned companies like Symantec, HP, Equifax, Socure, and Panda Security as industry leaders in the security, fraud, and identity spaces. As CMO of Malwarebytes, he is responsible for driving all aspects of marketing, including brand awareness, demand generation and marketing programs for Malwarebytes channel and MSP partners.
Jason Coville is a seasoned sales executive and business leader with over two decades of experience in the technology industry. As the Chief Sales Officer for Malwarebytes, he is responsible for driving the company's revenue growth and expanding its global footprint. Jason has a proven track record of building and leading high-performing sales teams. Prior to joining Malwarebytes, he held senior sales leadership roles at several leading technology companies, including VMware, Carbon Black, and HP. Jason is known for his customer-centric approach and his ability to build strong relationships with partners, customers, and employees. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Northeastern University.
Lee Wei leads a multifaceted, technology and customer-centric career guided by one philosophy: Relying on products is not enough – you must know your customers to survive and thrive.
Previously the CTO for Endpoint and Mobile Security at IBM, he has also worked for both Oracle and Cisco, when both companies had less than 2,000 employees. Lee Wei has focused on endpoint security technologies for the last 18 years, evangelizing and implementing solutions globally, speaking at security events and has written numerous tools, utilities, and reports for the endpoint community.
Fernando leads business and corporate development, focusing on the company’s worldwide market penetration. Since joining Malwarebytes in 2011, he has helped the company expand globally, opening our office in Estonia, and driving business growth through strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions.
As Vice President of People, Laura brings over 30 years of experience in communications, human resources and management to Malwarebytes. Prior to joining the company in 2019, Klieves has had many leadership positions at communications firms and advertising agencies, including VP positions at Duarte and Gumas Advertising. Her expertise has been instrumental in driving Malwarebytes' strategic HR initiatives and fostering a strong company culture.
Ameet joined Malwarebytes in October 2019 and leads our legal department. He has over a decade of experience in scaling high tech companies, developing long-term business relationships, and building processes and compliance programs. Prior to joining Malwarebytes, Ameet was the head of legal at Centric Software where he helped the business grow and led its successful sale to Dassault Systèmes (EPA: DSY). Ameet received his JD from Santa Clara Law School, MBA from Santa Clara University, and a BA in Political Science from UCLA.
Board of Directors
Marcin is the founder of Malwarebytes. He oversees the strategic expansion of the business, as well as the long-term vision for the research and development teams. Marcin has been recognized for his work in cybersecurity, receiving the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, and being named to the Forbes 30 Under 30.
David is a Managing Director and joined Vector in 2006. He manages the Private Equity Investment Team and has been actively involved in Vector's investments in SafeNet, RAE Systems, Aladdin Knowledge Systems (merged with SafeNet), Teletrac (formerly Trafficmaster), Technicolor S.A., Open Solutions, ChyronHego, Allegro Development, Saba Software, Halogen Software (acquired by Saba), and Planful.
David currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cornerstone OnDemand, Planful and Mood Media. David was previously a Director of Saba Software (acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand), ChyronHego, Allegro Development (acquired by ION Group), Technicolor S.A., SafeNet (acquired by Gemalto), RAE Systems (acquired by Honeywell), Teletrac (acquired by Danaher), and Aladdin Knowledge Systems (merged with SafeNet). He sits on the investment committee of both the private equity funds and the Vector Credit Opportunity Fund. He was named the Technology Investor of the Year – North America by ACQ Finance Magazine. David also serves as President of Vector Acquisition Corporation II.
Prior to joining Vector, David worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for 10 years and was a Managing Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions area, focused primarily on technology and media transactions. David worked closely with senior management teams to analyze and execute a variety of strategic alternatives, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and leveraged buyouts. In his time at Goldman, David led or participated in approximately 30 transactions worth an aggregate deal value of $110 billion, including transactions involving Microsoft, eBay, Adobe, IBM, Oracle, and PeopleSoft. Prior to Goldman Sachs, David worked at JPMorgan where he was responsible for raising debt financing for the firm’s corporate clients.
David has an MBA with Distinction from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. with honors in Economics from Duke University.
Sandy is a Managing Director and joined Vector in 2011. He currently sits on the Boards of Alvaria, Cheetah Digital, Mood Media, The Kela Group, and WatchGuard, and was actively involved in Vector’s investments in 20-20 and SafeNet / Aladdin. At Vector, Sandy focuses on Software investing, including Cybersecurity and Online Applications.
Prior to Vector, Sandy worked at UBS in the Technology Investment Banking Group based in New York, advising clients primarily in the Software and IT Services industries.
Sandy received his MBA from the Harvard Business School. He holds a B.A. in History from Yale University where he graduated cum laude.
Executive Team
Marcin Kleczynski
Chief Executive Officer
Marcin Kleczynski is CEO and co-founder of Malwarebytes, a cybersecurity company specializing in simple, intuitive cyberprotection for both consumer and businesses. Marcin believes everyone deserves the right to be safe online, and stands behind the belief by continuing to offer a free consumer product. As CEO, Marcin has overseen the phenomenal growth of Malwarebytes from a one-man band to a company with over 800 employees and offices across the globe. Today he continues to lead the strategic expansion of the business and guide the long-term vision for the research and development teams. Marcin is recognized as a foremost authority on cyberthreats, receiving numerous awards including the Silicon Valley’s 40 Under 40, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Forbes 30 Under 30.
Tom Fox
President & Chief Financial Officer
Tom joined the company in April 2018 and leads finance, accounting, corporate strategy, legal affairs, and workplace operations at Malwarebytes. He has nearly 20 years of leadership experience in high-growth technology businesses in both financial and operating roles. Before Malwarebytes, Tom was CFO of Angie’s List, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) and prior to that he spent over a decade at NAVTEQ Corp. (NYSE: NVT), and later Nokia, where he held executive and managerial roles across sales, product management, strategy, and investor relations. Tom also serves as an advisory board member at privately-held ZYYAH, Inc. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BBA from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.
Mark Strassman
Chief Product Officer
Mark Strassman joined Malwarebytes as the company’s Chief Product Officer in January 2021 to lead product and design. Mark brings a focus on customer empathy – anticipating user needs and delivering delightful experiences, while building and executing on strategies to meet emerging market trends. He comes to Malwarebytes from LogMeIn, where he was General Manager of their Unified Communication and Collaboration business unit, delivering the industry-leading GoTo product portfolio, serving hundreds of millions of users. Previously, he led BlueJeans’ product, design, and integrated portfolio strategy to transform from a video transcoding service to a communications and collaboration platform focused on end-user love and IT trust. Mark has also held senior leadership positions at Blackboard, Autodesk, Adobe Systems, and Macromedia. Mark holds a master’s degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.
Greg Higham
Chief Information Officer
Greg is a Silicon Valley technology executive who brings more than 25 years of experience driving technology vision, strategy, global operations management, acquisition integration and scalable business growth. As Malwarebytes CIO, Greg oversees company security, business applications and information technology. Prior to joining Malwarebytes, he was CIO of Marketo, where he helped navigate a successful IPO and sale to Vista Equity Partners for $1.8 billion.
Adam Hyder
Chief Technology Officer
Adam Hyder, Chief Technology Officer, drives Malwarebytes’ product development, innovation strategy, vision, engineering, and cloud operations, ensuring the company continues to make the world safer and more secure through innovations on its cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions. Adam has a proven track record of successfully bringing large-scale consumer and SaaS products to market and accelerating growth. Prior to Malwarebytes, Adam was EVP of Engineering at BlueJeans Network. He also served as the CTO of Jobvite and as the CTO of Yahoo HotJobs. Adam started his career with Sun Microsystems, where he worked on Java technologies in its early days.
Pedro Bustamante
Chief Research & Innovation Officer
Pedro envisions the future of advancements and threats that will impact the industry while leading his innovative team of engineers and developers to find proactive solutions. Pedro joined Malwarebytes in 2013 and was the co-founder of the company's anti-exploit technology.
Gary Sevounts
Chief Marketing Officer
A veteran CMO with over 20 years of marketing leadership experience, Gary has a proven track-record in building high-impact marketing teams, winning brands, and hyper-growth demand generation engines. Gary has successfully positioned companies like Symantec, HP, Equifax, Socure, and Panda Security as industry leaders in the security, fraud, and identity spaces. As CMO of Malwarebytes, he is responsible for driving all aspects of marketing, including brand awareness, demand generation and marketing programs for Malwarebytes channel and MSP partners.
Jason Coville
Chief Sales Officer
Jason Coville is a seasoned sales executive and business leader with over two decades of experience in the technology industry. As the Chief Sales Officer for Malwarebytes, he is responsible for driving the company's revenue growth and expanding its global footprint. Jason has a proven track record of building and leading high-performing sales teams. Prior to joining Malwarebytes, he held senior sales leadership roles at several leading technology companies, including VMware, Carbon Black, and HP. Jason is known for his customer-centric approach and his ability to build strong relationships with partners, customers, and employees. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Northeastern University.
Lee Wei
Senior Vice President, Customer Experience
Lee Wei leads a multifaceted, technology and customer-centric career guided by one philosophy: Relying on products is not enough – you must know your customers to survive and thrive.
Previously the CTO for Endpoint and Mobile Security at IBM, he has also worked for both Oracle and Cisco, when both companies had less than 2,000 employees. Lee Wei has focused on endpoint security technologies for the last 18 years, evangelizing and implementing solutions globally, speaking at security events and has written numerous tools, utilities, and reports for the endpoint community.
Fernando Francisco
Senior Vice President, International Operations
Fernando leads business and corporate development, focusing on the company’s worldwide market penetration. Since joining Malwarebytes in 2011, he has helped the company expand globally, opening our office in Estonia, and driving business growth through strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions.
Laura Wall Klieves
Vice President, People
As Vice President of People, Laura brings over 30 years of experience in communications, human resources and management to Malwarebytes. Prior to joining the company in 2019, Klieves has had many leadership positions at communications firms and advertising agencies, including VP positions at Duarte and Gumas Advertising. Her expertise has been instrumental in driving Malwarebytes' strategic HR initiatives and fostering a strong company culture.
Ameet Matharu
Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel
Ameet joined Malwarebytes in October 2019 and leads our legal department. He has over a decade of experience in scaling high tech companies, developing long-term business relationships, and building processes and compliance programs. Prior to joining Malwarebytes, Ameet was the head of legal at Centric Software where he helped the business grow and led its successful sale to Dassault Systèmes (EPA: DSY). Ameet received his JD from Santa Clara Law School, MBA from Santa Clara University, and a BA in Political Science from UCLA.
Board of Directors
Marcin Kleczynski
Marcin is the founder of Malwarebytes. He oversees the strategic expansion of the business, as well as the long-term vision for the research and development teams. Marcin has been recognized for his work in cybersecurity, receiving the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, and being named to the Forbes 30 Under 30.
David Fishman
David is a Managing Director and joined Vector in 2006. He manages the Private Equity Investment Team and has been actively involved in Vector's investments in SafeNet, RAE Systems, Aladdin Knowledge Systems (merged with SafeNet), Teletrac (formerly Trafficmaster), Technicolor S.A., Open Solutions, ChyronHego, Allegro Development, Saba Software, Halogen Software (acquired by Saba), and Planful.
David currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cornerstone OnDemand, Planful and Mood Media. David was previously a Director of Saba Software (acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand), ChyronHego, Allegro Development (acquired by ION Group), Technicolor S.A., SafeNet (acquired by Gemalto), RAE Systems (acquired by Honeywell), Teletrac (acquired by Danaher), and Aladdin Knowledge Systems (merged with SafeNet). He sits on the investment committee of both the private equity funds and the Vector Credit Opportunity Fund. He was named the Technology Investor of the Year – North America by ACQ Finance Magazine. David also serves as President of Vector Acquisition Corporation II.
Prior to joining Vector, David worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for 10 years and was a Managing Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions area, focused primarily on technology and media transactions. David worked closely with senior management teams to analyze and execute a variety of strategic alternatives, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and leveraged buyouts. In his time at Goldman, David led or participated in approximately 30 transactions worth an aggregate deal value of $110 billion, including transactions involving Microsoft, eBay, Adobe, IBM, Oracle, and PeopleSoft. Prior to Goldman Sachs, David worked at JPMorgan where he was responsible for raising debt financing for the firm’s corporate clients.
David has an MBA with Distinction from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. with honors in Economics from Duke University.
Sandy Gill
Sandy is a Managing Director and joined Vector in 2011. He currently sits on the Boards of Alvaria, Cheetah Digital, Mood Media, The Kela Group, and WatchGuard, and was actively involved in Vector’s investments in 20-20 and SafeNet / Aladdin. At Vector, Sandy focuses on Software investing, including Cybersecurity and Online Applications.
Prior to Vector, Sandy worked at UBS in the Technology Investment Banking Group based in New York, advising clients primarily in the Software and IT Services industries.
Sandy received his MBA from the Harvard Business School. He holds a B.A. in History from Yale University where he graduated cum laude.
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