2. 582B North Trail HaโYitzhar 12/B
Ron Moritz
Stratford, CT 06614 Hashmonaim 73127
United States of America Israel
Office: +1 650 618 9560 Office: +972 72 272 4450
Mobile: +1 631 896 9000 Mobile: +972 54 625 6597
Email: ron@moritz.us Email: ron@moritz.us
Ron Moritz is a well-regarded executive with over twenty-five years of
broad operational and strategy experience from premier technology
companies such as Microsoft (GM, Forefront), Symantec (SVP & CTO),
and Computer Associates (SVP, Security Products Business Unit), where
he was a member of each company's distinguished corporate or
divisional leadership teams.
Having advised C-level executives, boards of directors, venture
capitalists and private equity firms on value-creation activities
including new markets, acquisition and divestiture strategy, global
sourcing of labor, major technology decisions, and eco-system
development, Mr. Moritz brings a unique point of view at the
intersection of technology, strategy, global markets and finance.
3. Core Competencies Summary
โข Domain Experience
โ A branded computer security industry guru, well-regarded in the broad security community,
and articulate about the threat business
โ Well-connected to operational leaders, tech experts, trade media, industry and financial
analysts, and investment bankers
โข Proven GM
โ Successful senior leader at Finjan, Symantec, Computer Associates (CA), and Microsoft
โ Having come up through the technical and product marketing ranks, extremely credible with
tech teams while able to establish respect from and rapport with the sales and marketing
teams by providing the big-picture and long-view
โ At Microsoft, responsible for a $150M global P&L where fiscal year 2009 revenue and units-
shipped targets were exceeded while operating budget was delivered 5% below forecast
โข Global Presence
โ Well-versed in the art of cross-border software development and international sales and
marketing
โ True global management with operational experience both inside and outside the U.S. and
extensive international business travel
โ On-the-ground leadership developed through executive roles at three public multinational
corporations and one private high-tech startup
4. Core Competencies Summary
โข Strategic Leadership
โ Stature externally with both the financial markets and industry pundits to take a software
company public in an IPO or guide it through a successful acquisition
โ Deft but firm around strategic choices and directions available to the company
โ Considered an visionary, innovator and puzzle-maker in the industry
โข M&A Experience
โ A perspective on internal financial operations and ability to provide clear direction on metrics
and controls the markets will demand of an IPO candidate developed from experience going
through the pre-IPO process and road-show (Finjan), leading an attempted management buy-
out (CA), and having sat in the acquirer chair (Symantec and CA)
โ Personal leadership around the integration of more than one-half dozen acquisitions,
including cleaning-up and turning-around two poorly managed integrations and shutting down
several unaligned product lines
โข Public Company and Startup Experience
โ Served as corporate officer at Symantec (NASDQ:SYMC)
โ Fluent in the art of communication having keynoted at major industry conferences, key
investor conferences, sales team โra-raโ events, and company customer conferences
โ Continuous and ongoing engagement with Wall Street and industry analysts and media
โ Rainmaker at CA, Symantec and Finjan
โ Key member of the Finjan Software founding and senior leadership teams
5. Experienced General Manager
โข General Manager, Network Access & Security Group, Microsoft Corp.
โ Managed $150M P&L beating FY 2009 business revenue and units-shipped targets
โ Delivered business goals while managing operating expense at 5% below FY 2009 budget
โ Created 3-year vision and product roadmap in alignment with division goals
โ Provided executive leadership to team of 400
โ Created and drove best practices for global distributed development
โ Successfully managed an 11% reduction-in-force (January 2009)
โข SVP, Chief Technology Officer, Symantec Corp.
โ Global operational responsibility across a global division of 275 employees in U.S.,
Ireland, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan
โ Managed $40M annual operating budget
โ Led the core technology division as an internal OEM company leveraging the firmโs
investment in shared components, technical services, R&D, and science
โ Alongside CEO, led inorganic growth strategy of $1 billion including acquisitions of L3
Network Security and Axent Technologies (NASDQ:AXNT)
6. Experienced General Manager
โข SVP, Chief Security Strategist, CA, Inc.
โ Grew Security Business Unit (SBU) billings over 500% from sub-$100M in FY 2002 to
over $500M in FY 2007
โ Responsible for SBU fiscal year planning, technology strategy, and business development
โ Led six acquisitions (Silent Runner, eSecurity Online, Pest Patrol, Netegrity
(NASDQ:NETE), Tiny, and Qurb) and established several key OEM and GTM partnerships
โ Shutdown Snare (previously acquired) and oversaw end-of-life of eSecurity Online, Qurb
โ Initiated carve-out and led management LBO of consumer threat management business
(ultimately sold to HCL in 2007 and Updata Partners in 2011) and Silent Runner (private)
โข Chief Technology Officer, Finjan Software (sold 11/2009 to Marshal8e6)
โ Internet security visionary responsible for companyโs strategic vision, technical direction
โ Grew a small Israeli start-up into a multi-national serving the Global 2000
โ Key member of the founding and senior leadership teams responsible for providing
continuous improvement, establishing operational excellence, and driving rapid growth
โ Prepared IPO material and active participant in road-show alongside Volpe-Brown
7. Strategic Leadership Skills
โข At Microsoft, drove groupโs business strategy and execution beating plan of record
and product milestone dates per scorecard metrics
โข Created groupโs three-year vision and product roadmap in alignment with
Microsoftโs end-to-end security, identity and access story
โข Responsible for maintaining CAsโ technical lead in world-class info-sec software by
shaping the strategic direction of the security business unit and assessing and
identifying new areas of growth
โข At CA, identified, qualified and managed acquisitions through closure, lead the
strategic planning processes, and made recommendations on proposed acquisitions
and divestitures to the CEO and Investment Committee
โข In 2000, was one of the first software executives in the industry (and possibly the
most senior) to publically talk about the need to develop secure software while
leading a secure software development life cycle initiative at Symantec
โข In all executive roles, frequently engaged with both industry and Wall Street
analysts and press to foster dialogue and support (several relationships continue)
โข In all executive roles, grew customer relationships that lead to early adoption and
excitement for the products
โข Adept at working on complex problems in uncertain, rapidly changing environments
8. M&A Experience
โข Created and maintained the deal radar book, identified and qualified potential
acquisitions, led planning functions to prepare the deals for approval, and pitched
the deals to the CEO and Board
โข Led the internal, ad hoc teams required for complete due diligence, ensuring great
teamwork and complete, gap-free analysis
โข Managed acquisitions through closure and worked with operating management to
ensure successful post-acquisition integration and fulfillment of deal goals
โข Completed nine deals, including two public companies, with no negative surprises;
six achieved strategic and operational goals sought
โข Conceived and led unsuccessful management LBO of CA consumer security
business unit
โข Initiated three additional acquisitions (IDFocus, Eurikify, Orchestra) and two
divestitures (Silent Runner, eTrust AV) that were completed within 15 months of
exit from CA
โข Led inorganic growth strategy that included acquisitions of L3 Network Security
and Axent Technologies (NASDQ:AXNT) and the development of a strategic
acquisition roadmap that guided Symantec for five years
9. Communications
โข Financial acumen with experience in three publicly held companies
(corporate officer at NASDQ:SYMC) including frequent exposure to
analysts, investment bankers and other Wall Street intermediaries
โข Featured presenter at numerous investor and investment banking
conferences
โข Keynote speaker at industry trade shows (e.g., RSA Security
Conference) and company user events (e.g., CA World)
โข Typically the primary executive spokesperson and business emissary
to the field (global mandate) on security issues, solutions, strategies
and vision
โข Frequently quoted or featured in publications, media outlets, and
television and radio programs
โข Authored several articles and chapters
10. Industry Leadership
โข Management LBO leadership and execution experience with private
equity, investment bankers, and securities lawyers
โข Responsible for developing and maintaining company leadership in
the security sector through programs to improve brand visibility
and credibility
โข Active in industry and government boards; sample list includes:
โ Served on the Board of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance
โ Co-chaired a National Cyber Security Partnership Task Force of
Security Across the Software Development Life Cycle
โ U.S. Delegate (at the invitation of DoJ) to the G-8 on High-Tech Crime
โข Conceived and organized the Java Security Alliance, a security
industry consortium, that later evolved into the Common Content
Inspection API security industry standards group
โข Mentor to two private-company CEOs (textiles, chemicals) and one
not-for-profit social entrepreneur