Peter Stewart: President, CEO, & Co-Founder
President, Chief Executive Officer, & Co-Founder, Peter Stewart, brings 20 plus years of security technology and business management experience to TraceSecurity. Since the company’s founding in 2004, TraceSecurity's revenue has increased an average of 153% each year and its customer base has grown to over 1000 worldwide. During Pete’s tenure, TraceSecurity has closed Series A, B and C investments with investors who maintain more than $3 billion in assets, and the company has been first to market with several Software-as-a Service based risk and compliance management solutions targeting the middle market.
Pete has held a variety of executive positions including: Chief Executive, General Business Unit Manager, and Sales & Marketing Executive with leading companies such as Micrografx (Nasdaq: MGXI), Fifth Generation Systems (Nasdaq: SYMC), and McAfee (NYSE:MFE), where sales grew from $39 million to over $900 million and increasing shareholder value from $90 Million to $6 Billion.
In the past, he served as a member of the Louisiana National Guard 239th Military Police Unit and has served on many 501c3 Boards. Recently named as a finalist for Best Executive in the American Business Awards, Pete is a graduate of Louisiana State University.
Jim Stickley: CTO, Vice President of Strategy & Solutions, & Co-Founder
As CTO, Vice President of Strategy & Solutions, and Co-Founder for TraceSecurity, Jim Stickley has been instrumental in directing the TraceSecurity strategy. Jim is responsible for developing and releasing multiple versions of the software used by hundreds of clients today. With over ten years experience in the hi-technology industry, Jim is in charge of the guiding principles and structure of all TraceSecurity solutions including products and services.
Jim Stickley, renowned security expert, is the author of The Truth about Identity Theft. This entertaining book walks you through the real life scams and exploits that Stickley has been hired to perform. This book also teaches how to protect yourself through 46 unique "truths" which protect yourself and your business from identity thieves.
Additionally, Jim has been involved in thousands of security services for financial institutions, Fortune 100 corporations, healthcare facilities, legal firms, and insurance companies. He has been a consultant for 20/20, Network Associates, numerous magazines and newspapers and was featured in Time Magazine, Business Week, Fortune Magazine, New York Times and other industry specific publications such as PC Magazine and Security Focus. He has also been showcased on NBC's "Nightly News", CNN's "NewsNight", CNBC's "The Big Idea" and a frequent guest on "the Today Show".
He serves as a speaker at numerous security-related conferences, seminars and forums throughout the US, covering topics that range from basic network security to national cyber terrorism. Through the years Jim has discovered numerous security vulnerabilities in products such as firewalls, PKI servers, online banking applications and PDA devices.
Paul McCown: Chief Financial Officer, & Chief Operating Officer
Paul McCown, chief financial officer and chief operating officer, brings more than 19 years of experience in financial planning and management, investor relations, operations, mergers and acquisitions and public company credentials. Paul’s deep knowledge of the high-tech industry brings tremendous value to TraceSecurity’s strategic and financial planning, as well as operations.
Paul previously served as Senior Vice President of Enabling Technologies at Equifax, where he led a $160 million business unit. Prior to that, he was president and chief financial officer of APPRO Systems where he expanded the company’s revenue from $11 million with a $7 million loss in 2001 to $27 million in revenue and $8 million in profit in 2005.
Paul received a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Mississippi.
Dariel LeBoeuf: Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
As Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Dariel LeBoeuf is responsible for leading the sales and marketing efforts of TraceSecurity. During his tenure at TraceSecurity, he has grown the sales by 500% and under Dariel's guidance, customer acquisitions have more than doubled.
Dariel specializes in enterprise account sales and sales management, both of which he mastered while at Tripwire. At Tripwire, Dariel worked as the Western Regional Sales Director, whereby he managed four regions. Prior to Tripwire, Dariel worked at Symantec Corp, where he acquired numerous awards and accolades, including the 1998 Large Account Representative of the Year and the Achiever's Trip Award in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. Also in 1995, Dariel was ranked the number one representative worldwide, exceeding his quota by 230%.
Dariel graduated from Louisiana State University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Quantitative Business Analysis. Dariel began his career at Fifth Generation where he served in several Sales and Marketing roles.
Jason Lasseigne: Vice President of Security Services and Customer Support
Jason Lasseigne is the Vice President of Security Services and Customer Support at TraceSecurity. He is responsible for TraceSecurity’s Delivery department, Training and Documentation department, First Level Support department and leading Strategic Initiatives across the company.
Before joining TraceSecurity, Jason served in several roles at APPRO Systems/Equifax; most recently as Vice President of Shared Services where he worked directly with the Equifax Executive Team to lead Program Management operations across the organization as well as projects in Strategic Initiatives, Process Improvement, Competency Management, and Support and Operations.
Prior to that Jason was a Senior Consultant with IBM Global Services in the Security and Privacy Division. He has a B.S. in Information Systems and Decisions Sciences from Louisiana State University.
Brady Justice: Director of Systems Engineering
As Director of Systems Engineering, Brady Justice is responsible for IT, security as well as the IT and sales engineering teams. A key member of TraceSecurity's management team, Brady has been instrumental in the development of the company's software and services. Brady is responsible for the design, implementation and support of TraceSecurity's network, business continuity, and disaster recovery. Brady has over nine years in the information technology field.
In his prior experience, Brady was a senior security engineer for Garrison Technologies and has also worked as an independent consultant in the information technology field specializing in network and telecommunication installations. He also offers security and system administrator expertise for web hosting companies as well as firewalls and other security technologies.
Jon Bass: Director of Delivery
As Delivery Director, Jon Bass is responsible for TraceSecurity's client base, leading a delivery team by means of staffing, training, directing and facilitating resource management and is involved with several strategic initiatives across the organization including the design of our current delivery team structure. With over 8 years of experience in business development, project management and strategic planning, Jon works directly with several key accounts and has been instrumental in driving new product and service enhancements.
Prior to TraceSecurity, Jon was the Director of Sales and Marketing for Hunt Brothers of Louisiana, LLC, a regional network engineering firm where he designed and implemented the firm's sales model and marketing strategies. Under his leadership, the company doubled annual revenues, expanded their serviceable region by 300% and increased the team by 40%.
Jon holds a Bachelors Degree from Southeastern Louisiana University in Business Technology. Having served as his company's combat medical specialist during a tour of duty in Afghanistan, Jon is a veteran of the US ARMY National Guard 205th Engineering Battalion.
Jason Wells: Director of Delivery
As Delivery Director, Jason Wells is responsible for TraceSecurity's client base, leading a delivery team by means of staffing, training, directing and facilitating resource management and contributing to strategic initiatives across the organization. Prior to this position, Jason served as the Director of Finance and Legal Counsel for TraceSecurity, where he was involved in a number of key initiatives, including the design of our current delivery team structure and several sales planning initiatives.
Prior to TraceSecurity, Jason was an attorney at McDowell, Knight, Roedder & Sledge, LLC, a corporate defense litigation law firm in Mobile, Alabama. Jason received his JD from Tulane University and holds a B.S. from the University of Alabama in Commerce and Business Administration with a major in finance and a minor in economics.
