Our mission is to equip cyber defenders to overmatch attackers.
For too long, the asymmetry in cybersecurity has favored attackers. Dropzone AI is changing this dynamic by weaponizing LLMs for cyber defense. We equip our customers with an AI SOC army that adds infinite scalability to security operations. Now that reinforcements have arrived, cyber defenders never have to fight another fair fight.
Meet the team
We are deep technologists at the intersection of AI, security, and product development.
Edward Wu
Founder + CEO
Hobbies: Autocross, Skiing, Starcraft
Anne Gotay
VP of Growth
Hobbies: All things Peloton, family, hiking, gardening, baking
Kaila Western
Head of Customer Success
Hobbies: Hiking with my pup, ultimate frisbee, cooking, and reading
Alex Burner
R&D
Hobbies: Skiing, Mountain biking, Playing with geometry, Armchair cosmology
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Eric Hammerle
R&D
Hobbies: Skiing, Reading, Parenting, Husbanding
Changhwan Oh
R&D
Hobbies: Snowboarding, Surfing, Freediving, Sudoku
Robert Foley
R&D
Hobbies: Canoe trips, Skiing, Dota 2, Poker
Bri Hatch
R&D
Hobbies: Doggos, Kiddos, Board Games, SINfully bad math puns
Michael Buono
R&D
Hobbies: Making music, playing golf, NBA basketball, and chess (nerd alert!)
Colin Phillips
R&D
Hobbies: Biking, baking, camping trips, and gaming with friends
Andrew Jerry
R&D
Hobbies: Disc golf, pottery, baking sweet treats, and following Formula 1
Alison Hammerand
Sales
Hobbies: Baking, yoga, and dance parties
Tyson Supasatit
Marketing
Hobbies: Treehouse Building, Chess, Rain
Rahul Popat
R&D
Hobbies: Skiing, Cooking, Reading, and Following the NFL
Guy Raz
Sales
Hobbies: Playing soccer, Cooking, Family, Finding inconsistencies in Movies and TV Shows
Steve Mortell
Sales
Hobbies: Golf, Cooking, Steven King Novels, and Urban Off-Roading
Patricia Temples
R&D
Hobbies: Cats, Audiobooks, Sewing Clothes, Practicing French
Tyler Hoyt
R&D
Hobbies: working on my car, sim racing, bossing computers around
Chantel Pszenny
Marketing
Hobbies: Family, Travel, BODi, Art & Design, Mariah Carey
Chris Abella
Sales
Hobbies: family, fitness, fantasy lit, caffeine
John Silva
R&D
Hobbies: Hiking trails, language learning (español), weightlifting, and gaming
Akaash Nirwan
Sales
Hobbies: Surfing, Gymnastics, Daily Duolingo (@akaashnirwan)
Josh Sanders
Sales
Hobbies: Family, Nieces, Traveling, Gaming, and playing Billiards
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Jonathan Todd
R&D
Hobbies: Hiking, Travel, Agentic Swarm Vibe Coding
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Leon Miro
R&D
Hobbies: 3D Printing, Cooking, Golf, DnD, Mechanical Keyboards, Snowboarding
Jenny Fu
Finance
Hobbies: traveling, yoga, DIY home improvement, reading
Investors
Meet our investors
Oliver Friedrichs
Founder and CEO of Pangea Security, Founder and former CEO of Phantom Cyber
Jon Oberheide
Co-founder and former CTO of Duo Security
Jesse Rothstein
Co-founder and CTO of ExtraHop Networks
Garrett Held
Chief Information Security Officer at Carta
Joshua Scott
Head of Security at Postman
Anshu Gupta
Ex CISO at Fast
