INKY Leadership Team

Dave Baggett

Dave Baggett

Dave is Founder and CEO of INKY, whose flagship INKY Phish Fence platform leads the email security market for MSPs. Arguably the biggest cybersecurity problem today, phishing drives over $1.5B/year of theft, PII exfiltration and credential harvesting. Prior to INKY, Dave co-developed the world-renowned Crash Bandicoot series at Naughty Dog, as one of the two developers on the original title for PlayStation 1. After Naughty Dog, Dave co-founded travel search company ITA Software, where he oversaw software development, operations, and customer success. ITA grew to over 500 employees before its April 2011 sale to Google for $700M, at which point it was Google’s sixth largest acquisition ever. Dave holds a B.S./B.A. in Computer Science and Linguistics from the University of Maryland, College Park, as well as a S.M. in Computer Science from MIT. Dave lives with his wife Kip in Maryland; the couple have two children, both currently attending college.

Simon Smith

Simon Smith

Prior to joining Inky, Simon was VP of Software Operations at ITA Software and managed the team responsible the for SaaS and data operations, a purview involving hundreds of servers and 24/7 support. Simon’s infrastructure handled millions of travel search queries per day, and serviced virtually all major US airline and travel intermediary websites. Simon holds a Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree from Texas A&M University.

Eli Sanders

Eli Sanders

Eli Sanders brings almost 30 years experience leading enterprise customer success, professional services, account management and software engineering teams. As a Director at Google, Eli led customer success and operational excellence teams for Google Travel and Google Fiber. At ITA Software, Eli was Vice President of Customer Relations, leading the professional services, technical support and account management teams to build long-term trusted relationships and deliver measurable account growth. Prior to ITA, Eli led professional services and program management teams at i-cube and Razorfish, as well as held software engineering roles at Bell Communications Research. Eli has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, an MS in Computer Science from Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science, and a BS in Computer Science from Yeshiva University.

Shlomi Gian

Shlomi Gian

Mr. Gian has more than twenty years of experience in the technology industry and has helped build sales and drive growth at several companies. As the CEO of CybeReady, he tripled revenue and reached profitability. As PacketZoom’s CEO he drove initial sales before selling the company to Roblox. Prior to that at Akamai, Gian co-founded and served as the head of Business of the Mobile Unit. Prior to the Akamai acquisition, he was General Manager of Mobile Solutions at Cotendo.

Rob Curry

Rob Curry

As an operational CFO, Rob has for the past 20+ years focused solely on software technology from start-ups to hyper-growth companies helping them to build scalable operations while balancing growth with cash flow and capital investment. He has helped many organizations through significant financial transactions including growth-debt, equity and M&A, and specializes in aligning organizational execution with strategic plans. Rob has a B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of Texas and is a CPA.

Andrew Goldberg

Andrew Goldberg

Andrew leads the overall software development effort and is responsible for the algorithms and models that allow Inky to catch even the most sophisticated phishing attacks. He has a PhD in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a BA in Computer Science from Amherst College.

Dave Deist

Dave Deist

David Deist has over 30 years of experience providing technical and strategic leadership in a variety of industries as a developer, architect, manager, and executive. Before joining INKY he served as CIO of OCM, a multi-channel retailer, where he was responsible for IT operations, software design and development, and information security. Prior to OCM he was VP of Ecommerce and Manager of Software Development at Fiserv Securities where he developed and deployed large scale web, desktop, and speech recognition applications used by retail investors and broker dealers. David has a B.S. in Computer Science from Stony Brook University.

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