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    Matt Conover

    Matt Conover

    Principal Engineer at VMware (2014-2018)
    Founder & CTO of CloudVolumes (2011-2014, acquired by VMware)
    Senior Staff / Tech Director at Symantec (2003-2011)

    Angel Silicon Valley
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    Experience
    CirroSecure
    Exit
    CirroSecure
    Advisor
    Segula Venture Labs
    Segula Venture Labs
    Principal Engineer 2014 - 2018 (about 4 years)
    Chief Architect of VMware App Volumes (http://vmware.com/appvolumes) which is the rebranded product of my startup CloudVolumes.
    CloudVolumes
    Exit
    CloudVolumes
    Founder, Founder, CTO, Board Member 2011 - 2014 (over 3 years)
    Enterprise startup that offered a better way to manage applications in virtual machines (somewhat like Docker but for Windows and pre-dated Docker). Acquired by VMware in... more 2014.
    Symantec
    Symantec
    Senior Staff Engineer / Tech Director 2003 - 2011 (about 8 years)
    I worked in Symantec Research Labs, the centralized R&D group of Symantec in the Office of the CTO. Areas of focus included reverse engineering malware, network protocol... more analysis, intrusion prevention systems, virtualization, and cloud security.
    Founder
    CloudVolumes
    Employee
    Symantec, Segula Venture Labs
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    CirroSecure
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
     
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    About
    Achievements

    I wrote the first paper documenting heap overflow vulnerabilities in software in the 1990s, I spend the 2000s working on antivirus software and reverse engineering malware at Symantec, I started an enterprise software company in 2011 that was acquired by VMware for more than $50m without VC funding, I was a principal engineer at VMware, and now I'm a stay-at-home Dad.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Computer Security Software Architecture Operating Systems Network Protocols
    Locations
    Palo Alto
     
    Q&A
    What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

    The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

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