Bio

Marc Shinbrood is Vice President of the Web Application Firewall business unit at Trustwave.  He has been in the vendor software and appliance business environment for over 35 years, and for the last 15 years he has focused on enterprise-level software and appliance security solutions.  He came to Trustwave via the acquisition of Breach Security, Inc, where he was  CEO and Chairman and he currently is responsible for the Trustwave WebDefend Web application firewall business and its more than 400 customers.  He has served in every conceivable role with a computer software company, including serving as CEO or principal operating officer five times.  He is the author of numerous articles and videos. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and venture capital conferences. Mr. Shinbrood was also an Associate Technical Editor for Midrange Computing Magazine.  Mr. Shinbrood achieved a BS degree in Computer Science in the first undergraduate graduating class at Purdue University.