Roger Thornton, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Fortify Software

Prior to founding Fortify Software in 2002, Mr. Thornton led key development efforts at E*TRADE, guided a major architecture redesign effort at eBay, and served as an interim executive and investor to a number of other successful startups. Earlier in his career, he held technology and business leadership positions at some of the world’s leading technology companies including Cypress Semiconductor, Apple Computer (Taligent), and Sun Microsystems (JavaSoft). An expert and pioneer in the field of software security, Mr. Thornton is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and works closely with companies beginning to address information security through improved software development processes and technologies.