Rob Clyde

About Rob Clyde

A recognized industry leader, Rob has over twenty-five years experience as a Board Director, CEO or other software executive positions with demonstrated leadership success at startups, small, mid-size, and large companies, including Titus, Adaptive Computing, Symantec, Zimbra, Axent Technologies and Raxco Software. He has participated successfully in being acquired multiple times and in an IPO. He has also been closely involved in and driven the acquisitions of over 30 companies.Rob serves on the boards of Crypto Quantique (Chair), Cybral and White Cloud Security (Executive Chair). He currently serves as managing partner at Clyde Consulting LLC. He recently served for 9 years on the Board of Directors for ISACA (Past Chair, Chair, Governance and Nominating Committee Chair, Finance Committee Chair, Compensation Committee Chair). He served as CEO of Adaptive Computing, a software company that provides automated, intelligent workload and resource management for Big Data, cloud and high performance computing. Rob is National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship Certified™ and awarded the \"NACD Board Leadership Fellow\" designation. The NACD Directorship Certification™ program equips directors with the foundation of knowledge sought by boards to effectively contribute in the boardroom. As CTO at Symantec, he was a key member of the management team that drove its growth from slightly under $1B in revenue to over $5B, during which time the stock split three times. He was one of five executives that co-founded AXENT, driving revenues from $8M to $100M in four years, an IPO, and an eventual sale of the company to Symantec for $1B. Over his career, Rob has leadership experience in software development, research, quality assurance, product management, marketing, public relations, services, support, and pre-sales. While at Symantec, he also served as a founding Board Member and the Treasurer for the IT Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC), a non-profit IT industry organization and a founding Board Member of SAFEcode.An innovator and patent holder in his own right, Rob started Symantec’s research organization and understands how to translate new ideas and technologies into market success. Specialties: Leading software organizations, technology and product strategy, M&A strategy, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, High Performance Computing, Big Data, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Experience

1. Chairman and Board Director, Non-executive

   Crypto Quantique

   May 2022 — Present · London, GB

   Serves on the Board of Directors for VC-backed Crypto Quantique, an IoT security pioneer. Became Chair of the Board in April 2023. Crypto Quantique has combined cryptography and quantum physics to develop software and intellectual property that drive end-to-end security and unlock scalability for IoT networks.

Education

• Brigham Young University

  B.S., Computer Science

  1977 — 1984

Skills

• Network Security
• Strategic Partnerships
• M&a Due Diligence
• Identity Management
• Cybercrime
• IT Strategy
• Sso
• Computer Security
• Leadership
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• System Architecture
• M&a Experience
• Internet Security
• Pre-Sales
• Start-Ups
• Saas
• Competitive Strategy
• Cism
• Business Alliances
• Application Security
• Product Strategy
• Business Strategy
• Software Development
• Strategy
• Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Risk Management
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Product Management
• Management
• Identity Federation
• Encryption
• Executive Management
• Information Security
• Due Diligence
• High Performance Computing
• Public Speaking