Aleksandr Yampolskiy

Co-founder & CEO at SecurityScorecard

Overview

Aleksandr Yampolskiy is co-founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard [1][2], a position held since January 2014 [3]. Yampolskiy holds a Ph.D. in Cryptography from Yale University [11] and a B.A. in Mathematics from New York University [12]. Prior to founding SecurityScorecard, Yampolskiy served as Chief Technology Officer of BlogTalkRadio from September 2011 to December 2013 [8], Chief Information Security Officer at Gilt Groupe from October 2009 to September 2011 [9], and Tech Lead for Security Engineering at Goldman Sachs from October 2007 to October 2009 [10]. Yampolskiy was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year for New York in 2021 [5] and serves as a Global Innovator for the World Economic Forum [4]. Yampolskiy is an official member of the Forbes Technology Council [6] and works as an angel investor [7].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy is a cofounder and CEO of SecurityScorecard (www.securityscorecard.com), the leading security rating company, which is used by over 3,300+ top customers which include 70% of Fortune 100. He was an E&Y 2021 New York Entrepreneur of the Year Winner ; he is a global innovator selected by World Economic Forum. He is an active mentor and angel investor into over 20+ leading startups in enterprise software. Previously, Alex was a CTO of BlogTalkRadio, the largest online radio network averaging over 40 million visitors a month leading to its M&A. Prior to that, Alex…

Career history

  1. Co-founder & CEOJan 2014 to presentSecurityScorecard
  2. Global InnovatorJan 2021 to presentWorld Economic Forum
  3. Entrepreneur of the Year - 2021 New York Winner; Tri-State Region Regional JudgeJun 2021 to presentEY
  4. Official MemberApr 2020 to presentForbes Technology Council
  5. Angel investorApr 2018 to presentTop Companies
  6. CTOSep 2011 to Dec 2013BlogTalkRadio
  7. CISOOct 2009 to Sep 2011Gilt Groupe
  8. Tech Lead, Security EngineeringOct 2007 to Oct 2009Goldman Sachs

Education

  1. Ph.D., Cryptography2001 - 2006Yale University
  2. B.A., Mathematics1997 - 2001New York University
  3. Sinai Academy

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