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Jadon Cruz Montero

CEO & Founder at Maro

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Overview

Jadon Cruz Montero is CEO and Founder at Maro [1][3], a security copilot designed to enable employees to use workplace tools without requiring security expertise while providing security teams with observability, enforceable policy, and decision trails [2]. Montero is also Founder and Board Chair at Murmur Secure [4]. Previously, Montero held the position of Senior Director of Product Management at Bitdefender from July 2021 to March 2023 [5], and served as Senior Product Manager for Cloud Security at Censys from November 2020 to July 2021 [6]. Earlier roles included Senior Product Manager and Technical Product Manager positions at Rapid7 between August 2017 and October 2020 [7][8], and Integrations Engineer and Product role at Komand, which was acquired by Rapid7, from September 2016 to August 2017 [9]. Montero also served as CEO of Elmseed Enterprise Fund from November 2012 to November 2014 [10]. Montero holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Yale University [11].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

Social entrepreneur and product executive surthriving on the bleeding edge of cybersecurity, with a track record of delivering market-defining solutions that transform how organizations defend themselves. My current mission: CEO and Co-founder of Maro, a security copilot that lets employees be their best selves at work without needing to become security experts, themselves. Maro enables employees to use the tools they love without putting their companies at risk via real-time guardrails that promote innovation. Security teams gain observability, enforceable policy, and clear decision trails.

Career history

  1. CEO & FounderApr 2024 to presentMaro
  2. Founder and Board ChairOct 2023 to presentMurmur Secure
  3. Senior Director of Product ManagementJul 2021 to Mar 2023Bitdefender
  4. Senior Product Manager, Cloud SecurityNov 2020 to Jul 2021Censys
  5. Senior Product ManagerOct 2018 to Oct 2020Rapid7
  6. Technical Product ManagerAug 2017 to Oct 2018Rapid7
  7. Integrations Engineer & ProductSep 2016 to Aug 2017Komand (Acquired by Rapid7)
  8. CEONov 2012 to Nov 2014Elmseed Enterprise Fund

Education

  1. Bachelor's Degree, Computer ScienceYale University
  2. IB/AP Honors Diploma at Green Valley High School

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