George Kurtz is chief executive officer and co-founder of Foundstone, a global information security software, services and education provider employing one of the world's preeminent team of strategic security experts. Foundstone empowers large enterprises, including government agencies and Fortune 1000 customers to continuously and measurably manage and mitigate risk while protecting the most important digital assets and their customers' private information from critical threats. Foundstone saves each customer millions of dollars and hundreds of man-hours annually in attack investigation and employee downtime that would have otherwise been lost to hackers, viruses, worms and other malware.
With his combination of business savvy and technical know-how, George charts Foundstone's strategic course, positioning the company as a premier "pure play" security solutions provider. George co-founded Foundstone in 1999, and his vision and entrepreneurial spirit helped attract a world-class management team to join him and build one of the most successful and dominating private security companies. During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer at Foundstone, George has successfully raised over $20 million in venture capital and is responsible for consummating several international strategic partnerships. In 2003, he was nationally recognized as one of Fast Company's Fast 50 leaders, technology innovators and pioneers, and was regionally named 2003 Software Entrepreneur of the Year by the Southern California Software Industry Council.
Prior to co-founding Foundstone, George served as a senior manager and the national leader of Ernst & Young.
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