Corey Thomas

Experience

1. CloudZeroFounder, Director, and CTO/CISOcurrent2019 — presentBoston
2. CloudZeroFounder and CEO2016 — 2019Boston
3. FinOps FoundationMember of the Governing Boardcurrent2024 — present
4. Boston Serverless GroupFounding Board Membercurrent2018 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
5. Boston UniversityGuest Lecturer2026Boston, MA
6. VeracodeDirector of Technology Strategy, Office of the CTO2009 — 2016Greater Boston Area
7. HPDirector of Products, Application Security Center2007 — 2009Greater Atlanta Area
8. SPI DynamicsVice President of Products & Research2004 — 2007Atlanta, Georgia
9. GuardedNetDirector of Product Management2002 — 2004Atlanta, Georgia
10. Sanctum Inc.Product Manager and Senior Technical Accounts Manager2000 — 2002Santa Clara, California
11. Moody's Investors ServiceInformation Security Manager1999 — 2000New York, New York
12. SunTrustInformation Security Analyst1998 — 1999Atlanta, Georgia
13. US Embassy Vienna AustriaSystem Engineer1996Vienna, Austria
14. United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, Dept. of Nuclear SafeguardsSystems Engineer1993 — 1995Vienna, Austria

Education

1. Virginia TechComputer Science & Political Science1996 — 1998
2. Emory & Henry UniversityPolitical Science and Computer Science1995 — 1996

Skills & more

Languages German

• FinOps Certified Engineer — FinOps Foundation
• FinOps Certified Practitioner — FinOps Foundation
• Advanced Open Water Diver — PADI
• Certified Banyan Vines System Administrator — Learning Tree International
• AWS Certified Developer - Associate — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Requirements that Work — Pragmatic Institute
• Practical Product Management — Pragmatic Institute
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional — Amazon Web Services (AWS)

From Corey's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Virginia Tech70

JRJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.TGTim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesSMSamantha MoskettiSenior Manager, Knowledge Sharing at JMI EquityMKMichelle KincaidVP, Marketing & Platforms at Ballistic VenturesJBJeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsJHJohn HigginbothamSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital Advisors

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Shared employers

Also worked at Boston University21

WWWilliam WooImpact at Non Sibi VenturesYSYousuf ShehadiTalent at AudaciousMAMay AlSalehInvestment Associate at Outliers VCSBSam BisbeeVenture Partner at F-Prime Capital PartnersSRSeth RosenVenture Partner at Western Technology InvestmentVNVinit NijhawanManaging Director at MassVentures

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Also worked at Veracode7

MCMaria CirinoInvestor at .406 VenturesSSSimeon SimeonovAdvisor at One Way VenturesKLKen LovelessPartner, Co-Founder at Founders Circle CapitalRWRob WardCo-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital PartnersLBLaura B. SacharManaging Partner and Co-Founder at StarVest PartnersRRRichard ReinerInvestor at i4 Capital

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Also worked at SPI Dynamics3

MSMichael SuttonGeneral Partner & Co-Founder at Runtime VenturesJRJay ReinemannGeneral Partner at Propel Venture PartnersJPJohn Paul MilciunasManaging Director at Baselayer Capital

Also worked at SunTrust9

CCCindy ColvinManaging Director at Advantage Capital PartnersSBScotty BarterVice President at Advantage Capital PartnersGHGiselle HensleyExecutive Assistant/Operations Associate at Manhattan Venture PartnersMKMatt KingManaging Partner at FCA Venture PartnersCKChris KoehlerSenior Advisor (CMO Box) at Grishin RoboticsDMDonna MoreaAdvisory Board at Blue Delta Capital

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