David Fairman
InvestorVenture Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Brisbane, Australia
Writes $100K β $5M checks Β· typically $1.5M
About
APAC CSO for Netskope with prior security leadership roles at NAB, Royal Bank of Canada, JP Morgan Chase and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Experience
- NetskopeChief Information Officer & Chief Security Officer - APACcurrent2022 β presentAustralia
- NetskopeChief Security Officer - APAC2020 β 2022
- SixThirtyPartner & CISO-in-residencecurrent2020 β present
- CitoPlusNon Executive Directorcurrent2024 β present
- BugcrowdBoard Advisorcurrent2023 β present
- Terkus Pty LtdFounder & Directorcurrent2020 β presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Cyber Club LondonMember & Investorcurrent2021 β present
- DevoSpecial Advisorcurrent2021 β present
- ParaFlareNon Executive Director2022 β 2024
- Deakin UniversityAdjunct Professor2019 β 2023Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Cyber Mentor FundVenture Partner2020 β 2023
- Glilot Capital PartnersAdvisory Board Member2020 β 2022Israel
- ClearSkyAdvisory Board Member2019 β 2022
- Istari GlobalAdvisor2020 β 2021
- Cyberstarts - The Founders Powered VCAdvisory Board Member2019 β 2021
- Digital ShadowsBoard of Directors Advisor2019 β 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- National Australia BankChief Security Officer2018 β 2020Greater Melbourne Area
- Australian Financial Crimes ExchangeChair of the Board Of Directors2018 β 2020Greater Melbourne Area
- New York UniversityAdjunct Professor2018 β 2019Brooklyn, New York
- University of TorontoAdjunct Professor2017 β 2019Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education
- University of Southern QueenslandMBA2004 β 2008
- University of Southern QueenslandMPM, Project Management2004 β 2006
- QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Bachelor of Information Technology, Software Engineering / Data Communications1996 β 2000
Skills & more
ISO 2700175Operational Risk Management44Program Management46Information Security99CISM23Financial Risk27Business Analysis12Networking12Application Security9Information Security Management99Business Continuity50CISSP31
+9 more
PCI DSSVulnerability AssessmentDisaster RecoveryIncident ManagementGovernanceSecurityEnterprise Risk ManagementNetwork SecuritySolution Architecture- Introduction to Model Context Protocol β Anthropic
- Certificate of completion: Introduction to Claude Cowork β Anthropic
- Certificate of completion: Introduction to Claude Cowork β Anthropic
- Certificate of completion: Introduction to agent skills β Anthropic
- Claude Code in Action β Anthropic
- Building with the Claude API β Anthropic
- Artificial Intelligence for Business β Wharton Online
From David's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Southern Queensland4
Also attended QUT (Queensland University of Technology)44
Esther GilmoreGlobal Head of the Client Team at Generation Investment ManagementSam EdenInvestor at Square Peg CapitalFredrik BergenlidPartner at Fly VenturesReuben BramaInvestor at IDEO CoLab VenturesWendy LamAdvisor at ChrysalixKaitlyn TregenzaAdvisor at Emmeline Ventures
+ 38 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Devo4
Also worked at Deakin University6
Sam KroonenburgVenture Partner at AirTree VenturesAndrew LaiManaging Director - Boab AI at ArtesianFelix HongVP Engineering at Botrista Technology, Former Engineering Site Lead at Google Nest at Taiwan Global AngelsSoraya BornazTechnology Specialist at Underground VenturesMichelle XuSenior Partnerships and Ecosystem Manager at Swinburne Innovation StudioKayne HarwoodExecutive Director, Climate Finance at Save the Children Global Ventures
Also worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co.254
Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalEricAdvisor at Clear VenturesDavid GoldenManaging Partner, Revolution VenturesTodd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionNick ZurickTalent Lead at Pantera Capital
+ 248 more
Colleagues at SixThirty Ventures
Andrew Wegrzyn
Principal at SixThirty Ventures
Atul Kamra
Managing Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Chandresh Iyer
General Partner at SixThirty Ventures
David Hopkins
Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Doug Wilber
Operating Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Dustin Wilcox
Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Evan Thorpe
Principal, Asia Pacific at SixThirty Ventures
Joel Brightfield
Principal at SixThirty Ventures
Network8
Dalton CaldwellScout
Co-founder of Standard Capital; Partner Emeritus at Y Combinator
Mark AndersonScout
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Mickey BoodaeiScout
Partner at Picture Capital
Andrew Wegrzyn
Principal at SixThirty Ventures
Atul Kamra
Managing Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Brian Sack
Partner at TLV Partners
Chandresh Iyer
General Partner at SixThirty Ventures
Dustin Wilcox
Venture Partner at SixThirty Ventures
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