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John Morello

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CTO & Co-Founder at Minimus

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

FoundedMinimus

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John: together at Twistlock
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About

John Morello is the CTO and Co-Founder of Minimus, a company that provides minimalistic software images to reduce vulnerabilities in cloud applications. He previously served as CTO of Twistlock, which was acquired by Palo Alto Networks, where he then worked as VP of Product for Prisma Cloud, and earlier held roles as CISO of an S&P 500 chemical company and spent 14 years at Microsoft working on security technologies in Windows and Azure. Morello authored NIST SP 800-190, the Container Security Guide, holds several cybersecurity patents, and graduated from LSU.

CTO & Co-Founder at Minimus

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Minimus's investors · 4

Mayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checksOregon Venture FundPortland · $500K – $5M checksRain CapitalBellevueYL VenturesNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Minimus

BBBen Bernstein
Ben BernsteinCEO & Co-Founder
DSDima Stopel
Dima StopelVP R&D & Co-Founder

Experience

  1. MinimusCTO and Co-Foundercurrent2022 — presentBaton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
  2. Coastal Conservation AssociationCCA Louisiana Board of Directors, CCA National Board of Directorscurrent2020 — present
  3. Coalition to Restore Coastal LouisianaBoard of Directors, Board Chairman, Coastal Advisory Councilcurrent2010 — present
  4. CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]Governing Board2019 — 2022
  5. Palo Alto NetworksVice President, Product2019 — 2022Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area
  6. TwistlockChief Technology Officer2015 — 2019Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area
  7. Albemarle CorporationCISO2014 — 2015Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area
  8. MicrosoftEngineer, Consultant, Senior Consultant, Principal Program Manager, Managing Architect2000 — 2014Dallas, Charlotte, Baton Rouge

Skills & more

Security40Cloud Computing49Virtualization38Enterprise Architecture23Solution Architecture18Data Center16IT Strategy13Software Development7Architecture6Storage4Product Development1Microsoft Technologies30
+12 moreActive DirectoryWindows ServerEnterprise SoftwareWindows AzureOffice 365Hyper-VMicrosoft ProductsWindows 7Private CloudServer ArchitectureContainerizationMicrosoft Azure
  • Rescue Diver — NAUI Worldwide
  • Master Scuba Diver — NAUI Worldwide
  • CISM — ISACA
  • ISSAP — ISC2
  • CISSP — ISC2

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Who is John Morello?
John Morello is the CTO and Co-Founder of Minimus, a company that provides minimalistic software images to reduce vulnerabilities in cloud applications. He previously served as CTO of Twistlock, which was acquired by Palo Alto Networks, where he then worked as VP of Product for Prisma Cloud, and earlier held roles as CISO of an S&P 500 chemical company and spent 14 years at Microsoft working on security technologies in Windows and Azure. Morello authored NIST SP 800-190, the Container Security Guide, holds several cybersecurity patents, and graduated from LSU.
Where does John Morello work?
John Morello is CTO & Co-Founder of Minimus.
What companies did John Morello found?
John Morello founded Minimus.
Where did John Morello go to school?
John Morello studied at Louisiana State University (BS, Information Systems).

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