Justin Somaini
InvestorPartner at YL Ventures · CEO at Sembrador Capital · EIR network (no status label shown) at Storm Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
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About
Justin Somaini serves as a Venture Advisor at YL Ventures. His background includes work as a cybersecurity executive and as an investor.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- YL VenturesVenture Advisorcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- YL VenturesPartner2024 — 2026Mill Valley, California, United States
- Orca SecurityAdvisorcurrent2019 — present
- Unity TechnologiesChief Security Officer2019 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- MalwarebytesMember Board of Directors2016 — 2023
- Storm VenturesEntrepreneur In Residence2019Menlo Park, California
- SAPChief Security Officer (CSO)2015 — 2019Palo Alto, CA
- BoxChief Trust Officer2013 — 2015
- Yahoo!Chief Information Security Officer2011 — 2013Sunnyvale, CA
- SymantecChief Information Security Officer2008 — 2011Mountain View, CA
- VerisignDirector, Information Security2003 — 2008
- Charles Schwab, Inc.Managing Director2000 — 2003
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPManager1996 — 2000
Skills & more
Venture Capital6Information Security99Security99Computer Security99Penetration Testing99Information Security Management99Security Audits99Risk Management99IT Audit99CISSP82PCI DSS82Intrusion Detection63
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Security PolicySecurity Architecture DesignTechnical LeadershipBusiness DevelopmentStrategyGRCSoftware DevelopmentEnterprise SoftwareVulnerability AssessmentApplication SecurityNetwork SecurityPublic SpeakingFrom Justin's professional profile.
Colleagues at YL Ventures
Adi Greenwald
Associate at YL Ventures
Adi Shamai
Office Manager at YL Ventures
Amichai Shulman
Venture Partner at YL Ventures
Andrew Offer
CEO at Scientific Health Development
Avi Shua
Chief Innovation Officer & Co-founder at Orca Security
Dan Amiga
Investor at Cyberstarts
Dave Reed
CFO at YL Ventures
Gal Spiner Abramovich
Marketing Partnerships Manager at YL Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Justin Somaini?
- Justin Somaini serves as a Venture Advisor at YL Ventures. His background includes work as a cybersecurity executive and as an investor.
- Where does Justin Somaini work?
- Justin Somaini is Partner at YL Ventures and CEO at Sembrador Capital and EIR network (no status label shown) at Storm Ventures.
- Where did Justin Somaini go to school?
- Justin Somaini studied at Drexel University (BS, Management Information Systems); Vilseck High School Germany.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Unity Technologies59
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Also worked at Yahoo!558
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
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