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Leigh Honeywell

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Founder/CEO at Tall Poppy

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

FoundedTall Poppy · YC

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10,300 people in our graph share verified history with Leigh — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

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×4Leigh: together at Bell Canada

About

Leigh Honeywell is the founder and CEO of Tall Poppy, a platform addressing online harassment protection. She previously held a Technology Fellowship at the ACLU and worked in engineering roles at companies including Slack and Microsoft.

Founder/CEO at Tall PoppyYC S18

Intro paths

YC

Leigh went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Tall Poppy's investors · 3

Backbone AngelsTorontoInner Loop CapitalBaltimoreY CombinatorSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Tall Poppy

LDLogan Dean
Logan DeanFounder/CTO

Experience

  1. 1PasswordLead Security Strategist, Business + Executivecurrent2024 — presentOttawa, Ontario, Canada
  2. iVerifyFounding Advisorcurrent2023 — present
  3. Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Tall PoppyCEO2018 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  5. ACLUTechnology Fellow2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  6. SlackSecurity Response Manager2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  7. SlackSenior Staff Security Engineer2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Heroku (a Salesforce.com Company)Senior Platform Security Engineer2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  9. MicrosoftSecurity Program Manager 22011 — 2014Greater Seattle Area
  10. IndependentConsultant2006 — 2011Toronto, Canada Area
  11. SymantecMalware Operations Engineer2008 — 2010
  12. Bell CanadaTechnology Applications Specialist2005

Skills & more

Executive LeadershipRisk ManagementSecurity99Information Security99VoIP29Firewalls32CISSP14Security Development Lifecycle12System Administration19Identity Management10Cloud Computing27Telecommunications8
+12 morePenetration TestingNetwork SecurityEnterprise ArchitectureDisaster RecoveryNetwork ArchitectureInformation Security ManagementDevOpsApplication Security ArchitectureUbuntuLinuxOpen SourceEnterprise Software

Languages English · French · Spanish

  • Psychological First Aid — Coursera Course Certificates

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Leigh Honeywell?
Leigh Honeywell is the founder and CEO of Tall Poppy, a platform addressing online harassment protection. She previously held a Technology Fellowship at the ACLU and worked in engineering roles at companies including Slack and Microsoft.
Where does Leigh Honeywell work?
Leigh Honeywell is Founder/CEO of Tall Poppy.
What companies did Leigh Honeywell found?
Leigh Honeywell founded Tall Poppy.
Where did Leigh Honeywell go to school?
Leigh Honeywell studied at Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst, Toronto Metropolitan University (Emerging Leaders Cyber Initiative); University of Toronto - Innis College (BSc., Computer Science (Major)).

Founder mafias

University of Toronto - Innis College mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Elias StahlBachelor of Arts (B.A.) with HonorsFounded HILOSEric MorgenHBScFounded BioAge Labs

iVerify mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Advait SaravadeAndroid DeveloperFounded Deep Meditate

Same school

Also attended University of Toronto - Innis College2

Elias StahlFounder at HILOSEric MorgenDirector at BioAge Labs

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