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Shaun MaguireunlockedLeon: together at Qadium (2016–2018)
Leon: together at Qadium
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Leon: together at Rockwell International
About
Leon Rishniw is Chief Technology Officer at 1Fort AI. He has over 20 years of experience in executive-level engineering management, delivering software services across various industries, and has built and managed geographically distributed engineering teams of up to 85 people. Much of his career has been spent at security-related startups, with a focus on networking and email security.
CTO at 1Fort
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1Fort's investors · 9
8-Bit CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2025Bonfire VenturesLos Angeles · $2M – $4M checks · since 2025CharacterMilwaukee · $2M checks · since 2025Character VCMilwaukee · since 2025Company VenturesNew York · $100K – $1M checks · since 2025Connetic VenturesCovington · $250K – $500K checks · since 2025Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025Operator PartnersNew York · since 2025Village GlobalCovina · $100K – $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at 1Fort
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Anthony MarshiCEO
Experience
- 1Fort AIChief Technology Officercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Attimis CorporationAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- RSTORVP of Engineering2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Coalition, Inc.Head of Engineering2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- QadiumVP Engineering2016 — 2018San Francisco
- Cloudmark, Inc (acquired by ProofPoint in 2017)SVP Engineering2003 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Liquid AudioVP Engineering1996 — 2002San Francisco Bay Area
- Studer EditechFirmware Engineer1995 — 1996Redwood City, CA
- Signal Stream TechnologiesSoftware Engineer1994 — 1995San Francisco Bay Area
- Rockwell InternationalSoftware Engineer1989 — 1994Victoria, Australia
Skills & more
SaaS6Linux4C9Enterprise Software1Software Development6Cloud Computing15Software Engineering8Product Management5Scalability5System Architecture4Start-upsDistributed Systems
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Leon Rishniw?
- Leon Rishniw is Chief Technology Officer at 1Fort AI. He has over 20 years of experience in executive-level engineering management, delivering software services across various industries, and has built and managed geographically distributed engineering teams of up to 85 people. Much of his career has been spent at security-related startups, with a focus on networking and email security.
- Where does Leon Rishniw work?
- Leon Rishniw is CTO at 1Fort.
- Where did Leon Rishniw go to school?
- Leon Rishniw studied at RMIT University (Bachelor, Digital Systems and Computers).
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Shared employers
Also worked at 1Fort AI2
Also worked at Coalition, Inc.7
Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesShardul ShahInvestor at Index VenturesDaniel LeePrincipal of Concept Development at JUXTAPOSE VENTURESLateef JacksonLimited Partner at Elevate CapitalYan ZhaoHead of Investment Committee & President of Stone Ridge Holdings Group at Stone Ridge Asset ManagementRozi BhimaniGeneral Counsel at Aeris Communications
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Also worked at Qadium8
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalGavi GallowayEngineering / Investments at Standard CryptoMax StevensSales Advisor at Modern TechnicalKevin KriebelSales & BD Advisor at Modern TechnicalCody DurrFounder at Codes HealthCraig BurkhardtDeputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Deputy Director at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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