Michael Sutton
InvestorGeneral Partner & Co-Founder at Runtime Ventures Β· Founder at StoneMill Ventures Β· Principal at Blu Venture Investors
Arlington, Virginia, United States
About
Founder of StoneMill Ventures and former CISO at Zscaler, where he was a founding team member who spent a decade building its research team and security model. He previously helped build SPI Dynamics (acquired by HP) and iDEFENSE (acquired by VeriSign), and turned to full-time angel investing after Zscaler's 2018 IPO.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardware
Experience
- Runtime VenturesGeneral Partner & Co-Foundercurrent2023 β presentArlington, Virginia, United States
- GreyNoise IntelligenceBoard Membercurrent2019 β presentWashington D.C.
- TodylBoard Observercurrent2020 β present
- Blu VenturesPartner Emerituscurrent2018 β presentMclean, Virginia
- YL VenturesVenture Advisorcurrent2018 β present
- InQuest.netAdvisorcurrent2019 β presentWashington D.C. Metro Area
- Spera SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2022 β present
- Orca SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2019 β present
- Fleet Device ManagementSeed Investorcurrent2021 β present
- Gradient MSPBoard Member2021 β 2026
- StoneMill VenturesFounder & General Partner2018 β 2023Arlington, Virginia
- Attila SecurityBoard Member2018 β 2021Fulton, Maryland
- TrackOFFBoard Member2019
- ZscalerChief Information Security Officer (CISO)2015 β 2018
- ZscalerVP Security Research2008 β 2015
- Hewlett-PackardSecurity Evangelist2007 β 2008
- SPI DynamicsSecurity Evangelist2006 β 2007
- iDefense/VeriSignDirector2001 β 2006
- Ernst & YoungManager1998 β 2000
Education
- The George Washington UniversityMS IST, System Development2002 β 2004
- University of AlbertaBComm, Accounting1991 β 1996
Skills & more
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Information SecurityComputer SecuritySecurityPenetration TestingVulnerability AssessmentInformation Security ManagementVPNStart-upsCISSPVMwareCOBITIdentity ManagementFrom Michael's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended The George Washington University146
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Also attended University of Alberta43
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Shared employers
Also worked at GreyNoise Intelligence3
Also worked at Todyl1
Also worked at Hewlett-Packard212
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Deals Β· 32
AnnoSolo GP
AtomicorpSolo GP
CybrarySolo GP
DeepsigSolo GP
Feroot SecuritySolo GP
FleetSolo GP
GreynoiseSolo GP
GroupSenseSolo GP
HUNTRESS IT ServicesSolo GP
Lima CharlieSolo GP
Link LabsSolo GP
LucataSolo GP
Orca SecuritySolo GP
RackTop SystemsSolo GP
RumbleSolo GP
ScytheSolo GP
SecurecircleSolo GP
TidalSolo GP
TodylSolo GP
VisotrustSolo GP
VulcanSolo GP
AttilasecSolo GP
BinarlySolo GP
BuildSolo GP
FixifySolo GP
Grip SecuritySolo GP
HighsideSolo GP
OpusSolo GP
OxeyeSolo GP
SecuritytrailsSolo GP
TrueFortSolo GP
ValencesecuritySolo GP
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