Geoff is Executive Chairman of Open Systems and Chief Executive Officer of its MDR division, Ontinue. Since joining Open Systems as CEO in 2021, Geoff’s primary responsibility has been to ensure that Open Systems Managed SASE connects and protects our customers’ users, apps, and data—everywhere. As CEO of Ontinue, Geoff ensures that its MXDR product, Ontinue ION, provides Microsoft Security customers the ability to accelerate MTTR, proactively reduce risk, and reduce costs.

With more than 25 years of experience growing companies in the security and enterprise software markets, Geoff joined Ontinue after serving as Vice President of Sales and Customer Operations for VMware Carbon Black. Geoff also held executive leadership roles at several IT and cybersecurity leaders, including Secureworks, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer, and Absolute Software, where as CEO he spearheaded its transformation into one of the world’s top providers of enterprise endpoint and information security solutions. He also brings considerable international experience to Ontinue.

Geoff earned his bachelor’s degree in Honors Business Administration (HBA) at the University of Western Ontario’s Richard Ivey School of Business.

Andreas has more than 20 years of financial experience in the software industry and currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of both Open Systems and its MDR division, Ontinue. Prior to joining Open Systems, Andreas worked as a CFO at Automic, a market leader in corporate software for business automation. He was also a McKinsey consultant on various projects in the areas of telecommunication and manufacturing. Andreas has an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and an MSc from the Technical University Vienna.

As Chief Strategy Officer of both Open Systems and its MDR division, Ontinue, Moritz is responsible for corporate and technology strategy and serves on the executive team driving the global growth of both companies. Previously, Moritz served as the Chief Product Officer at Open Systems and was responsible for defining, positioning, and launching the platform strategy. Moritz studied at the Dualen Technical College Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) in Germany and holds a degree in Business Informatics. He has also earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with Honors from The Open University in Milton Keynes, U.K.

As Chief Product Officer for Ontinue, the MDR division of Open Systems, Tom drives the vision and development of Ontinue solutions. He oversees product management, product marketing, engineering, our security operations center (SOC), and our advisory and Technical Account Managers. Previously, Tom was Chief Product Officer at Open Systems.  

With over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, Tom has also led security product teams at market-leading companies, including VMware and RSA. He joined Open Systems in August 2021 after serving as Senior Vice President in VMware’s Security Business Unit. 

As Senior Vice President of Security Products at VMware, Tom pioneered the company’s Cloud Workload Protection technology, leading the product team that developed AppDefense—now the core technology behind Carbon Black Workload. He was a leading architect of VMware’s overall security vision and strategy. And he served on the leadership team that acquired and later ran Carbon Black, a leader in the endpoint security market. 

Prior to VMware, Tom held executive leadership roles at RSA Security, where he served as GM of the Data Security Business Unit. As RSA’s Chief Strategy and Technology Officer, he oversaw corporate strategy, M&A, alliances, advanced development and the CTO office.  

Tom holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo. 

As Chief Revenue Officer of Ontinue, the MDR division of Open Systems, Chris is responsible for organizing the global salesforce for greater success and increasing the company’s share of the growing market for MXDR services. Previously, Chris was Chief Revenue Officer for Open Systems, with responsibilities for growing sales in both the SASE and MDR divisions.

An accomplished sales executive, Chris has extensive experience in high-volume sales of cybersecurity services to mid-market organizations. Prior to joining Open Systems, Chris served as the Regional Vice President of North American Sales at Secureworks, where he consistently achieved double-digit sales growth year over year. He also held a variety of increasingly senior sales roles at Cbeyond, where he ultimately rose to the rank of Vice President and General Manager of Sales. Chris earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Western Kentucky University.

As the Chief Marketing Officer of both Open Systems and its MDR division, Ontinue, May leads global marketing strategy, branding, messaging, communications, demand generation, and partner marketing development efforts. By amplifying our storytelling through demand generation programs, May focuses on scaling new business growth and increasing customer retention by aligning and executing with sales and partners to deliver value for next-generation MXDR services.

May brings over 25 years of go-to-market strategy, marketing, and partner expertise in cybersecurity, cloud, and SaaS models, including 15 years of executive and leadership positions at iboss, Cylance, Symantec, IronKey, Forcepoint, and McAfee.

May has been recognized as one of CRN’s Power 100 Women of the Channel for 10 consecutive years, included in CyberScoop’s list of the Top 50 Women in Cybersecurity, and has received the Top 50 Marketer Award by OnCon. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University and completed Engineering Management courses at Santa Clara University.

Alaska serves as Chief People Officer of both Open Systems and its MDR division, Ontinue. Her top responsibilities include establishing a world-class talent management program to hire, grow, and retain employees; maintaining our unique and vibrant company culture; strengthening the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ethos; and fostering a positive and supportive workplace environment where employees can do their best work.

Alaska is a multi-lingual highly experienced senior executive with more than 15 years of experience in C-suite roles. Prior to joining Open Systems, Alaska was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for a global data analytics company.

As the Chief Innovation Officer, Drew Perry drives innovation at Ontinue, ensuring that the ION platform is the leading SecOps automation and collaboration solution in existence. With a background that encompasses founding the game-changing MXDR provider Tiberium and 20 years of experience in both hands-on hacking and business development, Drew brings a unique combination of real-world expertise and forward-thinking ideas to the table.

Under his leadership, Tiberium experienced rapid growth and became a market leader in the delivery of automation-based cyber security services, including creating the world’s first Microsoft Teams integrated Security Operations workflow and being the first UK MSSP to launch a Microsoft Sentinel-based managed service.

Drew’s past technical experience includes battling nation-state threat actors, conducting sophisticated red team cyber operations, and collaborating with governments and cyber defenders worldwide. With a passion for AI and a focus on the future, Drew is committed to empowering individuals to turn their ideas into reality, to benefit Ontinue’s customers.