Product Manager - Security and DevOps

James W. Stibbards

**********@*****.*** 571-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-stibbards-a415b

Cybersecurity & Technology Leader

Proven leader in cybersecurity, product management, and technical team management. 20+ years of experience in leading the development and delivery of innovative security solutions, enabling revenue and customer success, driving security compliance, and leading cross-functional teams. Successful in 0-to-1 and broad industry product initiatives. Strong technical background including OS security kernel development, fault-tolerant systems, applied cryptography, mission-critical computing in SaaS, air-gapped, on-premise and OT/Industrial/mobile environments.

Professional Experience

ImmersiVantage 06/2024 to present

Founder & Principal Consultant – Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Emerging Tech

Providing strategic advisory services at the intersection of security, AI/ML, compliance automation, and blockchain.

Supporting venture capital and private equity firms with cybersecurity investment decisions, enabling $50M+ in strategic investments across multiple business sectors.

Ongoing participation in security compliance and Software Supply Chain communities.

Elastic 06/2023 to 06/2024 *layoff

Principal Product Manager – Worldwide Public Sector Security and Compliance

Developed strategy for advancing public sector security initiatives, strengthening Elastic’s position in the government/Public Security market.

Served as the primary liaison between Product, Sales, and Marketing teams to align security technology strategies with Public Sector compliance requirements.

Integrated analyses of future revenue, technology, and regulatory impacts to provide a 50% further future view into strategic worldwide public sector product strategy and investments.

F5 06/2022 to 05/2023 *layoff

Director, Product Management – Security & Compliance

Led company-wide security and compliance initiatives for FedRAMP, SOC, PCI, GDPR, and HIPAA, decreasing end-to-end compliance project time by 30%.

Built and managed a security compliance team, accelerating FedRAMP authorization efforts across multiple products and company divisions.

Provided executive-level security briefings, enabling C-suite decisions on security investments.

JFrog 07/2021 to 06/2022 *reorg

Senior Product Manager – Compliance & Public Sector

Defined and executed go-to-market strategies for security compliance solutions tailored to worldwide highly-regulated markets, resulting in a 18% increase in revenue year-over-year.

Led cross-functional teams to align DevSecOps security features with public sector compliance requirements, including FedRAMP and USAF IronBank/Platform One.

New Relic 09/2019 to 07/2021

Senior Product Manager – Security & Compliance

Drove compliance initiatives for FedRAMP, HIPAA, and ISO, ensuring alignment with vertical market and enterprise security standards, reducing time-to-market by 20%.

Advised corporate security teams on risk management and M&A due diligence for security technology acquisitions.

Served as a trusted advisor to the Department of Homeland Security and other Federal teams.

Grier Forensics 02/2019 to 09/2019 *contract

Senior Product Manager – Cybersecurity

Transitioned IT/OT cybersecurity SBIR R&D projects into commercially viable products, expanding the company’s market reach, and enabled $2.5M of further research funding.

Led product lifecycle processes including UX/UI, feature planning, and operational security for emerging security software solutions.

Fugue 2014 to 2017

Senior Director – Product and Customer Solutions

An NEA-funded startup; I was the first non-Engineering hire. I bootstrapped and managed the 0-to-1 success of Product Management, Customer Solutions, Support, and Sales. Company had success with the top-most tier of cloud security customers, but failed to gain traction in a larger down-market segment. Pivoted to focus on CSPM and then was acquired by Snyk.

Previous Experience:

Synopsys – Technical Strategist, Application Security

ConsenSys – Practice Partner, Blockchain Security

Cloakware – Senior Director, Worldwide Sales Engineering

Primus – Senior Director, Sales Engineering

Tandem Computers – Principal Security Consultant Worldwide and Product Manager

Certifications and Affiliations

Vendor Security Analyst – National Security Agency

CISSP Instructor & CISSP Exam Question Writer

Former Member – NIST Computer Security Advisory Board

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