Brandon Dixon
Seasoned cybersecurity entrepreneur and product leader. Formerly: Security AI Strategist at Microsoft; Co-Founder of PassiveTotal; VP of Product, RiskIQ.
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Our Investors
TENEX's $250M Series B is led by Crosspoint Capital Partners — the cybersecurity-focused investment firm led by Greg Clark, former CEO of Symantec. Also backed by Shield Capital, DTCP (formerly Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Deepwork Capital, and the Florida Opportunity Fund. Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
Meet The Team
TENEX Leadership
Our leadership combines three decades of cybersecurity expertise, hyperscaler engineering pedigree and proven operational experience to build the AI SOC company defending enterprises at scale.
Founder and CEO
Eric Foster
Eric previously co-founded Cyderes alongside legendary cybersecurity entrepreneur Gary Fish under Fishtech Group, where he served as President. With a cybersecurity career spanning three decades, Eric has been a three-time CISO, an early employee at RiskIQ, and the President of Stairwell.
President
Bashar Abousiedo
Most recently SVP and CISO at Charles Schwab, where he led enterprise cybersecurity strategy across trillions in assets under management and guided security through the TD Ameritrade integration. Previously held security leadership roles at Thomson Reuters and Rockwell Automation.
Co-Founder & CRO
Edwin Solis
Most recently led Google Cloud's Security Sales for the Central Region and Latin America. Part of the pioneering go-to-market team for Google's Chronicle, emerging from Google X (Moonshot Factory). Previously held sales leadership at ProtectWise, Citrix, Dell SonicWALL, Entrust, Websense, and CDW.
CISO & Head of Security Operation
Jan Grzymala-Busse
Over two decades in cybersecurity, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Previously led threat hunting at BMO Financial Group, spearheaded security engineering at Cboe Global Markets, and held key cybersecurity and intelligence roles for the Federal Government.
Chief of Staff
Paul Edmonds
Paul Edmonds is the Chief of Staff at TENEX.AI, bringing a strong track record of executive leadership in customer success and revenue operations, with prior CCO and VP-level roles at Cyderes and Onspring. Known for building customer-centric cultures and high-performing teams, he specializes in driving customer outcomes, organizational talent development, and revenue growth across the technology sector.
Sr. vice President of International
Piers Morgan
With 20+ years in EMEA and Asia Pacific cybersecurity, Piers has a proven track record of building and scaling international GTM strategies and partner relationships. He deeply understands the buyers, regulators, and ecosystem. Piers previously led successful GTM teams at Pulse Secure, eSentire, and Coro.
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Vice President of Marketing
Jackie Kelly
Marketing and Sales leader, 20+ years of experience with 10+ years specializing in cybersecurity. At Microsoft she led global GTM strategies for cybersecurity solutions. Coca-Cola Refreshments Sales Leadership and Marketing Director roles at RiskIQ, professional sports and agency firms. She excels at building brand narratives and translating complex tech into messaging that drives growth.
Vice President of Recruiting
Drew Fearson
Drew Fearson is the Vice President of Recruitment at TENEX.AI, bringing a wealth of executive leadership experience including serving as CEO and COO of NinjaJobs for over nine years and Chief Growth Officer at RightSeat, alongside his work as host of The Cyber Edge podcast. A seasoned operator with deep roots in the cybersecurity and talent space, Drew combines his growth, operations, and people expertise to help build world-class teams.
Vice President of Customer engineering
Anthony Guida
Cybersecurity leader and 25-year industry veteran, including 7 years as a founding Customer Engineer for Google Chronicle (now SecOps). Anthony specializes in scaling platform implementation and driving customer success through both deep technical expertise and strategic leadership.
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VICE PRESIDENT OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS
Ryan Swiggler
Ryan is a seasoned software executive with a track record of building high-performing Customer Success teams that have overseen nearly $2B in ARR while consistently delivering 110%+ net retention for some of the world's largest and most complex organizations. A hands-on leader and team builder, he has scaled CS and product teams to 250 people, launched innovative programs that drove measurable ROI, and developed a reputation for turning customer relationships into long-term growth engines.
Meet The Advisors
Guided by Trusted Advisors
At TENEX, our strength lies in the diverse expertise and dedication of our team. We take pride in working alongside a distinguished group of professionals, investors, and advisors—our ’10x’ers’—who drive innovation and excellence in AI-driven cybersecurity. Meet some of the exceptional individuals contributing to our mission:
David Isacoff
Over 40 years in offensive and defensive cyber operations, counterintelligence, counterterrorism, and cyber policy expertise having retired as the highest level Senior Executive from the NSA.
Haroon Meer
Founder of Thinkst, the company behind Thinkst Canary, a “10x technology” offering deceptively simple yet powerful tripwires that deliver exceptional ROI for customers.
Kevin Tian
Co-founder and CEO for Doppel, the AI-native social engineering defense platform. Formerly Senior Engineer for Uber and Staff Engineer / Engineering Manager for Lyft.
Eric McAlpine
Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner of Momentum Cyber, the premier trusted advisor to the global cybersecurity industry and the only investment bank exclusively focused on cybersecurity.
Iman Ghanizada
Former Global Head of Autonomic Security Operations at Google and primary author of the influential 2021 whitepaper outlining the vision for the “10X Transformation of the Security Operations Center.”
Jason Zann
Head of Threat Intelligence Strategy, Microsoft Federal. Former VP, Platform at RiskIQ (acq: Microsoft), former Head of Field Delivery at iSIGHT Partners (acq: FireEye).
Chad Kreimendahl
Founder and CEO of Onspring, a no-code platform consistently ranked as #1 GRC Solution by SoftwareReviews since 2019.
Steve Carter
CEO & Co-founder of Nucleus Security, the leader in unified vulnerability management enabling prioritization and mitigation of vulnerabilities faster, at scale.