Our Mission
Our mission is to eliminate security risks so customers can capitalize on the speed, collaboration, and opportunities that multi-cloud environments provide.
Our Vision
Our goal is to offer a dynamic and intelligent cloud-native access control and security solution that evolves and scales alongside customers. Britive’s cutting-edge technology lets organizations accelerate cloud adoption, centralize visibility, monitor threats, and protect privileged access.
Our leadership team
Our leaders are experts and innovators in cloud security and access control. Our love for what we do drives us to build better, more secure solutions in the evolving realm of the cloud.
Art Poghosyan
Co-Founder & CEO
Art Poghosyan
Co-Founder & CEO
Art is an entrepreneur with 20+ years InfoSec experience. Prior to Britive he co-founded leading Identity and Access Management (IAM) consulting company Advancive, acquired by Optiv in 2016. There, he shared the confidence of enterprise execs as they wrangled with protecting growing cloud landscapes.
Alex Gudanis
Co-Founder & CTO
Alex Gudanis
Co-Founder & CTO
For more than 20 years prior to founding Britive, Alex led the technology vision, strategy and architecture for global enterprises including Fortune 500 companies. It is with a heavy heart that we share Alex Gudanis’s passing in August of 2021. Alex leaves behind a legacy of ingenuity, grit and positivity ingrained in the DNA of Britive.
Sameer Hiremath
Co-Founder, SVP of Product & GM, India
Sameer Hiremath
Co-Founder, SVP of Product & GM, India
Sameer is an Identity and Access Management (IAM) industry expert with 20+ years experience in the US and India. Known for his ability to grow and manage product organizations while delivering innovative solutions for enterprises. Prior to joining Britive he led Optiv’s India operations.
Armen Poghosyan
Head of Finance & Operations
Armen Poghosyan
Head of Finance & Operations
Prior to Britive, Armen served as a Managing Director at the award winning investment management firm Harvest Capital, focusing on the Technology sector. Before that, he served in investment banking and equity research roles at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse where he completed landmark acquisitions, IPOs, and other global financing deals.
Harry Wan
Head of Security
Harry Wan
Head of Security
As Head of Security for Britive, Harry leads security and compliance efforts at Britive. Harry has more than 20 years experience in leading security and engineering teams at Verizon Media Platform, Arbor Network and Symantec. Harry is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and holds a Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK).
Jay Klauser
Head of Global Sales Engineering and Tech Alliances
Jay Klauser
Head of Global Sales Engineering and Tech Alliances
Jay has over 20 years of enterprise cybersecurity experience. He has led global deployments for Fortune 500 companies as well as worked for leaders in the security industry. Jay is currently the Vice President of Solutions Engineering and Technical Alliances at Britive where his team helps Britive customers and security partners optimize and secure their cloud deployments.
John Morton
Field CTO
John Morton
Field CTO
John Morton is a seasoned cybersecurity defender, learn by doing enthusiast, and hacking tinkerer. Accomplishments include numerous vendor technical sales MVP awards, and US Navy submarine service veteran.
Bennet Woodward
VP of Sales
Bennet Woodward
VP of Sales
Bennet leads all global sales and pre-sales functions. Prior to joining Britive, he has served as key member and sales leader at start-up companies IronPort, MobileIron and ClearedIn. He holds a BA in International Business from Dominican University of California where he was a member of the basketball team. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife and two sons.
David Thomson
Head of Customer Success and Partner Engagement
David Thomson
Head of Customer Success and Partner Engagement
Brendon Macaraeg
Head of Product Marketing
Brendon Macaraeg
Head of Product Marketing
Brendon leads the product marketing function at Britive and has over a decade of experience marketing enterprise cybersecurity and SaaS offerings. Prior to Britive he led product marketing at both established companies and start-ups including Symantec, CrowdStrike and Signal Sciences (acquired by Fastly). He holds a BS in Mass Communications from Moorhead State University and a Masters in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.
Our investors
Backed by industry-leading venture capital firms, Britive is first to market to provide a cloud-native solution delivering unified access control across all your cloud & SaaS platforms.
