Alen Capalik
Technology
Santa Monica,CA
Summary
Dedicated professional and IT industry veteran with over 25 years of experience skilled at information security, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Excel at building large engineering and sales teams along with abilities to design, develop, and architect software products for the enterprise. After holding a variety of roles, aiming to use my analytical skills and technical knowledge to help companies grow new opportunities and sustain extraordinary business growth.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Founder and CEO
FASTDATA.io, Inc.
Santa Monica, CA
01.2016 - Current
- Designed, architected and developed first prototype GPU-based streaming data processing engine called PlasmaENGINE.
- PlasmaENGINE is designed to process data up to 100x faster than leading software in the market today.
- Negotiated terms of business acquisitions to increase business base and solidify market presence.
- Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-driven company culture to lead industry innovations.
- Identified business development challenges and customer concerns for proactive resolution.
- Established organizational mission statement through extensive collaboration and review.
- Secured $1.5mil initial funding from NVIDIA, and later brought on other VC investors totaling $6.5mil.
Founder, CTO and Board Member
CounterTack (now GoSecure)
Santa Monica, CA
02.2004 - 10.2017
- CounterTack (now GoSecure), the industry’s first and only in-progress attack intelligence and response solution was born out of the critical need for enterprise and government organizations to approach security in a completely different way – combating advanced persistent threats with a new line of defense.
- I am the original Founder, Board Member, CEO and CTO. I started the company, designed, architected and developed a world class product called CounterTack Sentinel.
- Grew the team from just myself to over 100 employees.
- My responsibilities as a Founder went from engineering and product design to growing business through sales and marketing initiatives, and raising capital with professional investor communications.
- I personally raised over $50mil for the company during my tenure.
- I was a board member for over 13 years, and had a key hand in building and recruiting other board members.
Skills
Entrepreneurship
Corporate Leadership
Sales
Information Security
Cloud Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Analysis
Executive Leadership
Software Architecture
Product Design
Product Development
Software Development
GPGPU
C
C
Python
Go
Rust
SQL
Timeline
Founder and CEO
FASTDATA.io, Inc.
01.2016 - Current
Founder, CTO and Board Member
CounterTack (now GoSecure)
02.2004 - 10.2017