Foundstone's Head of Risk Management Development Joins Rapid7 as Vice President of Engineering
Rapid7 Taps Vulnerability Assessment Expert, Lures Top Industry Talent from Competitor
BOSTON – July 24, 2007 – Rapid7, provider of the award-winning NeXpose enterprise vulnerability management solution, today announced that Foundstone’s director of engineering, Christopher Moore, has joined the company as the new vice president of engineering. A leading talent in the vulnerability assessment (VA) industry, Mr. Moore will be instrumental in developing Rapid7’s engineering team and creating more innovative techniques and methodologies to further its strong technical lead in the VA market.
As director of engineering at McAfee/Foundstone since 2001, Moore grew the Foundstone risk management development team from startup to a successful sale to McAfee and designed and developed the Foundstone vulnerability assessment product. His career spans 22 years in product development, including 15 years managing highly productive and motivated product groups at several leading technology companies.
"As the traditional VC-backed companies find it tough getting traction in this market and thus alter their focus, Rapid7 will gain an advantage by luring their core vulnerability assessment talent and customers" said Alan Matthews, president of Rapid7 LLC. "Chris is a gifted software architect with proven knowledge and expertise in evolving vulnerability assessment solutions, as well as broad experience building and leading strong, dynamic engineering organizations that drive product enhancements and provide first-class customer support. His contributions will be extremely valuable as we continue to enhance NeXpose to cover more systems and vulnerabilities, and increase our quality assurance and product planning to meet new customer demands."
"I welcome this opportunity to work with an exciting, growth-oriented company such as Rapid7 and leverage my vulnerability assessment industry experience and software engineering skills," said Mr. Moore. "I am excited about the direction Rapid7 is taking and having this chance to duplicate the success I've had in other organizations. I look forward to working with Rapid7's talented engineers and contributing significantly to developing customer-focused solutions and market-leading software products."
Mr. Moore graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a Bachelor of Science in computer science, and he received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
About Rapid7
Rapid7 is the leading provider of Unified Vulnerability Management (UVM) Solutions. Rapid7 NeXpose UVM provides network, database and web application vulnerability management for enterprise deployments and small to medium businesses. Rapid7 was founded in 2000 by a team of software industry veterans who were major contributors to product development and subsequent growth and success at Percussion Software, Bond Technologies and Stride & Associates. Since introduced, NeXpose has been sold to corporate enterprises, Global 2000 companies, and government entities, and serves the full range of vertical markets across the U.S. and abroad. In addition, Rapid7 provides compliance products and services for PCI, HIPAA and Sarbanes Oxley. Rapid7 is headquartered in Boston, MA, with offices in California and the United Kingdom. For more information on the company and its product, NeXpose, visit www.rapid7.com.