Ron Gula

Ron Gula co-founded Tenable Network Security in 2002 and served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman until 2016. Prior to Tenable, Gula began his cybersecurity career at the NSA, conducting computer network attacks and diagnostics. He developed Dragon, one of the earliest commercial intrusion detection systems acquired by Enterasys Networks. Under Gula's 14 years of executive leadership, Tenable operated with world-class capital efficiency, commercialized Nessus, grew profitably to over $100M in revenue, and secured major venture rounds from Accel and Insight Partners. Today, he leads Gula Tech Adventures, investing in public cyber safety and national defense initiatives.