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About Venn

Venn secures remote work on any unmanaged or BYOD computer with a radically simplified and less costly solution than VDI.

Our Mission

To help organizations safely empower their people to work better, and live better.

Our Story

Pre - 2019

  • Life before Venn: the founders first created OS33.
  • Workplace by OS33 - leading secure workspace solution for the wealth management industry.
  • OS33 has 700 customers.
  • Technology meets FINRA, SEC, NAIC and SOC 2 standards.

2019

  • Venn founded to help compliance-driven companies secure distributed workforces.
  • $29M Series A with Newspring Capital.
  • Invested in FINRA and SEC-driven financial services market for securing remote work.  
  • Venn continues to support its longtime OS33 customers. 

2020

  • Covid disruption; Work from Home revolution.
  • Venn secure enclave with Blue Border™ conceived to secure remote work on BYOD computers at scale without VDI.

2021-2022

  • R&D investment ramp-up to further develop the Secure Enclave Mac and PC.
  • Venn expands to support horizontal markets across security and compliance-driven industries.
  • Venn expands leadership team.
  • May 2022: First production users working inside the Blue Border.

2023

  • Venn recognized for product innovation.
  • Venn receives first patent.

Today

The journey at Venn is just getting started.
Come join us!

Award Winning Solution

Innovation of the Year - Cybersecurity

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Security

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Innovation of the Year - Cybersecurity

Hot Company: Remote Work Security

Hot Company: Remote Work Security

Publishers Choice: Zero Trust BYOD

Publishers Choice: Zero Trust BYOD

Rising Star

Rising Star

Secure Remote Access

Secure Remote Access

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Zero Trust Security

Secure Remote Access

SASE

Compliance with Industry standards

Our Work+Life Purpose

To help people thrive – to be at their best, every day.

We are technologists committed to a more human concept of how better lives get lived and better work gets done. We support every individual’s pursuit for a renewed sense of passion, potential, control and contentment.

 

We empower people with the tools they need and the trust they deserve to work at their own pace, in their own space. It’s about working hard and playing hard, not to simply survive the daily grind. It’s about thriving in body and mind and reaching one’s
full potential.

Every day.

Leadership Team

David Matalon

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

David Matalon is the CEO and Co-founder of Venn, maker of LocalZone, the secure workspace for remote work that isolates and protects work from anything personal on the same computer. David is a successful serial entrepreneur, who started his first business when he was 13 years-old, teaching family and neighbors how to use Microsoft Word and Intuit. After college, he and a friend started Offyx, one of the original Application Service Providers. Later, he founded OS33, developers of a unique secure unified workspace that became very successful with leading financial services firms. With Venn, David leads a team committed to solving the unique computing challenges faced by companies and employees in today’s increasingly remote-first world. David has built a unique culture that emphasizes how people can thrive with a healthy work+life. A native New Yorker, David earned his undergraduate degree from NYU’s Stern School of Business and has a Master’s Degree from Columbia University. He and his wife are raising their four children in their home town of Great Neck, New York.

Alex Osipov

Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder

Alex Osipov is Chief Technology Officer and has led software development, technical operations and cybersecurity efforts at Venn for more than a decade. He is intimately involved in product and platform delivery. Alex graduated from Stony Brook University, lives in NYC with his wife and two children, and spends his free time pondering the future of cybersecurity and reading biographies.

Heather Howland

SVP, Marketing

Heather Howland is SVP of Marketing at Venn. She is responsible for championing the Venn brand, building awareness, and accelerating growth. She has 20+ years of marketing experience and is passionate about bringing new technologies to market. She has held various marketing leadership roles at Cyral, Preempt (acquired by Crowdstrike), Lacoon Mobile Security (acquired by Check Point), and Q1 Labs (acquired by IBM). Heather was named a 2022 Stevie Award Winner for “Marketing Executive of the Year” in the American Business Awards. She lives in Sausalito, CA with her family.

Dvir Shapira

Chief Product Officer

Dvir is an experienced product management leader with a track record of scaling products from inception to market success. Dvir has seen accelerated growth in previous roles and at Incapsula and Imperva he has built the world’s first Cloud WAF and managed to quickly grow the business from zero to hundreds of millions in under ten years. Dvir earned his undergraduate degrees in physics and electrical engineering and also his MBA at Tel Aviv University. He is the first Vennetian hired in CA, where he lives with his wife and three children.

Jacob Kazakevich

Head of Service Delivery & Co Founder

Jacob Kazakevich is a Co-Founder, serves as the Head of Product and is myopically focused on development and delivery of cybersecurity products to protect digital assets across the financial services industry. Jacob graduated from the NYU’s Stern School of Business. He immigrated to the US in the early 90s and now lives with his wife and three daughters in Manalapan, NJ.

Peter Lane

VP, Finance

Peter is the VP of Finance at Venn where he brings a successful track record as a financial operator in private equity backed tech companies over the past decade. Prior to becoming a Vennetian, he served as the head of Go-To-Market Finance at Kaseya, overseeing a period of expansion. Before that, he spent time at Flashtalking and Point72. Peter earned his undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and is a CFA Charterholder. He lives in Brooklyn and is an avid outdoor enthusiast.

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