--- title: About Us date: 2025-03-27T16:36:25Z modified: 2026-05-29T13:14:58Z permalink: "https://www.venn.com/about-us/" type: page status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 2774 parent: "" ancestors: [] children: [] --- ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/about-hero-image.jpg) Our Mission # Securing the distributed workforce in the age of AI Today’s workforce is distributed. AI is everywhere. Venn gives organizations the foundation to embrace both – secure any worker, any device, any AI workflow – without losing control of company data. The Venn Difference Venn was built for this moment – but we’ve been preparing for years. Founded in 2019, Venn set out to make remote work streamlined and secure – without the cost or friction of company-managed laptops and VDI. The problem was always real. Now the solution is proven. Blue Border™ is the modern way to secure remote work. 40% Reduction in overall remote work infrastructure costs $650 Savings per user vs. issuing laptops 80% Reduction in onboarding time ## Leadership Team ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/david-matalon-849x1024.jpg) David Matalon CEO & Founder [ David Matalon on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-matalon-19815224/) Read Bio Close Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/david-matalon-849x1024.jpg) David Matalon CEO & Founder [ David Matalon on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-matalon-19815224/) David Matalon is the founder and CEO of Venn, the leader in BYOD Security. Venn is the innovator behind Blue Border™ – the world’s first purpose-built technology that protects company data and applications on personal, unmanaged, or third-party computers. Prior to Venn, Matalon co-founded OS33, the market-leading secure workspace solution for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), Broker-Dealers, and other SEC and FINRA-regulated financial firms. Matalon has dedicated his career to building technology that enables more flexible and productive workforces without compromising organizational security and compliance. Freedom without compromise. A native New Yorker, he earned his undergraduate degree from NYU’s Stern School of Business and holds a master’s degree from Columbia University. David and his wife are raising their four children in their hometown of Great Neck. Details Modal for David Matalon ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/alex-osipov-850x1024.jpg) Alex Osipov CTO and Co-Founder [ Alex Osipov on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aosipov/) Read Bio Close Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/alex-osipov-850x1024.jpg) Alex Osipov CTO and Co-Founder [ Alex Osipov on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aosipov/) Alex Osipov is Chief Technology Officer at Venn. He 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. Details Modal for Alex Osipov ![Andy Valilla](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Andy-Valilla.jpg) Andy Vallila Chief Revenue Officer [ Andy Vallila on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-vallila/) Read Bio Close Modal ![Andy Valilla](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Andy-Valilla.jpg) Andy Vallila Chief Revenue Officer [ Andy Vallila on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-vallila/) Andy Vallila is the Chief Revenue Officer at Venn, where he leads global sales and go-to-market strategy for the company’s secure workplace solution. He brings two decades of leadership experience across publicly-traded, venture-backed, and private-equity owned technology companies. He is a seasoned technology executive who previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at multiple cybersecurity organizations where he played a key role in scaling global revenue organizations and driving significant ARR growth. Details Modal for Andy Vallila ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/dvir-shapira-850x1024.jpg) Dvir Shapira CPO [ Dvir Shapira on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvir-shapira/) Read Bio Close Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/dvir-shapira-850x1024.jpg) Dvir Shapira CPO [ Dvir Shapira on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvir-shapira/) Dvir Shapira is the Chief Product Officer at Venn. He 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: At Incapsula and Imperva, he built the world’s first Cloud WAF and grew the business from zero to hundreds of millions in under ten years. Dvir earned his undergraduate degrees in physics and electrical engineering, as well as his MBA, at Tel Aviv University. He is the first Vennetian to have been hired in California, where he lives with his wife and three children. Details Modal for Dvir Shapira ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/scott-lavery-849x1024.jpg) Scott Lavery SVP, Marketing [ Scott Lavery on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottlavery1/) Read Bio Close Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/scott-lavery-849x1024.jpg) Scott Lavery SVP, Marketing [ Scott Lavery on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottlavery1/) Scott Lavery is the SVP of Marketing at Venn where he is responsible for developing and amplifying Venn’s brand voice and accelerating growth. Scott is an experienced marketing leader in the technology/SaaS space with over 15 years of experience in brand development, demand generation, and product marketing. Prior to joining Venn in 2024, Scott has held various leadership roles at technology companies including Pathlock, Appsian (acquired by Pathlock), Mimecast, and PeopleFluent. Scott received his BA from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from The University of Dallas. Details Modal for Scott Lavery ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/jacob-kasakevich-851x1024.jpg) Jacob Kazakevich Head of Service Delivery & Co-Founder [ Jacob Kazakevich on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-kazakevich-ba96b617/) Read Bio Close Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/jacob-kasakevich-851x1024.jpg) Jacob Kazakevich Head of Service Delivery & Co-Founder [ Jacob Kazakevich on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-kazakevich-ba96b617/) 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. Details Modal for Jacob Kazakevich ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/peter-lane-851x1024.jpg) Peter Lane VP, Finance [ Peter Lane on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterxlane/) Read Bio Close Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/peter-lane-851x1024.jpg) Peter Lane VP, Finance [ Peter Lane on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterxlane/) 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. Details Modal for Peter Lane ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/joe-fernandez-1-851x1024.jpg) Joe Fernandez VP, Sales Read Bio Close Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/joe-fernandez-1-851x1024.jpg) Joe Fernandez VP, Sales Joe is a seasoned go-to-market leader with a track record of bringing transformative technologies to market and building high-performing teams. His work has been centered on creating more connected, productive workplaces by enabling people to access the information and expertise they need—wherever they are. He has helped scale startups and hyper-growth companies, including LinkedIn and BetterUp, launching category-defining solutions that continue to shape the future of work. At Venn, Joe draws on his experience across all stages of growth to help scale the business and empower companies to support distributed workforces with secure, flexible technology—while building a passionate team of problem solvers focused on delivering strategic outcomes for customers. Details Modal for Joe Fernandez ![Samantha Ash](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Samantha-Ash.jpg) Samantha Ash Head of People [ Samantha Ash on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/slderosa/) Read Bio Close Modal ![Samantha Ash](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Samantha-Ash.jpg) Samantha Ash Head of People [ Samantha Ash on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/slderosa/) Samantha Ash is Head of People at Venn, where she oversees talent strategy, organizational development, and the overall employee experience. She works closely with leadership to cultivate a high-performance culture rooted in our THRIVE values. Before becoming a Vennetian, she played a key role in building the HR function at a clinical-trial technology startup, creating scalable processes to support a growing team. Samantha is a graduate of Rutgers University and lives in NJ with her husband and cat, Finny. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling and cooking. Details Modal for Samantha Ash ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Arkady-Zapesotsky.jpg) Arkady Zapesotsky VP, Customer Success [ Arkady Zapesotsky on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arkadyzapesotsky/) Read Bio Close Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Arkady-Zapesotsky.jpg) Arkady Zapesotsky VP, Customer Success [ Arkady Zapesotsky on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arkadyzapesotsky/) Arkady Zapesotsky is the VP of Customer Success at Venn, where he is responsible for driving retention, expansion, and long-term customer value. He is a full-stack customer success leader with deep experience scaling global post-sales organizations across B2B SaaS, particularly in cybersecurity, infrastructure, and AI-first products. Arkady has a track record of building systems that make customer success a revenue engine—driving net retention, scaling operating models, and aligning product, sales, and customer teams around measurable business outcomes. Prior to Venn, he held leadership roles at companies including SentinelOne, Incapsula (acquired by Imperva), Codility, and Zenity, working with enterprise customers and Fortune 500 organizations. He brings a multidisciplinary approach that combines technology, operations, and human insight to solve complex customer challenges at scale. Arkady lives in California with his family and is passionate about music, creativity, and building high-performing teams. Details Modal for Arkady Zapesotsky ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/work-life-purpose.jpg) ## Our Work+Life Purpose **To help people thrive in work and life, every day.** Blue Border™ is a paradigm shift away from legacy IT enablement strategies like managed laptops and VDI. Venn created Blue Border™ so people can live and work seamlessly on a single device – without being forced into unnecessary change that slows them down. We believe people do their best work when they can work how they want to work. Blue Border™ gives organizations a flexible, secure way to remove the bottlenecks of enabling a remote workforce so organizations can move faster, stay productive, and perform at their best. Close Modal Play Video in Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/stone-x-case-study-callout-1024x576.jpg) “Venn is one of my favorite products to come in to the market. I think it will change things and drive the sun-setting of VDI, so to say, to start moving to this newer, more modern world of working from BYOD devices.” ![Frank McGovern picture](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/frank-mcgovern-avatar.jpeg) ![Frank McGovern picture](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/stonex_group_inc_logo_small_square.jpeg) Frank McGovern Chief Security Architect StoneX [ Case Study ](https://www.venn.com/resources/case-studies/how-stonex-meets-compliance-secures-workers-with-venn/) Close Modal Play Video in Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/chris-cole-featured-1024x560.jpg) “If you’re struggling with Security, Venn would be the first partner I would look to because Venn already achieves your SOC 2, Type 2.” ![Chris Cole picture](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/chris-cole.jpg) ![Chris Cole picture](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/secure-eva-small-square.jpg) Chris Cole Owner and CEO, SecureEVAs [ Case Study ](https://www.venn.com/resources/case-studies/how-secureevas-achieved-soc-2-type-ii-compliance/) ## See Why Venn is the Trusted Choice [Venn Reviews](https://sourceforge.net/software/product/Venn-Platform/) (function () {var sc=document.createElement('script');sc.async=true;sc.src='https://b.sf-syn.com/badge_js?sf_id=3491990&variant_id=sf';var p=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];p.parentNode.insertBefore(sc, p);})(); [Venn Reviews](https://sourceforge.net/software/product/Venn-Platform/) (function () {var sc=document.createElement('script');sc.async=true;sc.src='https://b.sf-syn.com/badge_js?sf_id=3491990&variant_id=sf';var p=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];p.parentNode.insertBefore(sc, p);})(); [Venn Reviews](https://sourceforge.net/software/product/Venn-Platform/) (function () {var sc=document.createElement('script');sc.async=true;sc.src='https://b.sf-syn.com/badge_js?sf_id=3491990&variant_id=sf';var p=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];p.parentNode.insertBefore(sc, p);})(); [Venn Reviews](https://sourceforge.net/software/product/Venn-Platform/) (function () {var sc=document.createElement('script');sc.async=true;sc.src='https://b.sf-syn.com/badge_js?sf_id=3491990&variant_id=sf';var p=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];p.parentNode.insertBefore(sc, p);})(); ## Join the Team We believe that the best people do their best work in a fun, fast-paced, high-energy environment, and we are always looking for driven individuals to join our team. 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