CORELIGHT LEADERSHIP
Meet the scientists, practitioners, and thinkers who inspire all of Corelight as we strive to make evidence the heart of security.
LEADERSHIP
Management team

Richard Bejtlich
Strategist & Author in Residence
Richard Bejtlich
Strategist & Author in Residence

Gregory Bell
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Gregory Bell
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Michele “MB” Bettencourt
Executive Chairwoman
Michele “MB” Bettencourt
Executive Chairwoman

Bernard Brantley
Chief Information Security Officer
Bernard Brantley
Chief Information Security Officer

Brian Dye
Chief Executive Officer
Brian Dye
Chief Executive Officer

Loree Farrar
Senior Vice President, People
Loree Farrar
Senior Vice President, People

Seth Hall
Co-founder & Chief Evangelist
Seth Hall
Co-founder & Chief Evangelist

Russ Keefe
Chief Financial Officer
Russ Keefe
Chief Financial Officer

Paul "PK" Kleinschnitz
Chief Revenue Officer
Paul "PK" Kleinschnitz
Chief Revenue Officer

Kelley Misata
Senior Director of Open Source
Kelley Misata
Senior Director of Open Source

Julie Parrish
Chief Marketing Officer
Julie Parrish
Chief Marketing Officer

Vern Paxson
Co-founder & Chief Scientist
Vern Paxson
Co-founder & Chief Scientist

Clint Sand
Senior Vice President, Product
Clint Sand
Senior Vice President, Product

Jean Schaffer
Federal Chief Technology Officer
Jean Schaffer
Federal Chief Technology Officer
Jean Schaffer is the Federal Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Corelight, responsible for leading strategy and innovation for Corelight's cybersecurity solutions for the US federal market.
Schaffer served in the Department of Defense (DoD) for over 33 years. Most recently, she served in the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Chief of Cyber and Enterprise Operations in the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).
Schaffer also held executive roles at the National Security Agency (NSA), serving as chief of its enterprise connectivity and specialized IT services group responsible for the agency's network infrastructure underpinning its mission and enterprise systems. Before that, Schaffer handled risk management for the NSA's IT systems as its authorizing official. She set up security policies and processes for certification and accreditation.
Schaffer earned a master's degree in national resource strategy from National Defense University and a master's degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University, as well as a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Louisiana.

Steve Smoot
Chief Customer Officer
Steve Smoot
Chief Customer Officer

Robin Sommer
Co-founder
Robin Sommer
Co-founder

Rajiv Taneja
Chief Development Officer
Rajiv Taneja
Chief Development Officer
Board of directors

Gregory Bell
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Gregory Bell
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Michele “MB” Bettencourt
Executive Chairwoman
Michele “MB” Bettencourt
Executive Chairwoman

Shawn Cherian
Energy Impact Partners (EIP)

Shawn Cherian
Energy Impact Partners (EIP)
Shawn Cherian is a Partner in the Flagship Fund at Energy Impact Partners (EIP). He is responsible for leading EIP’s investment strategy around enterprise software and cybersecurity.
Shawn has more than 18 years of experience in enterprise software and cybersecurity technology. He started his career as an investment banker in Merrill Lynch Global Technology Group before joining Cisco’s Corporate Development Group, where he led acquisitions and investments across several business units, including Service Provider Networking, Service Provider Mobility and Collaboration. Shawn went on to work as an investor focused on private enterprise software companies at Third Point LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund based in New York.
Shawn holds a Bachelor of Science in Government from Cornell University. He lives in New York with his wife and three daughters.

Brian Dye
Chief Executive Officer
Brian Dye
Chief Executive Officer

Paul Kwan
General Catalyst

Paul Kwan
General Catalyst
Paul Kwan is a managing director at General Catalyst, a full-stack venture capital firm whose mission is to invest in powerful, positive change that endures. At GC, Paul focuses on mission-driven, software-enabled companies that are category-defining in their own unique way.
Thematically, Paul focuses on investing in global resilience and the need to modernize our most critical bedrock systems including defense, industrial, energy and healthcare. Paul is a board member at AwardCo, Anomali, and Corelight, and a board observer at Anduril, as well as leading investments in Samsara and Vannevar Labs.
Prior to joining General Catalyst, Paul was head of west coast technology banking at Morgan Stanley, and for 26 years, advised leading technology companies on their most important strategic and financial objectives. At Morgan Stanley, he helped create the modern-day direct listing for Spotify, and led tech IPOs from all 6 inhabited continents.
Paul holds a B.A.S. in Computer Science and Economics from Stanford University. He and his wife are passionate supporters of research for understanding neuropyschiatric diseases like autism and 22q11. Paul also serves on the board of the Packard Foundation for Children's Health.

Vern Paxson
Co-founder & Chief Scientist
Vern Paxson
Co-founder & Chief Scientist

Teddie Wardi
Insight Partners

Teddie Wardi
Insight Partners
Teddie Wardi joined Insight in 2017 and focuses on high-growth software and internet companies. Teddie works with several Insight portfolio companies and helps lead new investments across both Enterprise and SMB software.
Prior to joining Insight, Teddie was a Partner at Atomico, one of the largest European venture funds based in London. He sourced and led multiple growth investments in SaaS companies, being active at both the board and company levels supporting rapid growth and international expansion.
Previously Teddie worked at Dawn Capital, a SaaS focused early stage fund based in London, where he sourced and led investments in Automile and Showpad, among others. Before moving to venture investing, Teddie was the co-founder and CTO of Nervogrid, a leading cloud service marketplace platform. Nervogrid was acquired by ALSO, Europe’s largest IT distributor that is listed on the Swiss stock exchange.
Teddie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.Sc. from Aalto University in Helsinki, where he focused on Finance and Computer Science.

Eric Wolford
Accel Partners

Eric Wolford
Accel Partners
ADVISORS

Freddy Dezeure
Chief Executive Officer Freddy Dezeure BV
Freddy Dezeure
Chief Executive Officer Freddy Dezeure BV

Denis Murphy
SVP and Chief Revenue Officer at Couchbase
Denis Murphy
SVP and Chief Revenue Officer at Couchbase