USA WINNER:
Bill Joll ISC8
Bio
As president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of ISC8, Bill Joll is leveraging his 25 years of dynamic leadership and management experience to lead the company in its new mission to develop its extensive R&D technologies into commercial products addressing cyber security threats for the government and private enterprise markets globally. A high-energy leader with diverse industry and functional expertise in both marketing and technology environments, Joll joined ISC8 in 2010 with the goal of developing ISC8 into the leading provider of both cyber security solutions ideal for detecting nation state targeted attacks also known as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and Big Data Analytics for incident response and forensic investigations.
Joll has a long history of managing both large ($1 billion) and small (less than $100 million) companies, building shareholder value and often leading the companies to successful acquisitions. Before joining ISC8, Joll was president of Velocitude, an early stage mobile web services platform company that was acquired by Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based services for the web, mobile content, and applications. After the acquisition, Joll was involved in the integration of Velocitude's platform into Akamai's framework.
Prior to Velocitude, he was president and chief executive officer of On2 Technologies. On2 Technologies acquired Hantro Products Oy, both of which were focused on advanced video compression technologies;
Google subsequently acquired On2. During his tenure at On2, Joll revised the company business model to a recurring revenue model, diversifying the revenue streams and expanding the addressable market through acquisitions, and resulting in three consecutive years of 100% revenue growth.
Prior to On2, Joll served as vice president of marketing for Real Networks, one of the first companies to focus on the management and sharing of digital media. At Real Networks he conceptualized Online TV, a new mobile video product for both mobile and broadband service providers.
From June of 2000 through April of 2005, Joll served as president and chief executive officer of a number of other start-ups, including Maple Optical Systems, and Threshold Networks. Before that he held numerous executive positions at Nortel Networks during his 18-year tenure there,
including
president of marketing for Europe, and president of one of the Carrier Product Lines. In this position, he managed the European P&L for the next generation Carrier business. This business was the transformation of the core switching business into Soft Switch. Charged with turning around this division and improving its sales and profits, Joll was able to develop a world-class organization that grew the business form $600 million into a $1 billion within two years.
Joll holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba and is a co-author of a cyber security patent.
CEO Insight... Q
What are the key challenges for a CEO?
One of the many challenges for a technology CEO is to maintain company focus on the timely delivery of value added products into the marketplace, while at the same time juggling a number of other dynamics and always fluid priorities, We have to keep new products constantly in the pipeline while working to maximize shareholder value; keeping the employees excited and motivated; ensuring the company has enough runway to deliver on its promise; and hiring key talent to help the company continue to grow and deliver on that promise.
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How do you see the future of your industry?
ISC8 is focused on cybersecurity, an industry that is currently experiencing double-digit growth in a global market already estimated to be $67B. The threat landscape is evolving rapidly. Cyber threat is the new weapon of choice for nation states seeking to attack or cripple critical infrastructure in every area including finance, health, government, defense and utilities. With governments focused on the threat landscape continued innovation is needed to combat these constantly evolving and sophisticated attacks, this cybersecurity industry is set for continued growth, this premise is supported by Gartner, which recently stated; that by 2020, enterprise systems will be in a state of continuous compromise.
Contact: Bill Joll
President/CEO – ISC8 Website:
www.isc8.com
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