Leadership

  • Mark Jones | Founder | CEO

    Mark Jones was the Director of North American Sales for Fireglass, the groundbreaking web isolation solution bought by Symantec. He was both a co-founder and the CEO of SOS Security. Mark’s InfoSec career has included leadership stints at industry leaders Check Point Software, RSA, and Forsythe Technology. Leading BlackLake Security is Mark's passion project – bringing Clarity™ where it's most needed.

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  • Kirk Jones | Founder | President

    Kirk Jones has lead successful InfoSec businesses from every critical leadership position. He was an original founder of SOS Security, and grew that multidisciplinary security equipment reseller company into a premier provider of enterprise-grade InfoSec services. Kirk helped found InfoSec consulting firm Retriever Services, he's been a Vice President of Sales for FireMon, and a Board Director for Next1 Global.

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  • Jason Ausburn | Co-Founder | VP of Business Development

    Jason Ausburn is the original co-architect of BlackLake Security's "Clarity-Added™" approach to services. He was the Director of Services at SOS Security, the head of Business Development at Retriever Services, a Business and Product Development Partner at Fulcrum Technology Solutions, and a lead Solution Architect at Dell. Jason’s also a ten year veteran of the Air Force’s cyber security community.

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  • Ann Ault | VP of Finance

    Ann Ault returns to BlackLake Security, where she was the controller for SOS Security and then BlackLake when it started. She has over 35 years experience in the accounting and finance world, working as a CPA with a Big 4 accounting firm and companies of all sizes.

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  • Robert Mondshine | VP of Operations & Engineering

    Robert Mondshine joined BlackLake Security October 2019 after 18 years at HP Inc. where he performed various senior management roles in IT and Notebook Quality Engineering. Robert brings deep technical and software experience with 30+ years in software development and research where he managed global programs and teams delivering Enterprise IT solutions. Previous to HP, Robert served as CTO for a stock market and commodities trading systems company where he developed over 400 technical and fundamental indicators used by institutional investors.

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