Meet Our Leadership Team, Board, and Investors

Co-founder & CEO

John Ackerly

As CEO and Co-Founder of Virtru, John is proud to be helping millions of individuals and thousands of organizations take control of the information they store and share online. A longtime privacy advocate, John was responsible for technology policy at the White House and was the Policy and Strategic Planning Director at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Prior to co-founding Virtru, John was an investor at Lindsay Goldberg LLC, working with entrepreneurs to dramatically scale their businesses. John graduated from Williams College Summa Cum Laude, was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School with Highest Honors.

Co-founder & CTO

Will Ackerly

Will Ackerly is the CTO and Co-Founder of Virtru. Prior to founding Virtru in 2012, Will spent eight years at the National Security Agency (NSA) where he specialized in cloud analytics and security architecture — specifically protecting the agency’s in-house data transfers. During his tenure at the NSA, Will invented the Trusted Data Format (TDF), an open standard used today by various government agencies for the secure transfer of data and the technical foundation upon which Virtru was founded. Will holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Magna Cum Laude.

CFO

Jim Timmer

As Virtru’s Chief Financial Officer, Jim is responsible for creating and managing financial planning and accounting operations to ensure the company’s success as it grows rapidly. Most recently Jim was CFO at iSIGHT Partners, where he led financial operations through the company’s growth and acquisition by FireEye. Jim holds a BA in accounting from Loras College and an MBA from Drake University.

CMO

Neville Letzerich

As Virtru’s Chief Marketing Officer, Neville is responsible for scaling the reach and impact of the company’s brand and delivering world-class go-to-market execution in support of the company’s next phase of global expansion in the enterprise data privacy sector.

Neville brings more than 20 years of experience in a wide variety of market-facing and product development roles in companies of all sizes, from startups to multibillion dollar organizations. Neville previously held CMO roles at cybersecurity providers, Duo Security, now a part of Cisco, and Forcepoint LLC. He holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from Wake Forest University in Analytical Finance and Accounting, Cum Laude.

Vice-President of Global Business Development

Paul DiBello

VP of Product Management

Robert McDonald

VP of Engineering

Zachary Nelson

VP of Sales

Brian Zang

Brian Zang is a passionate sales leader. As the Vice President of Sales at Virtru, he is responsible for overseeing revenue growth and development. Brian has led Sales organizations at companies such as Shopkeep, Yodle and Living Social. Brian holds a BS in Marketing and Business Management from the University of Maryland, College Park.