Meet Our Leadership Team, Board, and Investors

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 has more than 20 years of experience in a wide variety of market-facing and product development roles at companies of all sizes, from startups to multibillion dollar organizations. Prior to Virtru, Neville previously held CMO roles at cybersecurity providers, Duo Security, now a part of Cisco, and Forcepoint LLC. 

Neville graduated cum laude from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Analytical Finance and Accounting.

VP Global Business Development

Paul DiBello

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 summa cum laude from Williams College, was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School with Highest Honors.

VP of Product Management

Robert McDonald

Rob McDonald is Virtru’s VP of Product Management and has been with the company since 2013. Prior to Virtru, Rob was the CIO for several Acute Care facilities and Denovo Healthcare development teams. His significant expertise in the healthcare industry earned him a spot in Becker’s Review as a 2013 and 2014 Top 100 Healthcare CIOs. Rob has also consulted with corporations to help them assess their current information security position and develop a plan to not only mitigate the discovered technical shortcomings but more critically to raise security awareness amongst their employees. 

Rob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas and is a perpetual student of technology, information security and privacy practices.

Co-Founder & CTO

Will Ackerly

Will 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 graduated magna cum laude from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

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. Prior to joining Virtru, Jim was the CFO at iSIGHT Partners, where he led financial operations through the company’s growth and acquisition by FireEye. 

Jim holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Loras College and an MBA from Drake University.