Dan Burns

Co-founder & former CEO of Optiv

Dan Burns, Co-founder & former CEO of Optiv, has more than 28 years of business, technology and cyber security industry expertise. Burns co-founded Accuvant in 2002 to successfully execute on his initial vision to build a company with the breadth, depth and capabilities to address the information security needs of organizations worldwide. He launched the sales force and grew it to a national powerhouse organization within a 10-year period, conducting business with nearly half of the Fortune 500, and driving $740M in revenue. In 2015, as CEO, Burns and Blackstone created Optiv with the merger of Accuvant and Fishnet Security with over $2B in total revenues. He now serves a select number of boards to help entrepreneurs and investors execute on their plans to create disruptive cyber security companies.