They said, “that’s just how AppSec is.”
We said, “hold our coffee.”
When we tell someone how we’ve overcome a long-term limitation of AppSec technology, their first reaction is ‘that’s not possible.’ But our customers quickly see that a better way isn’t just possible — it’s already here.
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Invicti by the numbers
3,600+ customers
Used in 115+ countries
800k+ web apps secured
300,000+ unique severe vulnerabilities found
Employees in 8 countries
15 languages spoken
Application security without compromise
We refused to believe that application security testing had to be slow, clunky, and unreliable. We refused to believe that security was a barrier to innovation. We refused to accept “good enough” as good enough.
So we rewrote the rules with Invicti: application security testing that’s accurate, automated, and powerful. Helping you innovate as quickly as you want — without sacrificing security.
You’ll always know the truth
That means accurate reports, proof-based results, and reliable support from a team that wants you to succeed.
You’ll always have the best AppSec technology
We know there’s always a better way. We constantly improve our products to make your job easier — not just for today, but for tomorrow.
You’ll bring Dev, Sec, and Ops together
Security shouldn’t be an obstacle to innovation — it should be a main ingredient. Invicti is designed to help teams embrace security as a key feature of everything they create.
We know we’re succeeding when we see our customers embrace security as an indispensable part of innovation, because innovation without security is worthless.
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Your peers agree: Invicti is the best way to ship secure applications
You’re doing essential work. We’re here to help you do it
Meet the Invicti leadership team.
Ferruh Mavituna
Founder & Strategic Advisor Read bio >
Ferruh Mavituna
Founder & Strategic AdvisorFrom the trenches of security to the front lines of strategy, Ferruh’s 20+ years of experience have taught him a thing or two about the hurdles DevSecOps professionals face daily. In the late 2000s, Ferruh was working with Europe’s biggest security company as a penetration tester, where he devoted entire days to manually verifying the results of security scans and weeding out false positives. Exasperated, he was determined to craft an end-to-end solution that automated everything that could possibly be automated, freeing up time for innovation. Sixteen years later, Invicti Security now helps thousands of organizations secure their web applications. When Ferruh isn’t driving teams towards innovation, he’s passionate about leveling up in competitive video games.
Michael George
CEO Read bio >
Michael George
CEOMichael is a seasoned CEO with more than 25 years of experience starting, building, and leading growing technology companies. He is intensely focused on enabling Invicti customers to protect everything and everyone by delivering the industry’s best application security solution. Before joining Invicti, Michael served as CEO of Continuum where he helped scale the company by more than 500%. With previously held CEO roles at OATSystems, Bowstreet, and Interlynx, Michael has built a reputation for crafting customer-first cultures and driving product innovation to lead market categories. When he isn’t steering tech companies, Michael is an avid outdoorsman, passionate about high-altitude mountaineering. He has climbed two of the Seven Summits with plans for more expeditions in the future.
Sonali Shah
Chief Product Officer Read bio >
Sonali Shah
Chief Product OfficerSonali is a technology executive with 25 years of experience in product management, marketing, corporate strategy, finance, and M&A. Her accomplishments include launching startups, taking high-growth companies into new markets and regions, and building and leading high-performing product and marketing teams. Before joining Invicti Security as Chief Product Officer, Sonali was CPO at WhiteOps and Veracode and VP of Products and Marketing at BitSight. In addition to her passion for product, Sonali is an avid painter and spends her spare time volunteering with Boston-area nonprofits that help advance access, equity, and funding for educational programs.
Steve Fitz
CRO Read bio >
Steve Fitz
CROSteven brings more than 25 years of experience leading sales and go-to-market organizations at enterprise technology companies around the globe focusing on SaaS customer experience, value realization, and channel leverage at scale. Previously, he served as Chief Revenue Officer at Sumo Logic, where his customer-first approach helped grow the SaaS business from $45M to $250M+ ARR. Before Sumo Logic, Steven held executive positions at MapR, Avaya and Dell EMC Isilon, where he spent five years running the company’s APAC-Japan region, living in both Japan and Hong Kong. When he’s not building mission-driven global teams and delivering world-class experiences for customers, Steven enjoys spending time with his family, skiing, fly fishing, and practicing meditation.
Jeff Bray
CFO Read bio >
Jeff Bray
CFOJeff’s path to Invicti has spanned more than 25 years, during which he managed high-growth software companies through post-IPO into maturity. With a track record of guiding organizations to predictable financial results through data-driven decisions, Jeff knows what it takes to bring businesses to their full potential. Prior to joining Invicti as Chief Financial Officer, Jeff held critical roles at Rapid7 and Imprivata where he helped build successful teams to improve financial planning, investor relations, and business intelligence. When he isn’t focused on delivering results that help companies flourish, Jeff spends his spare time on the ice playing hockey, enjoying standup paddleboarding, and participating as a member of the board of directors of the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, with a focus on their STEM education initiatives.
Kellie Vugrincic
Chief People Officer Read bio >
Kellie Vugrincic
Chief People OfficerKellie has over 20 years of experience in global human resources leadership. She’s passionate about working with organizations to maximize growth and performance, and enabling employees to bring their talent and creativity to work. She thrives in fast-moving and innovative cultures where unconventional ideas and established People practices can intersect and transform the organization. Prior to Invicti, Kellie held HR leadership roles at some of the most exceptional brands including the Golden State Warriors, Salesforce, BEA Systems, and the Alliance of American Football. Having lived in Japan for seven years, Kellie speaks Japanese and enjoys traveling to new countries with her family.
Mike Mattos
SVP Customer Success Read bio >
Mike Mattos
SVP Customer SuccessBringing his tried-and-true recipe for customer experience to Invicti, Mike has spent over 15 years crafting global programs that improve productivity, revenue, and service. Before taking the lead as our Senior Vice President of Customer Success, Mike built and scaled teams at EVERFI, DoubleDutch, and Baynote, where he helped make organizational and operational changes to boost profit and improve customer experience. Mike leans on that know-how here at Invicti to help us hit our own sales and service goals, but when he’s not immersed in the world of customer success, you can find him with his family and friends enjoying the skiing mountains or boating on the lake.
Alex Bender
CMO Read bio >
Alex Bender
CMOAlex is a seasoned full-stack marketing leader with more than 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry. In previous roles, Alex scaled high-performing GTM teams for famous cybersecurity brands including Mimecast, RSA, Archer Technologies, McAfee and Tripwire. In his tenure at Mimecast, Alex helped grow revenue from $145M to $500M, bringing the company’s valuation to over $5B. As Invicti’s CMO, Alex is responsible for significant market growth and elevating the Invicti brand. When he isn’t scaling global marketing teams, you can find Alex listening and playing music, doing anything involving water sports, spending time with his family, and mentoring the next generation of cybersecurity marketers.
Ashlie Newman
General Counsel Read bio >
Ashlie Newman
General CounselWith a decade spent in the legal field, Ashlie is a skilled in-house attorney who has experience working with tech companies ranging from startups to global companies. As General Counsel at Invicti, Ashlie helps to ensure that we meet our legal compliance and corporate governance goals while also leading all aspects of Invicti’s global legal affairs. Prior to joining Invicti, Ashlie has held a number of legal counsel roles at companies including Solarwinds, Calytera, and Rackspace serving as the Director of Commercial Contracts at SolarWinds and the Director of Legal Services at Calytera. Ashlie holds a JD from The University of Texas School of Law and a BA in Plan II Honors from The University of Texas at Austin.
John Mandel
SVP Engineering Read bio >
John Mandel
SVP EngineeringJohn’s firsthand experience with our customers’ challenges brings a unique perspective to Invicti’s leadership team. In his previous role, served as Head of Engineering at Acquia, where he helped ensure the security of the company’s vast IT infrastructure. Prior to that, John led engineering, IT, cloud operations, and information security teams at Continuum (acquired by ConnectWise in 2019).
As SVP of Engineering, John will continue to evolve Invicti’s architecture to a best-in-class DevSecOps platform that enables organizations to secure all of their web applications and APIs. In his spare time, John brings his love of team-building to the hockey rink by coaching youth hockey teams. When he isn’t coaching, you might find him cheering on the Boston Bruins.
Daniela Streng
VP Sales, EMEA Read bio >
Daniela Streng
VP Sales, EMEAAn accomplished leader in the Enterprise Technology space, Daniela has proven experience building foundations for high-performance sales teams. In her role as VP of Sales, EMEA at Invicti, Daniela is focused on helping the organization drive rapid growth and scale operations to improve go-to-market strategies. Prior to joining Invicti, Daniela was the VP & GM for EMEA at LogicMonitor where she increased business exponentially and helped land one of the largest customers in the organization’s history. Daniela was also the Sales Director in EMEA for Autotask (acquired by Datto), where she helped scale operations in Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands while building a robust community of managed service providers in EMEA.
Karl Gonzi
General Manager, Malta Read bio >
Karl Gonzi
General Manager, MaltaKarl is an established corporate lawyer and General Manager with a track record of helping tech companies scale and grow their operations. As General Manager, Malta, at Invicti, Karl is focused on executing the Group’s strategy in Malta, communicating business goals to the organization and, more broadly, growing Invicti’s footprint in Europe. Before joining Invicti, Karl was the Managing Director of Entain plc’s Malta operation. There, he led a team that managed many of Entain’s key licenses in Europe and helped the company increase the number of regulated international markets in which it operates by almost a third between 2020 and Q1 2021. Prior to his role at Entain, Karl was a senior lawyer within various payments-related businesses, including a stint as Senior Legal Counsel to Finaro (previously Credorax).
Meet our Board of Directors
Gerhard Watzinger
Chairman of the Board Read bio >
Gerhard Watzinger
Chairman of the BoardA veteran investor and technologist, Gerhard has been at the forefront of identifying some of the world’s most innovative companies. In addition to serving as chairman of the board at Invicti, Gerhard has served as chairman of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.’s board of directors since 2012, and also currently sits as a member of the board at Mastech Digital, Absolute Software, and KnowBe4. With a focus on security technology, Gerhard was a key driver behind McAfee’s acquisition by Intel resulting in a record-making $7.7B transaction. He previously served as the Executive Vice President for Corporate Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions of the McAfee business unit of Intel, and was also the Chief Executive Officer of SafeBoot. Gerhard also held senior positions at APT, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Cap Gemini.
Michael George
CEO Read bio >
Michael George
CEOMichael is a seasoned CEO with more than 25 years of experience starting, building, and leading growing technology companies. He is intensely focused on enabling Invicti customers to protect everything and everyone by delivering the industry’s best application security solution. Before joining Invicti, Michael served as CEO of Continuum where he helped scale the company by more than 500%. With previously held CEO roles at OATSystems, Bowstreet, and Interlynx, Michael has built a reputation for crafting customer-first cultures and driving product innovation to lead market categories. When he isn’t steering tech companies, Michael is an avid outdoorsman, passionate about high-altitude mountaineering. He has climbed two of the Seven Summits with plans for more expeditions in the future.
Scott Collins
Managing Director and COO, Summit Partners Read bio >
Scott Collins
Managing Director and COO, Summit PartnersScott Collins is a distinguished investor with over 25 years of venture capital experience. He joined Summit Partners in 1996 where he currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of the firm, focusing primarily on investing in the technology sector. In addition to Invicti, Scott made investments in and served as a board director for over 25 companies, including 360T Group (acquired by Deutsche Börse), Avast (LON: AVST), Calypso Technology (acquired by Thoma Bravo), PrismHR, SafeBoot (acquired by McAfee). Scott previously worked as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company in the financial institution’s group, and served in various U.S. federal government positions. Scott holds a B.A. in economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
Sophia Popova
Principal, Summit Partners Read bio >
Sophia Popova
Principal, Summit PartnersSophia is a startup advisor and investor with a passion for transforming ideas into successful products. She joined Summit in 2017 and currently serves as a Principal at the firm, where she’s managed over $600 million in invested capital. Sophia focuses primarily on investing in the technology sector, and in addition to Invicti, her current board and investment experience includes Klaviyo, Markforged (NYSE: MKFG), Mavrck, PrismHR, Sifted, and Ylopo. Prior to joining Summit, Sophia was an investment partner at Dorm Room Fund and held roles at several startups, including Contactive, where she was Product Manager. She has a BA in economics and mathematics from Yale University and an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School. Sophia was recognized as one of the WSJ Pro Private Equity’s 2021 ‘Women to Watch.’
Dominic Ang
Managing Partner, Turn/River Capital Read bio >
Dominic Ang
Managing Partner, Turn/River CapitalAs founder of Turn/River Capital, Dominic brings invaluable SaaS experience to Invicti. Before launching Turn/River in 2012, he held critical roles at high-growth companies like Plumtree Software, where he helped grow the business to over $100 million in revenue. Eventually, Dominic made the shift to investing at Advent International, and later Vector Capital, where he had the opportunity to combine his vast knowledge of software operations and investing at scale to create more value and foster growth for the organization. Prior to founding Turn/River, Dominic was the CEO of My Perfect Sale (acquired by Sugar, Inc.). While there, he increased sales by 5X in three years and led its successful strategic buyout.
Joanne Yuan
Partner, Turn/River Capital Read bio >
Joanne Yuan
Partner, Turn/River CapitalWith over ten years of investment and operational experience, Joanne has worked with various software companies from pre-launch to post-IPO. At Turn/River, Joanne brings a range of experiences that are helping shape our financial and strategic path at Invicti. She has an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and graduated magna cum laude with dual B.S./B.A. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
Making headlines. Changing the game.
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Trusted by 3,600+ organizations
And you may ask yourself,
“Well, how did they get here?”
Staying one step ahead of the game for 16+ years. That’s how.
