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The intelligent credential security platform that protects against breaches.

Proactive credential security

Our innovative leadership team is a powerful combination of business and industry experience. Together with our wider team, they’re leading the way to complete credential security for all businesses and their people.

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John Bennett brings over 30 years of experience leading high-growth B2B SaaS and communication companies. Before joining Dashlane in 2023, John served as the CEO at Cordence, where he led the company’s day-to-day operations and long-term strategy. Before Cordence, John spent four years as SVP &amp; General Manager at LogMeIn, where he led and grew the Identity and Access Management business unit to $450 million and was responsible for the LastPass, LogMeIn Pro, GoToMyPC, and LogMeIn Central products. He has held executive leadership roles at Citrix, Vapps (acquired by Citrix), Ace*Comm, Sentori, CMGi, and Nascent Technologies (acquired by CMGi). He holds a BA in Economics from Mary Washington University.

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Frederic Rivain is a passionate CTO, who joined Dashlane after several years working in Gaming, Gambling and eCommerce. He is eager to learn, innovate and have fun with his team, so that Engineering can efficiently support the Dashlane business and offer the best service to Dashlane users. Outside of work, he always keeps very busy, being the proud father of 3 daughters. He needs his frequent dose of sport, as he likes to practice French boxing and trail running.

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Anne-Sophie brings 15 years of experience leading customer centricity in B2B Saas companies, building and scaling CX teams to deliver amazing customer experience. She is a passionate VP Customer Experience, dedicating her day to day to make customers successful with Dashlane and secure their business. Previously Anne-Sophie served as VP Customer Support and internalized Dashlane’s Support team by opening a new Dashlane office in Lisbon in 2018, increasing B2B customer satisfaction up to 95%. Prior to Dashlane, Anne-Sophie joined mainly startups to build Customer support organizations from scratch in various industries like telco, music, e-commerce, cloud computing and more recently in business travel for Egencia, an Expedia company.   Anne-Sophie is a foodista and wine lover, enjoys traveling the world and more recently she discovered maternity, the best job of her life.

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A senior marketing executive, board director and growth expert, Dhiraj built a track record in scaling multi-billion dollar businesses and building best-in-class marketing functions at high-growth companies such as PayPal, Facebook and BlueVine. With multi-disciplinary expertise in organizational and P&amp;L management, customer marketing e-commerce and technology, Dhiraj has driven transformative change in rapidly evolving digital enterprises. He is known for creating a team culture that is centered around the customer, values excellence, fosters diversity of ideas and thrives on a test and learn approach. Most recently at BlueVine, he built a top notch growth team and helped accelerate the growth of their business banking platform. At PayPal, he helped reignite business growth and establish it as a leading payments brand in North America. Earlier in his career, he led the marketing for Facebook ads, helping transform how businesses market online, building it as the most effective marketing platform for businesses. He currently serves on the board of Paga and Mutual Markets. With a passion for mentoring, Kumar also works with founders and investors, advising them on organizations’ go-to-market strategies, technology investments and building scalability. A native of India, he lives with his family in Morristown, NJ.

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David is a seasoned executive of venture-backed tech startups with over 20 years experience leading finance, legal affairs, investor relations, HR, support, IT, and business operations in the US and Europe. Prior to joining Dashlane in 2016, he was CFO and SVP Business Operations at MakeSpace (acquired by Iron Mountain after a merger with Clutter), and CFO at Fab.com (acquired by PCH International), KickApps (acquired by Piksel) and BuildOnline (acquired by Sword Group). During his tenure in startups, David led his companies through numerous rounds of equity and debt funding, as well as both buy and sell side M&amp;A activity. He started his career in strategy consulting with The Parthenon Group then moving to venture capital with Upfront Ventures (previously, Global Retail Partners). David grew up in New York and graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania too many years ago to admit. He is originally from Belgium, which explains his French skills, love of food, and dry sense of humor, which he complements with an affinity for Scotch and great wine. He lives on Long Island with his wife and two children, with whom he shares his passions for jazz, contemporary art and scuba diving.

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With a foundation as a software engineer and the vision of a successful founder, Christophe brings a deep passion for leading mission-driven companies that excel at solving customer problems through innovation. Christophe is an experienced CPO with a proven track record driving transformative product strategies that fuel innovation and growth for leading SaaS organizations. He has a strong history of launching innovative products specifically tailored to enterprise needs, focusing on delivering significant value and addressing complex challenges. An entrepreneurial builder at heart, Christophe is passionate about leveraging technology, including automation and AI, to redefine markets and enhance security solutions. Christophe's leadership and outcome-oriented approach are instrumental in advancing Dashlane's product vision. His focus on disruption ensures Dashlane will continue delivering cutting-edge, relevant password management and credential security solutions that meet the critical needs of both end-users and the IT professionals who support them.

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Pamela is a seasoned business leader with experience spanning marketing, strategy, executive search, leadership assessment, and HR. She was most recently the VP of People at Panther, a cybersecurity startup delivering a cloud-native, highly scalable SIEM. Prior to that, she was an HR Director at Google, where she supported a global team operating in more than 60 countries that spanned sales operations and strategy, sales enablement, and sales tools for Google’s Ads business. Before joining Google, she worked for Spencer Stuart in the Technology practice, handling executive searches and leadership advisory services. Prior to transitioning into the HR space, Pamela worked in a variety of roles at Kaplan and Chevron, spanning operations, project management, strategy, and corporate venture capital. Pamela is a native Texan who left the state to pursue a BA in English from Amherst College, and she subsequently got her MBA from Duke University. She now calls the Boston area home and lives there with her husband, their two children, and an energetic rescue dog named Susie.

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Jon Cho brings 20 years of experience working in product management and business development at tech companies ranging from start-ups to public companies. Before Dashlane, Jon was a senior product executive with Dropbox and the VP of Product at LogMeIn,  responsible for leading product management across the GoTo Collaboration suite of offerings.  Prior to that, Jon held product and business development leadership roles across companies such as Two Bright Lights (acquired by the XO Group), Casabi (acquired by Broadsoft), Virgin Mobile USA (IPO), and Samsung in South Korea. He graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, and he received his MBA from Kellogg School of Management and his Master’s in Engineering Management from Northwestern University. Jon grew up in San Francisco and currently lives in the SF Bay Area with his family.

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Jeff Cozzaglio has over 12 years of sales leadership experience leading high-growth B2B sales, selling remote management and identity management solutions. Prior to Dashlane, Jeff served as the VP of Sales for LogMeIn, and later for the LastPass division of LogMeIn, spending a total of 18 years with the company. During Jeff’s sales leadership with LastPass, he was instrumental in leading growth from $50M to over $200M annually in 5 years.  Jeff has run high-growth sales teams which included new business, account management, business development and renewal teams. He has always had a client-first mindset and has been able to find many pockets of sales growth via internal partnerships with sales operations, marketing and product teams, as well as taking the lead to build out an MSP channel for LastPass. Jeff grew up in Massachusetts and resides north of Boston. He graduated with a B.A. in Marketing from Assumption University in Worcester, MA. In his free time, you can find him in Cape Cod, or taxiing his kids between hockey rinks, soccer and baseball fields.

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Joanna Chen is a seasoned security executive with extensive experience developing and leading security programs across high-growth startups and global enterprises. As CISO at Dashlane, Joanna ensures the company maintains the highest standards of security and privacy, both internally and for every customer. Before joining Dashlane, Joanna served as the Head of Security at Copado, a DevOps platform with a billion-dollar valuation, where she oversaw product security, security operations, and compliance. Prior to Copado, Joanna spent over 12 years with Salesforce in engineering and security, collaborating with teams across the globe to drive key security outcomes.  Chen holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She lives in Paris, France, and loves to spend her free time exploring all the city has to offer.

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Bernard Liautaud founded Business Objects in 1990 and was CEO for 15 years then Chairman until January 2008. With 6,700 employees, 45,000 customers and $1.5 billion of revenue in 2007, Business Objects was the world leader in Business Intelligence and one of the 15 largest software companies in the world. Business Objects was the first European software IPO on Nasdaq in 1994. In January 2008, Business Objects was acquired by SAP for $6.8 billion, making it the third largest software acquisition at the time. Bernard is now a member of the Supervisory Board of SAP. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Stanford University from 2013 to 2018. He is now a member of the Stanford Global Advisory Council to the President. In 2009, he co-founded Dashlane, a leading software company providing digital identity solutions for consumers and businesses. He currently serves on the Board. He has received a number of distinctions including "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" in 2007 in France, Time Magazine Europe's Digital Top 25 and BusinessWeek Stars of Europe of 2002, Top 10 CEOs in North America by Chief Executive Magazine in 2001.

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Jim Goetz is a Partner at Sequoia Capital, where he has been affiliated as both an entrepreneur and investor for 25 years. Jim and his partners have made historic early investments into a cadre of category-defining technology companies, including Apple, Cisco, Google, Nvidia, Oracle and PayPal — and more recently during his tenure — AirBnB, ByteDance, DoorDash, Github, Hubspot, Instagram, LinkedIn, ServiceNow, Snowflake, Square, Stripe, TikTok, Toutiao, Unity, WhatsApp, YouTube and Zoom. Sequoia’s close alliances with young founders have helped transform fledgling companies into institutional household names exceeding $5 trillion in total market cap, an industry record.

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Alex joined Bessemer Venture Partners in 2005. He led Shopify's Series A for BVP in 2010. Today he serves on the boards of Pipedrive, BigID, Hunters.ai, Dashlane, ManyChat, Manta and Optibus among others. He primarily invests in enterprise SaaS, SMB software, and cybersecurity and is particularly focused on European startups. He is an avid cyclist and Zwifter.

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Rick Heitzmann, a Founder and Partner of FirstMark, focuses on consumer and enterprise investments in media, advertising technology, gaming, mobile, and data services. Rick has led investments in market leaders in commerce (StubHub, acquired by eBay), gaming (Riot Games, acquired by Tencent), data services (First Advantage, NASDAQ: FADV; acquired by First American), advertising technology (Tapad, acquired by Telenor), media (Pinterest, NYSE: PINS), sports (DraftKings, NASDAQ: DKNG) and more. Prior to founding FirstMark, Rick was an entrepreneur including being a founding member of the senior management team at First Advantage which he helped grow and sell to First American (NYSE: FAF). In both 2020 and 2021, Rick was named to the Forbes’ Midas List as one of the world’s top venture capitalists. He has also received similar distinctions from CB Insights, Insider and the New York Times.  He serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Venture Capital Association. Rick holds a B.S. from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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Habib Kairouz is a Managing Partner of Rho Capital Partners, which has been investing since 1981 in venture stage and high growth technology and healthcare companies. Habib joined Rho in 1993 and is a General Partner in Rho Ventures and Rho Ignition, the venture capital arms of Rho, and focuses on multi-stage investments in Consumer and Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces and Media companies. Habib is also a General Partner in Rho Acceleration, which focuses on growth recapitalizations and buyouts in the software and digital media sectors.   Habib’s current and select past investments include CommerceOne (NASDAQ:CMRC), Dashlane, Everydayhealth (NYSE:EVDY), Intralinks (NYSE:IL), iVillage (sold to NBC), Kasisto, Leal, OMGPOP (Sold to Zynga), On24 (NASDAQ:ONTF), OneTrust, Passport, Pawlicy, Philo, ReachLocal (NASDAQ: RLOC), Seated, Snagajob, Suzy, Tacoda (sold to Time Warner), Tripod (sold to Lycos), and Yantra (sold to AT&amp;T).   Habib received a B.S. in Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University. Habib currently serves on the advisory boards of the Columbia University Lang Entrepreneurship Center, Cornell University’s PhD Runway Program and the Fintech Lab of NYC.

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Brian Lee leads TransUnion’s Consumer Interactive Direct business as SVP of Marketing and Analytics, driving growth strategy for North American direct-to-consumer credit and identity membership solutions.  Prior to TransUnion, Brian held various roles in Consumer Insights, Marketing Analytics, and Data Strategy at Experian in the Consumer and Credit Services business groups. He received a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and a J.D. from Georgetown University.

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Seth Farbman is an Executive Fellow at Yale University, within the School of Management, and a senior advisor to high-growth technology companies including Back Market, Coinbase, Peloton, and The New York Times. Previously, Seth was the founding Chief Marketing Officer at Spotify. While at Spotify, Seth built a best-in-class marketing and communications team and three years ago, Seth helped the company accomplish one of the most innovative and successful public offerings in years.   Prior to Spotify, he was the Chief Marketing Officer at Gap, Inc., and the co-founder and President of OgilvyEarth, Seth has been named the World’s Most Innovative CMO by Business Insider and, for eight years in a row, ranked one of Forbes’ Most Influential CMO’s. He was also recognized as one of the 50 most creative people in the world by Creativity.   Seth is a trained journalist, working primarily for ABC and NBC television and holds a Master of Science in Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University.

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Guillaume met his co-founders while finishing his master's degree in Engineering at Ecole Centrale Paris. With Alexis Fogel, Jean Guillou and Bernard Liautaud, he started the company few months after graduating. Guillaume wants to build a sustainable company based on strong human values and continuous improvement of management practices. Passionate about innovation and problem solving, he is working with the engineering team to try and innovate on core Dashlane technologies. His favorite topic is DashIQ™, the proprietary, semantic technology that powers all the online activities that Dashlane helps users within the web browser, thanks to machine learning. Guillaume also has a strong focus on security, and helps to ensure that Dashlane's zero-knowledge architecture, which protects Dashlane user data, is always up-to-date.

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Alexis is a passionate entrepreneur with a strong focus on Product Management. He started working on Dashlane while finishing his master's degree in 2008 and led the product vision for close to 10 years while overseeing the development of the French office. He left Dashlane in 2018 to build another company, Stonly, that delivers a low-code platform for internal and external self-serve guidance. He is involved in the French Product and Entrepreneur communities and provides mentorship for the next generation of leaders. Alexis studied business at ESCP and computer science at Centrale Paris. Embracing the remote culture, He left Paris to live in the French countryside with his family. He is a music and photography lover. Learning one new thing every day always puts a smile on his face.

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Jean started imagining a better internet with his Dashlane co-founders while studying at École Centrale Paris. He graduated not just with an advanced degree in Engineering, but also a budding tech startup that’s transformed into the international, venture-backed tech company Dashlane is today. Originally from Brittany, France, Jean has worked as a software architect at Dashlane Paris and has moved to Dashlane New York, where he was VP of Engineering, focusing on building the Engineering team and culture. Jean left Dashlane in 2021.

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Bernard Liautaud founded Business Objects in 1990 and was CEO for 15 years then Chairman until January 2008. With 6,700 employees, 45,000 customers and $1.5 billion of revenue in 2007, Business Objects was the world leader in Business Intelligence and one of the 15 largest software companies in the world. Business Objects was the first European software IPO on Nasdaq in 1994. In January 2008, Business Objects was acquired by SAP for $6.8 billion, making it the third largest software acquisition at the time. Bernard is now a member of the Supervisory Board of SAP. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Stanford University from 2013 to 2018. He is now a member of the Stanford Global Advisory Council to the President.   In 2009, he co-founded Dashlane, a leading software company providing digital identity solutions for consumers and businesses. He currently serves on the Board. He has received a number of distinctions including "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" in 2007 in France, Time Magazine Europe's Digital Top 25 and BusinessWeek Stars of Europe of 2002, Top 10 CEOs in North America by Chief Executive Magazine in 2001.

He was Co-Founder and CEO of Dashlane which he led for 9 years, growing the company from 4 to 350 employees, raising more than $200 million in capital from tier 1US investors. Prior to Dashlane, Emmanuel was the CEO of CBS Outdoor France, a top 3 Outdoor advertising company, the COO of LMG Group, a leading international publishing group, and SVP at Vivendi Universal where he led a global K-12 Publishing division with 1.5 billion € in revenue. Emmanuel holds a master’s degree in Math and Physics from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and a PhD in Computer Science from Université of Toulouse. He also studied Marketing and Finance in the Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School.

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