Location London, England, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Adrian has been working in Information Security and technology for over 15 years and classes himself as a technologist that is passionate about security. Joining Accel Partners venture development team as Executive in Residence he will serve as an advisor to the firm’s portfolio and assist in evaluating new technologies and investment
opportunities, across security, high-scale and big-data. Before joining Accel in 2013, Adrian was CISO at Skype, responsible for securing what is effectively the world’s largest cloud. Skype’s 40-50 million concurrent online nodes created the worlds largest peer to peer network. Powering 25% of the world’s international calling, Skype has very unique security challenges and an important global role and remit. Prior to Skype Adrian specialized in high volume, high tech companies including Betfair, Man Group and Barclays Capital. His career has seen him work across many sectors, from banking to aviation (having worked for companies such as BA and BAA). He holds a Masters in Information Security from University of London.
