The TRUSTe Team
Management
Chris Babel
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Babel is the CEO of TRUSTe, the leading trustmark and recognized authority on Internet trust and privacy. Chris possesses over a decade of experience building online trust, most recently as Senior Vice President and General Manager of VeriSign’s worldwide Authentication Services business, where he was responsible for strategy, sales, marketing, product and support.
Chris also previously managed VeriSign’s SSL and Managed Security Services business. In these roles he helped grow the businesses though the launch of new products to enterprise and small/medium businesses, international expansion in EMEA and Asia and through acquisition and integration of a number of companies. Chris also spent time in Corporate Development and as Chief of Staff to the CEO where he led strategic planning and execution of over 20 acquisitions.
Prior to joining VeriSign, Chris served as an Associate in Morgan Stanley’s Technology Mergers and Acquisitions group and its Corporate Finance group working on transactions like Netscape's sale to AOL.
Chris holds a BA in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Economics with Highest Distinction from Northwestern University and lives with his wife and three sons in San Francisco.
Tim Sullivan
Chief Financial Officer
Tim brings to TRUSTe over 15 years of financial and strategic management expertise with technology companies. Prior to joining TRUSTe, Tim was a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley's Technology Group. At Morgan Stanley, Tim worked with the full spectrum of technology companies -- computer hardware, software, internet, semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment, and contract manufacturing -- and spent several years as the Co-Head of its Global Semiconductor Practice. Tim helped his clients raise over $12 billion in equity and debt financings and advised on over $20 billion in strategic mergers and acquisitions. His clients included Intel, nVidia, Xilinx, Applied Materials, Agilent, Sanmina and Rambus.
Tim has a BS in Business Administration with Honors from the University of California, Berkeley.
James Arra
Vice President of Sales
James brings more than 20 years of high-tech sales experience to TRUSTe. Throughout his career, James has proven his ability to accelerate revenue growth at startup and pre-IPO companies. He’s held sales leadership positions at early-stage companies including Vontu (acquired by Symantec), Rearden Commerce and FreeMarkets (IPO and subsequently merged with Ariba).
Prior to joining TRUSTe, James led the Worldwide Territory and Channel sales teams at Vontu, where his teams grew Vontu’s SMB business more than 300% over a two-year period. Prior to Vontu, James was VP and General Manager of the High-Tech, Oil & Gas, and Retail Business Groups at FreeMarkets. James joined FreeMarkets pre-IPO and contributed to the company’s growth from $16M to more than $180M. James holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Quantitative Economics and Decision Theory from the University of California, San Diego.
Dave Deasy
Vice President of Marketing
Dave Deasy is VP of Marketing and brings over 20 years of experience in e-commerce, software, and online media markets to TRUSTe. Dave has extensive experience building, launching, and growing businesses in consumer, small business, and enterprise markets.
Prior to joining TRUSTe, Dave was SVP Marketing & Sales for the consumer software business at Phoenix Technologies. Prior to Phoenix, Dave was VP SaaS Marketing and GM of the Zoomerang Online Survey business at MarketTools. Dave also founded and sold his own e-commerce business, helped build a $200M online service targeting small businesses at AOL, built and launched a $200M consumer e-commerce business at HP (hpshopping.com), and built and led an enterprise services marketing organization at HP. Dave holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
Ken Okumura
Vice President of Engineering
As Vice President of Engineering Ken is responsible for TRUSTe's engineering technology and operations. Ken brings to TRUSTe over 20 years of experience building and scaling core Internet infrastructure in security, commerce, and communications.
Most recently Ken led engineering efforts at Qualys, a company specializing in vulnerability management. Prior to that, Ken was at Google following its acquisition of Postini, where he was responsible for building its messaging security and management systems. Prior to Postini, Ken spent eight years at VeriSign developing and managing its cryptographic, PKI and payments systems infrastructure. Earlier in his career, he held engineering management positions at VISA and GTE. Ken has a Bachelor of Architecture and BS in Computer Science from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
John P. Tomaszewski
General Counsel
As TRUSTe's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, John is responsible for all of TRUSTe's legal affairs and for providing legal and business counsel to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors. He also ensures that the organization's online safety programs are built on a strong legal framework. John makes certain that TRUSTe's enforcement and compliance efforts are thorough, transparent, and defensible.
Prior to joining TRUSTe, John served as Chief Privacy Officer of CheckFree Corporation (now Fiserv) and has provided advice to companies on secure eCommerce while in private practice. He frequently lectures on secure e-commerce and public key infrastructure (PKI). John graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, where he was the solicitations editor of the Law Journal. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of Texas, Austin.
Kevin Trilli
Vice President of Product Management
Kevin brings over 15 years of high-tech product management and entrepreneurial experience to TRUSTe and is an industry thought leader around online identity, reputation and trust.
Prior to TRUSTe, Kevin founded AssertID, a technology company that provides identity- and age-verification services for social networks. Previously, Kevin spent eight years at VeriSign, including as director of product management for the SSL, authentication and security services business units. Kevin holds multiple patents and patent applications in online identity.Before joining the Internet industry, Kevin held positions in the semiconductor and chemical industries in product management, product development, engineering and operations.
Kevin has a Masters of Science in Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he is a Sloan Fellow. Kevin also holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he concurrently served as a lab administrator for the University Computer Services Organization.
Richard Qiu
Vice President of Business Development, Mobile
Richard is responsible for identifying, developing and executing on new business opportunities in areas of online privacy, mobile media, online advertising and data management at TRUSTe. An expert in mobile, digital media and advertising, Richard has extensive experience in launching new products, developing new markets and building successful business. Most recently, Richard was EVP of Business Development at 4INFO and a key figure in shaping 4INFO's growth from a messaging powerhouse to a diversified mobile advertising, technology and media company, and instrumental in driving its platform strategy and the direction of mobile publishing and advertising.
Prior to 4INFO, Richard was VP of Worldwide Business Development at FanBox, a mobile data and billing company that pioneered mobile social community. Prior to that, Richard was AVP of business and client development for BeVocal, where he was responsible for key customer and strategic partnerships with telecommunications carriers, cable operators and media businesses. Prior to BeVocal, Richard has also spearheaded business development and sales at Yodlee. Earlier, Richard was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Richard holds a MBA from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Engineering from the Vanderbilt University.
Bo Wilson
Vice President of Customer Support
Bo brings more than 15 years of management and operational experience in enhancing online trust to TRUSTe. As the Vice President of Customer Support, Bo is responsible for the certification and compliance functions for TRUSTe products. His passion for operational excellence and continuous improvement drives teams to define and implement solutions that will enhance TRUSTe’s effectiveness and relevance for customers and consumers.
Prior to TRUSTe, Bo has held management positions at VeriSign, Silicon Graphics, Maxtor and IBM. He was Managing Director of Thawte Consulting, which was a VeriSign acquisition that was headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. Under his three year leadership, Thawte’s global annual revenues doubled from $12M to $25M while operational unit costs and customer satisfaction significantly improved. Bo has a BSME in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Harvard University.
Board of Directors
Fran Maier
Founder and Chair of the Board
TRUSTe
Chris Babel
Chief Executive Officer
TRUSTe
Andrew Braccia
Accel Partners
Ben Golub
Chief Executive Officer
Gluster
Jeb Miller
Jafco Ventures
Theresia Gouw Ranzetta
Accel Partners
Advisory Council
Sharon Anolik
Global Risk and Strategy Leader at McKesson
Brendon Lynch
Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft
Lindsey Finch
Global Privacy Counsel, SalesForce.com
Dean Forbes
Sr. Director, Global Privacy Policy & Communications, & Privacy Compliance AP & LA regions at Johnson & Johnson
Chris Hoofnagle
Director, Information Privacy Programs, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
Barbara Lawler
Chief Privacy Officer, CIPP, CHP Legal & Compliance, Intuit
Scott Shipman
Associate General Counsel, Global Privacy Leader, eBay
Anne Toth
Head of Privacy - Google+ at Google
Paul Zaengle
Vice President, Columbia Sportswear
Anna Zornosa
Advisory board: Motista, Inc.; ChloeandIsabel.com; Glam.com; Tumri, Inc; Bluxome St. Winery; TRUSTe
Awards And Press
