Richard will talk about the experience of building a high-growth startup in Canada, drawing on the stories of half a dozen high-tech startups he has led, including companies now owned by Intel, Dell, and Trend. Richard will talk about the (many) mistakes he made along the way, surviving the resulting near-death experiences, navigating through exits and life post-acquisition, and a few lessons learned.
Dr. Richard Reiner is a serial entrepreneur and company builder, active as an executive, investor, advisor, and Board member.
He is currently Executive Chair of Fluent.ai, a speech AI company; Executive Chair of EOS Canada, a blockchain company; and Chair of Cybeats, an IoT security company.
He was previously Chief Technology Officer – Safe Identity, in Intel’s Security Group. He was President of PasswordBox, the leading digital identity company, leading up to the company’s acquisition by Intel. He was Chairman & CEO of Enomaly, a global leader in cloud computing, until Enomaly’s acquisition in 2011; and was the founder, CEO, and CTO of Assurent, a cybersecurity company (acquired in 2006).
He has served on the Boards and Advisory Boards of many leading cybersecurity, cloud, and mobile companies such as Immunio, Elliptic Technologies, Virima, CloudeAssurance, Veracode, NetClarity, Virima, and Fonolo.
He is often quoted by the press, in media such as the New York Times, CBS, NBC, USA Today, and CIO. He holds a Ph.D. and numerous patents in the fields of software and cloud security.
Sanford Fleming Building, Room 1105