Entrepreneur, computer security guru, chief IT guy, and architect of many great systems including all of Elon Musk's companies from Zip2 through SpaceX. Now Founder & CTO of Spikes Security, the revolutionary new web security company.

Founder, CEO, and CTO @ Spikes will offer the world’s most secure access to the web, addressing the biggest security risk facing computers and enterprise networks today. From March 2012 to Present (3 years 10 months) CIO @ I was the 4th hire at SpaceX and the only IT person during the formative years of the company, where I then developed its IT department from a blank slate to a large and highly effective infrastructure and organization in the years to follow. I was responsible for making sure everything with a wire or blinky light functioned and communicated perfectly, with top performance, scalability, and security. From June 2002 to January 2012 (9 years 8 months) IT Security Architect @ Provided the company with product design and IT infrastructure guidance in the area of Information Security. From November 2002 to June 2004 (1 year 8 months) San Francisco Bay AreaDirector of IT @ I was among the first employees at PayPal, and developed its IT department into a large and highly effective infrastructure and organization. I was responsible for making sure the company's product (www.paypal.com) and everything with a wire or blinky light functioned and communicated perfectly, with top performance, scalability, and security. From December 1999 to June 2002 (2 years 7 months) Lead Systems Engineer @ Led the IT operations teams to maximize performance and availability. From 1997 to 1998 (1 year) Consultant @ Consulting with various Silicon Valley companies on networking, enterprise IT, and computer security. From 1995 to 1997 (2 years)

Master Systems Architect, Information Security & Information Technology, 5 @ School of Hard Knocks From 1995 to 2012 Founder @ Founder Institute From 2012 to 2012 Branden Spikes is skilled in: Organizational Leadership, Executive Communications, Start-ups, Information Security, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing, Network Security, IT Operations, Strategic Thinking, Network Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Disaster Recovery, Risk Management, IT Security Best Practices, Virtualization