Get an API key 36 founders who worked at Cisco started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.
Technical Leader at Cisco2014-2015 · left Jan 2015
SVP & General Manager at Harness2020-2026
Founder, CEO at Drone.io2012-2020
Product Manager at GE Capital2004-2011
Co-op Program at GE Transportation, a Wabtec company2003-2004
University of DaytonBSSenior Data Scientist at Cisco2017-2022 · left Jul 2022
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Blaize2022-2026
Software Engineer at Deutsche Bank2014-2017
Research Scientist at TriboTEX2013-2014
Research Scientist at Institute for Shock Physics - Washington State University2012-2013
North Carolina State UniversityPhD
Duke University
Washington State UniversityMSSenior Technical Architect at Cisco2007-2011 · left Apr 2011
Chief Technology Officer at Alvee2022-2024
Executive Vice President Engineering at Film.io2019-2022
Adjunct Associate Professor at St. John's University2009-2019
Distinguished Engineer at UnitedHealth Group2015-2019
Chief Information Security Officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center2014-2015
Boston UniversityMaster's
Ithaca CollegeBA
Senior Director TPM and Strategy, App Dynamics and Full stack observability (FSO) at Cisco2021-2023 · left May 2023Vice President of Product and Business Operations at Infoblox2024-2026Chair, Howard University EECS Advisory Board at Howard University2022-2026Member of EECS Industry Advisory Board at Howard University2020-2022Director, Data Center Networking Technical Program Management and Business Operations at Cisco2016-2021
Sr. Manager Engineering at Nimble Storage, acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise company in 20172015-2016
Women's Christian CollegeBachelor'sPathways Work Experience at Cisco2023-2023 · left Jul 2023
Software Engineering Intern at Egoist Machines, Inc. (YC S26)2026-2026
INSIGHT Programme at Jane Street2026-2026
Data Scientist at Antiplagiat2021-2021
University of CambridgeBachelor's
UTC ReadingSenior Product Manager at Cisco2009-2018 · left May 2018
Head of Product and Engineering at GrubMarket Inc.2023-2026
Director of Product Management at Kimelo2021-2022
Product Management @ Bluebeam at Bluebeam2020-2021
Senior Product Manager - Software/R&D at Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services2018-2020
Senior Consultant at Deloitte2008-2009
Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Stanford University
Account Manager - Global Service Providers at Cisco2016-2018 · left Jul 2018Associate Manager to Manager at Accenture2018-2026Ambassador - CEED at AIESEC2016-2016Innovation Intern at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines2015-2016Task Force United Kingdom at EF2014-2015
Selection Officer Assistant at Erasmus University Rotterdam2014-2015
PR consultant - Intern at Hill & Knowlton2014-2014
The Designers Studio Technical Skills Training LLC
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityMaster'sErasmus University RotterdamBachelor'sCatalyst Specialist at Cisco2023-2024 · left Nov 2024
Partner at Immo Complexe2025-2026
Investor Relations at Klub by Ki2023-2023North Carolina State UniversityMaster's
KAIST COLLEGE OF BUSINESSMBA
SKEMA Business SchoolMaster'sSoftware Engineer/Intern at Cisco2000-2000 · left Jan 2000
Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer at Reality Defender2021-2025
Director of Product at The AI Foundation2019-2021
Vice President at Originate2007-2017
Software Engineer/Consultant at UBmatrix2002-2006
Software Engineer/Consultant at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)2003-2005
UCLABSSenior Software Engineer at Cisco2012-2015 · left Jul 2015
Senior Staff AI Product Manager at Samsung Research America (SRA)2022-2026
Product Manager lead at Skillz2021-2022
Head of Product - Various Teams (MyAryaka, CPQ, Product Strategy) at Aryaka2017-2021
Community Contributor at TensorFlow User Group (TFUG)2017-2021
Product Manager- 'Next Generation Flight reservation Product' at Sabre2016-2016
Researcher at Karlstad University2011-2011
Indian Institute of Technology, GuwahatiBachelor'sStanford University
University of Texas at DallasMBASoftware Engineer Intern at Cisco2012-2013 · left Aug 2013
Machine Learning Engineer at Apple2014-2020
Software Engineer Intern at Texas Instruments2011-2011
Georgia TechMaster's
University of FloridaBachelor's
Florida International UniversityNetAcad Program at Cisco2023-2023 · left Dec 2023
AI Engineer / Prompt Engineer at CommunityForce2025-2026
Classroom Technician at George Mason University2024-2025
Engineer Intern at ExterNetworks2023-2023George Mason UniversityBEAccount Executive at Cisco1995-1998 · left Jan 1998
VP, Enterprise Sales at Expanse, acquired by Palo Alto Networks2019-2023
VP Sales, Western Region at AppDynamics2015-2019
Regional VP, Enterprise Sales at ExactTarget2011-2015
Regional Sales Director at VMware2003-2011
Enterprise Account Executive at EMC1998-2003
UW Foster School of BusinessMBA
Arizona State UniversityQA engineer at Cisco2006-2009 · left Mar 2009
AI Transformation Leader & Head of Platform Engineering at Moonshot Marketing LTD2026-2026
Director of Devops and Tech Operations at justt2022-2025
DevOps Team Lead at Palo Alto Networks2020-2022
DevOps Team Lead at Simplex2018-2020
CTO at Automat-it2016-2018
Senior Devops Engineer at Kaltura2010-2016Product Team Leader at Cisco2013-2014 · left Dec 2014Media & Telecom BU General Manager & CRO at Kaltura2022-2025
Board Member at Aharai TECH | אחרייטק2023-2024Media & Telecom Cheif Revenue Officer at Kaltura2015-2022
Product Marketing Manager at NDS Limited2007-2012
Chief Intelligence Officer for one of Israel’s main intelligence fronts at Israeli Military Intelligence1997-2004
London Business School
The Recanati Executive MBA Program, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv UniversityMBA
Hebrew University of JerusalemBachelor's
Red Team - Lead Penetration Tester at Cisco2015-2016 · left Nov 2016Adversarial Engineer at Sprocket Security2025-2026Cyber Researcher at IBM2023-2025Staff Security Engineer at Bird2021-2022Penetration Tester - ICT4 at Apple2018-2021
Application Security Engineer at Autodesk2017-2018
Lead Security Engineer at Gap Inc.2013-2014
University of Advancing TechnologyBS
The University of Kansas
Fort Hays State University
Senior Manager, Business Development & Product Strategy at Cisco2016-2017 · left Oct 2017COO at Spartan Radar2022-2025Technology and Supply Partnerships Lead at Nuro2021-2022Head of Business Development & Strategy at Ike2018-2021
Director of Business Development at Cisco ThousandEyes2017-2018Global Supply Manager, iPhone Display New Product Introduction at Apple2012-2016
The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessMBA
Brown UniversityAB
The College Preparatory SchoolHigh SchoolSenior Software Engineer at Cisco2007-2011 · left Jan 2011
Director, Software Development at Amazon2014-2026
Engineering Manager at Brocade2011-2014
Sr. Software Engineer at Walmart2011-2011
Sr. Associate - Technology at Sapient2004-2007
Associate at Cognizant2002-2004
Sr. Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra2000-2002
University of CalcuttaMaster's
Technical Program Manager - IOS Engineering at Cisco1998-2004 · left Jun 2004Head of Customer Success at Pillar Security2025-2026Director - Escalation Engineering at Hidden Road2024-2025Sr. Director - Data Centers & Dev/Ops at Pure Storage2013-2023Sr. Engineering Manager - Emerging Markets Infrastructure Access at Google2004-2012
Program Manager - Bulgarian Stock Exchange & Central Depository at HSBC1995-1998
Program Specialist - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange & Mass Privitization at Booz Allen Hamilton1994-1995
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)Master's
Brandeis UniversityBachelor'sSoftware Engineer IV at Cisco2013-2018 · left Oct 2018
Chief Technology Officer at Chain of Demand2022-2024
Senior Software Architect at Synamedia2018-2022Senior Technical Leader at NDS Limited2005-2013
Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityBE
Senior Software Engineer, Security Business Group at Cisco2014-2016 · left Aug 2016Founder & CTO at Crowdalert2023-2025Staff Security Engineer - Security Operations at Carta2021-2023Staff Security Engineer - Vulnerability Management & Red Team at Slack2016-2020Software Engineer at Joyent2010-2014
Software Developer at Sun Microsystems2008-2010
University of Northern British ColumbiaBS
Partner at Mayfield2013-2026
Board of Directors, Series A Co-Lead at Qwiet AI by Harness2016-2025
Board of Directors, Series B Lead at Foodsmart2016-2024
Board of Directors, Series A Co-Lead at Rancher2014-2020
Board Member, Series A Co-lead at Prisma by Palo Alto Networks2013-2020
Board of Directors at Netsil2015-2018
University of PennsylvaniaMBA
IIT BombayBTechSenior Product Designer at Cisco2018-2019 · left Jan 2019
Core Leadership at Nurix2025-2026
Director of Product at Scrut Automation2024-2025
Director of Product and Design at LeadSquared2022-2024
Mentor - Product Management at Upraised2022-2024Group Product Manager at LeadSquared2019-2022
Product Manager at Cropin2018-2019
Dayananda Sagar InstitutionsBachelor'sAccount Manager at Cisco2022-2023 · left Aug 2023
Commercialization Support Executive at University College Dublin2023-2025
Director at Edralon2022-2024IT Strategy Consultant @IBM iX at IBM2021-2022
Founder at TEDxPerugia2019-2022
Strategy Consultant at Talent Garden2020-2020
Stanford University
Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreMS
Università degli Studi di PerugiaBASoftware Engineer at Cisco2014-2017 · left Feb 2017
Founder at Invest Smartly2025-2026
Senior Manager of Product Management at Clari Copilot2018-2025
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Crustdata tracks hundreds of millions of professional profiles. This directory is one saved search: "current title includes founder, current company is Stealth", re-run every week. Point the same search at your own market.
Get an API key# the one request behind this page curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \ -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \ -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \ -d '{ "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [ { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name", "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" }, { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title", "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" } ]}, "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"], "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } } }' # [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.
What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.
Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.
The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.