Exaprotect’s executive team brings a strong blend of industry knowledge of the IT security, Networking, MSSP and software industries.

Jean-François Dechant, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

As co-founder of Exaprotect, Jean-François has over 15 years of successful business experience in high technology and international markets. He operates out of the California HQ office.

Prior to founding Exaprotect, Jean-François founded EPT, a leading regional MSSP. Jean-François was also a Regional Manager for Dimension Data developing it as a leader in network and security infrastructure services. He previously was institutional in developing a network of over 50 partners in Europe and helping Anixter grow to become Digital's second largest distributor in Europe. Jean-François started his career at Digital Equipment Corporation.

Domenick Lionetti, Vice President, Americas & APAC Sales

Domenick has over 15 years of sales and marketing experience, 12 of these specializing in the information security industry. During this time, Domenick has focused on Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, government agencies and systems integrators worldwide.

Prior to Exaprotect, Domenick was director of business development for Cylink Corporation (Safenet) specializing in network and software security technology. Prior to Cylink, Dominick led sales and strategic business development at Cincinnati Electronics Corporation and also served six years in the United States Navy as a cryptographic technician.

Fred Saint-Joigny, Vice President, Strategic Alliances

Fred brings 15 years operational experience managing and growing sales for international security vendors in both direct and indirect sales environments. He currently operates out of the HQ California office.

Prior to joining Exaprotect, Fred served in various sales, marketing and general management positions in leading companies such as Check Point, F-Secure, Racal Datacom and Alcatel.

Christophe Briguet, Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

A co-founder of Exaprotect, Christophe brings strong security expertise gained from over nine years of professional experience in delivering security solutions.

Prior to founding Exaprotect, Christophe worked at Dimension Data specializing in security management and Internet systems. Christophe has been an adviser to telco, manufacturing and service companies, and played a key role in developing and implementing numerous security solutions.

Today, Christophe is recognized as a respected security expert and a thought-leader in security risk and threat analysis methodologies

Thierry Costa, Vice President, Marketing

Thierry Costa has 15 years experience in technology marketing, specializing in brand building, sales force readiness and market development for enterprise software companies. Most recently Thierry served as Vice President of Marketing at Reportive where he helped transform a small niche player into a worldwide leader of reporting solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, resulting in 18 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies using Reportive for their market research and sales force effectiveness efforts.

Prior to Reportive, he held a variety of senior management positions in both early-stage start-ups and large public companies, including Xacct Technologies, Broadvision and Hewlett-Packard where he led their software security strategy.

Nicolas Quint, Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Nicolas brings more than 12 years experience in the IT industry and 10 in the IT security field.

Prior to Exaprotect he founded and served as CEO of Qualipe, a leading IT security consulting firm. Before Qualipe, Nicholas was Regional Manager at Cyber-Networks.