Brian Smith is a 20-year veteran and entrepreneur in cyber security. With Marc Willebeek-LeMair, Brian founded TippingPoint Technologies (acquired by 3Com), and founded Click Security (acquired by Alert Logic). Prior to TippingPoint, Brian received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994 and was the Xerox Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University until 1998. He holds 12 patents and is a fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan foundation.