The team that turns the map around
NodeZero is built by people who have run real attacks for a living — and decided to put that edge on your side.
Horizon3.ai is a mix of US Special Operations, US National Security and cybersecurity-industry veterans. Their mission is to “turn the map around” — use the attacker’s perspective to show enterprises exactly what’s exploitable, and what to fix first. Founded in 2019, headquartered in San Francisco, and 100% made in the USA. Delivered across Australia and New Zealand by Drochaid.
Built by the people who’ve been the attacker.
Most security tools are built by defenders, looking outward, guessing how an attacker might move. Horizon3.ai was built from the other side of the map. Its team of nation-state-grade ethical hackers spent careers finding the way in — through US Special Operations, national security and the offensive-security industry — and turned that perspective into a product.
That is what “turn the map around” means: stop ranking thousands of theoretical findings, and start with the handful of attack paths a real adversary would actually walk to your crown jewels. NodeZero finds them autonomously, proves they’re exploitable, and shows you exactly what to fix first — then verifies the fix held.
A platform that safely runs real attacks inside production every day is a genuinely hard thing to build. It takes people who have lived on both sides of the attack — and this is that team.
Why this team is built to make a security platform.
Offensive instinct, deep-systems engineering and a machine-speed thesis — the three things an autonomous security platform actually needs, in one team.
They’ve been the attacker
A mix of US Special Operations, US National Security and cybersecurity-industry veterans — nation-state-grade ethical hackers who have run real offensive operations. NodeZero thinks the way an attacker thinks because that is the side this team came from.
They’ve shipped the hard technology
Splunk, NASA, JPL, the Signal encrypted-messaging app, and dozens of patents between them. Building a system that safely runs real attacks inside production takes exactly this depth of systems and security engineering.
They built for machine speed
Founded in 2019 on one thesis: cyber warfare will run at machine speed, algorithm versus algorithm, with humans by exception. NodeZero is the autonomous platform built for that world — and it gets smarter with every pentest it runs.
Leadership
The pedigree behind the platform — from JSOC and Splunk to NASA, JPL and the Signal app.
Snehal Antani
Co-founder & CEOPreviously CTO of US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), CTO at Splunk and CIO at GE Capital. Holds 18 US patents across data processing, cloud computing and virtualisation.
Matthew Hartley
Chief Revenue OfficerTwo decades building and scaling go-to-market teams. Former CRO at HYPR and iboss, and VP of Americas Sales at Forescout, where he built out the US Federal business.
Holly Grey
Chief Financial Officer · In memoriamIn memoriam, June 2026. Holly brought more than 30 years of finance leadership to Horizon3.ai, having steered companies through mergers, acquisitions and IPOs, with senior roles at Exabeam, Forescout, Accuray and Aspect Software.
Andres Botero
Chief Marketing OfficerTwo decades scaling category-defining cloud and security companies. Former CMO at Rubrik and Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at BlackLine. MBA from Stanford.
Jill Passalacqua
Chief Legal OfficerHas guided companies from startup to IPO and acquisition, with executive legal roles at JumpCloud, Harness, Avi Networks (acquired by VMware), FireEye and NetApp.
Torie Runzel
Chief People OfficerFifteen years building performance-driven, values-aligned cultures across cybersecurity, fintech and logistics. Previously VP of People at Divvy Homes and Bolt Financial.
Erick Dean
VP of ProductOver 20 years in enterprise software and AI automation. Led AIOps product at PagerDuty, with product roles at Samsara, Splunk and C3.ai. Author of six machine-learning and analytics patents.
Chris Corbett
VP of EngineeringEngineering executive and former NASA scientist. Led teams at Planet and JPL, co-developed the Signal iOS app for encrypted communications, and holds a PhD in computational physics. Dual BS in computer science & engineering and physics from MIT.
The offensive-research bench
The founding engineers and researchers who find the new attack vectors — exploit developers, offensive-security experts and infrastructure architects. Every vector they uncover feeds the collective intelligence that makes NodeZero sharper for everyone.
The board
Backed by operators and investors who have built and scaled the security industry.
Team details sourced from Horizon3.ai — About us, verified 30 June 2026. Each profile links to the person’s LinkedIn for independent verification.
Made in the USA. Delivered in Australia and New Zealand by Drochaid.
Drochaid is Horizon3.ai’s authorised NodeZero partner across Australia and New Zealand. We bring the same platform — and the same attacker’s-eye proof — to local teams, with delivery, support and an understanding of the obligations you answer to, from DISP and the Essential Eight to SOCI.
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