Paul is the founder and Managing Principal of Lunada Ventures, where he has invested in many early stage companies since 2002. Over the past twenty years he was the CEO of three successful internet security companies, Counterpane acquired by British Telecom in 2006, Dasient acquired by Twitter in 2012, and Appthority acquired by Symantec in 2018. Paul currently teaches Entrepreneurship at Saint Mary’s College and is a board member and advisor to several early stage companies and non-profits.
Prior to founding his first company in1999 Paul was a Vice President for IBM responsible for consulting and services in their Telecommunications, Media, Entertainment and Utilities industries for the Americas. He was also with KPMG for 12 years where he was partner in charge of their National Telecommunications practice.
Paul has served on multiple public and private boards including Procera Networks (PKT) and Esoterix (acquired by Laboratory Corporation of America.) He was member of the Saint Mary’s College Board of Regents and serves on the board of directors for All Stars Helping Kids where he mentors several amazing social entrepreneurs as they focus on disrupting the cycle of poverty in the Bay Area.
Paul received his MBA from the University of Notre Dame and his B/S degree from Saint Mary’s College.