James is Co-founder and CIO of HiddenLayer, a cybersecurity startup dedicated to preventing adversarial machine learning attacks, where he oversees the research team responsible for investigating novel attacks against ML/AI. James has spent the past decade in numerous research roles, including malware threat research at Cylance/BlackBerry, where he was responsible for reverse engineering malware, defining threat classification taxonomies, and working closely with data scientists to advance the company’s flagship antivirus product. More recently, he has been working on both Agari’s and Qualys’ data science teams, primarily focused on their Business Email Compromise and Endpoint Detection and Response initiatives, respectively. James holds a BS in Business Administration from Park University. James lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with his wife Melissa, daughter Audrey, and son Brayden.
HiddenLayer is the leading provider of Security for AI. Its security platform helps enterprises safeguard the machine learning models behind their most important products. HiddenLayer is the only company to offer turnkey security for AI that does not add unnecessary complexity to models and does not require access to raw data and algorithms. Founded by a team with deep roots in security and ML, HiddenLayer aims to protect enterprise’s AI from inference, bypass, extraction attacks, and model theft. The company is backed by a group of strategic investors, including M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, Moore Strategic Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, IBM Ventures, and Capital One Ventures.
