Founders
Inigo Merino, CEO
Inigo Merino is the Founder and CEO of Cienaga Systems (www.cienagasystems.net), a leader in autonomous cyber threat hunting technology.
Previously, Inigo acted as Senior Vice President at Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Security and Business Continuity, where he co-lead the global Computer Emergency Response Team (dbCERT) based in New York. Before Deutsche Bank, Inigo held the roles of Vice President of Information Security and Risk Management, and VP of Business Process Improvement in the Six Sigma Central Deployment Office at Merrill Lynch. Inigo has been featured on Digital Guardian, CIO-Asia magazine and BrightTalk and consults on management, corporate strategy, organizational transformation and the marketing of innovation for privately-held as well as public organizations including NEC, GE Healthcare, AT&T and Microsoft.
Inigo holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Computer Science from Georgetown University.
Inigo Merino is the Founder and CEO of Cienaga Systems (www.cienagasystems.net), a leader in autonomous cyber threat hunting technology.
Previously, Inigo acted as Senior Vice President at Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Security and Business Continuity, where he co-lead the global Computer Emergency Response Team (dbCERT) based in New York. Before Deutsche Bank, Inigo held the roles of Vice President of Information Security and Risk Management, and VP of Business Process Improvement in the Six Sigma Central Deployment Office at Merrill Lynch. Inigo has been featured on Digital Guardian, CIO-Asia magazine and BrightTalk and consults on management, corporate strategy, organizational transformation and the marketing of innovation for privately-held as well as public organizations including NEC, GE Healthcare, AT&T and Microsoft.
Inigo holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Computer Science from Georgetown University.
Nubar Dailerian, CFO
Nubar is responsible for financial accounting, venture financing and structuring. He advises on market entry, hiring and business development strategies.
Nubar has recently served as Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for TD Bank, N.A. Previously, he was a Strategy and Management consultant advising Global Fortune 500 companies on their long-term strategic plans as well as short-term operational implementations. Nubar has led various software product development launches and corporate development efforts at Gap International, a management consulting firm.
Nubar holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a BCom in Finance and Information Systems from McGill University.
Nubar is responsible for financial accounting, venture financing and structuring. He advises on market entry, hiring and business development strategies.
Nubar has recently served as Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for TD Bank, N.A. Previously, he was a Strategy and Management consultant advising Global Fortune 500 companies on their long-term strategic plans as well as short-term operational implementations. Nubar has led various software product development launches and corporate development efforts at Gap International, a management consulting firm.
Nubar holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a BCom in Finance and Information Systems from McGill University.
Engineering
Sevan Ficici, Ph.D., VP of Analytics
Sevan is responsible for Cienaga Systems' advanced analytics algorithms, machine learning and data science.
Sevan serves as Senior Staff Scientist at Natural Selection, Inc. which helps companies across a variety of industries solve difficult problems through the application of evolutionary computing, neural networks, fuzzy systems, and other methods. He has worked on problems concerning risk detection, market research, bioinformatics, scheduling, and the environment, among others. Prior to NSI, Sevan was Senior Scientist at Affinnova (acquired by Nielsen) where he was co-inventor of patented, state-of-the-art interactive evolutionary algorithm technology used to design products and packaging for internationally recognized consumer brands.
Sevan earned his Ph.D in computer science from Brandeis University and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University. Sevan also attended the Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems and holds a Master's in music theory from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester).
Sevan is responsible for Cienaga Systems' advanced analytics algorithms, machine learning and data science.
Sevan serves as Senior Staff Scientist at Natural Selection, Inc. which helps companies across a variety of industries solve difficult problems through the application of evolutionary computing, neural networks, fuzzy systems, and other methods. He has worked on problems concerning risk detection, market research, bioinformatics, scheduling, and the environment, among others. Prior to NSI, Sevan was Senior Scientist at Affinnova (acquired by Nielsen) where he was co-inventor of patented, state-of-the-art interactive evolutionary algorithm technology used to design products and packaging for internationally recognized consumer brands.
Sevan earned his Ph.D in computer science from Brandeis University and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University. Sevan also attended the Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems and holds a Master's in music theory from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester).
Shane Caldwell, Software Engineer
Shane is Cienaga's resident hacker. Part software engineer, part data scientist, and part penetration tester, Shane is a jack-of-all-trades with a holistic view of what merging machine learning and security means.
Shane is currently pursuing a master's in Data Science at New College of Florida, where he also earned his Computer Science degree as an undergraduate. He is also a certified OSCP and previously worked as a full-time penetration tester.
Shane is Cienaga's resident hacker. Part software engineer, part data scientist, and part penetration tester, Shane is a jack-of-all-trades with a holistic view of what merging machine learning and security means.
Shane is currently pursuing a master's in Data Science at New College of Florida, where he also earned his Computer Science degree as an undergraduate. He is also a certified OSCP and previously worked as a full-time penetration tester.
Anthony Bucci, Ph.D., Scientific Consultant
Anthony is a scientific advisor of Cienaga Systems in the fields of machine learning, co-evolution, data science and complex systems.
Anthony is an experienced consultant specializing in complex systems, data science and machine learning. Previously, he was the Director of Science at Icosystem Corporation, which specializes in applying complexity science techniques to business challenges. At Icosystem, Anthony collaborated with scientific staff to maintain Icosystem's cutting edge capabilities in machine learning, data science, evolutionary computation, agent-based simulation, and network analysis.
Anthony holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Brandeis University, where he focused on coevolutionary algorithms and artificial intelligence; and a B.S. in mathematics from Case Western Reserve University. He is an internationally-recognized expert in the field of coevolutionary algorithms and coauthor of the "Coevolutionary Principles" chapter in the Handbook of Natural Computing.
Anthony is a scientific advisor of Cienaga Systems in the fields of machine learning, co-evolution, data science and complex systems.
Anthony is an experienced consultant specializing in complex systems, data science and machine learning. Previously, he was the Director of Science at Icosystem Corporation, which specializes in applying complexity science techniques to business challenges. At Icosystem, Anthony collaborated with scientific staff to maintain Icosystem's cutting edge capabilities in machine learning, data science, evolutionary computation, agent-based simulation, and network analysis.
Anthony holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Brandeis University, where he focused on coevolutionary algorithms and artificial intelligence; and a B.S. in mathematics from Case Western Reserve University. He is an internationally-recognized expert in the field of coevolutionary algorithms and coauthor of the "Coevolutionary Principles" chapter in the Handbook of Natural Computing.
Business Development
Ian C. Cook, Business Development Advisor
Ian advises Cienaga Systems on business development and general cyber-security matters.
In addition, Ian is the CEO and Founder of Corbels Security Services, and is one of the few truly internationally recognized and respected leaders in cyber-security and intelligence. He has 35 years of experience in advising businesses in their strategic decisions including Saudi American Bank, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Team Cymru, and numerous technology start-ups.
Ian is currently a Mentor at Cyber London (CyLon), Europe's first cyber security accelerator and on the Advisory Boards of Novastone Media, IOActive, Radically Open Security, Obrella and Bricade.
Ian advises Cienaga Systems on business development and general cyber-security matters.
In addition, Ian is the CEO and Founder of Corbels Security Services, and is one of the few truly internationally recognized and respected leaders in cyber-security and intelligence. He has 35 years of experience in advising businesses in their strategic decisions including Saudi American Bank, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Team Cymru, and numerous technology start-ups.
Ian is currently a Mentor at Cyber London (CyLon), Europe's first cyber security accelerator and on the Advisory Boards of Novastone Media, IOActive, Radically Open Security, Obrella and Bricade.
