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About Plerion

We simplify cloud security

Plerion emerged from a 2019 epiphany, driven by the need to prioritize genuine risks over best practices in cloud security.

Our story

Back in 2019, while showcasing new features to one of the company's largest customers, the security lead asked a thought-provoking question: "Should we stop this meeting, go address the critical and high risks your product highlights, and return later - if they're putting my business at risk?" The founder's response was simple: these weren't real risks per se, but rather best practices that should be aimed at to improve the security posture. This moment sparked the idea for Plerion. The founder thought, "What if I could build a product that could help customers identify risks that really matter, instead of best practices?"

As the founder delved deeper into conversations, it became evident that many struggled to identify cloud risks. So, the decision was made to build Plerion to solve this problem.

Fast forward a few years, and the scenario has repeated itself multiple times. During calls with customers, prospects, and partners, the founder has often paused mid-conversation to urge them to address the major risks in their cloud environments, such as sensitive data exposure.

  • Mike Rahmati

    Mike Rahmati

    Founder & CPO

    Mike brings a wealth of experience from the cloud security industry, having founded Cloud Conformity in 2016 where customers included Atlassian, Qantas and Novartis. Conformity was the most comprehensive cloud best practice engine in the market, aligning with Well-Architected (AWS, Azure, GCP).

  • Keith Davison

    Keith Davison

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Keith brings 18+ years of experience in building and leading startups. Mike and Keith co-founded Cloud Conformity in 2016 and built the company to an exit with Trend Micro in 2019 for $100 million. Like many entrepreneurs building new ventures is part of his DNA and our ambition with Plerion is even bigger than anything in the past.

  • Daniel Grzelak

    Daniel Grzelak

    Chief Innovation Officer

    Daniel is a Super Serious Internet Guy. He once opened the AWS web console and is now totally an expert in hacking AWS... maybe because he wrote the first authoritative AWS hacking framework. He is no longer the Chief Information Security Officer at Linktree, nor the Head of Security at Atlassian but he believes his spirit lives on in awful Python code that no one can understand.

  • Cynthia Cheung

    Cynthia Cheung

    Chief of Staff

    Cynthia was the first employee at Plerion who started as our Head of Operations and promoted to Chief of Staff to the Co-CEOs in early 2024. With previous experience at AWS in operations, team scaling, and program management, Cynthia plays a crucial role in driving Plerion's growth and success.

  • Sam Mirzaee

    Sam Mirzaee

    Head of Engineering

    Sam just a guy, standing in front of some code, asking it to love him.

  • Liam Zajdlic

    Liam Zajdlic

    VP of ANZ Sales

    Liam has over 13 years of experience in tech sales and leadership roles, with a passion for building high-performing SaaS sales teams. Among his notable achievements is playing a key role in the AU$100m acquisition of Cloud Conformity.

  • Sina Sadegh

    Sina Sadegh

    Head of Product & Security

    Sina secures our product by day and whispers sweet nothings to the zero-trust architecture by night.

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