Looking at the arc of his career, it is actually easy to understand why Charles Leaver, who is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of prestigious cybersecurity company Ziften, is considered something of a tech icon. His tech career started in 1982 and has included a wide range of experience. At various times, he has been an entrepreneur, a senior executive, sales and management specialist and advisor. He has also worked in virtually every area of technology, although he’s a specialist in cybersecurity, especially in the mobile and media sectors.
Charles Leaver kind of backed into the security business when he managed, operated and owned several technologically innovative lottery systems all over the world, including South America, Asia and Europe. Chuck has shown himself to be very highly skilled in and understanding of all aspects of tech and cybersecurity. He has a lot of very intense experience in the areas of application software and infrastructure technologies, ERP, Web application development, e-learning, and gaming. He is well-known as someone with a knack for successfully guiding companies into breaking down barriers and pushing the edge of technology.
Charles Leaver has few peers when a company is trying to bring new technologies to market and make money with them,. He has been involved in every aspect of the high-tech an mobile markets, including securing secure patents for new technological advances, as well as his ability to devise and successfully execute very complex business plans, to raise huge amounts of capital and to build out innovative, cutting-edge organizations from scratch. When it comes to cybersecurity, Chuck Leaver believes that, in addition to current security needs due to the prevalence of hacking the "Internet of Things" will bring a whole new range of new opportunities for innovators in the cybersecurity field.
