Doppel leadership

Kevin Tian is the co-founder and CEO of Doppel, the AI-native social engineering defense platform. Backed by a16z and Bessemer Ventures, Doppel’s multi-channel threat graph powers enterprise brand protection and executive protection. Kevin is a Georgetown University alum who has spent his career as an engineer in Silicon Valley, building real-time distributed systems at scale for Uber and Lyft to power intelligent dispatch systems and flying cars.

Rahul Madduluri is the co-founder and CTO of Doppel, where he leads product and engineering. Rahul started his career as a software engineer at Uber, using machine learning to predict arrival time estimates. He later started a company that aggregates Shopify stores and joined South Park Commons as a Founder Fellow. Rahul holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science & Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Mike Ferrari is the SVP, Worldwide Sales. He has more than 30 years of technology sales experience and joined Doppel from BigID, where he was the SVP, North America sales. Prior to joining BigID, Mike held leadership and senior sales positions at Tanium and Apptio, both technology startups also backed by a16z.

Bobby Ford will ensure an exceptional customer experience at Doppel, be an industry advocate, and deliver thought leadership as the company delivers on its mission to protect brands, executives and consumers from adaptive, AI-assisted social engineering threats. Bobby is a globally recognized cybersecurity “geek” with almost three decades of experience, including the last 14 years as a CISO, protecting some of the world’s most complex and operationally intensive enterprises. His career began in the military as a founding member of the Pentagon Computer Incident Response Team. Bobby built and led cybersecurity programs in the Aerospace and Defense industry. He was the first CISO at Exelis Inc. and was the architect of ITT’s global cybersecurity audit function under DOJ oversight.

Transitioning from public to private sector, Bobby served as the first CISO at Abbott Labs, was CISO for Unilever, and most recently was SVP and Chief Security Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Known for his collaborative style and empathetic leadership, Bobby fosters an inclusive culture that empowers entire security organizations to excel.

Alex Hu is the VP of Finance at Doppel, where he is responsible for accounting, FP&A, strategic finance, tax, treasury, and investor relations. Prior to Doppel, Alex served as VP of Finance at BigID and Dataiku, where he helped raise $1B+ in venture capital and scale both companies into centaurs ($100M+ ARR). Prior to corporate finance, Alex was a sell-side equity analyst at Credit Suisse, where he supported more than 10 software IPOs and covered public enterprise software companies.

Billy Jennings is the Vice President of Customer Success and Security Operations at Doppel, Inc., bringing over 15 years of go-to-market leadership experience across the technology sector. Known for his customer-first mindset, Billy has built and scaled high-performing Customer Success organizations at industry leaders such as Oracle, AppDynamics, Cisco, and most recently CrowdStrike, where he played a key role in the acquisition and integration of Bionic, an ASPM-focused startup. Outside of work, Billy enjoys quality time with his wife and three kids along the Delaware beaches—and when the opportunity strikes, he still picks up a lacrosse stick for some friendly competition.

Alyssa Smrekar, leads all facets of marketing at Doppel, including brand, product marketing and demand generation. She is a seasoned marketing leader with a strong track record of building and scaling comprehensive marketing teams, crafting compelling storytelling and delivering innovative marketing initiatives to drive growth. Prior to joining Doppel, Alyssa served as the VP of Brand Marketing and Interim CMO at dbt Labs. Alyssa previously led Brand and Corporate Marketing teams at Intercom and Okta, and demand generation and field marketing programs at VMware, SpringSource, and VerticalResponse.