Tom McNeight

Tom McNeight is an Operating Partner with TechOperators.
Over his thirty-five year career in enterprise software systems, he has worked with well-established market leaders as well as with early stage software companies in financial, manufacturing, and cyber security.
Prior to joining TechOperators, Tom was the CEO of GuardedNet, a venture-funded security information management (SEIM) software company acquired by Micromuse in September 2006.
Before GuardedNet, Tom was the Senior Vice President of Sales of Internet Security Systems (ISS) where he was responsible for building the field operations.
Over his five-year tenure, ISS grew from approximately $700,000 to $190,000,000 in revenue and achieved a successful public offering.
Before joining ISS, Tom was the Senior Vice President of Sales for TSW International, a provider of plant performance and maintenance management software, which served complex manufacturing industries and both conventional and nuclear power generation facilities.
From 1991 – 1993, Tom was the CEO of Aurum Software, a leading sales force automation company subsequently acquired by Baan International.
Tom started his commercial career with Dun & Bradstreet Software (formerly Management Science America) rising over twelve years from field sales representative to Executive Vice President of the Americas, responsible for a $345,000,000 business unit with approximately 2,300 employees.
Tom currently serves on the board of Tala Security and NopSec, Inc. He has had a number of past board appointments, most recently Digital Health Department acquired by Tyler Software, BrightPoint Security acquired by ServiceNow Corporation, Silver Tail Systems, acquired by RSA/EMC and SecureWorks, Inc., acquired by Dell Corporation.
Tom resides in the Atlanta, Georgia area where he enjoys his family, leisure water activities and swinging a hammer for Putnam County’s Habitat for Humanity program