SlashNext CEO and leadership

Christopher Harr is the vice president for cloud sales and solutions at [Hewlett-Packard](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hewlett-packard), a multinational IT corporation. Previously, he held an executive position at [VMware](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vmware#/entity) and handled sales and marketing for desktop solutions. Harr has held executive leadership roles at companies such as [Preventsys](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/preventsys#/entity), [McData](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mcdata-corporation#/entity), Sanera, [CacheFlow](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cacheflow#/entity), and [Novell](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/novell#/entity). He has also served as the founder and chief executive officer of [Nirvanix](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nirvanix#/entity). Harr holds a bachelor’s degree from [Tulane University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/tulane-university#/entity).

Before founding SlashNext, Atif spent nine years at FireEye as a senior scientist, where he was one of the main architects of FireEye’s core malware detection technology. He has spent most of his career on the front lines of the war against cybercrime. He has worked with law enforcement and other global organizations to take down some of the world’s biggest malware networks including Rustock, Srizbi, Pushdo and Grum botnets. Atif’s natural product sense has contributed greatly to SlashNext’s flagship Active Cyber Defense System. He has driven the creation of an extremely powerful tool that is at once elegant, functional and simple to use.

Robert Amaral, SlashNext Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) has vast experience in consistently driving exceptional growth and financial performance with over 20 years of sales leadership experience in network, security, systems management, and collaboration at top-tier companies, including LiveAction, CliQr, ArcSight, Support.com, Marimba, Tivoli Systems, and Sun Microsystems. With a core focus on sales execution, relationship building, and management, Amaral has played a key role in driving four companies to IPO, as well as acquisitions valued at over $8 billion in shareholder value.

Robert Mally is a Chief Financial Officer (Interim) at SlashNext.

Before founding SlashNext, Atif spent nine years at FireEye as a senior scientist, where he was one of the main architects of FireEye’s core malware detection technology. He has spent most of his career on the front lines of the war against cybercrime. He has worked with law enforcement and other global organizations to take down some of the world’s biggest malware networks including Rustock, Srizbi, Pushdo and Grum botnets. Atif’s natural product sense has contributed greatly to SlashNext’s flagship Active Cyber Defense System. He has driven the creation of an extremely powerful tool that is at once elegant, functional and simple to use.

Before founding SlashNext, Atif spent nine years at FireEye as a senior scientist, where he was one of the main architects of FireEye’s core malware detection technology. He has spent most of his career on the front lines of the war against cybercrime. He has worked with law enforcement and other global organizations to take down some of the world’s biggest malware networks including Rustock, Srizbi, Pushdo and Grum botnets. Atif’s natural product sense has contributed greatly to SlashNext’s flagship Active Cyber Defense System. He has driven the creation of an extremely powerful tool that is at once elegant, functional and simple to use.