MACH37

Robert J. Stratton III is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, and researcher specializing in commercial development of early-stage security technologies, multinational network security, technology policy, and innovation management.

Mr. Stratton is a General Partner in MACH37, a Virginia startup accelerator supporting new information security companies. Previously, he was Chief Strategy & Security Officer at WiTopia, and Director of Government Research at Symantec Research Labs. Before joining Symantec, he was co-founder and CTO at StackSafe, a startup focused on self-healing software and automated software assurance. Mr. Stratton was the first Director of Technology Assessment at In-Q-Tel, a private venture capital firm investing for the benefit of the U.S. Intelligence Community. Mr. Stratton also co-founded and served as Chief Technologist at Security Design International, a services firm specializing in multinational and critical infrastructure network security. Before founding SDI, Mr. Stratton established the Security Posture Assessment™ practice at WheelGroup Corporation and the security organization at UUNET, one of the first tier 1 Internet service providers.