Roger Thornton

Who is Roger Thornton?

Prior to founding Fortify Software in 2002, Mr. Thornton led key

development efforts at E*TRADE, guided a major architecture redesign

effort at eBay, and served as an interim executive and investor to a

number of other successful startups. Earlier in his career, he held

technology and business leadership positions at some of the world’s

leading technology companies including Cypress Semiconductor, Apple

Computer (Taligent), and Sun Microsystems (JavaSoft). An expert and

pioneer in the field of software security, Mr. Thornton is a frequent

presenter at industry conferences and works closely with companies

beginning to address information security through improved software

development processes and technologies.