Leadership

Driven by a passion for security, Xiid’s leaders combine the expertise of two leading Silicon Valley professionals with the experience of two of Europe’s finest security engineers. Steve Visconti, Federico Simonetti, Guido Pellizzer, and Jordan Powell come together to bring businesses a revolutionary solution to hybrid cloud security.

Steve Visconti - CEO

Steve is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience working in Silicon Valley tech companies. His expertise ranges from sales and marketing to executive leadership in startups and public companies such as Cisco Systems, Airespace, Proxim, Ascend, Chipcom, and Banyan Systems. Altogether, Steve has led a total of seven startups to four acquisitions and two IPOs.

Federico Simonetti - CTO

Federico is a security expert with experience in academia, law enforcement, and ethical hacking. He was a professor of operating systems security at the University of Milan and developed software for the Italian anti-terrorism and anti-pedophile police. A highly experienced software designer, Federico secured several successful exits before coming to Xiid.

Guido Pellizzer – Chief Engineer

Guido is a highly accomplished software engineer who is fluent in more than ten programming languages. Responsible for the only real-time lawful interception and decoding software used by a number of Europe’s police forces, he is an expert in security, reverse engineering, encryption, database architecture, and cloud computing. He’s also a talented mobile app developer.

Jordan Powell – General Counsel

Jordan has been a practicing attorney for 30 years. He’s worked in-house for companies like Motorola and Panasonic and has had private clients such as NTT DoCoMo, Ericsson, Nokia, NEC, and Texas Instruments. His expertise ranges from corporate law to contracts and licensing to intellectual property.