Leigh Honeywell
Founding Advisor at iVerify
Ottawa, Ontario
Overview
Work Experience
CEO
2018 - Current
As founder and CEO of Tall Poppy, I'm building tools and services to help companies protect their employees from online harassment and abuse.
Founding Advisor
2023
Worked closely with the iVerify team through their spinout from Trail of Bits and beyond, including strategy, hiring, and fundraising.
IVerify is a mobile threat hunting company that provides mobile security solutions.
Raised $16,000,000.00 from Shine Capital, Talons Ventures, BoxGroup, Exponential Founders Fund, Trail of Bits, Mischief and Parameter Ventures.
Co Host
2023
Venture Partner
2019
Pioneer Fund invests primarily in companies participating in the Y Combinator startup accelerator.
Technology Fellow
2017 - 2018
As a Technology Fellow at the ACLU, I applied my technical expertise to legal briefs, public writing, and advocacy work in collaboration with lawyers and other staff. I worked with ACLU IT on security and hiring, as well as volunteer recruitment and coordination. During my time at the ACLU I was quoted as an expert in media outlets such as CNN, Gizmodo, CNET, and Quartz.
American Civil Liberties Union is a nonpartisan organization that works to defend and preserve the nation's civic values.
Raised $120,000.00 from Y Combinator.
Security Response Manager
2016 - 2017
Senior Staff Security Engineer
2015 - 2016
Slack is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams.
Raised $1,391,100,000.00 from Light Street Capital, Meyer Ventures and Employee Stock Option Fund.
Senior Platform Security Engineer
2014 - 2015
Security Program Manager 2
2011 - 2014
PM with the Microsoft Security Response Team and later with the Microsoft Security Engineering Center.
Microsoft Advertising provides digital advertising solutions.
Consultant
2006 - 2011
Provided a variety of consulting services to SMB IT customers, including: -VOIP integration using the Asterisk PBX -Linux system administration (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL) -Small office network management
Malware Operations Engineer
2008 - 2010
Joined Symantec via the MessageLabs acquisition.
Email Filtering Company
Raised $35,000,000.00 from TCV, Crosslink Capital, NortonLifeLock, Critical Path, Accel, Opportunity Capital Partners, Esther Dyson, Bill Joy and Thomas Weisel Partners.