DR. CARRIE E. GATES

Livermore, CA
(925) 344-1189
carrie.gates@gmail.com


Education

Ph.D. (Computer Science)
Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University
Thesis Title: Co-ordinated Port Scans: A Model, A Detector and An Evaluation Methodology
May 2006

Recent Experience

CO-FOUNDER and CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (CTO)
SECURELYTIX, INC.
Newton, MA, United States of America
July 2016 - present
Duties: Drive the technical vision for a new approach to cloud application security that applies anomaly detection techniques to process mining via API call analysis. Review product architecture, develop business-relevant use cases and design user interfaces. Understand the security industry landscape and identify opportunities and competitors. Communicate the company’s technical strategy to potential investors and customers.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SR. DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER and CHIEF SCIENTIST (SECURITY)
DELL RESEARCH, DELL INC.
Santa Clara, California, United States of America
November 2013 - January 2016
Duties: Develop and implement the research strategy for security within Dell by identifying research projects that will result in either new products or market differentiation across all of Dell product areas (software, end user computing, servers, and services). Lead development of a security strategy that represents all security offerings within Dell and provides a vision for future directions. Establish Dell as a thought leader in the security space through presentations, publications and patents. Represent Dell Research to customers, industry analysts, the academic community and the press. Enable technology transfer between academic research and products. Establish and lead a security research team. Act as a mentor to junior staff. My projects have resulted in 12 patent filings, 6 invited presentations, and 1 publication, in addition to external videos, industry analyst discussions and press interviews.

SVP, DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER and DIRECTOR of RESEARCH
CA LABS, CA TECHNOLOGIES
New York, New York, United States of America
April 2006 - November 2013
Duties: Guide the strategic direction for research within CA Labs. Identify opportunities within the business units at CA that can be transformed into research relationships performed in collaboration with university faculty and students. Perform research that has the potential to impact the strategic direction of CA products and services, with a focus on enterprise-level security. Participate in defining CA's corporate strategy. Represent CA to the academic community via invited talks, conference and journal papers, and participation in conference organizing and program committees. My research projects have resulted in 31 publications, 24 invited talks, 11 panel participations, 12 awarded patents, 3 filed patents, and over $1million in external funding awards.

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Recent Honours and Awards