David Banes

David Banes

CEO & Founder at Cleartext

Sydney Area, Australia

Current
  • Founder & CEO at Cleartext
  • Director & Secretary at IIA
Past
  • Director & Chairman at XMPP Standards Foundation
  • Director at Cool Bananas Ventures Pty Ltd
  • Director at MessageLabs
  • Regional Manager, Security Response at Symantec
  • VP, Operations at Dr Solomon's Software
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Industry
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David Banes’s Summary

I have more than twenty years experience in the software security industry on three continents and have held senior and middle management roles in support, product development, product marketing, sales, IT and operations.

Specialising in emerging IT technologies I've always been on the bleeding edge of internet communication and networking technologies, from bulletin boards to email, IM, social networking and SaaS since 2003.

Born in the UK and now also an Australian citizen, I left the UK as Head of Product Management for Dr Solomon’s(McAfee) to setup Dr Solomon's North American operations in Boston, USA as VP Operations & Customer Service.

I moved to Australia as Marketing Manager for a small Australian distributor and took up the role as Regional Manager for Symantec Security Response in 1997 before joining MessageLabs as Technical Director in 2003.

Most recently setting up Cleartext (2005), to focus on SaaS in email, IM, Web security, and application hosting in the collaboration and social networking area. Cleartext has refined my skills in sales and marketing and improved my commercial skills in all areas required to run a profitable business unit.

David Banes’s Specialties:

Broad IT security, communication and collaboration experience in EMEA, USA and Asia Pacific Markets. Industry and media liaison and spokesperson with print, radio and TV experience.


David Banes’s Experience

  • Founder & CEO

    Cleartext

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    April 2005Present (4 years 9 months)

    Founder and CEO/Managing Director at Cleartext Pty Ltd

  • Director & Secretary

    IIA

    (Internet industry)

    2004Present (5 years )

  • Director & Chairman

    XMPP Standards Foundation

    (Computer Software industry)

    October 2008October 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  • Director

    Cool Bananas Ventures Pty Ltd

    (Internet industry)

    1996June 2009 (13 years )

  • Director

    MessageLabs

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

    September 2003April 2005 (1 year 8 months)

  • Regional Manager, Security Response

    Symantec

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SYMC; Computer & Network Security industry)

    19972003 (6 years )

  • VP, Operations

    Dr Solomon's Software

    (Computer & Network Security industry)

    19891995 (6 years )

    Prior to this position- Head Product Management, Product Manager, Manager R&D, Tech Support Manager.


Additional Information

David Banes’s Websites:

David Banes’s Groups:

  •    The-Green-Group.com
  •    SaaS Security Experts
  •    Dr Solomon's Alumni
  •    Australian Green ICT

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