CEO & Founder at Cleartext
Sydney Area, Australia
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- Founder & CEO at Cleartext
- Director & Secretary at IIA
- Past
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- 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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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
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Founder & CEO
Cleartext
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
Founder and CEO/Managing Director at Cleartext Pty Ltd
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Director & Secretary
IIA
(Internet industry)
2004 — Present (5 years )
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Director & Chairman
XMPP Standards Foundation
(Computer Software industry)
October 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 1 month)
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Director
Cool Bananas Ventures Pty Ltd
(Internet industry)
1996 — June 2009 (13 years )
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Director
MessageLabs
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
September 2003 — April 2005 (1 year 8 months)
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Regional Manager, Security Response
Symantec
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SYMC; Computer & Network Security industry)
1997 — 2003 (6 years )
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VP, Operations
Dr Solomon's Software
(Computer & Network Security industry)
1989 — 1995 (6 years )
Prior to this position- Head Product Management, Product Manager, Manager R&D, Tech Support Manager.
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Australian Green ICT
