Barmak Meftah came to Fortify Software in early 2004 becoming the company's tenth employee. Following a progressive tenure with Oracle, Barmak joined Fortify driven by a clear vision of automating vulnerability analysis and energized by the epic challenge ahead to build and deliver a superior solution to organizations globally. Seizing the new company's opportunity to transform the information security paradigm, Barmak lead the build-out and expansion of a world-class product development team, security research, product management and a global services organization to execute the vision set forth. Amidst this trajectory, Fortify was named "The Next Big Thing" at Enterprise 2005. In the years to follow, Fortify has won numerous prestigious awards for each of its major product lines and delivered enterprise solutions to hundreds of customers in the Fortune 2,000 including financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, ecommerce and government organizations. Currently, Barmak leads Global Product Development, Security Research Labs, Product Management and the Customer Success organizations.

Barmak is a technology industry veteran with over 17 years of experience in enterprise software development, product management and management consulting. Prior to his appointment at Fortify, Barmak was Vice President of Engineering and Product Management at Sychron. There he managed the strategy, development and release of products comprised in the ground-breaking practice of grid computing. Previously, he spent seven years in various senior management roles at Oracle Corporation within the Server Technologies division. Roles at Oracle included Group Manager for ease of use and manageability product lines as well as Director of Development for the eServices platform. At the time of his departure, he was the head of products for the Oracle 9i Database on Windows and .NET platforms. Earlier in his career, Barmak served as a Managing Principal Consultant at Price Waterhouse LLC in the Management Consulting Services group and as the Group head for Wells Fargo Bank's desktop business unit.

Graduated from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Computer Science, Barmak also serves on the technical advisory board for StarCite and is an advisor to numerous Venture Capital funds.