Code Dx Board of Directors

Anita D’Amico, Ph.D. has guided Code Dx’s growth from its inception to its recent funding by DataTribe. She is a visionary leader who is comfortable building from the ground up: She built and grew the Information Warfare team at aerospace giant Northrop Grumman, then proceeded to create and grow the Secure Decisions cybersecurity R&D practice inside Applied Visions, Inc. That work led to the development of the technology that is now Code Dx – initially funded by the Department of Homeland Security – and to the successful spinout of Code Dx as an independent cybersecurity product company. Initially educated as an experimental psychologist, Anita has integrated that experience into her work with technology over the years, with a focus on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of software developers and AppSec analysts. She is committed to growing the Code Dx product, and team, to bring efficient and effective application security processes to industry and government across the software development lifecycle.

After a 25-year history as a technology entrepreneur, Leo is now at DataTribe helping other teams traverse the adventurous terrain of startup land.
Leo founded three startups and guided them from inception through acquisition. Over the years, he has been in organizations ranging in size from two guys in a basement to thousands, building products to solve a variety of business and technology challenges. He has led high-growth, venture-backed companies and has helped to lead companies through difficult restructuring and turnaround situations. Throughout these different experiences, Leo has been focused on leading technology and product development in a wide variety of domains such as big-data-driven marketing technology, financial portfolio management, satellite telemetry processing, and the TV Everywhere initiative.

Senior Vice President and Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cisco (fmr)

John is the founder and President, Talons Ventures. In this role, he works with disruptive startup companies, venture funds, consults to midsize to large businesses on government relations and cyber, and gives back in philanthropic efforts on education, equality, and anti-poaching. Prior to founding Talons Ventures, Stewart served as SVP, Chief Security & Trust Officer at Cisco Systems. During his 15+ years at Cisco, he helped Cisco establish its leadership in national security matters, the enterprise security market, privacy, and trust – leadership the company carries on to this day.

Throughout his 30-year career, Stewart has led or participated in widely ranging security initiatives from IT design for elementary schools to national security programs. He is a Board Director for BlackPoint Cyber, ReFirm Labs, SpyCloud, 360 Privacy, Chairman for CyVolve, special advisor to the Board of Directors for Focal Point, Obsidian, RedSeal, and is on Syracuse University’s College of Engineering Dean’s Leadership Council.

Frank Zinghini is the founder and CEO of Applied Visions, Inc. (AVI), a software engineering and R&D firm within which Code Dx was incubated. AVI specializes in building custom mobile, web, cloud, IoT and desktop applications and products for a variety of industries, providing full-stack product development services including engineering, UI/UX design, data visualization, and quality assurance. Through its Secure Decisions division the company conducts government-funded cybersecurity R&D, with a special focus on application security and cybersecurity education. The experience of growing AVI from its basement-office beginnings to the multi-location commercial and government-focused solution provider it is today, coupled with AVI’s extensive work in bringing products to market on behalf its clients, gives Frank the perspective to help guide Code Dx to commercial success.