Barbara Massa
Director/Board Member at NIGHTDRAGON ACQUISITION CORP.
Profile
Barbara Massa is Partner and Chief Operating Officer at NightDragon, responsible for supporting the firm’s portfolio with advancing operations and talent strategies, as well as supporting the firm’s operations and investments.
Barbara brings more than 25 years of experience in the CSSP space to the team from startups to mature Fortune 500 businesses.
She most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief of Business Operations at Mandiant (acquired by Google) as well as Vice President of Global Talent and Diversity at McAfee.
She has also held similar executive leadership roles at EMC and Documentum, as well as sits on numerous boards of directors.
Barbara has been awarded YWCA’s Silicon Valley TWIN award for outstanding executive leadership and is a recognized thought leader on progressive talent attraction strategies and on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Barbara Massa active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| MANDIANT, INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| NIGHTDRAGON ACQUISITION CORP. | Director/Board Member | 2022-02-08 |
Simpplr, Inc.
 Simpplr, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Simpplr, Inc. develops social intranet platform to connect employees across organization. The firm's products include integrations, auto-governance engine, security, and rapid deployment services. The company was founded by Dhiraj Sharma and Piyush Rajput in 2014 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2022-07-19 |
NIGHTDRAGON MANAGEMENT COMPANY
 NIGHTDRAGON MANAGEMENT COMPANY Investment ManagersFinance Nightdragon Management Comapny LLC (Nightdragon Management Comapny) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by David G. DeWalt. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Chief Operating Officer | - |
Former positions of Barbara Massa
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. | Human Resources Officer | - |
Intel Security Group
 Intel Security Group Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Intel Security Group develops anti-virus software. It offers data protection and encryption, database security, server security, data exchange layer, threat detection, and web security. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Human Resources Officer | - |
| EMC CORPORATION | Human Resources Officer | - |
Documentum, Inc.
 Documentum, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Documentum, Inc. provided enterprise content management software solutions to businesses. Its products automated the creation, management, personalization and distribution of vast quantities and types of content documents, web pages, XML files, rich media in common content platform and repository. The company's platform used to make possible for companies to distribute content globally across internal and external systems, applications and user communities. It was founded by John Newton and Howard Shao in 1990. The company was headquartered in Pleasanton, CA. | Human Resources Officer | - |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 7 |
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EMC Corp.
 EMC Corp. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology EMC Corp. develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. It enables businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service. The company was founded by Richard J. Egan, John Curly and Roger M. Marino on August 23, 1979 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA. | Electronic Technology |
Documentum, Inc.
Documentum, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Documentum, Inc. provided enterprise content management software solutions to businesses. Its products automated the creation, management, personalization and distribution of vast quantities and types of content documents, web pages, XML files, rich media in common content platform and repository. The company's platform used to make possible for companies to distribute content globally across internal and external systems, applications and user communities. It was founded by John Newton and Howard Shao in 1990. The company was headquartered in Pleasanton, CA. | Technology Services |
Intel Security Group
Intel Security Group Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Intel Security Group develops anti-virus software. It offers data protection and encryption, database security, server security, data exchange layer, threat detection, and web security. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
Mandiant, Inc.
 Mandiant, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Mandiant, Inc. operates as an intelligence-led security company. The firm engages in intelligence-based cybersecurity solutions that allow organizations to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and remediate cyber attacks. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, EMEA, APAC, and Other. Its portfolio includes Mandiant Solutions, which include threat intelligence, security validation, and automated alert investigation integrated in the Mandiant Advantage platform, managed services, and professional services. The company was founded by Ashar Aziz on February 18, 2004, and is headquartered in Reston, VA. | Technology Services |
Simpplr, Inc.
Simpplr, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Simpplr, Inc. develops social intranet platform to connect employees across organization. The firm's products include integrations, auto-governance engine, security, and rapid deployment services. The company was founded by Dhiraj Sharma and Piyush Rajput in 2014 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA. | Technology Services |
NIGHTDRAGON MANAGEMENT COMPANY
NIGHTDRAGON MANAGEMENT COMPANY Investment ManagersFinance Nightdragon Management Comapny LLC (Nightdragon Management Comapny) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by David G. DeWalt. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
NightDragon Acquisition Corp.
 NightDragon Acquisition Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance NightDragon Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on December 8, 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Finance |
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