Toby Weir-Jones

Vice President of Product Strategy

Toby is responsible for the strategic planning of BT Counterpane's new and existing services, combining BT Counterpane's own vision for managed security services with feedback from customers and employees. In this role, he defines a roadmap of upcoming offerings and ensures the various development and delivery groups within BT Counterpane are working towards these common goals. He travels frequently to meet with customers, gather intelligence on their problems and needs, and attends industry events in speaking and observing capacities to keep a robust perspective.

Toby is BT Counterpane's longest-serving employee and was one of the founding members of the company in the summer of 1999. Prior to joining BT Counterpane, Toby oversaw the customer service organization at ValiCert (now Tumbleweed) while organizing the company's intellectual property portfolio and assisting with the filing and prosecution of its key technology patents. Toby also worked at Walker Digital, a patent think tank responsible for developing properties such as Priceline, where he was a patent researcher and inventor. Toby's involvement in the cyber security field began in 1995 with his initial work in cryptography and security policy, and he has been involved in a number of technical and strategic roles since then. Toby is a named inventor for five patents, and holds a BA cum laude in engineering ethics from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.