We are Goldilock
Our team has…well, centuries of combined experience in information technology, deep tech, financial services, sales and marketing, with a consistent focus on innovation. For us, Goldilock is a calling. We believe that the internet is essential, but it has become a very dangerous place to be all the time. We set out to solve that problem in an elegant, simple and scalable way. If you’re interested in joining us in our mission; in hardware or software development, sales, marketing, administration or even as an external partner, get in touch with us using the contact form.
Tony Hasek / CEO
Founder and CEO // AN EXPERIENCED ENTREPRENEUR AND COMPANY BUILDER WITH A HISTORY OF PREDICTING MARKET CHANGES, ENVISIONING NEEDS, AND BUILDING SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THEM. TONY HAS RAISED MILLIONS FROM LEADING VC FIRMS FOR HIS OWN AND OTHER VENTURES. HE FOUNDED, SCALED & EXITED ONE OF THE LARGEST APPLE PARTNER/SYSTEM INTEGRATION COMPANIES IN EUROPE AND OPENED THE FIRST APPLE STORE EAST OF BERLIN. HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN SOFTWARE AND APP DEVELOPMENT, AND FOUNDED AND EXITED ONE OF EUROPE'S FIRST E-SERVICES VENTURES. HIS VISION IS FOR THE INTERNET TO BE A SAFER PLACE FOR ALL.
Stephen Kines / COO
Co-Founder // STEPHEN IS AN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE LAWYER WITH EXPERTISE IN COMPLEX M&A AND TAX EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS IN THE US, UK AND EMERGING MARKETS. HE HAS BEEN A GENERAL COUNSEL FOR ULTRA-HIGH NET WORTH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRMS. HE IS FOCUSED ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING BLOCKCHAIN AND CYBERSECURITY. A NATURAL MANAGER, HE ALSO HAS A PASSION FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY.
Richard Bate / CTO
RICHARD IS AN EXPERIENCED TECHNICAL LEAD, HOLDING MULTIPLE SENIOR POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE UK TECH STARTUP SECTOR. HE BRINGS OVER A DECADE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IN LARGE SCALE IT INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS. HE IS PARTICULARLY ADROIT AT DEVISING, REFINING AND COMMERCIALIZING TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS. WITH A SPECIALIZATION ON HANDS-ON TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, RICHARD EXCELS AT CREATING SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PROBLEMS.
Dr. Jason Gamage / CISO
Jason is a seasoned enterprise security management professional with over 31 years of global experience spanning 4 continents. He has worked for Microsoft, Merrill Lynch, Delek US Holdings, Nintendo, Fashion Nova and AVG. A regular speaker and panelist at security conferences, he recently presented at Black Hat. A former member of the US Army PsyOps unit, he holds a PhD in Forensic Psychology.
Sergio Alonso / VP Partnerships
Sergio comes from a Channels and Partnerships and inside sales background with such international players as Emerson, Siemens and Avocent. Based in Madrid, Sergio handles Partnership discussions for Goldilock with Resellers, MSSP's, Distributors and geographic partners worldwide.
Denisa Hudečeková / Project Mgmt. Lead
Denisa comes from a long-standing career in aerospace project management with the likes of Rolls Royce, GE Aviation and Honeywell. She has worked in the Czech Republic and Germany and virtually managed customer sales representative teams in China, the US, Canada and India.
Denisa is multilingual; structured, & detail oriented with high personal responsibility to reach set goals. In her own words, she "gets things done."
Kenny Phipps / VP Sales Engineering
Kenny is a respected Project Manager with thousands of hours on business change and technical projects. With 25 years as a Professional Contract Project Manager, he has worked in both public and private sector across Europe for brands like Fujitsu, DHL, Bank of England, Novartis and Dell. He has a cloud and cybersecurity background.
Pavel Kucera / VP Comms
Paul believes communication is the basic building block of business. He cut his teeth at global PR and Strategy powerhouse Hill&Knowlton. Since then he has been retained as an expert consultant with fortune 500 companies like EMC, Netapp, HP, Siemens Mobile, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Motorola, MotLockheed Martin, Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithkline.
Keith Parnell / General Counsel
Consulting Lawyer & Business Development Executive for US Operations. Keith is a multi-jurisdictional corporate transactions lawyer and business strategist with more than 27 years of advisory experience. He recently completed a level II security clearance appointment to the Canadian Government.
Chris Hurd / Director Asia
A highly experienced business professional with a multinational career in wholesale banking, having held senior MD positions in the UK, Singapore ( as Head of Global Banking for HSBC ) and Russia. Has worked with a wide range of industry sectors including Oil and Gas, Consumer Brands and Financials and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Banking and Finance, Singapore. Chris has a keen interest in new tech, high growth potential companies and is responsible for Goldilock’s business development and relationships across the APAC region.
Simon Hudd / Advisor
RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATORY AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND UK SALES, SIMON IS A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL CORPORATE LAWYER SPECIALISING IN CORPORATE FINANCE, MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS. HE HAS 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, HELPING EMERGING MARKET CLIENTS IN COMMERCIALISING THEIR GROUND BREAKING TECHNOLOGIES AND RAISING FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION.
Gregory Akers CCIE / Advisor
Greg Akers was Senior Vice President & CTO of Advanced Security Research & Government and CTO within the Security & Trust Organization (STO) group at Cisco. With more than two decades of executive experience, Akers brings a wide range of technical and security knowledge to Goldilock. In the past, a major focus of his work was to expand security awareness and launch product resiliency initiatives throughout Cisco’s development organization to deliver high-quality and secure products to customers.
Greg is an Internet security and critical infrastructure protection advisor to the U.S. government, regularly advising and directing activities related to technology and security matters of domestic and international importance.
Don Olechowski / Advisor
With degrees from Royal Military College and MIT, Don is one of the most senior engineering managers at Tesla having built and run the engineering and support teams doing the low and high voltage electrical harnesses for all of Tesla’s vehicles. Don is a seasoned executive with broad-based understanding of automotive and aerospace engineering and engineered materials manufacturing.
Paul Wallis / Advisor
A Business Development and Sales Director with significant strategic management experience and creative business leadership and 20+ years continuous career progression within the Broadcast, and Display and Cloud Media Delivery Segments (including 18 years with Sony). Paul has extensive experience of leading operations in Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South America at Country Manager and Regional Head levels.