LH

Leigh Honeywell

CEO @ Tall Poppy - Personal and Executive Cybersecurity 🔒

Ottawa, Ontario

Work Experience

2018

  • CEO

    2018

    As founder and CEO of Tall Poppy, I'm building tools and services to help companies protect their employees from online harassment and abuse.

2023

  • Founding Advisor

    2023

    Worked closely with the iVerify team through their spinout from Trail of Bits and beyond, including strategy, hiring, and fundraising.

  • Venture Partner

    2019

    Pioneer Fund invests primarily in companies participating in the Y Combinator startup accelerator.

2017 - 2018

  • Technology Fellow

    2017 - 2018

    As a Technology Fellow at the ACLU, I applied my technical expertise to legal briefs, public writing, and advocacy work in collaboration with lawyers and other staff. I worked with ACLU IT on security and hiring, as well as volunteer recruitment and coordination. During my time at the ACLU I was quoted as an expert in media outlets such as CNN, Gizmodo, CNET, and Quartz.

2015 - 2017

  • Security Response Manager

    2016 - 2017

  • Senior Staff Security Engineer

    2015 - 2016

  • Senior Platform Security Engineer

    2014 - 2015

2011 - 2014

  • Security Program Manager 2

    2011 - 2014

    PM with the Microsoft Security Response Team and later with the Microsoft Security Engineering Center.

2006 - 2011

  • Consultant

    2006 - 2011

    Provided a variety of consulting services to SMB IT customers, including: -VOIP integration using the Asterisk PBX -Linux system administration (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL) -Small office network management

2008 - 2010

  • Malware Operations Engineer

    2008 - 2010

    Joined Symantec via the MessageLabs acquisition.