Meet the Management Team

Christy currently serves as a member of the board of directors at Silicon Labs, Quotient Technologies, and Dtex Systems, where she was recently CEO. She has been named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 50 Women Entrepreneurs of America, Information Security’s CEO of the Year, and one of the Fierce Wireless “Most Influential Women in Wireless.” She is on Twitter at @ChristyWyatt.

He has supervised the finances, operations and process improvements of rapidly growing companies, has participated in multiple acquisitions and mergers, and has managed and negotiated several debt and equity financings. Prior to joining Absolute, he was Chief Financial Officer at Inetco Systems and previously held the same role at Explorer Software. Errol’s extensive technology industry experience also includes senior finance roles at Pivotal Corporation and Infowave Software. Prior to leaving public practice, Errol was a manager in the audit and advisory services group at KPMG LLP, where he worked with a portfolio of private and public companies. Errol served as the interim Chief Executive Officer at Absolute from December 2013 until June 2014. In this role he was responsible for driving overall corporate strategy.

Errol holds a Chartered Accountant designation and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University.

Prior to Absolute, Maxwell was vice president, Global Sales Strategy and Field Enablement at Symantec. In this role he was responsible for global sales and go-to-market planning — from defining the sales strategy to delivering quarterly results. Prior to his work at Symantec, Maxwell held sales leadership roles with Virtual Instruments and EMC.

Nicko also serves as a board member and advisor for numerous startups and is a mentor for the Techstars accelerator program in Boulder, CO. He has a PhD from Trinity College and fellowships from the Royal Academy of Engineering and British Computer Society.

Before joining Absolute, Todd served as senior director of Symantec’s Enterprise Mobility Suite, helping develop mobile device management (MDM), mobile application management (MAM), and application security for iOS and Android devices. He also led the company’s strategic planning, technical due diligence, and product team integrations, resulting in accretive revenue streams and product innovations for Symantec.

A respected industry leader with more than 20 years’ experience in the information security industry, Todd’s previous roles include software development and IT management for a variety of technology and consulting organizations, including Arlington Group, Wise Solutions and Altiris. Todd has a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Dean is a highly accomplished and respected leader, with deep experience in information security and a track record of driving innovative and transformational growth. Dean joined Absolute from FireEye, where he was the Senior Vice President of Product Management. In this role, he led product strategy, product management and user experience for the FireEye product portfolio.

Prior to FireEye, Dean held executive product management and marketing roles at VMware, Forcepoint (Websense), ArcSight (prior to HP acquisition) and a number of others. Dean holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Business from Calvin College.

Prior to joining Absolute, Pam held leadership positions at a variety of information security, big data, and IoT organizations. In her most recent position as Chief Marketing Officer at Ryft Systems, Pam helped position the organization as a performance leader in data analytics, earning three industry awards for product innovation and another six for corporate branding. Pam also served as Vice President of Marketing at Rackspace, a $1.5 billion cloud computing leader, and led global marketing teams at Ixia, NetQoS (now CA), and Pervasive Software (now Actian Corporation).

Pam is a distinguished member of the Internet of Things (IoT) Community Advisory Board where she provides input and guidance to the overall vision, strategy, and execution of the organization that is shaping the current and future direction of the IoT industry.

Pam holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Red McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas.

Mark previously served as Absolute’s vice president, Asia Pacific and Latin America, and as vice president, global consumer sales. Before joining Absolute, he successfully led global businesses through field, inside sales, retail and e-commerce initiatives in diverse market segments — including healthcare, education, enterprise and consumer — during more than 10 years at Dell Technologies. Mark graduated from Towson University.

Matt previously served as Absolute’s Vice President, Services. Prior to joining Absolute, Matt held several leadership roles in global and start-up technology organizations where he successfully led teams in Product Management, Services, Support, and Operations. Prior to his work at Absolute, Matt held previous leadership positions with Fincentric (Fiserv) and RewardStream.

Matt holds a Master of Arts degree from Queen’s University.

Chris has over 20 years of experience in technology, operations, and leadership positions. Prior to Absolute, he held several executive roles within the retail, financial services, and securities industries. Most recently, Chris served as Chief Information Officer at Boston Pizza where he managed the entire IT infrastructure and security functions. He also held executive roles at Best Buy, Indigo, and spent 10 years in senior leadership positions at TD Bank. He has a proven track record leading IT transformation driven by changes to business strategy and security and compliance requirements.

Chris studied at both the Richard Ivey School of Business and Ryerson University in Ontario. He frequently shares his expertise and insights at industry events and academic institutions.