DreArmeda

Operator · Executive · Advisor

I help teams figure out what matters, build the right thing, ship it on time, and land the story.

★Proud U.S. Navy Veteran★

Find me

01 / Ops Report

Two decades building software products and the teams that ship them. Co-founder, executive, and advisor across product, marketing, engineering, design, operations, and program management.

Currently head of Security Products and Customer Trust at DigitalOcean, with Armeda on the side. Co-founded Sucuri, acquired by GoDaddy in 2017, where I served eight years scaling and delivering security products, and other fun stuff.

02 / Tours of Duty

From founding security products to leading them at platform scale.

MBA · CISSP · U.S. Navy Veteran

2025–Present

Head of Security Products & Customer Trust at DigitalOceanCurrent

Leading Security Products and Customer Trust at DigitalOcean, turning core control-plane capabilities into customer value across security products, IAM, accounts, billing, and design engineering. Expanding customer-facing controls so visibility becomes action, and customers can build AI products and scale on DigitalOcean with confidence.

2025–2026

Head of Security Products

The take → Helping AI native customers adopt and scale on DigitalOcean with more confidence while strengthening the trust, governance, and security foundations that support higher-value workloads.

2024–Present

Founder at ArmedaCurrent

Help companies connect strategy, product execution, and go-to-market motion to measurable customer value. I work with founders and leadership teams to clarify priorities, improve execution, and build the operating discipline needed to scale.

The take → Helping software companies move from fragmented effort to focused execution, with clearer customer value and stronger growth outcomes.

2016–2024

Sr. Director of Product Management at GoDaddy

Led a roughly $360M Security Products portfolio across SSL/TLS, Website Security, WAF, CDN, compliance, platform migrations, and customer security experiences. Built the product and delivery operating model needed to modernize the business, improve customer outcomes, and execute across a 400+ person cross-functional organization.

2020–2022

Sr. Director of Technical Program Management

2019–2020

Director of Program Management

2016–2019

Director of Product Management

The take → Delivered measurable portfolio impact, including $5M+ in revenue growth, $4M+ in savings, 4x WAF/CDN active user growth, 30% website performance improvement, and sustained NPS above 65.

2022–2025

Member of the Board of Advisors at Monarx

Advised Monarx on product strategy, market positioning, security product direction, and operational execution. Supported leadership as the company evaluated growth opportunities, customer needs, and product-market alignment in the website and server security market.

The take → Helped Monarx sharpen product and go-to-market direction by applying operator experience from scaling website security products across hosting, SaaS, and cloud markets.

2014–2016

Partner & VP of Operations at WebDevStudios

Led operations, acquisition integration, hiring, brand positioning, and business execution for WebDevStudios during a period of growth and up-market expansion. Managed the acquisition and integration of Maintainn, improved operating capacity through a stronger hiring process, and helped reposition the company to win larger enterprise projects.

The take → Expanded delivery capacity, integrated an acquired business, and helped move WebDevStudios up-market with customers including Discovery, Microsoft, and Campbell’s Soup.

2009–2014

Co-Founder & CEO at Sucuri Inc.

Co-founded and led Sucuri, a SaaS website security company focused on malware detection, remediation, and protection for website owners. Built the company from initial product launch through scaled operations, launching malware monitoring, cleanup services, and a website application firewall with CDN capabilities.

The take → Scaled Sucuri from startup to a global website security platform protecting more than 200,000 websites, processing millions of scans and remediating hundreds of compromised websites a day.

2007–2009

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Secure-i

Led product and technology for Secure-i’s on-demand video surveillance platform, including system architecture, user experience, camera setup flows, video streaming, playback, downloads, and support tooling. Designed the network and data architecture needed to support concurrent video recording, streaming, and playback for users worldwide.

The take → Launched a consumer video surveillance platform with the technical foundation, user experience, and operating systems needed to support real-time video access at scale.

1995–2007

Information Systems Technician First Class at U.S. Navy

IT1(AW/SW) with 12 years of honorable service to the World’s Finest Navy. Where it all started!

The take → Now a Proud Navy Veteran, and even prouder Navy Dad. Fair winds and following seas, Shipmate!

03 / Liberty Call

Cali native enjoying Texas living with my Shelly. Lucky girl dad to five, and Pipo to two.

Fanatical Chargers faithful and season ticket holder. Carlson Gracie brown belt, medically retired for now, but all roads hopefully lead back to the mat. Old man gym rat when I’m not recovering from surgery. Occasional Call of Duty squad mate and vibe-code side hustle enthusiast.

Intel

Dogs have veto power
Coffee before humans
Scotch after shipping
Nike AirMax 90's
There's a hat for that
Still hate bad UX
Always building something
Proud Navy Dad
NFL Sundays are emotional
Pancakes > Waffles
Jiu Jitsu is not Gentle
Android over iOS
Golden Shellback
Starched and creased denim
Lighting is everything

On rotation

04 / Comms Desk

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