Caleb Barlow
Advisory Director
Caleb is an Advisory Director for the Technology Opportunities team and CEO of portfolio company Cyberbit.
Caleb is helping to drive the strategy’s investments in cybersecurity. In November of 2023, Caleb also took on the role of CEO at Cyberbit. Previously he was the CEO of Cynergistek/Redspin, a publicly traded cyber security services firm operating in regulated industries including healthcare and the defense industrial base. Prior to that, Caleb spent 16 years at IBM, most recently leading the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence organization. In 2016 he built X-Force Command – part of a $200M IBM investment in global incident response services, including updated watch floors, the industry’s first immersive cyber range and an incident command system for responding to major cyber incidents. In 2018 he invented the Cyber Tactical Operations Center, a first-of-its-kind training, simulation and security operations center on a semi-truck, for which he won an Edison award.
Caleb sits on the board of directors at Maltego, a leading platform for investigating cyber related incidents.
Education & Credentials
Rochester Institute of Technology – BS in Electrical Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology – MS in Manufacturing Engineering & Business
Personal
A frequent speaker educating boards on cybersecurity, he has appeared on the TED stage, the Today Show and as an RSA keynote. He regularly appears on national news broadcasts as well as in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today and The New York Times. He has testified to the US Congress on information security, and he was invited by the President of the UN General Assembly to discuss his views at the United Nations. Caleb has a lobster and commercial fishing license and, when not at work, he can be found chasing pelagic fish somewhere off the coast.
Advisory Directors are business executives or industry experts well-known to Charlesbank who participate in specific activities that arise in their areas of expertise, including fund and portfolio company advisory services. They are independent advisors who provide consulting services to Charlesbank, its funds and its portfolio companies at varying levels of engagement.