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John Ackerly

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CEO & Co-Founder at Virtru
📍 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

John Ackerly is the CEO and Co-Founder of Virtru, a data privacy company. His career blends private equity experience at Blackstone and Lindsay Goldberg with public service as a policy advisor at The White House and the U. S. Department of Commerce. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Outside of his executive role, John identifies as a husband, dad, and teammate. He is a vocal advocate for privacy and is passionate about building a strong company culture, bringing his entire team together for annual innovation summits and hackathons in Washington, D. C.

He co-founded Virtru with his brother, Will Ackerly, a former cloud security architect at the National Security Agency (NSA).

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
CEO & Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Data Control
His stated mission is to give people and organizations simple and powerful control of their data everywhere, which is the core focus of his company, Virtru.
Cybersecurity Innovation
He actively supports the tech community by organizing events like the DMV Rising conference for innovators, disruptors, and investors in the cybersecurity space.
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Career

Work history

1-2013
CEO & Co-Founder
Virtru
7-2010
Affiliate Partner
Lindsay Goldberg
6-2008 - 6-2010
Investor
Providence Equity Partners
6-2006 - 7-2008
Investor
The Blackstone Group
6-2002 - 6-2004
Director of the Office of Policy and Strategic Planning
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Education
2004 - 2006
MBA
Harvard Business School
1997 - 1999
MLitt
University of Oxford
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