WEEHAWKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TrueFort, the cloud and application workload protection company, today announced that Robert Strickland, founder and CEO of M37 Ventures a global business and technology consulting firm, has joined its board of advisors.

He joins current TrueFort advisors Dr. Edward G. Amoroso CEO of TAG Cyber; Lane Bess, Principal and Founder of Bess Ventures and Advisory; Motti Finkelstein a senior advisor at McKinsey & Company and Capri Ventures and former CTO of Citi; Adam Schwartz Founder and CEO of Articulate; and Scott Seese, Managing Director and Chief Information Officer for LPL Financial.

“Robert brings a wealth of technology, product management and business execution expertise to our advisory board,” said Sameer Malhotra, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TrueFort. “His background working with start-ups, established software vendors and telecom service providers to plan and implement go to market strategies will help TrueFort accelerate our growth and expansion into new markets.”

Robert is CEO and founder of M37 Ventures, a next-generation Management Consulting & Business Solutions Company that helps domestic and international organizations understand and harness the power of technology to propel their business and brands today and well into the future. He has served as CTO for a number of technology companies and telecom service providers. Robert is also a member of the Boston Red Sox Technology Advisory Council, and an advisor to several technology start-ups.

“TrueFort has developed a unique application-centric approach to securing businesses from cyber threats that fills a void left by traditional tools which primarily focus on protecting IT infrastructure,” said Robert. “Working with TrueFort’s management team and the company’s other advisors will be a great opportunity to create a market leading security vendor.”

About TrueFort

TrueFort powers zero trust application environments. We're a leader in application and cloud workload protection and the innovator of TrueFort Fortress, a real-time enterprise security platform that defends high-value cloud, hybrid, and legacy environments from hidden risks using a unique application-centric approach. TrueFort was founded by former IT executives from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. For more information visit https://truefort.com/ and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.