Marius Octavian Bratan

Founder, President & CEO, Elemental Cyber Security, Inc.

With over 20 years of sales, marketing and technical management experience at global organizations providing software and hardware solutions as well as services; Marius O. Bratan has the executive experience and expertise needed to build Elemental Cyber Security, Inc. into a global technology company creating, developing and delivering effective cyber security solutions to enterprise markets while keeping an eye on bottom-line results.

Prior to his role in Elemental, Marius founded 1stmarkets, Inc. in 2003, a consulting and solutions provider organization to help IT security companies grow their business in global markets. During that time he has also successfully developed and marketed the AxioTAP product line globally. Marius served for 10 years as a senior Executive for ODS Networks – Intrusion, Inc., a publicly held technology startup (cyber security and networking solutions) based in Richardson TX, USA. As Vice President of International Operations, Marius successfully expanded, managed and directed international sales operations, as well as the marketing efforts through existing and new subsidiaries in Europe and Asia. As Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA, he has ramped international operations building local sales and support teams, establishing robust distribution channels, signing up strategic accounts, leading marketing initiatives and developing professional services programs. Prior to that, Marius held various sales, product management, project management and product development positions at Hirschmann GmbH & Co, International CPU (Novell), Unisys and Nixdorf throughout Europe.

Marius O. Bratan has a Master of Science in Computer Science from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), USA, as well as a Masters Degree in Business Administration and Project Management from EISTI - CY Cergy Paris Université, France. He is fluent in English, German and French.