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Pool A — Michigan Cybersecurity Founders & Operators

Jon Oberheide

Mobile/cloud security authority; active angel in Blumira.

Investor-ValidatorGreenRank 2 · 96/100

Source record

Role

Co-Founder & Former CTO, Duo Security

Michigan anchor / connection

Ann Arbor / Duo Security / UMich Alum

Strategic value vector

Mobile/cloud security authority; active angel in Blumira.

In-depth profile analysis

Background

Co-founder and former CTO of Duo Security, PhD in Computer Science from the University of Michigan with a research focus on cloud and mobile security primitives. Active angel investor in Midwest cybersecurity startups, including Blumira.

Assessment

Deep technical systems expertise — equipped to review the Rust kernel's no_std / no_alloc posture, Ed25519 signature routines and WASM verifiers at the line-of-code level.

Coalition leverage

Ideal candidate to draft or co-author the coalition's technical diligence memo. His participation signals to early-stage software engineers and security architects that the cryptographic event-receipt schema is technically defensible, and his angel portfolio provides a warm introduction vector to other Duo alumni angels.

Priority outreach

Sequence #2
Headline role

Technical Diligence Lead & Kernel Reviewer

Strategic justification

Exact coalition role

Recommended ask

Warm introduction vectors

Required proof deliverables

Immediate next action

Connectivity

National venture relationships

Ten Eleven, Mercury Fund, RPS Ventures

Regulated enterprise / market access

Enterprise CISO networks, Cloud Security Alliance

Warm intro source

Dug Song, Steve Fuller, Blumira board

Potential portfolio conflicts

Blumira angel (SIEM/XDR; non-conflicting).

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100-point scorecard

Technical Credibility20/20
Infrastructure Pattern Recognition15/15
Founder / Operator Experience15/15
Investment Capability9/10
Michigan Connectivity10/10
National Investor Network9/10
Diligence Proof Capability10/10
Warm-Intro Feasibility4/5
Regulated Enterprise Relevance4/5
Total96/100

Verification requirement

Research positions only. Verify check-writing capacity, review availability and portfolio conflicts before any outreach or external use.

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