About Us

Katelyn is Battleship's strategist and growth hacker. She completed her Masters in Cyber Security at Brown University, and spent four years learning the ins and outs of cyber security at IBM Security. She's managed enterprise accounts and complex sales cycles, and after her time at IBM, she tripled the revenue of a boutique analyst firm, all while building a cyber security research practice.  

She's worked with clients in every industry and has seen a common pain point: the lack of cyber security expertise. She knows that a comprehensive cyber security strategy cannot be executed without people skills. Katelyn is determined to help companies find the right cyber security talent on-demand, at a price they can afford.

Tim is Battleship's white-hat hacker. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he was loaned to the NSA as an Endpoint Exploitation Analyst. Tim has a passion for all things technology, and he brings a deep technical acumen to the team. He completed his Masters in Cyber Security at Brown University and is a Mandarin linguist.

A versatile leader with cyber security, systems engineering, and network management experience, Tim was a cyber security freelancer himself prior to joining Battleship. Tim found much to be desired in the freelancing platforms available to him, and he knew there must be a better way to work with businesses who need cyber security expertise. Enter Battleship. Tim is committed to ensuring that Battleship meets the unique needs of both cyber security freelancers and the businesses that need their help.

Boz is Battleship's builder in chief. He makes the magic happen and builds awesome products. He has shipped over 70 products, working with companies globally. He's a serial entrepreneur and business guru, having worked in many different industry verticals.

Boz has built both SaaS products and platforms in the past, and he brings a wealth of coding and product development knowledge to Battleship. He knows the power of platforms to bring people together in novel ways and is building the Battleship platform to be the most usable, flexible, and collaborative cyber security talent marketplace.

Lance Cottrell founded Anonymizer in 1995, and is an internationally recognized expert in cryptography, online privacy, and Internet security.  He is principal author on multiple Internet privacy and security technology patents. He took Anonymizer to a very successful exit in 2008, stayed  on as chief scientist of the acquiring company Ntrepid, and now advises startups through FeelTheBoot.com. He frequently speaks at major  conferences and writes for numerous publications. He also consults and invests through Obscura.com. He holds a MS in Physics from the  University of California, San Diego and a BS in Physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Brian Leonard is the CEO and co-founder of Grouparoo, a new company building tools that empower marketers to do their best work.

Before that, he built and launched the TaskRabbit platform as the company's technical co-founder. As Chief Technology Officer, he led the engineering, product, design, and data science teams. When TaskRabbit was acquired by IKEA in 2017, Brian’s technical oversight expanded to include its product vision and integration with the world’s largest furniture retailer.

Brian graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Computer Engineering and earned his M.B.A. from Northeastern University. Brian resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children. On the weekends, he can be found building things with them in the garage.

Ed Moyle is currently a Partner with Security Curve.  In his 20 years in information security, Ed has held numerous positions including: Director of Thought  Leadership and Research for ISACA, Senior Security Strategist with Savvis, Senior Manager with CTG, and Vice President and Information Security Officer for  Merrill Lynch Investment Managers.  Ed is co-author of Cryptographic Libraries for Developers and a frequent contributor to the Information Security  industry as author, public speaker, and analyst.