Darren Boisjolie

• Led the architectural design and execution of a next‑generation product platform, modernizing legacy desktop software into a scalable, modular, and extensible foundation. • Directed R&D initiatives focused on creating new products, features, technologies, methods, and techniques, materially advancing the Real Defense / iolo value proposition for customers. • Established a research‑driven engineering culture, balancing innovation with production readiness to accelerate delivery of differentiated security capabilities. • Drove a platform‑centric engineering model, decoupling core services, product entitlements (licensing), and application layers to improve scalability and long‑term maintainability. • Led automation of QA processes, implementing automated testing frameworks that increased coverage, reduced regression risk, and improved release confidence. • Championed CI/CD and automated deployment pipelines, enabling faster, more reliable, and repeatable build, test, and release workflows. • Reduced manual release effort and operational risk through pipeline and deployment automation, improving time‑to‑market and system stability. • Oversaw end‑to‑end product development, including R&D, engineering, QA, and DevOps, ensuring alignment with business goals and security requirements. • Delivered a fully functional alpha and prototype validating platform architecture, extensibility, and long‑term technical direction. • Built, mentored, and retained a high‑performing engineering leadership team, strengthening execution, accountability, and innovation velocity.

• Led engineering for CDK’s Marketing, Communications, and Call Center platforms, including CXC, Xchange, Autopilot, Campaign Manager, Texting, inbound/outbound email, Push Notifications, Call Pops, and BDC solutions. • Served as Release Train Engineer, coordinating large‑scale Agile delivery across multiple product trains. • Directed development across 3 scrum teams and 30+ engineers distributed across the U.S. and India. • Improved delivery predictability, quality, and stakeholder alignment through disciplined Agile and release practices.

• Led engineering for two SMB product lines within an $800M+ global security software company. • Managed 86 engineers and technical professionals across the U.S., Canada, Czech Republic, India, Israel, and Norway. • Oversaw SaaS platforms CloudCare and Managed Workspace, generating $40M in annual revenue. • Owned a $10M global engineering budget, driving efficiency, cost optimization, and platform scalability. • Partnered with product, sales, and channel teams to expand features, integrations, and SMB adoption.

• Co‑founded and scaled the company from inception to 105 employees and ~$12M in annual revenue. • Led the development of content filtering and online safety solutions protecting children across devices and networks. • Built a global application services infrastructure including data centers, provisioning, billing, and support systems. • Forged strategic partnerships with D‑Link, Linksys, McAfee, and AVG, accelerating distribution and market penetration.

★ Served as the Co-Founder and CTO of a company dedicated to safeguarding children during all online engagements through content filtering and security; recognized with a PC Magazine Editor’s Choice award for CloudCare. ★ Achieved market penetration into consumers, small businesses, and OEM manufacturers through the development of SaaS / Cloud solutions. ★ Directed product development, operations, and product support. ★ Established a global applications services network infrastructure that featured collocated data centers, provisioning systems, billing systems, and service and support systems.

★ Oversaw the software development life cycle, directing the activities of multiple software development teams; managed the development of handheld wireless products, an online wireless communications platform, virtual display systems, IT support services, and applications. ★ Maintained accountability for strategic planning, business development, product development, marketing, proposal development, and presentations. ★ Authored standard software processes and methodologies in accordance with ISO 9001 certification standards and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model (CMM).