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Matt Holland

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, field effect

After serving as a spy for Canada’s top national security agency for much of his career, Matt Holland went on to co-found, build, and successfully exit one of the world’s leading intelligence tradecraft companies. During that time, he also developed and delivered two mandatory training programs to more than a thousand Five Eyes developers across allied nations.

Matt has an established background and expertise in distributed computing, low level security systems and cross platform methodologies, and has a track record of commercialization and success with “hard problems”. Matt’s background directly contributes to Field Effect’s comprehensive cybersecurity solution, Field Effect MDR, and the aggressive growth of Field Effect worldwide.

Erik Circle

Erik Egsgard

Principal Security Developer 

With over 20 years of experience as a software developer and security researcher, Erik has uncovered vulnerabilities across a wide range of software and operating systems including Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
 
Erik began his career in the private sector before joining Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE), where he spent 15 years honing his expertise in advanced threat research. He later brought that experience to Linchpin Labs, focusing on cutting-edge vulnerability discovery and cross-platform endpoint development.
 
Recognized for his deep technical expertise, Erik has earned the CSE Award of Excellence and competed at the highest level of offensive security as part of the DEF CON CTF-winning Samurai team.

Sean Circle

Sean Alexander 

Senior Security Analyst

Sean is an experienced software engineer and security analyst with over 15 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry. He has a BASc in Electrical & Computer Engineering and an MSc in Computer Science from Queen’s University.

He began his career at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), spending four years in the Tailored Access Operations group, then moved to Linchpin Labs before ultimately joining Field Effect in 2016.

Sean started at Field Effect building a large-scale mobile test automation harness, but his primary focus has been developing and operationalizing the company’s endpoint security capabilities. He is the resident macOS and iOS expert and supports incident response and analysis as needed, while contributing across a variety of roles over the past decade.

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About Field Effect

Field Effect believes that businesses of all sizes deserve powerful cybersecurity solutions to protect them.

Our threat detection, monitoring, and response platform, along with our training and compliance products and services are the result of years of research and development by the brightest talents in the cybersecurity industry. Our solutions are purpose-built for SMEs and deliver sophisticated, easy-to-use and manage technology with actionable insights to keep you safe from cyber threats.

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