projects. This reputation drove Juniper Networks to engage Pasdar in the Verizon Wireless project which led to his whistleblowing on Verizon's warrant-less wiretapping. At IGX Global, Pasdar also invented the first Proxy in-the-Cloud technology called Security Anywhere. This Proxy in-the-Cloud approach became the foundations of many early cloud security technology companies. In 2007, Pasdar exited IGX Global and formed Bat Blue Networks with a focus on furthering his works around Cloud Delivered Security. At Bat Blue he developed and brought to market the Cloud/SEC platform. Cloud/SEC represented the first platform to deliver full-stack security supporting every port, protocol and application from-the-Cloud. The virtues of the platform were highlighted in Pasdar's 2016 book Unified Cloud Security: The CXO Guide to Building Effective, Agile and Sustainable Security. In 2016 Pasdar exited Bat Blue Networks with the sale of the company to OPAQ Networks. Warrant-less wiretapping whistleblower In 2003, Pasdar was engaged by Juniper Networks to re-architect and scale the network and security infrastructure for Verizon Wireless. During the roll-out process Pasdar was made aware of "The Quantico Circuit" that provided a third-party (believed to be the U.S. FBI) unfettered access to all data and voice communications of the carriers' customers. Pasdar's efforts to implement any type of control or logging for the communications to the third-party were met with resistance and subsequent threats from the carriers' management. Eventually Pasdar blew the Whistle on Verizon Wireless. His public testimony was used to file a $233 billion class-action lawsuit against Verizon Wireless and other carriers alleged to have participated in an illegal warrant-less wiretapping effort by the U.S. Government. Pasdar testified to Congressional Committees including the House Committee on Energy & Commerce, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications & the Internet and the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations. He also testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee. His testimony led to a Dear Colleague Letter from congressmen Dingell, Markey and Stupak. In light of the massive $233 billion lawsuit, the Telecommunications Industry lobbied Congress for retroactive immunity. The Immunity Bill H.R. 6304 was passed by the 110th Congress on July 9, 2008. Innovations and accomplishments Proxy-in-the-Cloud in 2001 Full-stack security from-the-Cloud in 2009 “Internet Wormholing” Accelerated Internet in 2011 Network Feature Virtualization (NFV) in 2013 – Patent US9197601 B2 Distributed Virtualized / Hybrid Data Center Architectures in 2014 (Patent Pending) New York's Top Ten Startup Founders Over 40 References American chief executives Living people Year of birth