Chicago Inventors Organization - Inventors Academy

Darren Guccione is the creator of Keeper, the world's most popular password manager and secure digital vault. Keeper is the first and only password management application to be preloaded with mobile operators and device manufacturers including AT&T, Orange, America Movil and HTC. Keeper's business solution protects more than 3,000 organizations worldwide.Darren is regularly featured as a cyber-security expert in major media outlets including CBS Evening News, Fox & Friends, USA Today, ABC and Mashable. Darren was a keynote speaker at Web Summit 2014, Techweek Chicago 2015 and as a panelist for Advisen's 2015 Cyber Risk Insights Conference. In 2014, Keeper was a winner as the Chicago Innovation Awards and recently named in the Chicago Top Tech 50 by Crain's Chicago Business. At Keeper, Darren leads product vision, global strategy, customer experience and business development. Prior to Keeper, Darren served as an advisor to JiWire (www.jiwire.com), now called NinthDecimal which is the leading media and technology service provider for the Wi-Fi industry. He was formerly the Chief Financial Officer and a principal shareholder of Apollo Solutions, Inc, which was acquired by CNET Networks. He is a community board member of the Chicago Entrepreneurial Center (1871) supporting the development of early stage companies and an advisor to TechStars - a Chicago-based technology incubator for innovative startups. Formerly, Darren served on the Committee of Technology Infrastructure under Mayor Daley.