Mr. Freire is a Brazilian-born American entrepreneur and inventor. As the President, CTO and Co-Founder of SafeGuard Cyber, Mr. Freire is responsible for the development and continuous innovation of SafeGuard Cyber’s enterprise platform, which enables global enterprise customers to extend cyber protection to social media and digital channels. With extensive experience in company strategy and engineering for cyber and risk-based scalable platforms, he brings rich experience in social media applications, internet commerce and information technology serving the pharmaceutical, financial services, high-tech and government verticals. Mr. Freire has a BS in Civil Engineering, an MS in Management Information Systems and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, where he currently serves as a visiting executive lecturer. His expertise has been quoted in The Guardian, Washington Post, BBC, and Forbes among other publications.