Background
Philippe Courtot was born in France in 1944 during the end of the World World War II German occupation. His mother, an immigrant from Spain, was a Spanish teacher while his father was a lawyer
Philippe Courtot was born in France in 1944 during the end of the World World War II German occupation. His mother, an immigrant from Spain, was a Spanish teacher while his father was a lawyer
Courtot attended the University of Paris and earned a Master"s Degree in Physics before immigrating to the United States in 1981.
Courtot is the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Qualys, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation: QLYS a cloud security company based in California. He has headed the sales of three companies and led two other to their initial public offerings. Courtot is a five-time Chief Executive Officer that has previously worked with companies such as Signio and Verity.
In 2012, Courtot launched the Trustworthy Internet Movement, an initiative to integrate security measures into the product-making process.
In 2014, Courtot was included on Business Insider"s list of the Most Powerful Person In Technical at Every Age. Courtot was previously the president and Chief Executive Officer of Thompson-CGR Medical Corporation, which at the time was an affiliate of one of the world"s largest medical-imaging companies.
In 1988, Courtot started his own company and produced an email product called cc:Mail. He became the company Chief Executive Officer and two years later, Microsoft offered to buy cc:Mail for $12 million.
Courtot turned down the offer and sold the company for $55 million in 1991 to Lotus.
After selling cc:Mail, Courtot was later named president and Chief Executive Officer of Verity in 1993, an intellectual capital management and software company. He led the company to its initial public offering in 1995 and then stepped down from his positions at Verity in 1997. Courtot was appointed chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Signio, an electronic payment company that Courtot re-positioned to be a large secure payment provider in the e-commerce industry in 1999.
In 2000, Courtot led the company through an acquisition by VeriSign, an internet security company that purchased Signio for $1.3 billion.
Courtot had begun investing in Qualys, a cloud security company, back in 1999, but was named Chief Executive Officer in 2001 after he had left Signio. In 2004, South Carolina Magazine awarded Courtot with the Editor"s Award for his efforts in the network security industry and for founding CSO Interchange, a forum that allows users to share information in the security industry.
In 2011, South Carolina Magazine named him as Chief Executive Officer of the Year at their European awards ceremony. Courtot led Qualys to its initial public offering in 2012.
Courtot has volunteered with and served on the Board of Trustees for The Internet Society, an international non-profit organization.
Member National Electrical Manufacturing Association (board directors since 1985).
Married Mai Phuong Nguyen, June 9, 1969. Children: Frederic, Nicolas.
