Ira Goldstein

As an entrepreneur and cybersecurity expert, Ira has provided advice on business growth, risk management, and cybersecurity to leaders in both public and private sectors. He is proud to serve as CEO of Ultraviolet Cyber.

His career has taken him from leading complex security programs to executing dozens of mergers and acquisitions and hundreds of technical projects across a wide range of sectors with companies around the world. He previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of Herjavec Group, a company which he helped build over more than a decade into a global cybersecurity provider, that was acquired by Apax Partners. Ira is a published thought leader specializing in emerging business trends in security, privacy, and identity.

Ira also serves in a volunteer capacity as a board director of the Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst at Toronto Metropolitan University, and as a board director for United for Literacy, the national literacy organization. He is a proud father and husband who resides in Toronto.   In his free time- yes, there is free time! - When he’s not sailing dinghies, you can catch him enjoying good music, cooking, canoeing, and camping.