The Team

The people behind the platform

Security researchers, product engineers, and customer success operators who built BRANDEFENSE to solve a problem they knew firsthand.

Mehmet Caner Köroğlu, CEO and Founder

Mehmet Caner Köroğlu

CEO & Founder

Built BRANDEFENSE after watching brand impersonation attacks scale while enterprise security tooling stayed stuck in manual workflows. Former threat intelligence analyst with 12 years in cybersecurity.

Sarah Okonkwo, Chief Product Officer

Sarah Okonkwo

Chief Product Officer

Shapes how security teams actually use the platform day-to-day. Spent eight years building enterprise security products before joining BRANDEFENSE at the seed stage to lead product end-to-end.

Daniel Park, VP Engineering

Daniel Park

VP Engineering

Runs the engineering team responsible for the detection pipeline, enforcement integrations, and platform reliability. Previously scaled infrastructure at two security-focused B2B startups through Series B.

Priya Mehta, Head of Threat Intelligence

Priya Mehta

Head of Threat Intelligence

Leads the research team that identifies emerging brand abuse patterns and informs detection model updates. Background in dark web analysis and adversarial intelligence from her time at a national cybersecurity agency.

James Whitfield, VP Sales and Partnerships

James Whitfield

VP Sales & Partnerships

Manages enterprise sales and partnership development with legal tech, registrar networks, and MSSP channels. Joined from a threat management platform where he built a 40-person global sales team.

Elena Vasquez, Head of Customer Success

Elena Vasquez

Head of Customer Success

Owns the post-sale relationship for every BRANDEFENSE client. Her team runs onboarding, threat reviews, and quarterly business reviews to ensure clients get measurable outcomes, not just access.

Marcus Chen, Senior Security Researcher

Marcus Chen

Senior Security Researcher

Specializes in phishing domain infrastructure, typosquatting patterns, and dark web brand exposure research. Publishes threat intelligence reports that inform both the platform and the broader security community.

Olivia Reeves, Head of Marketing

Olivia Reeves

Head of Marketing

Translates complex threat intelligence concepts into content security teams and executives actually want to read. Leads brand, demand generation, and the editorial direction of the BRANDEFENSE blog.

Work with a team that takes brand security seriously

Talk to our team and see how BRANDEFENSE fits your threat environment.