Prior to joining StormRider as President, Steve served as Founder/President/CEO of Image Engine, and EDIS, LLC, responsible for overall direction and profitability of Image Engine and EDIS, Subsequently, Mr. Elston served as Vice-President of Houston Operations for Dallas based BancTec Corporation with P&L and service-delivery responsibilities for BancTec’s Houston Operations.
Mr. Elston held a Regional Director position with market leader Fiberlink Communications (IBM) adding focus and leadership to sales and service teams delivering Remote-Access Security to global accounts. Mr. Elston managed successful deployments with global accounts including PepsiCo, Frito-lay Brands, Bank of America, OneOK and Blockbuster Video.
In 1997, Mr. Elston served as Director of Sales for Pentasafe Security Technologies responsible for helping driving revenue growth from start-up to over $40 Million annual revenue in four years as well as handling responsibilities for Strategic US Accounts, geographic startup in Southeast Asia and Latin America. PentaSafe was acquired by NetIQ Corporation for $225 million in 2001.
Mr. Elston has also held various regional and International Management and Director positions with Oracle, BMC Software, and Bradmark Technologies servicing Global 100 accounts in each his previous roles. With his 28 years of Software experience, Mr. Elston has successfully established and managed several sales and service offices in Latin America and Southeast Asia and is a proven veteran of driving revenue growth in technology-based businesses.
Mr. Elston holds a bachelors degree from Louisiana State University.
Stan Love
As the Co-Founder and CEO of Storm Rider Software, Stan is responsible for leading Storm Rider’s Cyber Security corporate identity, focused on company value and securing customers’ vulnerabilities.
Mr. Love is an highly experienced developer on a multitude of platforms with a wide array of security software design, development and go-to-market expertise. His software has sold hundreds of millions of dollars. He has written security software for most operating systems (Windows, LINUX, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX, Netware), databases (Oracle, SQL-Server, Sybase), websites and firewalls. Stan has designed and implemented some of the world’s largest private clouds with an impeccable record of no-hacks.
He has created multiple sucessful companies.