Biography:Nick Bilogorskiy

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Short description: Ukrainian American computer security expert and nonprofit founder (born 1981)
Nick Bilogorskiy
Born
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Belogorskiy

(1981-06-27) June 27, 1981 (age 42)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
EducationSimon Fraser University
Occupation
  • computer security expert
  • startup founder
  • nonprofit founder
Years active2010–present
Title
  • Cofounder and cochair of Nova Ukraine
AwardsOrder of Merit (Ukraine) 3rd degree[1]

Nick O. Bilogorskiy (Ukrainian: Микола Олександрович Білогорський; Russian: Николай Александрович Бeлогорский; born on 27 June 1981 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian American cybersecurity expert,[2] cofounder and co-chair of the Nova Ukraine nonprofit,[3] and a Silicon Valley angel investor.[4]

Education and career

Holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC. In 2010, started working on computer security at Facebook. Later cofounded Cyphort,[5] which was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2017.[6] In May 2019, joined Google as a director of Trust and Safety and worked at Google until 2023.[7]

Advocacy and fundraising for Ukraine

In 2014 after Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Nick cofounded Maydan SF to organize the Ukrainian diaspora in the San Francisco Bay Area and raise awareness about the situation in Ukraine. Later in 2014 he cofounded Nova Ukraine, a 501(c)(3) organization (nonprofit) that raised funds for Ukraine and ran projects there to help vulnerable populations, internally displaced people and wounded soldiers who needed treatment. Nick and Nova Ukraine also organized cultural events for the Ukrainian community in the SF Bay Area. Since February 2022 and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nick and Nova Ukraine organized street rallies to support Ukraine[8] then ramped up fundraising and humanitarian aid for Ukraine.[9] During 2022, Nova Ukraine has provided humanitarian aid worth over $50M to assist people of Ukraine with food, water, medicine, and other critical supplies.[10] Same year, President Volodymyr Zelensky recognized Nick's contributions as the cofounder and cochair of Nova Ukraine with the Order of Merit (Ukraine) 3rd degree.[1]

Technology investing

Through his 408 Ventures] fund, Nick was an early investor in Uber and the first investor in People.ai where he also helped recruit software engineers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №595/2022 Про відзначення державними нагородами України" (in uk-UK). 2022-08-23. https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/5952022-43765. Retrieved 2023-06-07. 
  2. ↑ "Attacker That Sharpened Facebook's Defenses". November 10, 2010. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/technology/15worm.html?unlocked_article_code=zsuQE4mivtrjUk3q1Fp8jKh4XN5lq_Wv-jZ4agAGktQ7GPInML7ZCgXXPoJYwbkNX9sKz2PQgrCQ4Jj7A97rhzsOcZF_5-DCnb3885rvdiFa6AXB2f3oP0FR-KrQysv7ZwHpVXiPc9XOVyX_wy0707jfX2MUWsbr3opASiXsoALwzz1-jlaDwGfMWfC2jQo3Kk8_IxAILigfllu3fF7zK6uZo1ztCdqqNRNq3XgMJ4EvtxfnAHe9P6L_H70P_c238qWZM-tuJqK4sSqM7l_jJahLLCUvnZX-hnZtRf4vt_-nZclPm8JSvZ4DohtBCxnixdWN&smid=url-share. 
  3. ↑ "Nova Ukraine Board of Directors". https://novaukraine.org/about-us/board-of-directors/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chubatiuk, Ann (January 13, 2021). "People.ai: how to find an investor at Burning Man and raise sales by 40%". 
  5. ↑ "Nick Bilogorskiy at RSA". https://www.rsaconference.com/experts/nick-bilogorskiy. 
  6. ↑ List of acquisitions by Juniper Networks
  7. ↑ "Nick Bilogorskiy becomes the new director of security at Google". https://ain.capital/2019/06/04/nick-bilogorskiy-new-director-of-security-at-google/. 
  8. ↑ McSweeny, Terry (October 11, 2022). "Hundreds Gather in SF Condemning Russia's New Wave of Attacks Across Ukraine". https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/san-francisco-russia-ukraine-protest/3026674/. 
  9. ↑ Davis, Rachel (July 7, 2022). "San Jose Donates more than $1 Million in Life-saving Safety Equipment to Assist First Responders in Ukraine". https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/4322/4699. 
  10. ↑ "Nova Ukraine Delivers More Than $50 Million of Aid to Ukraine in 2022.". Nova Ukraine. 2022. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nova-ukraine-delivers-more-than-50-million-of-aid-to-ukraine-in-2022-301706108.html. Retrieved December 19, 2022. 




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