Reveal
founder
Wendell
Jisa
is
stepping
upstairs
to
Chairman
after
nearly
two
decades
turning
a
bootstrapped
idea
into
an
AI-fueled
empire
spanning
Brainspace,
Logikcull,
Onna,
and
a
host
of
other
properly
tech-sounding
portmanteau
or
vowel-less
brand
names.
Taking
up
the
CEO
mantle
will
be
Eric
Harmon,
who
arrives
from
cybersecurity
firm
Trustwave,
having
previously
worked
with
DXC
Technology,
HP
Enterprise,
McKinsey.
Jisa
helped
drag
the
discovery
into
the
21st
century
in
an
industry
that
has
nearly
as
many
crazy
thoughts
about
“Cloud”
as
a
Geocities
blog
about
chemtrails.
“Building
and
growing
Reveal
to
the
powerhouse
it
is
today
has
been
the
journey
of
a
lifetime,”
Jisa
said
in
a
press
release.
“What
began
with
a
vision
to
modernize
legal
processes
has
evolved
into
a
global
platform
that’s
reshaping
the
future
of
the
entire
legal
industry.
With
our
foundation
stronger
than
ever
and
our
momentum
building,
the
time
is
right
for
a
new
leader
to
take
us
even
further.
As
Chairman
of
the
Board,
I’ll
continue
to
work
closely
with
Eric
and
Reveal’s
leadership
team
to
support
the
company’s
strategic
growth
from
a
new
vantage
point.”
On
the
one
hand,
this
story
follows
a
familiar
pattern:
founder
ascends
to
visionary
role,
new
exec
promises
to
scale
globally,
etc.,
etc.,
etc.
But
the
decision
to
reach
across
the
legal
tech
moat
and
tap
the
cybersecurity
space
to
lead
this
company
seems
significant
at
this
juncture.
While
we
think
of
cybersecurity
as
its
own
animal,
with
discovery
platforms
loaded
up
with
trade
secrets
and
government
materials,
discovery
is
increasingly
a
cybersecurity
issue.
“Eric
is
a
transformational
leader
who
understands
how
to
scale
high-performing
technology
organizations
while
staying
close
to
customers
and
delivering
measurable
results,”
Jisa
added,
collecting
a
precious
BINGO
point
for
deploying
the
word
“scale.”
“He’s
the
right
person
at
the
right
time,
and
I
look
forward
to
partnering
with
him
closely
in
this
next
chapter.”
And
as
he
scales,
Harmon
will
bring
the
security
experience
that
no
one
wants
to
talk
about,
but
everyone
desperately
needs
right
now.
There
are
prompt
injection
strategies
coming
for
discovery
sets
that
should
worry
everyone.
Reveal
probably
didn’t
hire
Harmon
solely
because
of
his
cybersecurity
experience,
but
they’ve
signaled
to
everyone
that
they
get
how
important
it
is
right
now.
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