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Gerhard Eschelbeck

Gerhard Eschelbeck

CSO, Kodiak Robotics and director at Cranium Al. Also a director at Crash Override.

DirectorRoles at 2 startups
Updated Nov 10, 2026·Latest SEC filing Jul 16, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Gerhard Eschelbeck

Gerhard Eschelbeck is CSO, Kodiak Robotics and director at Cranium Al.

Form D filings also name Gerhard Eschelbeck as a director at Crash Override.

Gerhard Eschelbeck first appears on SEC filings in 2023.

Experience

This experience comes from Gerhard Eschelbeck's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Gerhard Eschelbeck in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Terra Security Current
Board Member
2025 – Present
Cranium Al, Inc. Current
CSO, Kodiak Robotics and director
2023 – Present · Short Hills, NJ
Cranium AI sells software that helps businesses secure and govern their AI systems.
Crash Override, Inc. Current
Director
2023 – Present · New York, NY
Kodiak Robotics Current
Chief Security Officer
2022 – Present
Acalvio Technologies Current
Board Member
2022 – Present
SVCI - Silicon Valley CISO Investments Current
Venture Advisor and Investor
2020 – Present
International Olympic Committee – IOC Current
Digital & Technology Advisor - Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024
2019 – Present
Onapsis Inc.
Board Member
2019 – 2025
Aurora
Chief Security Officer
2020 – 2022
Deutsche Bank
Member Of The Supervisory Board
2017 – 2022
Google
Vice President Security & Privacy Engineering (CISO)
2014 – 2019
Sophos
CTO & SVP
2011 – 2014
Webroot
CTO & SVP Engineering
2006 – 2011
Qualys
CTO & VP Engineering
2001 – 2005
Network Associates
SVP Engineering
1999 – 2001
McAfee
VP Engineering
1997 – 1999

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Gerhard Eschelbeck works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Cranium Al, Inc. · Form D, Jul 16, 2026
Felix Knoll
Felix Knoll
COO/CRO & Co-Founder, director
MB
Jay Leek
Jay Leek
Managing Partner, SYN Ventures and director
Vivek Radia
Vivek Radia
Chief Financial Officer
Jonathan Dambrot
Jonathan Dambrot
CEO & Co-Founder, director
Crash Override, Inc. · Form D, Feb 28, 2025
JI
Jay Leek II
Director
EN
MC
Mark Curphey
Director
JV
John Viega
Chief Executive Officer and director

Sources

  1. SECCranium Al, Inc. Form D, filed Jul 16, 2026
  2. SECCrash Override, Inc. Form D, filed Feb 28, 2025