Team

The People Behind URSA Secure

Experts in formal methods, enterprise sales, cyber security, drones, and defense acquisitions and programs.

David Kovar

Founder & CEO

Builds software, systems, and teams that deliver verifiable facts and formal methods tools at scale. Renowned expert in counter-UAS systems. Led EY's digital forensics practice (2012–15); founded UAV forensics in 2015. M.A., Fletcher School, Tufts.

Robb Cutler

COO & Director of Engineering

Leads product engineering across formal methods, airspace, and cyber resilience. M.S. CS, Purdue; B.A. CS & German, Dartmouth. Built and sold software consultancies for 10+ years pre-URSA.

John Allred

CTO

Leads security programs, dev/prod infrastructure, and advanced R&D. B.S. EE, MIT. 8 years leading EY incident response/MDR for Fortune 100s; prior roles at Cray, IBM, Microsoft.

Mohan Chunduri

Chief Growth Officer

Leads Sales & Marketing. Led client capture at Lockheed Martin, Enterprise Sales at Fortune 500s, Fiserv, FIS, Carrier. 0 to 1 and exit at 2 startups. M.B.A., Kelley School of Business, Indiana.

Ben Baron

Security Director

Leads cyber and physical security; primary DoD/law enforcement contact. 20 years in defense acquisitions, 15 in cyber security testing; 5 years U.S. Army MP. B.S. MIS, Northeastern.

Jeff Levine

DARPA EEI Senior Commercialization Advisor

DARPA-assigned Senior Commercialization Advisor to connect URSA to the DARPA ecosystem and navigate the path to government adoption.