Lamont Orange

General Partner

Lamont is a General Partner at Telescopic Ventures and brings more than 20 years of experience in the information security industry with him. He is currently the Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Netskope. Prior to that he was CISO at Vista Equity Partners/Vista Consulting Group. He was responsible for advising the cybersecurity programs and development of cybersecurity talent within the Vista portfolio of companies. Prior to Vista/VCG Lamont was Information Security Officer for Websense. In that role, he was responsible for developing, maintaining, and socializing the company’s internal security program. He was also responsible for working with current and potential customers demonstrating security of the solutions and the connection to the overall security ecosystem. Before that, he served as Vice President of Enterprise Security for Charter Communications (now Spectrum, and as senior manager for the security and technology services practice at Ernst & Young.

Lamont is a member and investor of St. Louis 630 Cyber, where he enjoys mentoring cyber security startups. He is also a founding board member the Security Advisory Alliance (SAA), helping to drive future generations of cyber security professionals. Lamont serves as an Adjunct Professor at Washington University, Cybersecurity Master’s Program.