NEWSROOM The Thoropass Newsroom Welcome to the Thoropass Newsroom. Here, you’ll find our press releases, noteworthy publications, and features. For access to our media kit or for any questions, please contact us. ABOUT THE COMPANY We’re reimagining how compliance gets done The Thoropass story begins in 2019 and has been evolving ever since, guided by our primary goal: To ensure compliance is never a blocker to innovation. Our comprehensive solution serves as a single source of truth for organizations to manage audit readiness. Learn more icon-arrow Our investors Meet our leadership team Download headshots and bios icon-arrow Sam Li, CEO and Co-founder A co-founder of Thoropass, Sam serves as the CEO. Before Thoropass, Sam was an EIR at Bain Capital Ventures after running Zinc Platform, a YC-backed InsurTech startup as co-founder and CTO. He studied CS at the University of Virginia and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Sam is an avid traveler and takes cooking very seriously. Eva Pittas, President, COO, and Co-founder Eva serves as the President and COO of Thoropass, which she co-founded. Before Thoropass, Eva founded BRCG, a boutique consulting firm after a 20+ year career at Citigroup where she was a Managing Director leading IT control, compliance, and vendor management. A graduate of NYU’s Stern School of Business, Eva has a passion for supporting women’s professional growth initiatives and is involved with numerous non profit organizations. Eva is proud to be a mother to 6 children and she enjoys playing tennis, spending time with her extended family, cooking, and traveling. Austin Ogilvie, Executive Chairperson Before Thoropass, Austin was CEO of Yhat, a data science company acquired by Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) in 2017. At Alteryx, Austin oversaw machine learning products. Austin is a graduate of the University of Virginia. He enjoys whitewater kayaking and bluegrass music. Dicken Chaplin, CFO Dicken serves as Thoropass’s CFO. Prior to joining Thoropass in 2022, Dicken was the CFO at Turbonomic, where he helped grow the company from $20mm revenue to $200mm+, and ultimately its $2 billion acquisition by IBM. An early stage investor-operator, Dicken is passionate about working through the challenges of nurturing the many aspects of a scaling business, which he learned firsthand as an investor at Audax Group Private Equity. A graduate of Williams College, Dicken lives in Alexandria, VA with his family. Bryan Caplin, CRO In his role as CRO, Bryan oversees the entire Revenue organization, encompassing Sales, Marketing, Partnerships, and Customer Success. Across his 25 years of being a Sales and CS leader, Bryan helped scale Axiom Law to $250MM+ in revenue (leading to a successful exit), helped establish the enterprise business and secure the Series E round with Andela, and oversaw US and UK business units at CEB Gartner. He has degrees from UVA and NYU Stern, lives in Brooklyn with his family (including three poorly behaved boys), and roots for all the wrong NY sports teams. Press releases ANNOUNCEMENT Thoropass Establishes London Office as Launching Pad for EMEA “Hypergrowth” New UK location to house growing team to match global- and EMEA-based compliance products and services Learn More icon-arrow-long ANNOUNCEMENT Thoropass Launches “Compliance as a Service” Offering for Managed Services Providers MSP providers can now gain a competitive edge with Thoropas’s new CaaS offering Thoropass Launches “Compliance as a Service” Offering for Managed Services Providers to Gain a Competitive Edge icon-arrow-long ANNOUNCEMENT Thoropass becomes the first infosec compliance solution to achieve ISO 42001 certification, ensuring secure and responsible AI use Thoropass is now the only compliance and audit solution to be HITRUST i1 and ISO 42001 certified, protecting customers and their data Thoropass becomes the first infosec compliance solution to achieve ISO 42001 certification, ensuring secure and responsible AI use icon-arrow-long AWARD Thoropass CEO Sam Li Honored by Goldman Sachs for Entrepreneurship Excellence Read more icon-arrow-long ANNOUNCEMENT Thoropass Unveils AI-Driven Products to Revolutionize Infosec Compliance and Audit at its inaugural Thoropass Conference Read more icon-arrow-long ANNOUNCEMENT Thoropass Welcomes New Member to Its Health Advisory Board and Announces Launch of Its Healthcare Practice Learn more icon-arrow-long AWARD Thoropass Named to 2024 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Companies Learn more icon-arrow-long ANNOUNCEMENT Thoropass’s compliance and audit software is now HITRUST i1 certified! Read more icon-arrow-long ANNOUNCEMENT Thoropass announces new products and a comprehensive vision for the future of AI and compliance Read more icon-arrow-long AWARD Thoropass named best compliance solution for enterprises in 2024 Cloud Security Awards icon-arrow-long ANNOUNCEMENT Thoropass unveils industry's first multi-framework infosec compliance tools Read more icon-arrow-long PARTNERSHIP Thoropass partners with DynamoFL to pioneer application pentests for GenAI systems Read more icon-arrow-long SERIES C Laika raises $50M series C to extend market leadership in end-to-end continuous compliance and audit management icon-arrow-long Series B Laika raises $35M series B to help companies ace security audits icon-arrow-long Rebrand Laika announces rebrand to Thoropass icon-arrow-long PCI DSS Thoropass is now a QSAC for PCI DSS payments Read the press release icon-arrow-long The OrO™️ Way We fixed audits! Thoropass announces The OrO Way, a customer first approach to infosec audits icon-arrow-long Get in touch Media relations contact [email protected] icon-arrow Ready to experience the OrO Way of doing audits? We deploy a customer-first approach to infosec compliance. You don’t just have to take our word for it. Read customer stories icon-arrow See G2 reviews icon-arrow