Eric Traupe
Operating Partner
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Traupe is an operating partner and strategic advisor who leverages over three decades of national security and leadership experience—spanning senior executive service at the CIA and commissioned service as a U.S. Marine infantry officer—into advising technology, defense, and investment communities. He currently supports Lightspeed, a family office, and multiple startups including Anduril and Substrate while leading his own advisory firm, Azimuth Global, to help Fortune 500s navigate geopolitical, security, and strategic risk. Eric has a strong track record standing up mission-focused organizations (e.g., launching Capella Federal’s U.S. government practice) and shaping institutional strategy in both public and private sectors. His academic background in communications and international business, plus Harvard coursework in cybersecurity risk, inform a multidisciplinary approach to tech-enabled national security problems. Known for translating operational clarity into board-level guidance, he also brings a speaker’s polish and practical crisis-management instincts to investor and policy audiences. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, he pairs deep classified-grounding with market fluency to help leaders make high-stakes decisions under uncertainty.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Business Administration - MBA International Business, Master of Business Administration - MBA International Business at American UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA Communication, Bachelor of Arts - BA Communication at University of MichiganCompletion Certificate Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age, Completion Certificate Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age at Harvard University
Github Skills (99)
ebpf10
instrumentation10
security10
visual-studio10
falco10
attestation10
elasticsearch10
cloud-native10
operating-system10
monitoring10
splunk10
editor10
sql10
ids10
intrusion-detection10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
erickatwork/threat-detection-engineering-reference
May 2021 - Jan 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
ec4n6/osquery
Jun 2017 - Oct 2020
SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics.
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
instrumentationanalyticsoperating-systemsqloperating
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