Management Team

Laura Mather, Ph.D. - Founder and CEO

As the Co-Founder and CEO, Laura is a worldwide expert in combating internet fraud and a sought after speaker, published author and expert witness on the topic. She has spoken at IRS and Federal Trade Commission events in addition to many security conferences and events. She is also the Managing Director of Operational Policy for the Anti-Phishing Working Group where she drives internet policy to fight electronic crimes of phishing, pharming and spoofing. Prior to co-founding Silver Tail Systems with Mike, she spent three years in fraud prevention and anti-phishing at eBay, one of the brands most targeted by fraudsters on the internet. Before eBay she was a Director of Research and Analysis for the online division of Encyclopedia Britannica, and a research analyst for the National Security Agency (NSA). Laura holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics, both from the University of Colorado. Laura enjoys hiking and traveling

Mike Eynon - Founder and CTO

Mike is the Co-Founder and President of Silver Tail, bringing substantial experience in building fraud detection and prevention tools for some of the highest traffic and fraud targeted websites on the internet.  Before co-founding Silver Tail Systems, Mike managed payment risk at PayPal, as well as fraud policy at eBay.  Prior to these roles, Mike worked as an engineer for Trust and Safety at eBay where he built some of the industry's very first real-time fraud fighting tools for websites.  Mike's roles at PayPal and eBay put him in the technology center of fighting electronic crimes of phishing, pharming and spoofing.  Mike also spent time in the business units making decisions about how fraud negatively affects the business and where simple adjustments in the page flow can prevent bad behavior without impacting user experience.  Prior to eBay, Mike worked in engineering roles for Brio, SAS, and IBM and ran his own consulting company.  Mike has a B.S. in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo (CalPoly).  Mike is a licensed pilot and enjoys anything that involves adrenaline.

Paul McGowan - VP of Product Sales

Prior to joining Silver Tail, Paul was VP of Sales for Vericept.  While there, he led Vericept's multiple sales channels where his primary responsibilities included accelerated revenue growth, strategic sales initiatives and a commitment to delivering exemplary customer service. Vericept was acquired by Trustwave.  Prior to Vericept, Paul worked at Business Signatures (acquired by Entrust) where he served as Vice President of Sales and was responsible for all sales initiatives on behalf of the company.  Paul also served as Vice President of Sales at GuardedNet prior to being acquired by Micromuse. Paul led both Business Signatures and GuardedNet's sales organizations in increasing year over year revenue growth and aggressively growing the companies which was instrumental in culminating the acquisition of both of these organizations. Prior to GuardedNet, Paul founded RedZone Security Systems where he served as the company's President. Paul also spent time at ISS (IBM) where he held various sales management positions including Vice President of the Northeast Region. Paul also held sales management positions at some of the world's premier companies including SQL Financials and Sybase, Dun and Bradstreet Software and ADP.  

Paul holds a Bachelors of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame.