Experienced Mobile Product Leader Joins LifeLock
20 August 2015 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Former Yahoo! Product Leader Brings
Award-Winning Expertise in Mobile Sector to LifeLock
LifeLock, Inc. (NYSE: LOCK), a leading provider of proactive
identity theft protection services, announced that Marco Wirasinghe
has joined the company as vice president of consumer applications.
Previously, Wirasinghe served at Yahoo!, where he led product
management in mobile, including the popular Yahoo! Weather app,
which won a 2013 Apple Design Award. He also led product
development for Yahoo! Entertainment and Lifestyle, a more than
$100 million global revenue division, and developed new
capabilities such as Yahoo’s Splash Ad format.
“We’re delighted to have Marco join LifeLock. He brings proven
experience to a key business focus for LifeLock, enabling services
for on-the-go, so that our members can use our products whenever
and wherever they want,” said Schwark Satyavolu, executive vice
president of product and technology at LifeLock. “Marco has a
passion for leading teams to build products that are meaningful and
habit-forming for consumers.”
As vice president of consumer applications, Wirasinghe will lead
the company’s mobile division, focusing on new and existing
products in the safety, security and convenience space. He joins
other recent additions to LifeLock’s leadership team, including
Schwark Satyavolu, executive vice president of product and
technology; Ty Shay, chief marketing officer; and Neil Daswani,
Chief Information Security Officer.
Prior to Yahoo!, Wirasinghe was founder and chief executive
officer of Name Change Express, an online service that simplified
the name change process for newlywed brides. He also consulted with
Booz & Company and managed the mobile software roadmap at
Intel. Wirasinghe received a master’s degree in business
administration from the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in computer science
from the University of Houston.
A recent study by Javelin Strategy & Research found that
fraudsters stole $16 billion from 12.7 million U.S. consumers last
year. With a new identity fraud victim every two seconds, identity
theft is a problem for many consumers.
About LifeLock
LifeLock, Inc. (NYSE:LOCK) is a leading
provider of proactive identity theft protection services for
consumers and consumer risk management services for enterprises.
LifeLock’s threat detection, proactive identity alerts, and
comprehensive remediation services help provide peace of mind for
consumers amid the growing threat of identity theft. Leveraging
unique data, science and patented technology from ID Analytics,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, LifeLock offers identity theft
protection that goes significantly beyond credit monitoring. As
part of its commitment to help fight identity theft, LifeLock works
to train law enforcement and partners with a variety of non-profit
organizations to help consumers establish positive habits to combat
this threat.
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