Chris Nadan

Biography

Chris Nadan is VP & General Counsel of Bugcrowd Inc., the #1 crowdsourced cybersecurity company. He heads the legal department and is responsible for all legal affairs for Bugcrowd.

Mr. Nadan has over 20 years’ legal experience at global technology companies, including most recently SVP & General Counsel at Actian Corporation, where he executed a successful sale of the company, and Deputy General Counsel for Sun Microsystems. In addition, Mr. Nadan was an adjunct professor of law at the U.C. Berkeley School of Law for 17 years.

Mr. Nadan is also a co-author of the Common Development & Distribution License (CDDL), an open source license certified by the Open Source Initiative.

Mr. Nadan received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his J.D. from U.C. Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley - School of Law (1989 — 1991)
• BA with Honors & Distinction Stanford University

Companies

• Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Bugcrowd Inc. (2020)
• Founding Member TechGC (2018)
• Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Actian Corporation (2010 — 2020)
• Adjunct Professor UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law (1997 — 2014)
• Senior Director & Deputy General Counsel Sun Microsystems, Inc. (1997 — 2010)
• Associate Farella, Braun & Martel (1991 — 1997)