Dan Gericke

ShiftControl

ShiftControl offers a seamless platform for purchasing, configuring, and securing all your SaaS services in one spot, tailored for small businesses and startups. Effortlessly manage users, invoices, and security. Get ready to experience SaaS management like never before.

Co-Founder

DNG Partners

DNG Partners is a specialized consulting firm offering CXO Advisory, Software, and Cybersecurity Strategy Development to modern businesses, with a mission to empower startups and ambitious enterprises.
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Director

ExpressVPN

As the Chief Technology Officer at ExpressVPN and the Kape Privacy Division, I had the pleasure of leading the technology operations and innovations for not only ExpressVPN, a premier VPN brand with an amazing success story, but also three other prominent VPN brands that were part of the group. My role was central in building and scaling engineering and operations teams, driving us towards our mission to create secure and accessible internet experiences for 7+ million users worldwide.

Key Achievements/Tasks:
- Managed and provided leadership to over 300 engineers, delivering excellence across various domains, and contributing to US$600m+ in annualized revenue with double-digit YoY growth.
- Designed and executed a forward-thinking technology strategy, pioneering deep-tech integrations, OS layer advancements, and highly-auditable systems that positioned ExpressVPN as a leader in the industry.
- Cultivated a thriving engineering culture that empowered innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.

My time at ExpressVPN allowed me to merge my passion for cybersecurity and technology with an unwavering commitment to creating products that resonate with consumers on a global scale.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

DarkMatter & Connection Systems

As Vice President of Cyber Security Advisory, I spearheaded multiple departments, focusing on modernizing IT systems and providing unique security and innovation insights. My role was essential in the transformation of traditional systems into future-ready, scalable, and more secure infrastructures.

Key Achievements/Tasks:
- Led a significant IT modernization effort, revitalizing a 10+ year old system, positioning the organization at the forefront of cyber security awareness.
- Executed leadership and oversight of cyber security and intelligence software development, translating complex cyber intelligence operations into actionable strategies.
- Advised senior government officials on the optimal allocation of a large US$330M+ budget, directing funds towards crucial products, solutions, and third-party contracts to meet mission requirements.
- My experience at DarkMatter allowed me to blend technical proficiency with executive leadership, forging paths in security and innovation without compromising core values or mission alignment. 

Leveraging my understanding of both offensive and defensive cyber strategies, I was able to provide unparalleled insights that transcended conventional thinking in the cybersecurity realm.

Vice President, Cyber Security Advisory

CyberPoint International

Cyber Security Expert/Head of Multiple Departments

URS Corporation

Senior Manager Network Engineering

Lockheed Martin

Systems Engineer Staff

Operations & Sustainment Manager

Senior Network Engineer

Ocean Systems Engineering Corporation

Network Engineer 3

USMC

Computer System Specialist

I’ve spent the past two decades immersed in cyber security, scaling startups, and building innovative tech solutions. As the former CTO of ExpressVPN, I helped shape the company from its early days into an industry leader, ultimately driving it to a US$1 billion exit. But beyond the business milestones, what I’m most proud of is fostering engineering cultures built on trust, collaboration, and continuous learning—where teams not only deliver cutting-edge products but also celebrate their wins along the way.

Now, as the Co-Founder of ShiftControl, I’m channeling my experience in cyber security, operations, and product development into solving a critical problem: how small businesses manage IT, security, and productivity tools. ShiftControl is all about making it easier for businesses to take control of their tech infrastructure without needing an enterprise-sized IT team. I believe small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and they deserve the same level of security and efficiency that big corporations take for granted.

My career has taken me from managing complex defense operations to leading large international teams and driving consumer-focused tech innovation. Each step has reinforced my passion for breaking new ground—whether in cyber security, SaaS management, or scaling high-growth startups.

I also enjoy sharing what I’ve learned. I speak at conferences, contribute to industry discussions, and always look for ways to connect with others who are just as obsessed with tech, security, and entrepreneurship as I am. Based in Singapore, my mission remains the same: push technological boundaries and create solutions that make a real impact.

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ShiftControl is 2 years old today, it’s been quite a ride! We’ve made it past the 18 month startup death spiral and we’ve got traction, product fit, and a great roadmap! Stay tuned!

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🚨 When a cyber incident happens, every minute counts. Incident response is the process of detecting, containing, and recovering from a security breach. It’s about being ready before something goes wrong — not scrambling after.

🧯 ShiftControl customers get a free subscription to Blackpanda IR-1 incident response. So if the worst case happens and you do get hacked, you’ll have a trusted team ready to help contain the threat and guide you through remediation.

#CyberSecurity #IncidentResponse #BreachResponse #RiskManagement #ShiftControl

This is one of the reasons ShiftControl exists. We make sure offboarded employees are actually offboarded from critical systems!  

How is your employee identity hygiene??

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🚩 If your SaaS tools aren’t keeping up, it may be time to rethink your provider. Here are five key red flags:
🔹 Frequent downtime or sluggish performance
🔹 Features missing that match your current growth
🔹 Customer support that leaves you in limbo
🔹 Security or compliance gaps you feel uneasy about
🔹 The market has moved on—better, cheaper, more powerful alternatives exist

#SaaSManagement #TechStack #SoftwareProviders #DigitalTransformation #ITStrategy

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👥 Managing groups in Google Workspace can quickly become a tangle of confusing permissions, nested memberships and shadow access if it isn’t handled properly. Groups are supposed to simplify access and collaboration—yet many teams end up spending too much time just keeping them straight.

🔧 We make it much easier. ShiftControl supports intuitive, dynamic group handling so you get:
🔹 Cleanly organised groups (by department, role or access level)
🔹 Automated membership based on user attributes like title, team or location
🔹 Visibility into who’s in which group and what they can access—reducing risk and speedy mis-assignments

#GoogleWorkspace #AccessControl #GroupManagement #SaaSManagement #ShiftControl

🔑 Privileged Access Management (PAM) is all about safeguarding the “keys to the kingdom” in your organisation—the accounts and identities that hold elevated permissions and can make big changes. Without strong PAM, these powerful accounts become prime targets for attackers.

🔧 ShiftControl supports PAM by synchronising users and groups into your SaaS services. That gives you the building blocks to:
🛡️ Use role-based access control (RBAC) with precision
👥 Manage privileged access so the right people get the right rights, at the right time
📋 Reduce risk by orchestrating how identities map to roles across your stack

#CyberSecurity #PAM #AccessControl #IdentityManagement #ShiftControl

💡 SaaS license optimization isn’t a once-a-year cleanup—it’s a daily discipline. You need to:
🔍 Audit software usage regularly—find idle seats and abandoned tools
🔧 Define digital personas by role and automate license assignments accordingly
📈 Monitor continuously—flag unused licences, adapt to changes in teams and tools

✅ If you’re looking to gain control of your SaaS spend, reduce waste and simplify licence management—check out ShiftControl.

#SaaSManagement #LicenseOptimization #CostControl #SaaSSpend #ITOperations

🧩 Managed Service Providers (MSPs) can be a great fit for companies running Microsoft environments. They’re often built around managing Microsoft 365, Azure, and related ecosystems.

But for Google Workspace shops, they’re rarely fit for purpose. Many MSPs will try to migrate customers to Microsoft rather than support Google Workspace natively — which means more friction, not less.

If your business runs on a modern, SaaS-first stack, you’ll want partners that actually meet you where you are, not where they’d rather take you.

#MSP #SaaSManagement #GoogleWorkspace #ITStrategy #BusinessOperations

✉️ DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is one of the most important tools in keeping email trustworthy. It adds a digital signature to every outgoing message so the recipient’s server can verify that the email really came from your domain and wasn’t tampered with on the way.

💡 Why it matters:
🔹 Helps prevent attackers from spoofing your domain
🔹 Improves deliverability by signaling authenticity to mail providers
🔹 Builds trust with customers and partners who rely on your messages

#EmailSecurity #DKIM #CyberSecurity #Authentication #PhishingPrevention

📦 Just because your data lives in the cloud doesn’t mean you’re covered. Many SaaS vendors focus on platform uptime—not restoring your deleted items, corrupted files or ransomware-hit libraries.
🔍 That’s why backing up your SaaS apps (Google Workspace, Xero, etc.) is essential:
🧩 Keep versions of critical documents and accounts so you can recover fast
⚠️ Protect against human error, malicious deletion or service glitches
📉 Reduce downtime and help safeguard your reputation

🔧 On the ops side, our team built a platform that connects to your SaaS stack and ensures backups and restores are part of your defence—not an afterthought.

#SaaSSecurity #DataProtection #BackupAndRecovery #CloudStrategy #ShiftControl

Anyone that is surprised Cloudflare uses Lua and it was the cause of yesterday’s outage obviously has never done a lot of work with nginx….

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The horse who turned avoiding work into an art form.

Meet Tom, the clever horse who has perfected the ultimate escape move. Every time someone puts a foot in the stirrup, Tom collapses to the ground, rolls his eyes, and lies completely still as if the world just ended.

The clip has exploded online, with viewers calling him a master escape artist and wondering if he might be smarter than most people. Tom’s refusal to ride has quickly become legendary and a reminder that animals can protest in their own unforgettable way.

The longest name on Earth tells a story most people have never heard.

The world’s longest place name is not a city or a country. It is a quiet hill in New Zealand with an eighty five letter name: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. The name comes from Māori tradition and carries far more meaning than its length suggests.

According to the story, the name describes a warrior who sat on this hill and played his flute in memory of his brother. What looks impossible to pronounce is actually a piece of history preserved in language, built from words that honour identity, loss, and connection to the land.

Modern navigation apps may struggle before loading it, but Māori storytelling never did. The name is a reminder that some places are defined not by convenience or recognition but by the stories carried across generations.

Behind every long word lies a deeper world. This hill is proof.

When technology stops competing with us and starts healing us, everything changes.

She lived in silence for eighteen years. No words. No voice. Only gestures and hope. Then AI stepped in as a lifeline.
With a brain signal decoding implant, her thoughts became spoken words again.

That moment was more than innovation. It was humanity restored.

A reminder that the real power of AI is purpose.

Technology becomes extraordinary when it helps us regain what life once took away.

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A medical exam that once required tubes and discomfort now fits inside a swallowable capsule.

China’s new AI powered capsule is transforming gastric exams by allowing patients to simply swallow a small device and complete the entire screening in about eight minutes. Inside the capsule, advanced imaging and intelligent analysis work together to scan the stomach without the need for anesthesia, endoscopic tubes, or lengthy preparation.

This shift is making gastric screening far more accessible. Priced under two hundred eighty dollars, the technology is rapidly entering hospitals and expanding access to non invasive diagnostics for people who might otherwise avoid traditional procedures.

As adoption rises, experts anticipate faster results, shorter clinic visits, and earlier detection of potential issues. More importantly, this approach could pave the way for routine, population wide screenings that are easier, safer, and significantly more comfortable for patients.

A swallow, a scan, and eight minutes. The future of diagnostics is getting simpler.

Every revolution looks expensive before it looks inevitable.

In the 1980s, personal computers were among the most costly items you could bring into your home. Adjusted for today, a typical machine sat in the four to ten thousand dollar range, long before performance matched the price. Monitors, floppy drives and printers added even more to the bill.

Yet people still bought them. Not because they were powerful, but because they represented possibility. That early investment marked the start of the consumer tech revolution, when owning a computer signaled curiosity, ambition and a willingness to bet on the future.

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When your own skin becomes the next touchscreen.

Your body as an interface is no longer just science fiction. SkinTrack is a research system that transforms the surface of your skin into a functional input device, allowing you to control wearables with simple finger movements along your arm.

Developed in 2016 by Yang Zhang, Junhan Zhou, Gierad Laput, and Chris Harrison, the system combines several elements to make this possible. A ring emits a continuous high frequency AC signal. A wristband fitted with multiple electrodes detects that signal as the finger moves. Advanced signal processing then tracks the motion across the skin with surprising precision.

The result is a natural and intuitive way to interact with smartwatches and wearables without touching the screen at all. It remains early stage research, yet it points toward a future in which our own bodies serve as seamless digital interfaces.

When childhood meets algorithms, safety cannot be optional.

Australia introduced the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 in response to rising concerns about how digital platforms shape the emotional and mental health of young people. The law sets a minimum age of 16 for social media accounts and requires platforms to use genuine age verification instead of relying on trust alone.

The goal is clear: protect developing minds from content that fuels anxiety, comparison pressure, cyberbullying, and the constant performance culture created by modern algorithms. Supporters say this shift restores balance, gives parents more control, and finally holds tech companies accountable after years of ineffective self regulation.

Critics argue that restricting access could also limit exposure to supportive online communities, learning resources, and creative spaces that genuinely help young people. Questions about privacy, enforcement, and broader digital rights continue to spark debate.

Australia is treating this as a public health priority and sees the law as the first step in a larger conversation about how to keep young people safe in an increasingly complex digital world.

Sound you can play without touching a thing.

The theremin is unlike any other instrument in the world. Invented in 1920 by Soviet scientist Léon Theremin, it is played by moving the hands through two high frequency electromagnetic fields: the vertical antenna controls pitch (closer equals higher) and the horizontal loop controls volume (closer equals quieter).

This unique mechanism lets musicians create its ethereal, gliding, almost haunting sound straight out of thin air, making it a beloved signature in classic sci fi and horror soundtracks.

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