Maria Cirino

Maria Cirino is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at .406 Ventures. She has been building and founding technology businesses for 25 years. Her operational, entrepreneurial, and senior management experience in venture-backed technology companies includes two Massachusetts IPOs of the Year and the founding of two successful companies and a venture capital firm. Prior to co-founding .406 Ventures in 2006, Maria served as an SVP of VeriSign following its 2005 acquisition of Guardent, the market-leading Managed Security Services provider for $142 million. Maria holds an AB in English literature from Mount Holyoke College where she has served as a Trustee and as a member of the college's investment committee.