THE PERSON BEHIND
THE PLATFORM
Security isn't just a product we sell — it's the lens through which we've viewed technology for three decades.
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John Smith
Founder & Principal Consultant
With over 30 years of hands-on technical experience, John has operated at the intersection of enterprise architecture, cloud infrastructure, and security across some of Northern Europe's most demanding environments.
His career spans organisations where the stakes are highest — the Danish Tax Office (SKAT), The LEGO Group, Grundfos, and Norlys — all high-profile enterprises where security is not optional, it's existential. From protecting citizen tax data to securing critical telecom infrastructure, John has seen the full spectrum of threats that modern organisations face.
Having worked across every layer of online technology — from bare-metal data centres to cloud-native architectures, from monolithic legacy systems to modern microservices — John brings a rare breadth of perspective to security audits and penetration testing. He doesn't just find vulnerabilities; he understands the architectural decisions that created them.
The recent explosion in AI capabilities has supercharged everything — including the adversaries. Black hat hackers and nefarious actors now wield the same powerful tools that defenders do. Meerkat was born from the conviction that organisations need to match this pace, with automated, intelligent security testing that runs continuously — not once a year.
ENTERPRISE EXPERIENCE
Danish Tax Office (SKAT)
National critical infrastructure — protecting citizen data at scale
The LEGO Group
Global brand — securing e-commerce, supply chain, and IP
Grundfos
Industrial IoT — protecting operational technology and enterprise systems
Norlys
Critical infrastructure — internet, telecom, and energy networks
WHY MEERKAT
“In 30 years I've watched the attack surface grow from a handful of servers to an infinite, ever-shifting landscape. The old model — hire a pentester once a year and hope for the best — was never enough. It's now dangerously obsolete.
Meerkat exists because every organisation deserves the same calibre of security testing that was once reserved for those with six-figure budgets and dedicated red teams. We've built what I wished existed at every company I've worked for: continuous, intelligent, accessible security — always watching, always ahead.”— John Smith, Founder