George Samenuk

Board Director

George Samenuk is an investor specializing in technology Companies particularly in the Software Space. He formerly served as the Chairman and CEO of McAfee (NYSE: MFE), the world’s largest dedicated security leader. 

During George’s tenure at McAfee the stock price increased from $3 to $30 and the market capitalization grew from $500 Million to more than $5 Billion.

Prior to McAfee George was the CEO of TradeOut.com, an independent, business-to-business Internet marketplace initiated to facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers of excess inventory.  Tradeout.com was owned by eBay and GE.

George started his career at IBM.  During his 22-year worldwide career at IBM he held a variety of Executive Positions in Sales, Marketing and Services.  He was one of the original Executives in ISSC which was later was renamed IBM Global Services.  During his tenure, George lived in Singapore where he managed 17 South Asia countries including India.  George’s last position was General Manager of the Americas where he was responsible for IBM’s $45 Billion business across the USA, Canada and Latin America.

George has served on the Boards of McAfee.com (sold to McAfee for $233 Million), Symbol Technologies (sold to Motorola for $3.9 Billion) and other privately-held companies. 

George is a graduate of Brown University where he received his undergraduate degree in Political Science.