Anthony Cruz spent his career working in serious, high-stakes security roles before joining IronGate as a Venture Partner: he helped build cyber capabilities for the U.S. Army's Department of Defense Cyber Mission Forces, worked as a security auditor at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission protecting the nation's energy infrastructure, and later managed cloud, AI, and blockchain security for BNY Mellon while also overseeing billions of dollars in new technology risk across dozens of countries at Bank of America. This combination of military cyber operations, federal infrastructure oversight, and large-bank security architecture gives him a background in national security and technology risk that few venture investors have.