Introduction
Richard Todd Davis, also known as Todd Davis, is an American businessman. He is the founder of LifeLock, a personal fraud protection company.
Education
Davis received his Bachelor of Business Administration in entrepreneurship and management from Baylor University in 1990.
Career
Davis served on executive management teams of several technology startups after graduating from Baylor. He later joined Dell in 1992 where he was able to sign clients such as 3M. Davis became a member of the President’s Elite Circle and received the Dell Vision Award while with the company. In 2002, Davis started his own business, Marketing Champions, where he served as CEO and worked with teams from NASCAR and the Indy Racing League.
In 2005, Davis and Robert Maynard Jr. cofounded LifeLock, a personal fraud protection company. Davis has served as the CEO of LifeLock since its founding. As part of a marketing campaign to raise public awareness of the threat of identity theft, Davis posted his social security number on billboards and commercials. Davis was a victim of 13 cases of identity theft between 2007 and 2008. The company ranked eighth on Inc. Magazine’s 500 list in 2010, and in 2012, Davis took the company public. By 2014, LifeLock had over 3 million subscribers and 700 employees.
Other activities
Davis is a regular speaker at conferences and other events. In April 2013, he was a speaker at the Startup America Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, the Silicon Desert December Meetup, and the company also presented a free Identity Theft Summit for local law enforcement officials in Arizona. Davis presented at the 2014 South by Southwest Online Privacy: Nuclear Meltdown or NextGen Fuel discussions. He was selected to speak at the 2014 Global Ethics Summit and participated in the 2014 Inside the Reporter’s Notebook event for the Phoenix Business Journal.
Davis has contributed to Forbes Magazine and The Huffington Post with identity theft protection advice for individuals.
Philanthropy
Davis, through LifeLock, contributes to Conquer Paralysis Now and serves on the Board of Directors. The foundation, founded in 2001, works to find a cure for paralysis. He is an advisor to the National Organization for Victim Assistance, as well as an honorary board member for BioAccel. He’s also on the board of directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Phoenix.
Recognition
Davis won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Top Emerging Company for Orange County and Desert Cities in 2009. He was also awarded the CRM Magazine's Service Elite Award, The Arizona Business Leadership Association's Leadership Award, and Arizona Business Journal's 25 Most Admired CEOs in 2009.