Meet The Crew
These are the people who stand watch: the analysts, testers, and investigators behind every Vigilus engagement. Louisiana-rooted and LSU-proud, we keep the crew small enough to know every client and sharp enough to earn their trust.
Leadership
Alexander Adams
Chief Executive Officer
Charles Glass
Head of Cybersecurity
William Woodfin
Chief Operating Officer
Alexander Adams
Chief Executive Officer
Charles Glass
Head of Cybersecurity
William Woodfin
Chief Operating Officer
Our Story
From an LSU classroom to the working waters of the Gulf: how a public-safety startup became a dedicated cybersecurity firm. The chapters changed; the mission never did. Keep watch, and keep people safe.
2017
First Bearings
Vigilus traces its line to Crimer, a public safety software platform that began as an LSU class project in 2017, helping police departments put patrols where they would matter most. By May 2019 it had a building in Baton Rouge, a growing crew, and live deployments with Louisiana law enforcement. It taught us an early lesson that never left: protecting people means protecting systems.
2019
Taking the Watch
That same year we took on our first cybersecurity engagements, and the work fit like it was made for us. The instincts that put patrols where they mattered proved just as sharp at finding threats in networks, and the security work began asking for more of us.
2020
Setting Sail
So we gave it a ship of its own. Lex Adams founded Vigilus in 2020 with Charles Glass, an LSU cybersecurity instructor and former incident responder at Los Alamos National Laboratory, to build the security practice deliberately while the crew kept us underway building software for others.
2022
All Hands
In 2022 the Crimer team came aboard for good, and everything sailed under one flag: software development and cybersecurity, side by side. The engagements grew heavier and closer to home, from vessel networks and ports to the industries that keep the Gulf Coast running, and the security work kept asking for more of us.
2024
A Dedicated Watch
In May 2024 we split the company in two. Software development set out on its own as GrassFed, and Vigilus turned fully to what it was named for: vigilance. Today we do one thing, and we do it without distraction: help organizations that hold sensitive data or run critical infrastructure stay ahead of the people who would do them harm.
Interested in joining the crew? Visit our Careers page.