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This list showcases the top United States based VP’ operating in the Cyber Security space. If you think a VP’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Venkataraman Anand
Vice President Of Engineering of Palo Alto Networks
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
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Larry Link
SVP, Worldwide Sales of Palo Alto Networks
Executive Advisor at Blue Hexagon Inc. President and CEO at Cequence Security.
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About Blue Hexagon, Cequence, Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Kumar Ramachandran
SVP, Product and GTM of Palo Alto Networks
Prior to founding CloudGenix, Kumar was Director of Product Management at Cisco, leading products for the multi-billion dollar branch routing and WAN optimization businesses. Prior to Cisco, Kumar held software and network engineering roles, developing solutions for companies such as Citibank and Providian Financial. Kumar holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Bombay.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Rajiv Batra
VP Engineering of Palo Alto Networks
Rajiv Batra has extensive experience managing engineering teams through times of strong growth. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Peribit, which was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2005. While at Peribit, Rajiv assembled a strong engineering team developing best-in-class application acceleration platforms. Rajiv also co-founded VitalSigns Software and served as Vice President of Engineering at Bay Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Marc Benoit
Vice President Technical Business Development of Palo Alto Networks
Marc Benoit is currently the Vice President of Technical Business Development at Palo Alto Networks. Mr. Benoit leverages his broad technical experience to analyze emerging technology trends and their impact on Palo Alto Networks strategic vision. He also drives advanced solutions with key technology partners. During his tenure at Palo Alto Networks, Mr. Benoit has delivered advanced prototypes and led cross-functional teams to transform them into marketable products.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Nick Campagna
Vice President Of Product Management of Palo Alto Networks
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Pradeep Singh
Vice President of Palo Alto Networks
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Michael Jacobsen
VP Product Management of Palo Alto Networks
Mike Jacobsen is the VP Product Management at Palo Alto Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Xu Zou
Vice President of IoT Security of Palo Alto Networks
Xu Zou is the Vice President of Network Security at Palo Alto Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Erin Cannelli Cresta
VP Digital, and Demand Gen of Palo Alto Networks
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Ryan M. Gillis
Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy & Global Policy of Palo Alto Networks
Ryan M. Gillis is the Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy & Global Policy at Palo Alto Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Scott Stevens
SVP, Worldwide Systems Engineering of Palo Alto Networks
Scott Stevens is the SVP for Worldwide Systems Engineering at Palo Alto Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Ryan Olson
Vice President, Threat Intelligence of Palo Alto Networks
Ryan Olson is the director of Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team; responsible for collection, analysis and production of intelligence on adversaries targeting organizations around the world. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Olson served as Senior Manager in Verisign’s iDefense Threat Intelligence service. His area of expertise is detecting and identifying actors and groups conducting cyber-crime and cyber-espionage operations. He is a contributing author to the book,”Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures,” and primary author of “Cyber Security Essentials.” He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Iowa State University, and a Master of Science degree in Security Informatics from The Johns Hopkins University.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Ryan Olson
Vice President, Threat Intelligence of Palo Alto Networks
Ryan Olson is the director of Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team; responsible for collection, analysis and production of intelligence on adversaries targeting organizations around the world. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Olson served as Senior Manager in Verisign’s iDefense Threat Intelligence service. His area of expertise is detecting and identifying actors and groups conducting cyber-crime and cyber-espionage operations. He is a contributing author to the book,”Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures,” and primary author of “Cyber Security Essentials.” He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Iowa State University, and a Master of Science degree in Security Informatics from The Johns Hopkins University.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Daniel Ingevaldson
Vice President of TechOperators
Daniel Ingevaldson is a Vice President at TechOperators and he has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Purdue University.
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About TechOperators: TechOperators is a venture capital firm which focuses on solutions in software, internet, cloud computing, security, and infrastructure.
Jake Storm
Vice President of Felicis Ventures
Jake Storm is the vice president at Felicis Ventures.
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Ryan Isono
Vice President of Felicis Ventures
Ryan Isono is the Vice president at Felicis Ventures.
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Craig Currim
WW VP Customer Solutions and Field Engineering of Transmit Security
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About Transmit Security: Transmit Security offers risk management and passwordless identity solutions for customers and workforce.
Matt Kodama
VP Data Science of Recorded Future
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About Recorded Future: Recorded Future is the world’s largest provider of intelligence for enterprise security.
Christopher Holden
Vice President, Intelligence Services of Recorded Future
Chris is the Vice President of Intelligence Services at Recorded Future, which is the company’s customer success function. He founded the Recorded Future customer success organization and built it into a 70 person global team that continues to grow. He was an early employee at Recorded Future responsible for much of the early research and use case development where Recorded Future was applied for cyber threat intelligence. Chris is an Ithaca College alum who previously worked as a digital communications analyst. Outside of work he keeps busy with his two young kids, flipping through vinyl at the local record store, and obsessing over soccer.
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About Arlington Travel Soccer Club, Court Square Ventures, Recorded Future: Recorded Future is the world’s largest provider of intelligence for enterprise security.
Levi Gundert
Vice President of Intelligence and Risk of Recorded Future
As Vice President of Intelligence & Strategy at Recorded Future, Levi Gundert leads the continuous effort to measurably decrease operational risk for customers. Previous industry roles include VP of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Fidelity Investments, Technical Leader at Cisco Talos, Principal Analyst at Team Cymru, and U.S. Secret Service Agent within the Los Angeles Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF). Gundert is a prolific speaker, blogger, and columnist, writing articles for Dark Reading, InformationWeek, and SC Magazine.
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About Recorded Future: Recorded Future is the world’s largest provider of intelligence for enterprise security.
Derek Hanson
Vice President Solutions Architecture and Alliances of Yubico
Derek Hanson is the Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Standards for Yubico. Derek and his team are tasked with assisting organizations and standards bodies everywhere to develop and deploy authentication solutions utilizing the YubiKey.
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
Matthew Hollifield
Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer of Lowe’s
Matt Hollifield was promoted to senior vice president and chief accounting officer in 2005, after serving as vice president of corporate accounts payable since joining Lowe’s in 2002. Hollifield’s responsibilities include oversight of all corporate accounting, product accounting, inventory control, trades payable, expense payable and general accounting functions. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance and accounting and previously served as chief financial officer of Century Furniture Industries. Hollifield has a bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University, an MBA from Duke University and is a certified public accountant.
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Kathy Higgins
VP IT Business Management of Lowe’s
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Mick Koster
Vice President and General Manager of Lowe’s Iris of Lowe’s
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Stuart Daughtridge
Vice President Advanced Technology of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
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About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions provides mission critical engineering, IT services, and war fighter solutions.
Robert Potter
Vice President, Signals and Ground System Technology of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
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About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions provides mission critical engineering, IT services, and war fighter solutions.
Chad Walters
Vice President of Engineering of Praetorian
Chad brings his enthusiasm and experience for creating, growing, mentoring, and leading engineering teams. He has held prior leadership roles at IBM, Lombardi Software, Amazon, and Marsh.
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About Praetorian: Praetorian is a cybersecurity company whose mission is to make the world safer and more secure.
Ryan Macia
Vice President, Finance of Praetorian
Finance professional with expertise developing scalable, data-driven financial operating models and reporting to support executive level planning and decision-making.
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About Praetorian: Praetorian is a cybersecurity company whose mission is to make the world safer and more secure.
John Prausa
Chief Operating Officer and Vice President, Mission Solutions of SRI International
John Prausa became chief operating officer (COO) of SRI International in 2015, responsible for all activities in support of research and development operations including Contracting and Procurement; Human Resources; Security Operations; and Facilities, Property and Logistics. Prausa is also Vice President of Mission Solutions, which delivers technology and services in support U.S. government deployed systems. The division comprises two programs: Instrumentation and Simulation (I&S) and Intelligence and Information Systems (I2S). The I&S Program provides a full spectrum of support to clients in the military test and training and homeland defense communities, including technology R&D, system prototyping, instrumentation production, training exercise field support, and depot maintenance. I2S supports Army, Joint, and Coalition Operations software for electronic warfare (EW) and target sensing systems (TSS), including infrastructure and personnel for ground and air survivability systems. The program also enhances multi-spectral EW system capabilities through automated development, testing and distribution software tools. Prausa previously led SRI’s Engineering and Systems Group, at the time the largest R&D group at SRI, with staff distributed at fifteen regional offices and numerous operating locations. In that role, he directed 800 staff members conducting R&D, deployment and support of technologies and systems in ionospheric and space research, radar and remote sensing, signal processing and algorithm development, signals and electronic intelligence, test and training systems, wireless communications, robotics and autonomous systems, imaging technology and systems, force protection and situation awareness, and product development. Prausa has a B.A. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, and has done graduate course work in systems analysis at Stanford University.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
William Mark
President, Information and Computing Sciences; Vice President, SRI International of SRI International
William Mark leads SRI International’s Information and Computing Sciences Division, which creates new technology in information security, system design, speech and natural language, vision and perception, planning and reasoning, and formal methods. The group’s leading-edge research is complemented with a strong focus on intellectual property creation and commercialization. Projects include Internet interaction, intrusion detection software, physical and virtual information spaces, and technology for dynamic enterprise management. Prior to joining SRI in 1998, Mark headed the System Technology Group at National Semiconductor. The group focused on system-level design and implementation of the silicon-based systems of the future, including hardware/software co-design, integrated DSP solutions, and reconfigurable computing technology. Mark was formerly director of Information and Computing Sciences for the Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Research Laboratories. Before joining Lockheed, he was a co-founder of Savoir, a company developing software tools for flexible manufacturing. He was a designer of the Flexis product, for which he holds a software patent. Previously, he held positions at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute and the General Motors Research Laboratories. Mark has a Ph.D. in computer science from MIT. His personal research interests include system design and smart spaces.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Luther Lau
Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of SRI International
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Michael Page
Vice President, Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer of SRI International
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Josh Burns
Senior Vice President of Finance of Interos
Josh Burns is the Senior Vice President of Finance at Interos.
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About Interos: Interos helps companies manage risk and continuously monitor their supply chain and business relationships to avoid disruptions.
Charles Virden
Vice President of Revenue of Interos
Charles Virden is the Vice President of Revenue at Interos.
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About Interos: Interos helps companies manage risk and continuously monitor their supply chain and business relationships to avoid disruptions.
Paul Rempfer
Senior Vice President of Business Development of STG Group
Executive Vice President at DirectViz Solutions, LLC.
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About DirectViz Solutions, LLC, STG Group: STG Group is a provider of mission-critical technology, cyber, and data solutions.
Joseph Nicholas
Senior Vice President of Cyber Security & Secure Information Systems of STG Group
Joe Nicholas is responsible for the operation and oversight of STG’s cybersecurity and secure information systems practice, which provides operational support for information systems and IT operations for all Federal Government client requirements. This includes enterprise network and operations security (NOC/SOC), cyber systems and technology service management, cyber transport and computing infrastructure, secure voice and unified communications, application security; disaster recovery / business continuity planning, risk management framework, information security and assurance, end user support, and service desk/center operations. Mr. Nicholas brings to STG extensive experience in creating, transforming and leading development teams that have delivered groundbreaking information technology innovations across the national security and intelligence sectors. With over 25 years of experience driving strong organic growth within both new and established enterprises, Mr. Nicholas possesses insights and know-how to help expand STG’s strategic opportunities, build partnerships and advance its business model.
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About STG Group: STG Group is a provider of mission-critical technology, cyber, and data solutions.
Michael Cortez
Vice President of YL Ventures
Michael Cortez is the Vice President at YL Ventures, is a member of the investment team, focusing much of his time on business development for current portfolio companies. In addition to BD and other value-add activities, Michael is heavily involved in investment due diligence, industry research, and the continued expansion of the firm’s U.S. platform.
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About YL Ventures: YL Ventures funds and supports seed-stage entrepreneurs in the cybersecurity sector.
Warren Grice
Vice President of Research and Development of Qubitekk
Warren Grice Vice President of R&D at Qubitekk, Inc., a leading supplier of entangled photon sources. He earned a PhD in Optics at the University of Rochester, where he studied the role of spectral entanglement in spontaneous parametric downconversion. Prior to joining Qubitekk, Dr. Grice spent nearly eighteen years as a research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and spent his last six years there as the leader of the Quantum Information Science group.
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About Qubitekk: Qubitekk offers an optic-based cybersecurity solution enabling communication between electric grid automation equipment.
Kevin Donovan
Vice President of Sales Americas of BioCatch
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About BioCatch: BioCatch unlocks the power of behavior and deliver actionable insights to create a digital world where identity, trust, and ease co-exist.
Ruth Shaked
Senior Vice President, Human Resources of CyberArk Software
Ruth Shaked is the Vice President of Human Resources at CyberArk. She is responsible for the company’s global human resources strategy including talent acquisition, training and development, performance management, compensation programs, succession planning, employee relations and welfare. She brings more than 20 years of global human resource management experience to CyberArk. Prior to joining CyberArk, Shaked was the Vice President, Global Human Resources at MediaMind, a technology company providing a platform for digital advertising solutions. She was part of the management team which led the company through both a successful IPO and an acquisition. In addition to MediaMind, she spent four years as the Vice President of Global Human Resources at Lumenis, a laser medical device company with over 1,000 employees worldwide. Shaked holds a B.A. in American History from Barnard College, Columbia University in New York.
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About CyberArk Software: CyberArk is a security company focused on striking down targeted cyber threats before they affect business operations.
Adam Bosnian
EVP Americas & Corp. Development of CyberArk Software
VP of Products, Strategy and Sales at Cyber-Ark Software.
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About CyberArk Software: CyberArk is a security company focused on striking down targeted cyber threats before they affect business operations.
John Burger
Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Infrastructure of ReliaQuest
John Burge is the chief information security officer at ReliaQuest.
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About ReliaQuest: ReliaQuest provides a SaaS security platform designed to minimize data loss and business disruptions.
Sumit Agarwal
Co-Founder, Vice President of Product Management of Shape Security
Sumit Agarwal is a Co-Founder of Shape Security, Inc. and serves as its Chief Operating Officer. He served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon, and later advised on cyber policy. He led mobile product management for Google. He is a former US Air Force Reserve Officer. Sumit Agarwal also co-founded Quova.
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About Shape Security: Shape provides defense against malicious automated cyber-attacks on web and mobile applications.
Michael Stokes
VP Federal Sales of Shape Security
Michael Stokes is the vice president of federal programs at [Shape Security](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shape-security#/entity). Previously, he was the vice president of global operations at Cyber Security Strategies. Stokes holds a bachelor’s degree in information technology from American InterContinental University. He is based in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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About Shape Security: Shape provides defense against malicious automated cyber-attacks on web and mobile applications.
Ben Seri
Vice President of Research of Armis Security
Ben Seri is the Head of Research at Armis, responsible for vulnerability research and reverse engineering. His main interest is exploring the uncharted territories of a variety of wireless protocols to detect unknown anomalies. Prior to Armis, Seri spent almost a decade in the IDF Intelligence as a Researcher and Security Engineer. In his free time, Seri enjoys composing and playing as many instruments as the wireless protocols he’s researching.
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About Armis Security: Armis Security offers an agentless IoT security solution that lets enterprises see and control any device or network.
Jake Wells
SVP Solutions Architecture of Flashpoint
Jake Wells is Director of Operations at Flashpoint. Jake Wells serves as the lead on technical production, managing the integration of our subject matter expert and engineering teams, and assists with product and business development. With nearly a decade of experience as both a producer and consumer of cyber threat intelligence in the public and private sectors, Jake Wells has unique insight into ensuring that customers receive relevant and actionable information. From 2009 to 2015, Jake Wells served as a senior intelligence analyst for the NYPD, where he managed counterterrorism and intelligence-led criminal investigations. As the lead analyst in the Cyber Intelligence Unit, he substantially enhanced the group’s threat intelligence capabilities and represented the NYPD when engaging with government agencies from around the world. Previously, he worked as an analyst for the SITE Intelligence Group providing Deep Web intelligence to commercial and government clients. A 2015 Madison Policy Forum Military-Business Cybersecurity fellow, Jake Wells holds an MA from Columbia University, a BA from Emory University, and studied Arabic in Syria.
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About Flashpoint: Flashpoint is the globally trusted leader in actionable threat intelligence.
Will Briggs
VP of Americas Channels and Program of Arctic Wolf
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About Arctic Wolf: Arctic Wolf helps companies end cyber risk by providing security operations as a concierge service.
Kevin McCarthy
Vice President Of Business Development of Inpher.io
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About Inpher.io: Inpher.io is a secret computing technology for privacy-preserving machine learning and AI.
Adam Liberman
VP, Enterprise Information Management of Carbon Black
Adam Liberman is Bit9′s vice president of engineering. He has more than 20 years of leadership experience in engineering development and management. Before joining Bit9 Liberman was vice president of engineering for Ounce Labs, where he oversaw all research and development. Prior to that he was responsible for ClearQuest product development within IBM-Rational. While at SQA, Liberman was the product engineering lead and architect of defect tracking and test management solutions. At Rational, he held several positions including director of engineering for the SQA business unit.
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About Carbon Black: Carbon Black provides a cloud native endpoint and a workload protection platform that allows customers to prevent cyber attacks.
Lior Netzer
VP and CTO IoT of Akamai Technologies
Lior Netzer is the Vice President and General Manager of Emerging Mobile Business at Akamai where he leads the formulation of Akamai’s edge strategy as it relates to cellular networks. Previously, Lior was AVP Corporate Development at Comverse Network Systems focusing on mergers and acquisitions in the mobile application space. Lior has also held various senior operational positions in early stage companies such as Voltaire, and advisory board positions with Metacafe. Lior holds an MBA, magna cum laude, from the Technion Israel.
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About Akamai Technologies: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
Bill Wheaton
EVP and Chief Strategy Officer of Akamai Technologies
Bill Wheaton is Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Media Division at Akamai. Mr. Wheaton leads the Akamai team responsible for products and solutions that make video and software applications accessible, and complex media content easy to use. Mr. Wheaton’s service at Akamai includes roles as Vice President of Digital Media Solutions, supporting key digital media customers and driving innovation at Akamai to help customers take advantage of emerging opportunities. Mr. Wheaton has also served as the Director of Streaming Sales at Akamai, overseeing streaming sales efforts including partnership programs. Prior to Akamai, Mr. Wheaton worked at Intervu, where he managed the Business Communications Sales Group supporting customers like CCBN, MCI, AT&T, Sprint and others. He has started and sold several businesses including VCS Technologies, which he sold to Intervu in 1999. Mr. Wheaton started his career at Procter & Gamble and moved to Pfizer before starting his entrepreneurial ventures. He has a B.S. degree from WPI and a MBA from NYU.
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About Akamai Technologies: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
Craig Adams
SVP & GM, Security and Performance of Akamai Technologies
General Manager of Akamai’s Security and Performance Business Units, leading the teams responsible for the technology and solutions that enable Akamai customers to deliver exceptional, reliable, and secure experiences for their web and mobile applications, across all devices and networks, everywhere. Accomplished, transformational business and organizational leader with more than 20 years of experience in driving high performance, change and the development/delivery of elite solutions and services to organizations ranging from multinational Fortune 500s to startups and public sector agencies. In two decades with Akamai (and in leadership roles in sales, services and support, technical services delivery and country management), he has championed new programs and offerings that enable customers to meet their business objectives successfully. Under his leadership, Akamai adopted the use of the NetPromoter Score to monitor and increase customer satisfaction. He launched Akamai University for Customers, which has certified thousands of customers on Akamai solutions, and launched Akamai’s Customer Experience program. As a country manager, he established and expanded Akamai’s presence in Australia and Costa Rica. He has also been instrumental in leading internal integrations of several Akamai acquisitions. A native of the American Southwest, he graduated from Utah State University, lives in greater Boston with his wife, and is based at Akamai’s global headquarters in Cambridge.
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About Akamai Technologies, Recorded Future: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
John Watson
VP Sales & Business Development Mobile Networking & Security of Akamai Technologies
John Watson is the VP Sales & Business Development Mobile Networking & Security at Akamai Technologies.
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About Akamai Technologies: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
Paul Jespersen
SVP Global Business Development of Stellar Cyber
As Senior Vice President Global Business Development, Paul has global responsibility for key strategic partners and accounts, as well as developing new and emerging markets for the company. Paul joined Stellar Cyber as the first field hire prior to the commercial launch of the product and built the initial sales and international teams for Stellar Cyber. His recent career experience includes VP Business Development at Lastline (acquired by VMware) and VP Business Development and Emerging Product Strategy at Comodo Enterprise. Previously he was an early member at several other successful startups including Advanced Switching Communications (IPO as ASCX), Ocular Networks (acquired by Tellabs), Timetra Networks (acquired by Alcatel), Symbol Technologies (acquired by Motorola), Montego Networks, and Zscaler, as well as Global Account roles at USRobotics and Cisco Systems earlier in his career. Paul earned his Bachelor’s degree as well as his Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) from the University of Texas at Austin.
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About Stellar Cyber: Stellar Cyber is the innovator of Open XDR = Everything Detection & Response
Jeff Margolies
SVP, Strategy & Strategic Partnership of FireEye
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About FireEye: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Barbara Massa
Executive Vice President & Chief of Business Operations of FireEye
Barbara is Senior Vice President of Human Resources and oversees the global human resource organization at FireEye. Before FireEye, Barbara was Vice President of Global Talent and Diversity at McAfee. She brings over 22 years of experience in high tech from roles at EMC, Documentum, and Cadence Design Systems. Barbara has led teams that delivered record numbers attracting and hiring top talent in high growth organizations. She is a recognized thought leader on global talent strategy and expansion. During her tenure at McAfee, Barbara helped found the first Women in Security affinity group. Barbara is also the recipient of YWCA’s Silicon Valley TWIN award for outstanding executive leadership.
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About FireEye: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Jason Martin
EVP, Research & Engineering of FireEye
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About FireEye, Permiso Security: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Bill Robbins
EVP, Worldwide Sales of FireEye
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About FireEye: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Peter Bailey
Executive Vice President of FireEye
Executive Vice President at FireEye, Inc.
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About FireEye: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Sandra Joyce
Senior Vice President, Head of FireEye Mandiant Intelligence of FireEye
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About FireEye: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Alexa King
EVP, General Counsel and Secretary of FireEye
Heading up the FireEye legal team, Alexa is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary. Before FireEye, Alexa was Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Aruba Networks, Inc., a provider of enterprise wireless networks. Her early career included working at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (now Pillsbury Winthrop) and Fenwick & West. Additionally, Alexa served as founding director of Pathbrite, Inc. (formerly known as RippleSend, Inc.) from 2008 to 2009 and as advisor from 2009 to 2011. Alexa graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in Eastern European Studies and received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, where she was named to the Order of the Coif.
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About FireEye: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Tim Crothers
SVP, Chief Security Officer of FireEye
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About FireEye: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Baxtex McElroy
VP & General Manager of Jacobs
Baxtex McElroy is the VP and General Manager of Operations at Jacobs Engineering S.A. and brings over 45 years of experience in engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance and government contingency operations. He has held other key responsibilities and roles at companies such as Fluor and Arabian American Oil Company, including positions on the executive, program & project management, construction, and the operations and maintenance of industrial and commercial facilities. In addition, Buck has managed supporting manpower, logistics development, and training. Baxter McElroy also brings experience in facilities design and specification, as design manager and coordinator, client representative and operability and maintainability consultant. Buck also served many roles in the United States Navy, including staff civil engineer and design engineer.
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About Jacobs: Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
Dave Stevens
EVP Strategy of Forcepoint
Dave Stevens has been an investor, entrepreneur, and operating executive in the technology industry for more than 25 years. Dave was a co-founder of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in 2005 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until 2008. In that role, he developed the foundational vision and market entry strategy for the company’s transformative technology. Dave also served as a Venture Partner at Foundation Capital where he was responsible for investments in the communications, computing, storage and wireless sectors. Most recently, he was the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development for Brocade, where he led the company’s technology strategy, key business initiatives, M&A and investment portfolio as it focused on the evolving data center infrastructure within enterprises, cloud service providers and federal markets.Dave holds a BS, Electrical Engineering and a MS, Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia.
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About Forcepoint, OnlineSoccerAcademy.com: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Tim Solms
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Global Government Security of Forcepoint
Tim Solms is Forcepoint’s senior vice president and general manager of global government security, where he is responsible for the P&L and growth strategy for the Global Governments business. He is chartered with further extending Forcepoint’s leadership in the cross domain and insider threat markets within domestic customers and in delivering capabilities that support international government customers. Solms brings more than 30 years of progressive leadership experience in both the military and private sector to Forcepoint. Most recently, Solms was vice president, Federal and managing director, worldwide government at Juniper Networks where he held senior leadership responsibility for the company’s worldwide government business. Before joining Juniper, Solms was the general manager, U.S. Department of Defense at Microsoft Corp. and senior director, DoD, NATO and Federal international at VMware. Solms also held a series of government market-focused leadership roles at Dell. Before joining Dell, Solms spent more than 18 years with the U.S. Army. He also served in various leadership roles at AFCEA’s DC Chapter, including a stint as president. Solms earned a bachelor’s degree in administration from The Citadel.
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About Dun & Bradstreet, Forcepoint, WildRock Security Group: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Don A. Oldenburg
Vice President of Customer Support and Information Technology of Forcepoint
Don Oldenburg is the vice president of global customer support for Forcepoint™. He joined the company in 2014 and is responsible for the overall strategy and delivery of a world-class customer support experience. Current operations include 24x7x365 live support carried out from six global support centers serving 153 countries. During Oldenburg’s tenure at Forcepoint, he has increased customer satisfaction to historic highs by improving process, procedures, employee talent and service offerings. Oldenburg has worked in the software and services industry for more than 20 years and has held leadership roles in support, consulting, training, software development and quality assurance. Prior to joining Forcepoint, he worked for Symantec, where he led global technical support for the company’s security product family. Oldenburg holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Southern Oregon University.
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About Forcepoint: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Darin Mason
Vice President of Information Technology of Forcepoint
Darin Mason is the Vice President of Information Technology at Websense. With more than 25 years of IT experience, Mason is responsible for overseeing internal IT business systems and infrastructure across the global operations at Websense. Mason is also an Adjunct Professor for National University, having served in this capacity for the past 10 years. Prior to joining Websense, Mason was CIO at GNLD, a global distributor of herbal supplements, where he lead efforts to roll out mobile and virtual payment systems for their operations globally, including Africa, Europe, Americas and Asia. Mason held similar CIO roles with Power Integrations and Genesis Microchip.
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About Forcepoint: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Jerry Martin
EVP of Team Cymru
Jerry Martin is the CFO for Team Cymru. He spent 21 years in the United States Air Force and in his final assignment, Jerry served as Director, Technical Analysis Branch at the Joint Task Force for Computer Network Operations (JTF-CNO). He has authored papers for a number of government seniors and has presented talks in many different forums. After retiring from the Air Force, he worked at DHS’ National Cyber Security Division.
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About Team Cymru: Team Cymru is an internet security firm that offers research services making the internet a more secure place.
Todd Vender
VP Engineering & Operations of Menlo Security
Todd Vender is VP of engineering at Menlo Security, responsible for both product development and operations. Todd brings more than 20 years of experience leading, innovating, and driving both cloud and on premise product development across multiple areas including web portals, data integration, content management, search, and collaboration. Prior to Menlo Security, Todd was vice president of engineering at Oracle where he was responsible for the WebCenter and Portal platform suites consisting of several industry-leading products including Oracle WebCenter, Weblogic Portal and Oracle Portal.
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About Menlo Security: Menlo Security is a cyber security company that protects organizations from malware.
Lennart van den Ende
VP Sales Engineering of Menlo Security
Lennart van den Ende, VP of Worldwide Sales Engineering is a cyber security veteran with extensive security technology and sales engineering experience, who builds and leads high performing global sales engineering teams. Lennart joins Menlo Security from FireEye, where he built the worldwide SE organization leading to FireEye’s IPO and led the sales engineering transition of IronPort into the Cisco Security portfolio. Lennart is a graduate of UC Berkeley and emigrated to the US from the Netherlands.
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About Menlo Security: Menlo Security is a cyber security company that protects organizations from malware.
Trevor Pagliara
VP of North America Sales of Agari
Trevor Pagliara is VP of North America Sales at Agari. With twenty years of experience executing rapid revenue growth for companies, Pagliara has previously worked FireEye and Dell EMC.
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About Agari: Agari is an email identity company protecting enterprises and people from phishing and socially-engineered attacks.
Michael Cichon
VP Digital & Content Marketing of Agari
Michael Cichon is a Silicon Valley-based marketing exec with specialties in brand strategy, digital marketing, content marketing and product marketing. He currently serves as CMO for 1Kosmos. Previously he has served as VP of Digital and Content Marketing at Agari and at ThreatMetrix and has held director-level roles with responsibilities for demand generation, sales enablement, event management, press relations and branding at companies including VMWare, KANA Software (Verint), Arena Solutions, Ketera (Deem), Aspect Development (I2) and Oracle. Combined he has over 20 years of experience helping b2b technology companies in various aspects of go-to-market strategy, planning and execution. Mike is a graduate of Purdue University, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Math / Computer Science.
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About 1Kosmos – BlockID, Agari: Agari is an email identity company protecting enterprises and people from phishing and socially-engineered attacks.
Sheryl Hawk
VP of Customer Success of Agari
Sheryl Hawk is Agari’s VP of Customer Success and is responsible for driving a customer centric strategy and initiatives across the company, Sheryl’s organization is responsible for managing renewal and upsell revenue for Agari as well as all customer health, adoption activities, and advocacy initiatives. She has over 25 years of experience in leading teams responsible for the customer journey both pre and post sales. Most recently, Sheryl led Customer Success at WhiteHat Security where she transformed the Customer Success team, bringing all post sales customer facing functions under the customer success umbrella. Prior to her role at WhiteHat, Sheryl spent 4 years as SVP Customer Success at Conversica, an AI sales enablement company where she built and grew the customer success function. Prior to Conversica she held VP Sales and Success roles at various ecommerce technology companies. Sheryl has a degree in Marketing from CSU Fresno, enjoys mentoring CSMs and trying new recipes.
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About Agari: Agari is an email identity company protecting enterprises and people from phishing and socially-engineered attacks.
Jacob Rideout
VP of Product Management of Agari
Jacob Rideout is the VP of Product Management at Agari, where he leads new product development and applied research. Previously, Jacob has led efforts in retail analytics, marketing optimization, and email security at Return Path. He is a regular collaborator in industry initiatives at M³AAWG and ETIS that foster data-sharing and define industry best practices.
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About Agari: Agari is an email identity company protecting enterprises and people from phishing and socially-engineered attacks.
Sabina Knotter-Finney
VP of Business Operations of Agari
Sabina Knotter-Finney is VP of Business Operations at Agari, where she is responsible for leading sales operations and building the system infrastructure for all business units. Prior to Agari, Knotter-Finney worked in business operations at MongoDB and in product management at Oracle.
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About Agari: Agari is an email identity company protecting enterprises and people from phishing and socially-engineered attacks.
Seth Knox
Vice President of Marketing of Agari
Seth helps customers around the world to understand new, internet scale, data driven security solutions that eliminate email as a channel for cyber attacks. He keeps tabs on the emails threat landscape and shares that with the industry analysts, press and IT Security professionals.
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About Agari: Agari is an email identity company protecting enterprises and people from phishing and socially-engineered attacks.
Felix Sterling
SVP of General Counsel & Global Legal Team of Trend Micro
As the leader of Trend Micro’s global legal department, Felix leads a team with legal oversight responsibility for corporate governance, compliance, product development, channels, sales, human resources, business operations, and all other legal matters for Trend Micro and its global subsidiaries. Felix also leads Trend Micro’s Global Policy Council, serves as the North America Site Executive, and drives various cross-functional initiatives to optimize business processes and support the SaaS business model.Prior to joining Trend Micro, Felix was a vice president and AGC at VeriSign. He had previously been a member of the Yahoo! legal team, after starting his legal career in the litigation and technology transaction groups of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, a premier technology law firm. Before law school, he studied cognitive science and human factors engineering in graduate school and worked in the Flight Human Factors Division at the NASA-Ames Research Center. Felix holds a juris doctor degree from the University of California at Davis, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the King Hall Advocate and the Western U.S. A.B.A. moot court champion. He also holds a bachelor’s degree (with honors) from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
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About Trend Micro: Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity leader with enterprise and SMB security solutions for cloud, XDR, endpoint, email, and networks.
Cliff Liang
VP, Research of Trend Micro
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About Trend Micro: Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity leader with enterprise and SMB security solutions for cloud, XDR, endpoint, email, and networks.
Jon Clay
Vice President, Threat Intelligence of Trend Micro
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About Trend Micro: Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity leader with enterprise and SMB security solutions for cloud, XDR, endpoint, email, and networks.
William Malik
VP, Infrastructure Strategies of Trend Micro
Bill Malik’s information technology career spans over four decades. Before joining Trend Micro, he was CTO of Waveset, an Identity Management vendor, from 2002 through its acquisition by Sun. Bill worked at Gartner for twelve years where he led the Information Security service and the Application Integration and Middleware service. He co-authored the Cobit version 3 standard. During his 12-year career at IBM he worked in MVS development, testing, and business planning. He studied Mathematics at MIT.
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About Trend Micro: Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity leader with enterprise and SMB security solutions for cloud, XDR, endpoint, email, and networks.
Richard Ku
Sr. Vice President Commercial IoT Security Business and Market Development of Trend Micro
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About Trend Micro: Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity leader with enterprise and SMB security solutions for cloud, XDR, endpoint, email, and networks.
Mitchel Chang
Senior Vice President of Trend Micro
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About Trend Micro: Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity leader with enterprise and SMB security solutions for cloud, XDR, endpoint, email, and networks.
Trevor Lund
Vice President of Finance of Pelion Venture Partners
Trevor joined the Pelion team in 2017. Trevor’s key responsibilities revolve around financial reporting, with duties that include preparation of the GAAP financial statements and assisting in the valuation of the fund’s portfolio companies. Prior to Pelion, Trevor was a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was charged with managing the day-to-day activities on numerous SEC and asset management engagements. He was also one of two employees chosen by the national office to be mentored by Manhattan-based CEO Bob Moritz; never before, or since, has an employee from the Salt Lake City office been chosen for such an honor. Trevor graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in accounting from Utah State University and is a licensed CPA and member of the UACPA and AICPA.
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About Pelion Venture Partners: Pelion Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs and invests in early-stage B2B software-based companies.
Sylvain Gil
Co-founder & VP Product Strategy of Exabeam
Sylvain brings 20 years of experience in building, deploying and supporting information security products for large and medium enterprises. Previously, Sylvain held senior-level roles at Imperva where he led product management and product marketing for application security, as well as Imperva’s worldwide customer support and professional services organization. Sylvain also led North American technical support and services for Solsoft (acquired by LogLogic). Sylvain has a software engineering degree from the Leonard de Vinci school of Melun, France.
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About Exabeam: Exabeam helps security teams outsmart the odds by adding intelligence to their existing security tools.
Roger Koehler
VP of Threat Operations of Huntress
Roger Koehler is the VP of Threat Operations at Huntress.
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About Huntress: Huntress is a cybersecurity company that helps stop hidden threats that sneak past preventive security tools.
John Ferrell
Co-Founder & VP, ThreatOps of Huntress
John Ferrell has over 15 years of experience in the fields of systems engineering, software development, and cyber security. He has supported the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the University of Maryland. John is an avid member of the information security community, participating multiple times at Def Con CTF Finals and recently taught “Exploiting Buffer Overflows 101” at BSidesCharm 2015. Prior to founding Huntress Labs, he co-founded StrategicIO, a defense consulting firm.
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About Huntress: Huntress is a cybersecurity company that helps stop hidden threats that sneak past preventive security tools.
Dina Bruzek
SVP Product and Engineering of Huntress
Dina Bruzek is the SVP Product and Engineering at Huntress.
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About Huntress: Huntress is a cybersecurity company that helps stop hidden threats that sneak past preventive security tools.
Phil Neray
VP of IoT & Industrial Cybersecurity of CyberX
Phil Neray has a deep passion for well-executed products, and has a strong track record of successfully introducing innovative technologies to enterprise users and organizations. He comes to Intigua from IBM, which he joined after IBM’s acquisition of Guardium, where he was VP of Marketing. Guardium (enterprise security) was recognized by Forrester as “a Leader across the board” with “dominance and momentum on its side.” Phil previously worked for Symantec, which he joined after Symantec’s acquisition of ON Technology (software configuration & lifecycle management), where he was VP of Marketing. He has also held senior product marketing roles in 3D software (Alias, acquired by Silicon Graphics), parallel supercomputing and graphics workstations. Phil started his career as a field operations engineer with Schlumberger Ltd., where he worked on remote oil rigs in South America. Phil has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honors) from McGill University with additional coursework from the Boston University Graduate School of Management; is certified in cloud security (CCSK) by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA); is a Certified Industry Analyst Relations Professional (CIARP); and holds a brown belt in American Jiu-Jitsu.
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About CyberX: CyberX is a robust cybersecurity platform for continuously reducing IoT or OT risks.
Michelle Wheeler
SVP, Consortium of Prove (formerly Payfone)
Michelle Wheeler brings more than 25 years of experience in the communications and financial services markets to XOR with deep experience in risk and analytics. Wheeler’s career has focused on enabling start-up companies to expand their business through direct and indirect sales and marketing. She is a CFCA Board member, long-term member of TRMA and has previously served on Utica College’s Economic Crime Institute board.
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About Prove (formerly Payfone): Prove is the modern way of proving identity with just a phone.
David Berra
VP of Engineering of Prove (formerly Payfone)
David Berra is VP, software engineering at Payfone.
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About Prove (formerly Payfone): Prove is the modern way of proving identity with just a phone.
Sergio Caltagirone
Vice President, Threat Intelligence of Dragos
Sergio Caltagirone hunts evil. He spends days hunting hackers and evenings hunting human traffickers. During nine years with the US Department of Defense as a senior threat intelligence analyst and technical director, he hunted the most sophisticated cyber threats in the world. During over three years as Director of Threat Intelligence at Microsoft, he developed and implemented their threat intelligence program protecting billions of customers worldwide. Now as Director of Threat Intelligence and Analytics at Dragos, Sergio safeguards civilization through the protection of critical infrastructure and industrial control systems. He created the Diamond Model of Intrusion Analysis proudly helping thousands of others bring more pain to adversaries by strengthening hunters and intelligence analysts. He also proudly serves as the Technical Director of the Global Emancipation Network, a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO), leading a world-class all-volunteer team hunting human traffickers and finding their victims through data science and analytics working towards saving tens of millions of lives.
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About Dragos, Global Emancipation Network, Threat Intelligence Academy: Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company that detects and responds to threats in industrial controls systems.
Ben Miller
VP, Services and R&D of Dragos
Ben Miller is Vice President, Threat Operations Center at the industrial cyber security company Dragos, Inc. where he leads a team of analysts in performing active defense inside of ICS/SCADA networks. In this capacity he is responsible for performing a threat hunting, incident response, and malware analysis mission for the industrial community. Previous to his role at Dragos, Inc. Ben was the Associate Director, Electricity Information Sharing & Analysis Center (Electricity ISAC) and led cyber analysis for the sector. He and his team focused on leading edge cyber activities as they relate to the North American bulk electric system. Ben was recognized as instrumental in building new capabilities surrounding information sharing and analytics in his five years at the E-ISAC. Prior to joining the E-ISAC, Ben built and led a team of 9 focused on Network Security Monitoring, forensics, and incident response at a Fortune 150 energy firm. His team received numerous accolades from industry and law enforcement. During this time he also served in a CIP implementation project and various enterprise-wide mitigation programs. Ben has over 18 years’ experience and currently holds the CISSP and GIAC GREM certifications. Ben has served in various roles including both planner and player roles in GridEx I, II, and III. He served as a member of the NERC Cyber Attack Task Force, an acknowledged contributor to NIST SP 800-150, a panel member of the NBISE Advanced Defender panel, and adviser on CI Advanced Defender Training program. Ben is an accomplished speaker in various venues including SANS, ICSWJG, ShmooCon and others. Ben also helps run Charmsec; an informal ‘citysec-style meet up’ located in Baltimore.
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About Dragos: Dragos is an industrial cybersecurity company that detects and responds to threats in industrial controls systems.
Courtney Brady
VP Marketing of ThreatBlockr
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About ThreatBlockr: ThreatBlockr makes threat intelligence actionable.
Alpa Jain
Vice President, API Center of Excellence of Experian
Alpa Jain is Vice President of the API Center of Excellence for Experian Information Technology Services (EITS). She is responsible for overall API Experian strategy, including ensuring the applications meet the needs of the business as a whole. She oversees the technical and business fitness of the application portfolio and their associated costs and risks, as well as development of the applications governance process to gain consensus on a prioritized set of measurable business outcomes that applications must support. Alpa joined Experian in 2012 and has well-rounded expertise in key business functions, including managing and running the Prospecting suite of solutions in Consumer Information Services (CIS) Product Marketing, as well as experience in areas of legal/compliance, sales and the National Customer Assistance Center (NCAC). Prior to joining Experian, she worked for various firms leading and managing teams to execute large-scale projects in both public and private sectors across North America. Alpa has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Structural Engineering from the University of Calgary. She also has an MBA from the University of California, Irvine.
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About Experian, Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Angela Granger
Vice President of Experian
Angela Granger is Vice President of Experian With over 20 years of experience in analytics, Angela Granger leads a team responsible for the design and delivery of advanced analytical solutions which accelerate the profitable growth and market position of Experian clients. Since joining Experian in 1993, Granger has leveraged the latest statistical techniques in predictive modelling, data intelligence and business intelligence to maximise clients’ return on investment. She plays an instrumental role in analytics research and development, having participated in the design and commercial introduction of several advanced analytics products and services aimed at helping clients predict customer behaviour and effectively manage a wide range of decisions related to repayment of debt, account utilisation, default and fraud prevention. Prior to her current role at Experian, she was with HSBC where she was responsible for bankcard portfolio inbound call cross-sell strategies and acquisitions. Granger is named as an inventor on a US patent, Credit Portfolio Benchmarking, which defines a system and method for analysing massive amounts of current and historical trade data across financial institutions to allow peer group performance comparisons.
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About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Ansa Sekharan
Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Success Officer of Informatica
Ansa Sekharan, executive vice president and Chief Customer Success Officer, leads Informatica’s Global Customer Support and Informatica University, where he is responsible for establishing Informatica as a trusted partner for customers worldwide by ensuring their success with Informatica’s products. Additionally, Ansa leads Informatica’s Education Services division, with a focus on role-based training programs to ensure the organization gets the most out of investment in Informatica products. Ansa was an early employee at Informatica starting in 1996. During his tenure, Informatica has received prestigious industry awards recognizing its support services, including being ranked number one in customer loyalty in the data integration enterprise software sector for 11 years in a row. Prior to joining Informatica, Ansa was a veteran of Sybase, where he held numerous customer services roles. He graduated with honors from the University of Tulsa, where he earned a master’s degree in Computer Science. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The National Institute of Technology, India.
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About Active Endpoints, Informatica: Informatica is an enterprise cloud data management that accelerates data-driven digital transformation.
Kathryn Kane
Vice President, Brand, Creative and Digital Media of Informatica
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About Informatica: Informatica is an enterprise cloud data management that accelerates data-driven digital transformation.
Doug Barnett
EVP & Chief Financial Officer of Informatica
Doug Barnett is the EVP & CFO at Sabre Corporation.
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About Informatica, Sabre Corporation: Informatica is an enterprise cloud data management that accelerates data-driven digital transformation.
Bill Burns
Chief Trust Officer and VP, Cloud Business Transformation Strategy of Informatica
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About Informatica, RSA Conference: Informatica is an enterprise cloud data management that accelerates data-driven digital transformation.
Graeme Thompson
SVP & Chief Information Officer of Informatica
Graeme Thompson is the SVP & Chief Information Officer at Informatica.
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About Informatica: Informatica is an enterprise cloud data management that accelerates data-driven digital transformation.
