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This list showcases the top United States based Director operating in the Security space. If you think a Director 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.
Ashwath Murthy
Senior Director 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.
Danielle Kriz
Senior Director, Global Policy of Palo Alto Networks
Danielle Kriz has 21 years of global cybersecurity and trade policy experience. As Senior Director of Global Policy at Palo Alto Networks, she leads the development and implementation of the company’s global policy strategy and activities. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, she built and ran the global cybersecurity policy practice at the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) in Washington DC, worked in Silicon Valley developing government affairs strategies for high-tech firms and spent a decade developing the US government’s high-tech international trade policies at the US International Trade Commission and Department of Commerce. Kriz has engaged in the development of cybersecurity policies in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Jen Miller-Osborn
Deputy Director of Threat Intelligence – Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks
Jen Miller-Osborn is the Deputy Director of Threat Intelligence – Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Ram Boreda
Director of Products of Palo Alto Networks
Ram Boreda is a seasoned product management leader with outstanding success in launching and managing enterprise and cloud security solutions. At Palo Alto Networks, he is driving product strategy and roadmap of public cloud security products. He acts as a trusted adviser for large enterprise clients on cyber security initiatives. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Ram worked at Amazon AWS and was responsible for AWS Transit Gateway and VPN services. Prior to that, he led product management of security products at Verisign iDefense and CipherCloud. Ram played a vital role in growing three (3) start-up companies from inception to highly successful exits including an IPO. Ram got his MBA from Wharton Business School.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Kyle Sanders
Director, Malware Research 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.
Sr Director & Product Marketing of Palo Alto Networks
Navneet Singh is the Sr Director & Product Marketing 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.
Charul Sadwelkar
Director 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.
Ivan Bojer
Director, Cloud Architecture, R&D: Developer Relations of Palo Alto Networks
Director, Cloud Architecture, R&D: Developer Relations @ 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.
Ronald Dodge
Senior Director, Security Engineering of Palo Alto Networks
Ronald Dodge is currently the Senior Director for Information Security Engineering at Palo Alto Networks – responsible for building and securing a global security information infrastructure. Ron has a diverse background spanning over 20 years including IT leadership in government, academia, and industry; leading innovation in IT infrastructure/services, security education, and cyber research. Ron served over 28 years in the US Army with military assignments ranging from combat duties in an attack helicopter squadron to the CIO for the United States Military Academy, West Point. Ron received his Ph.D. from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia in Computer Science.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Jim Finkle
Director, Threat Communications 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.
Taylor Ettema
Sr. Director & Product Management of Palo Alto Networks
Taylor Ettema is the Sr. Director of 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.
John Caimano
Global Practice Director – Security Operations Center of Palo Alto Networks
John Caimano is dedicated to making security operations organizations as efficient and effective as possible. As the Professional Services Global Practice Lead for Security Operations at Palo Alto Networks, he works to increase automation within SOCs and up-level SOC efforts to address more sophisticated threats. He joined Palo Alto Networks in August of 2018 with six plus years of experience with the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform and over seventeen years of experience working at a major telecom MSSP in labs and the CSO organization, supporting MSSP security provisioning, NOC and SOC.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Patrick Chang
Sr. Director of Product Management of Palo Alto Networks
Patrick Chang is a Senior Director of Product Management at Palo Alto Networks, driving the overall product strategy for container security. He joined Palo Alto Networks via the acquisition of RedLock where he was Head of Products. Prior to RedLock, he’s held product management leadership positions at StackRox, Webroot, VMware and CA/Wily Technology, covering cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure and application/operations management.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Yousuf Hasan
Director, Cyber Security Solutions of Palo Alto Networks
Yousuf has 20 years of experience in the Network and Security industry. Yousuf has held various leadership roles in building Products, Solutions and Services in the Security, Cloud, Data Center and Networking domains.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Gurinder Singh
Director of Network Security Architecture of Palo Alto Networks
Gurinder Singh is the Director of Network Security Architecture at Palo Alto Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Moinul Khan
Director, Product Management, Mobility 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.
Venkat Krishnamoorthi
Director 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.
Wayne Wilson
Channel Business Director of Palo Alto Networks
Wayne joined Palo Alto Networks in August of 2018. He was previously at AT&T for 18 years where he built and led several technical teams. These included the U-Verse Microsoft TAC supporting over 5,000 application databases and a distributed Active Directory architecture across the US. He also led an operations team supporting API automation for dedicated network circuit provisioning. His last 4 years at AT&T were on the cybersecurity product team as a Palo Alto Networks SME where he launched several managed offers such as FlexWare (VM-Series on UCPE) and Global Security Gateway (managed GPCS). At Palo Alto Networks, he has been in the sales organization focused on MSSP success launching GPCS as a managed service. Wayne holds a Bachelor’s degree in Technology Performance and Improvement from the University of North Texas and has several technical certifications including Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and GIAC GSEC.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
John Martinez
Director of Cloud R&D / Developer Relations 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.
John Martinez
Director of Cloud R&D / Developer Relations 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.
Don Ho
Managing Director of Quantstamp
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About Pioneer Fund, Quantstamp: Leaders in Blockchain Security
Daniel Kochis
Director of Global Business Development of SmartContract
Energetic self-starter with experience in business development, corporate development, strategic partnerships, account relationship management, and product management. Specialties: Sourcing strategic partnerships and M&A; evaluating partnership and acquisition opportunities; diligence and issue resolution, business case development; partnering with cross-functional teams; negotiating multi-million dollar contracts and partnerships; maintaining and managing multi-million dollar partnerships.
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About SmartContract: Smart Contracts verify an execute themselves by monitoring external data sources.
Arvind Gopalan
Sr. Director of Product Management of Lookout
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About Lookout: Lookout is a cybersecurity company that integrates endpoint security with SASE technologies to secure data while respecting user privacy.
Pritam Shah
Director of Platform Engineering of Lookout
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About Lookout: Lookout is a cybersecurity company that integrates endpoint security with SASE technologies to secure data while respecting user privacy.
Wesley Chan
Managing Director, General Partner of Felicis Ventures
Wesley Chan is a Managing Director and General Partner at Felicis Ventures. He founded Google Analytics and Google Voice, built Google’s early advertising system, built Google Venture’s early investment team, and holds 17 US patents for his fundamental contributions in designing many of Google’s most widely-used services. Wesley is an investor and coach to some of the world’s most successful startups. He led investment rounds and holds board or observer seats in Canva, Guild Education, Turvo, CultureAmp, Okera, Hyperscience, Guideline, and Dialpad. He also led investments in Ring (exited for $1B+ to AMZN), Flexport, Carta, Checkr, Gusto, ZipLine, Orca Bio, Whole Biome, Skip the Dishes (exited to Just Eats/JE), and YES (exited to TWTR). Wesley was also one of the earliest General Partners at GV (Google Ventures), where he built the investment team, led many of GV’s investments and held board or observer seats in Angelist, Aptelligent (exited to VMWare), iPerian (exited to BMS), and Dialpad. Wesley was also one of the first checks into Plaid, RobinHood, Gusto, Optimizely, HelloSign (exited to DropBox), DataPad (exited to Cloudera), Freshplum (exited to TWTR), Namo Media (exited to TWTR), and Parse (exited to FB). He is a recipient of Google’s Founders Award–the company’s most prestigious recognition–for leading the development of Google’s early client efforts, which led to the creation of Google Chrome. Wesley worked at HP Labs as a senior software engineer and as a sponsored fellow at Microsoft Research. He holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT where he completed his graduate thesis at the Media Laboratory. Technology Review magazine featured Wesley as a “Top 35 Under 35” innovator. Wesley’s accomplishments have been covered by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Fortune, and his story as a product founder is featured in Steven Levy’s best-selling Google book, “In The Plex.”
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Sundeep Peechu
Managing Director, General Partner of Felicis Ventures
Sundeep Peechu is a Managing Director, General Partner at Felicis. He’s currently excited about re-invention of security and insurance and further developments in crypto and machine learning. Investor in ActiveHours (Earnin), Counsyl, BitPay, Gigster, Ginkgo Bioworks, HealthIQ, Matterport, Plaid, Pindrop, Recursion, Spoke, Troops, Top Hat, Wish and a few others. Prior to joining Felicis in 2010, he held various product roles at Intel within the software division. Sundeep joined Intel through the acquisition of Sarvega, where he was an early employee responsible for the design of the security infrastructure. He also had brief stints at NEA where he focused on mobile and emerging markets and at Simbol Mining where he developed key initiatives around the production of battery materials. Sundeep has a Bachelors in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, an M.S in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Earnin, Felicis Ventures, Pindrop, Top Hat: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Victoria Treyger
General Partner and Managing Director of Felicis Ventures
Victoria is passionate about building great brands and scaling revenue through innovative sales and marketing. She joined Kabbage because she loved the opportunity to leverage technology and data to transform how financial services are delivered to customers.
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Don Butler
Managing Director of Thomvest Ventures
Don’s 20 year career spans a variety of roles with emerging growth technology companies. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Apsalar, Avalanche, Axcient, Kabbage, Milyoni, Netbase, Vungle, and YottaMark. Don’s past investments have included FlashSoft (acquired by SanDisk), GuardianEdge (acquired by Symantec), and Okena (acquired by Cisco). Before joining Thomvest, Don led the Asian business development efforts for several start-up companies in the software and networking industries as part of his work with Asia Pacific Ventures. Previously, Don was an Analyst with Lehman Brothers, where he worked with clients in the software and semiconductor industries. Don received a B.A. in Chinese from UCLA and M.A.s in both East Asian Studies and Political Science from Stanford.
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About Thomvest Ventures: Thomvest Ventures provides companies with cross-stage venture capital fund.
Kittu Kolluri
Co-founder and Managing Director of Neotribe Ventures
Kittu Kolluri is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at Neotribe Ventures.
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About Neotribe Ventures: Neotribe Ventures is an early stage-venture capital firm which invests in breakthrough technologies that stretch the imagination.
Aditya Singh
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Neotribe Ventures
Adit is a hands-on early stage company builder having helped build three startups with an operating career spanning 15 years before entering venture capital. From 2013 to 2017, he led the b2b/enterprise practice at Foundation Capital as a Partner investing across the stack from enterprise applications, cloud infrastructure, analytics and cybersecurity. Adit graduated from University of Illinois (BS/MS in Computer Engineering) and from the University of Chicago (MBA). He started his career as an engineer at Growth Networks (a NEA/Lightspeed company) which was acquired by Cisco for $355m. At Cisco, he led the datacenter infrastructure team as a senior technical leader and delivered several products (converged servers, switches and edge routers) for data center infrastructure. He co-founded a networking appliance company, Bitsplay Systems that streamed video from data centers, out of the EIR program at Foundation Capital. In 2008, he joined Enphase Energy (networked solar microinverters), a Series A startup as their first product manager through IPO on the NASDAQ in 2012. When Enphase went public, Adit was Senior Director of Product Management and responsible for the main microinverter business. He is extremely connected in the the deeply technical circles of silicon valley and has the reputation of building companies from the bottom up by working hand in hand with founders.
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About Bloomreach, Cockroach Labs, Neotribe Ventures, Phantom: Neotribe Ventures is an early stage-venture capital firm which invests in breakthrough technologies that stretch the imagination.
Terry Growcock
Member of the Board of Directors of L3 Harris Technologies
Terry Growcock, 69, is retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The Manitowoc Company, Inc., a diversified industrial manufacturer of cranes and foodservice equipment and a provider of ship building and ship repair services. He joined Manitowoc in 1994 as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Manitowoc Ice.He became President of Manitowoc Foodservice Group in 1995 and served in that capacity until his promotion to President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. in 1998. He was named Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Manitowoc in October 2002. Terry Growcock retired as Chief Executive Officer of Manitowoc in May 2007 and as Chairman of the Board in December 2008. Terry Growcock has been a member of our Board since August 2005 and is Chairperson of our Business Conduct and Corporate Responsibility Committee and a member of our Audit Committee and Management Development and Compensation Committee. Terry Growcock also is a director of Carlisle Companies Incorporated (since 2008) and Harsco Corporation (since 2008) and an advisory member of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Terry Growcockserved as a director of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. from 1998 to 2008.
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About : L3 Harris is a proven leader in tactical communications, geospatial systems, air traffic management, avionics, and space and intelligence.
Michelle Johnson
Director, 4G LTE Center of Excellence of L3 Harris Technologies
Michelle Johnson is director of the LTE Center of Excellence for Harris Corporation’s Communication Systems business segment. Her responsibilities include Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) infrastructure, devices, applications ecosystem and service, which provides end-to-end solutions to worldwide public safety, professional communications, and tactical military customers.
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About L3 Harris Technologies: L3 Harris is a proven leader in tactical communications, geospatial systems, air traffic management, avionics, and space and intelligence.
Ryan Fagan
Senior Director Finance of Lowe’s
Ryan Fagan is the Director of Sales & Operations Planning at Lowe’s Home Improvement based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ryan is responsible for FP&A, Store Environment and Omni Customer Experience, along with all US promotions, in-store off shelf merchandising and commercializing emerging retail opportunities. Ryan’s passion for driving customer growth through improved CX routed in data driven strategies resulted in his development and implementation of Lowe’s Military loyalty program.
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Jonathan Stanley
Director of Social Media of Lowe’s
Jonathan Stanley manages video content and influencer marketing for Lowe’s Content Studio, the award-winning branded content team and production house. Stanley leads the teams responsible for episodic content, how-to videos, product videos, influencer marketing and streaming TV devices, as well as Lowe’s YouTube channels. Best known for launching Lowe’s hit-series The Weekender, Jonathan is a creative-at- heart who spends most of his time trying to write a better biography than the one you’re currently reading.
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Richard K. Lochridge
Board Of Director of Lowe’s
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About : Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Dave Roberts
Director of Investigations of Lowe’s
Dave has been with Lowe’s since 1998, coming to Lowe’s from American Drug Stores in Chicago. He has worked as a RLPD for Lowe’s in Indianapolis IN and Seattle WA. From 1998 to 2002 Dave relocated to North Carolina and assumed the new role of Divisional LP Director in 2002. He worked as a Divisional LP Director from 2002 to 2009. In 2010 Dave assumed his current role as Director of Investigations. In his current role he manages Lowe’s Returns System, Background Screening, Internet Fraud, Organized Retail Crime and Internal Investigations. He currently is a member with Merchant Risk Council and International Association of Financial Crime Investigators and on the Client Advisory Board with First Advantage Background Screening. Dave is LPC Certified.
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Bertram Scott
Board Of Director of Lowe’s
Bertram Scott is Board Of Director at American Stroke Association.
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About : Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Marke Clinger
Strategic Account Director and Americas Sales Leader of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Marke Clinger is Director of Strategic Accounts and America Sales Leader at 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.
Brian Lohse
Senior Director, Commercial Platforms of Alarm.com
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About Alarm.com, Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Colin Ulen
Senior Director Of Engineering of Alarm.com
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Kristen Sheppard
Director, Software Strategy & Transformation of Johnson Controls
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About Broke App, Johnson Controls: Johnson Controls operates in building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions businesses worldwide.
Lisa Brown
Senior Director, Local Government & Global Markets of Johnson Controls
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About Johnson Controls: Johnson Controls operates in building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions businesses worldwide.
Robert Corbin
Director, Head of B2B Marketing Science and Infrastructure of Dell EMC
Rob Corbin leads Digital Marketing Analytics at EMC Corporation. With over 18 years of experience in marketing, sales, and consulting, he specializes in creating rapid time-to-value solutions for companies. His big data predictive analytics and decision systems experience spans the transportation, finance, and technology industries. Rob has a BSE in Operations Research from Princeton University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
James DiStasio
Member of the Board of Directors of Dell EMC
DiStasio has been a director of EMC since March 2010. From January 2003 until his retirement in January 2007,DiStasio served as Senior Vice Chairman and Americas Chief Operating Officer of Ernst & Young LLP, a professional services organization. He spent over 38 years at Ernst & Young in various management positions, having been elected as a partner in 1977. DiStasio is a member of the Board of Trustees of Northeast Utilities (d/b/a Eversource Energy) (where he is Chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee). DiStasio holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois. DiStasio brings to the Board extensive financial, accounting and consulting expertise, including a deep understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting rules and regulations, acquired over the course of his 38-year career at one of the world’s leading assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services firms. He has significant experience overseeing, from an independent auditor’s perspective, the financial reporting processes of large public companies in a variety of industries with a global presence. Through his leadership roles at E&Y, including as COO of the Americas,DiStasio gained substantial management and operational experience. In addition,DiStasio’s service on another public company board provides him with valuable experience.
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About : DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Jennifer Wemstrom
Senior Director of Life Sciences Product Management of Dell EMC
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Andrew Fenselau
Senior Director Of Product Marketing of Dell EMC
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Matt Cowger
Senior Director, Global Solutions Marketing of Dell EMC
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Matt Cowger
Senior Director, Global Solutions Marketing of Dell EMC
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Russ Greene
Senior Director, Channel Business Development and Productivity of Dell EMC
Responsible for channel pre and post sales technical enablement (resellers, distributors, alliances, service providers and OEM’s) customer education sell-through, Sales GTM programs and campaigns, Education Services strategy development, acquisition integration, and business analytics.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Bill Schrader
Board of Director of Threatcare
William (Bill) L. Schrader An internet pioneer and co-founder (with Martin L. Schoffstall) of the world’s first commercial Internet Service Provider, PSINet, in 1989. They initially funded the company using credit cards and by selling his family car. In May 1991, the company acquired NYSERNet, the corporation that had created the first regional Internet network under his leadership, an acquisition that gave PSINet commercial access to what would come to be known as the Internet. The company met with early success, capitalizing on the growing potential of the growing global network, an expansion in which the company played an active role. In 1991, PSINet, UUNET (AlterNet) and General Atomics (CERFnet) co-founded the Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX), a trade association of Internet Service Providers. By 1995, the company had revenues of $32.9 million. Pressured by increasing competition in the dial-up internet market, the company restructured in 1996 to focus on its commercial Internet business, selling its retail ISP accounts to MindSpring in June of that year, and began its expansion into Europe. Co-founder Schoffstall left the company that year. As a leader in the ISP arena, PSINet was frequently mentioned in trade publications for its accomplishments and reputation, some of it not flattering. In 1997, the company raised $1 billion in bond capital and undertook a series of rapid acquisitions, making 76 acquisitions between January 1998 and December 2000. Regional ISPs were a frequent purchase, and according to Congressional testimony which he gave, the company was, by 1999, the largest independent facilities-based ISP in the United States, the second largest ISP in Japan, and had more than 500 points of presence around the world. The company’s largest acquisition came in March 2000 with the purchase for more than $1.3 billion in stock of Houston-based Metamor Worldwide, a consulting services conglomerate it purchased in an effort to become a “single-source provider” for IT outsourcing services. The company also invested heavily in its fiber-optic network, anticipating strong demand, and planned in early 2000 to invest $1.4 billion over three years to build to expand its services and operations. Despite its rapid growth and significant position in the commercial Internet services market, the company was never profitable. A management team of inexperienced, young people was replaced by a more seasoned team of professional managers from companies like MCI, but its acquisition spree was too overwhelming for them to manage, in addition to the executives with a voice based telecom background (circuit-switched) did not completely understand the nuances of a packet switched network. It was a popular stock with analysts during most of the dot-com boom because of its rapid revenue growth and aggressive expansion plans, but by 2000, PSINet was beginning to struggle. The company lost more than $5 billion in 2000 despite having close to doubled annual revenues to $995 million. Some analysts point to the Metamor acquisition as the turning point for the company, burdening it with the demands of integrating business operations while it was already struggling with significant debt from its earlier acquisitions, and facing a general slowdown in the computer services industry. However, the company had missed earnings estimates the year before, and was said to be looking to sell parts of its operation in late 1999. A portion of it was spun out into the independent company, Inter.net (the Canadian subsidiary of which is now part of Uniserve); and another portion, ShellTown, was sold to Saugus.net. A wave of senior officers, including the company’s president, chief operating officer, and an executive vice president departed the company in early 2001, and he left his CEO job on April 30. In the internal email sent to staff announcing his departure he likened the company’s situation to a building in a lightning storm and, referring to his decision to resign as CEO, said “I am that lightning rod”. The company’s stock price plunged in response to the departures and to wider-than expected losses: the stock, which had traded as high as $60.94 a share in 2000 (after a split), closed at 18 cents in late March 2001. In May 2001, the company was delisted from NASDAQ because the company’s stock had traded below one dollar for 30 consecutive days. The company delayed filing its quarterly 10-Q filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Finally, overwhelmed by debts in excess of $3.7 billion and with dwindling cash reserves, the company announced on June 1, 2001, that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection along with 24 of its US subsidiaries, and that four of its Canadian subsidiaries had filed for protection under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). Most of the PSINet United States’s assets were acquired by Cogent Communications in April 2002. PSINet Canada was acquired by TELUS Communications. PSINet Europe was acquired by Interoute. In 2012, he was named Chief Executive Officer of LeaseWeb where he was chartered with building on the company’s brisk growth to further expand the customer base and oversee the rollout of new products and services in the massive US market. In addition to his role at PSINet, he has previously held CEO positions at Neutral Net, a fiber-to-the-home-company and provider of Smart Grid services; and at Synchris, a project collaboration and content management software tool. He also held an advisory role at AIS Network, the managed cloud and applications hosting provider. LeaseWeb entered the North American market in 2011, with the opening of an office and datacenter near Washington, DC in Northern Virginia. Since then the company has experienced rapid take-up of its highly reliable hosting solutions, gaining customers across several industries including online gaming, streaming video and advertising networks. He announced, “We are at a tipping point in hosting and networking, as a plethora of companies strive to adapt their practices and incorporate cloud-based elements as an integral part of their core business. With a highly knowledgeable and dedicated team, LeaseWeb USA is the first provider in the market to offer quality global hosting solutions at an extremely competitive price point.” The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the OCOM Group, one of Europe’s largest Internet infrastructure and hosting companies.
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About : Threatcare provides easy, actionable Breach and Attack Simulations to help businesses test their cybersecurity defenses.
Wendell Wierenga
Member of Board of Directors of SRI International
Wendell Wierenga, Ph.D., joined SRI’s Board of Directors in 2014. Previously, he was executive vice president of research and development (R&D) of Santarus, Inc. from 2011 to 2014, executive vice president of R&D at Ambit Biosciences from 2007-2011, and executive vice president at Neurocrine Biosciences, which he joined in 2003. From 2000 to 2003, Wierenga was chief executive officer of Syrrx, Inc., a private biotech company specializing in high-throughput, structure-based drug design (sold to Takeda in 2004/5). Prior to joining Syrrx, from 1997 to 2000, he was senior vice president of worldwide pharmaceutical sciences, technologies, and development at Parke-Davis/Warner Lambert (now Pfizer). From 1991-1997, Wierenga was senior vice president of drug discovery and preclinical development at Parke Davis. Concurrent with his tenure there, he was vice president of Medtech Ventures, a Warner Lambert investment fund. Prior to Parke-Davis, Wierenga was at Upjohn Pharmaceuticals for 16 years, where his last position was executive director of discovery research. Wierenga led and/or participated in the R&D of more than 70 Investigational New Drug (IND) disclosures, more than 15 New Drug Applications (NDAs), and 16 marketed products, including Lipitor®, Neurontin®, Lyrica®, and Uceris®. Wierenga serves on the following public company boards: Xenoport, Inc., Cytokinetics, Inc., Apricus Biosiences, Inc., Concert Pharmaceuticals, and Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. He also serves on the scientific advisory boards of Ferring Research Institute, aTyr Pharma, and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, and is an ongoing advisor to WibiWorks Pharmaceuticals and the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University.
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About : SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Karen Myers
Lab Director Artificial Intelligence Center of SRI International
Karen Myers is Director of SRI International’s Artificial Intelligence Center and an SRI Fellow. Dr. Myers’ research interests include autonomy, multi-agent systems, automated planning and scheduling, intelligent assistants, and privacy. She has led the development of several AI technologies that have been successfully transitioned into operational use in areas that span robotics, text understanding, collaboration tools, task management, and end-user automation. Myers has a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford, a B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science from the University of Toronto, and a degree in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Paul Chang
Director of Design of SRI International
Paul Chang, Ph.D., is Director of Design at SRI International and has over two decades of experience in the areas of product management, design strategy and user-experience design. At SRI, Paul provides user experience guidance to startups and large corporations for technology-intensive products. Previously, Paul served as Chief Product Officer at Otto Radio, a personalized (AI and human-curated) podcast and news service, recently acquired by Ximalaya FM of China. Prior to joining SRI, he consulted for corporate and startup clients including DataRobot, Immuta, Medidata, SolarWinds and Volkswagen.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Reenita Hora
Director, Marketing & Communications of SRI International
Reenita Malhotra Hora is SRI International’s Director of Marketing & Communications. She works directly with the SRI executives to communicate SRI’s strategic goals and objectives to drive storytelling around next generation technologies. Before joining SRI, Reenita was VP of Content for Otto Radio/Ximalaya FM, and prior to that she was an anchor, editor and producer for Bloomberg Radio. She was an award-winning producer for RTHK Radio 3 in Hong Kong and has also produced several broadcasts for the BBC. Over the course of her career, she has contributed to CNN, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the South China Morning Post, the Hindu and has authored seven books (fiction and non-fiction). She is a regular speaker on content, marketing and communications strategies for tech, health care and financial companies, and also for digital literary platforms. Her background as an Ayurveda Clinician and coach has led her to teach clinical programs at the University of California schools, California Pacific Medical Center and Hong Kong University’s Li Ka Shing School of Medicine. An entrepreneur at heart, she founded, built and subsequently sold Ayoma, an Ayurvedic self-care product line and the Ayoma LifeSpa, a premier Ayurvedic wellness spa. Reenita holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Economy from Williams College and a Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Celia Merzbacher
Quantum Economic Development Consortium Associate Director of SRI International
Celia Merzbacher is primarily responsible for developing novel partnerships with stakeholders in government and the private sector in support of SRC’s research and education goals. Prior to joining SRC, Dr. Merzbacher was Assistant Director for Technology R&D in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), where she coordinated and advised on a range of issues, including nanotechnology, technology transfer, technical standards, and intellectual property. At OSTP she oversaw the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the multiagency Federal program for nanotechnology research and development. She also served as Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which is composed of leaders from academia, industry and other research organizations, and advises the President on technology, scientific research priorities, and math and science education. Previously, Dr. Merzbacher was on the staff of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington D.C. As a research scientist at NRL, she developed advanced optical materials, for which she received a number of patents. She also worked in the NRL Technology Transfer Office where she was responsible for managing NRL intellectual property. Dr. Merzbacher served on the Board of Directors of the American National Standards Institute and led the U.S. delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Working Party on Nanotechnology.Dr. Merzbacher received her BS in geology from Brown University and MS and Ph.D. in geochemistry and mineralogy from The Pennsylvania State University.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Joseph Broz
Director, National Security Program Development of SRI International
Joseph Broz, Ph.D., is director of national security program development in SRI International’s Advanced Technology and Systems Division. He brings 30 years of experience in both the public and private sectors, and deep subject matter expertise in solid state physics, nuclear magnetic resonance, the energy domain, gas and oil recovery, alternative fossil production, renewable energy, and energy security. His experience also includes significant projects in homeland security, defense, and in the areas of climate change, environmental protection and remediation. Before joining SRI in 2014, Broz worked for the Spectrum Group in Alexandria, VA from 2005 to 2013. From 2011 to 2013, he was a Senior Fellow in the Security, Energy, and Environment department at NORC at the University of Chicago. He is also the managing member of Defense Capital Advisors, LLC, a technical consulting firm, founded in 2000. From 1992 to 2000, Broz served in four senior management positions at Tenneco and at TIMET in the U.S. and Europe; He was the laboratory, environmental, and quality director at Tenneco, and served as vice president of business development and laboratory director for the Titanium Metals Corporation. Broz served as a White House Fellow and as a Special Assistant to the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and as Special Assistant to Allan Bromley, Science Advisor to President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and 1992. He has been a member of the Homeland Security Standards Panel of the American National Standards Institute since 2002, which supported the 9-11 Commission in its recommendations on private sector preparedness. He has worked closely with state governors and national laboratories on renewable energy and economic development issues around energy, economic development, and technology transfer. Broz has also participated on a number of international commissions and boards regulating industrial standards including ISO, and is a technical advisor to several ANSI standards working groups and committees. A former British-American Fellow of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (1995), Broz is a member the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Swiss Physical Society. He has published numerous technical papers, and has been awarded several U.S. and foreign patents. Broz has a B.S. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His Ph.D. in physics is from the Swiss Federal Institute (ETH) in Zurich.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
John Young
Director of SRI International
John Young, appointed to SRI’s Board in 2009, brings a broad range of legislative and executive branch experience on defense technology, development, and procurement programs.
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Michael MacCombie
Director of Platform of ff Venture Capital
Mike MacCombie is Director of Platform at ff Venture Capital, an early stage firm based in New York City that has invested in financial technology, insurance tech, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics, and real estate technology, among other sectors. He focuses on platforms, marketplaces, and consumer brands that will change the behaviors of millions of people.
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About ff Venture Capital, NextGen Venture Partners, Techstars: ff Venture Capital is a technology venture capital firm that invests in cybersecurity, AI, machine learning, drones, and cloud software.
Scott Dubin
Director of Investor Relations of ff Venture Capital
Scott Dubin, OurCrowd’s Director of Investor Relations, has over ten years of experience leveraging the power of communities. Prior to joining OurCrowd, Scott was the founder of The AIPAC Technology Division, a network of pro-Israel political activists, and worked as an operative on municipal, gubernatorial, and US Senate campaigns in addition to consulting for advocacy campaigns and not-for-profits in the United States, Canada, and Israel. A lifelong advocate of Israel, Scott Dubin has served in leadership roles at the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency for Israel, and was elected to the Zionist General Council and Zionist Congress. He received his BA from the New York University, and served in the IDF’s Artillery Corp.
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About ff Venture Capital: ff Venture Capital is a technology venture capital firm that invests in cybersecurity, AI, machine learning, drones, and cloud software.
Karl Weaver
OEM Business Development Director of Rivetz
Karl is OEM Bus Dev Director (North America and Northeast Asia) for Oasis Smart SIM, Prior to Oasis, Karl worked for Rivetz Corp, Massachusetts start-up to promote developer tools for design-in of TEE-enables applications on Smartphones for payment and security. Karl also spent 5 years working in China for Gemalto (and Trustonic) as Rainmaker for design in of embedded Mobile NFC Payments & TEE security technologies to the OEM Smartphone/Tablet PC ecosystem. He possess a B.S degree in Business Management from Salve Regina University, Certification in Mandarin Chinese Language, Customs and Culture from National Taiwan Normal University – Mandarin Training Center and Certification in Broadband wireless communications from University of Washington (Seattle).
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About Rivetz: Rivetz is a developer of a hardware-based cyber-security system used to offer a simplified approach to cybersecurity.
Nick Sturiale
Managing Director of Ignition Partners
Nick Sturiale joined Ignition as managing partner in 2013, after more than 25 years of experience developing startups, both as venture capitalist and entrepreneur. Prior to Ignition, Nick spent three years at JAFCO Ventures as a general partner, where he invested in companies such as Reputation.com, Bill.com and Delphix. Prior to JAFCO, Nick spent eight years at Sevin Rosen Funds, where he incubated and led first investments in companies such as XenSource, which was acquired by Citrix Systems (CTXS) for $500 million; Splunk (SPLK), the leading public company in “big data”; and Hightail (formerly YouSendIt), a leading SaaS vendor in file collaboration. Nick also worked at The Carlyle Group as a managing director and co-head of its Silicon Valley office. Prior to venture capital, Nick spent twelve years as a software entrepreneur. He was founding CEO of Timbre Technologies, a manufacturing-analytics software company, which won the 1999 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition and was acquired by Tokyo Electron for $138 million in 2001. Currently he serves on the board of directors of Splunk, Hightail, Vuclip, StrongLoop and BlueData. Nick holds a BS degree in economics from California State University, Chico, and an MBA with distinction from the University of California, Berkeley, where he is a frequent guest lecturer.
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About Ignition Partners: Ignition Partners is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping the best entrepreneurs seize opportunity.
Michael J. Lennon
Co-Founder, Executive Vice President & Director of The O’Gara Group
Michael J. Lennon, one of our founders, has been our Executive Vice President and a director since August 2003 and our Chief Operating Officer since January 2006. Mr. Lennon previously served as President of U.S. Aeroteam Inc., a component manufacturer for the aerospace and defense industries, from 2001 to June 2003; as Chief Operating Officer, Security Products and Services Group and a director of The Kroll-O’Gara Company, with responsibility for its worldwide armored vehicle operations and various security training and services businesses, from 1998 to 2000; and as President and Chief Operating Officer of The O’Gara Company’s O’Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring Company subsidiary from 1996 to 1997. Prior to joining The O’Gara Company in 1994, Mr. Lennon held various management positions within manufacturing, engineering, and marketing at General Electric Company. During his 15 years at General Electric Mr. Lennon held positions at several GE businesses including GE Aircraft Engines, GE Aerospace, and GE Major Appliances.
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About The O’Gara Group: The O’Gara Group provides security, safety, and defense products and services to governments, militaries, corporations and individuals.
Sarah Fay
Managing Director of Glasswing Ventures
SSarah Fay is the Steering Committee Member, Boston Chapter of All Raise.
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About All Raise, Glasswing Ventures: Glasswing Ventures is an early-stage VC firm investing in next gen AI and frontier technology startups enabling the intelligent enterprise.
Steven Abrahams
Senior Managing Director, Head of Strategy of Amherst Pierpont
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About Amherst Pierpont: Amherst Pierpont is a broker-dealer providing institutional and middle-market clients with fixed-income and structured product franchises.
Jody Hunt
SE Director, DevOps Security of CyberArk Software
Jody has held diverse technical roles in software development, sales and marketing. He has been an enthusiastic promoter of DevOps principles and has become aware of the growing security gap represented by automation. That led him to Conjur, Inc. in January of 2017, just 4 months before its acquisition by CyberArk. He graduated the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Computer Science.
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About CyberArk Software: CyberArk is a security company focused on striking down targeted cyber threats before they affect business operations.
Bill Tyndall
Founding Executive & Strategic Growth Director of Electric
Bill Tyndall is the Founding Executive and the Strategic Growth Director at Electic. He serves as VP of growth and strategic partnerships, responsible for overseeing and managing the company’s strategic growth and market expansion strategy. He is passionate about helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses faster and more efficiently through technology. Bill is also a mentor in many top business accelerators around the country.
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About Electric: Electric is an information technology company that helps businesses manage their IT security, support, and devices in real-time.
Ariel Chisholm
Director of Customer Success of Electric
Ariel Chisholm is a director at Electric AI, where she focuses on customer success. She s responsible for driving efficiency, scalability, and exceptional customer experience across the Customer Success team. She brings passion, strategic problem solving, and structure to Electric’s fast-paced, rapidly growing team; and all with a customer-centric mindset. Ariel has a strong background in rapid-growth startups, customer success, and product management.
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About Electric: Electric is an information technology company that helps businesses manage their IT security, support, and devices in real-time.
David Anteliz
Technical Director | Central U.S. of Skybox Security
David Anteliz is Director of Network Architecture @ Netrix.
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About Skybox Security: Skybox Security is a global leader in security analytics for cybersecurity management.
Beckett Jackson
Investing Director, Portfolio Strategy of The Boeing Company
Beckett Jackson is the investment portfolio director and strategist for an organization that is shaping the future for Boeing and the aerospace industry. Boeing HorizonX explores opportunities through strategy and experimentation with business models for emerging aerospace applications, leveraging nontraditional partnerships and a venture fund that invests in early-stage startups focused on aerospace and industrial innovations. Jackson manages the portfolio for a team focused on identifying early-age startups that are developing revolutionary concepts around the world. Boeing HorizonX Ventures provides funding to chosen startups, connecting them with a global network of resources to get their ideas off the ground, and shape the future for Boeing and the aerospace industry. In his role with the Ventures team, Jackson seeks to identify technology and business model focus areas that will play a role in transforming the aerospace industry, creating new markets or product offerings, or producing productivity gains for Boeing.
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About Boeing HorizonX Ventures, The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Harish Rao
Senior Director, Analytics and Information Management of The Boeing Company
Harish Rao is Sr Director of Analytics & Information Management Services responsible for developing analytics and information management capabilities to the Boeing enterprise and to deliver analytics solutions to improve productivity and enable revenue generation for Boeing and its customers. Harish established the Advanced analytics competency center to provide data lake, agile process and methodology and technical capabilities for analytics services across the enterprise. Harish has over 21 years of experience delivering disruptive innovative analytics based solutions to strengthen competitive advantage for fortune 50 companies such as Walgreens Boots, GE and Allstate Insurance. He has a strong track record in setting and executing strategic direction that enhance productivity and decision making with significant cost reduction and improved top line results.
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About The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Christopher Ferguson
Director of Crew and Mission Systems; CST-100 of The Boeing Company
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About The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Doug Russell
Managing Director and Head of MassMutual Ventures of MassMutual Ventures
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About MassMutual Ventures: MMV is a multi-stage, global venture capital firm investing in enterprise software, cybersecurity, financial technology, and digital health.
Alex Kassirer
Director of Physical Security and Counterterrorism of Flashpoint
Alex is Flashpoint’s counterterrorism team lead and on-air analyst for NBC. She has assisted law enforcement and intelligence agencies in terrorism investigations and prosecutions, and consults private sector organizations on both physical and cyber security. Ms. Kassirer has presented to various audiences, including law enforcement, on monitoring and addressing the threat that stems from jihadists. Ms. Kassirer holds an MS in Global Affairs with a concentration in Transnational Security from New York University and BA in International Affairs with a concentration in Conflict & Security and a minor in Religion from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, where she also studied Arabic.
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About Flashpoint, Flashpoint: Flashpoint is the globally trusted leader in actionable threat intelligence.
Nick Hayes
Director of Content Marketing and Communications of Flashpoint
More than 12 years in the cybersecurity technology industry holding senior positions in product, strategy, and marketing.
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About Flashpoint: Flashpoint is the globally trusted leader in actionable threat intelligence.
Dawn Meyerriecks
Deputy Director, Science and Technology Directorate of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
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About Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): The Central Intelligence Agency provides national security intelligence services.
Susan (Sue) Gordon
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence of The Intelligence Community Inc.
Susan (Sue) M. Gordon is Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence at US Intelligence Community. As PDDNI, Ms. Gordon assists the DNI in leading the Intelligence Community (IC) and managing the ODNI. In particular, she focuses on advancing intelligence integration across the IC, expanding outreach and partnerships, and driving innovation across the Community.
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About The Intelligence Community Inc.: The Intelligence Community Inc. is a network for U.S. government, military, national security, and private sector personnel.
Susan (Sue) Gordon
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence of The Intelligence Community Inc.
Susan (Sue) M. Gordon is Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence at US Intelligence Community. As PDDNI, Ms. Gordon assists the DNI in leading the Intelligence Community (IC) and managing the ODNI. In particular, she focuses on advancing intelligence integration across the IC, expanding outreach and partnerships, and driving innovation across the Community.
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About The Intelligence Community Inc.: The Intelligence Community Inc. is a network for U.S. government, military, national security, and private sector personnel.
John Yeoh
Director of Research, Americas of Cloud Security Alliance
With over 15 years of experience in research and technology, John has spent time as an analyst, researcher, and executive in academia and government. He is a technologist and published author with areas of expertise in cybersecurity, cloud computing, information security, and next generation technologies (IoT, Big Data, SecaaS, Quantum). His thought leadership has been presented in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, SC Magazine, USA today, Information Week, and others. John sits on numerous technology committees for government and industry with the FCC, NIST, ISO, CSA, and others in the development of cloud security standards, tools, and solutions.
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About Cloud Security Alliance, Cloud Security Alliance, Cloud Security Alliance, Cloud Security Alliance, FCC: The Cloud Security Alliance is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security.
Christian Rohrer
Senior Director of Design of McAfee
Christian Rohrer is the Senior Director of Design at McAfee.
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About McAfee, Nielsen Norman Group, XDStrategy: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Sreenu Pillutla
Sr. Director, Software Engineering of McAfee
Sreenu is a Sr. Director of Software Engineering at McAfee, LLC. In this role, he leads Mobile and IoT security and mobile threat research. Prior to this, he managed different groups at McAfee that include Consumer SaaS, core products, data warehouse, product integrations and partner delivery. He holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from India and MBA from Santa Clara University.
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About McAfee: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Anthony Larkin
Director, Product Marketing of 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.
Scott Forrey
Senior Director, Sales & Marketing Data Science of Akamai Technologies
Scott Forrey is the Senior Director, Sales & Marketing Data Science 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.
Kimberly Alexy
Member of the Board of Directors of FireEye
Kimberly has served as a member of the board of directors since January 2015. She has served as the principal of Alexy Capital Management, a private investment management firm that she founded, since June 2005. Kimberly has served on the board of directors of CalAmp Corp. since May 2008 and the board of directors of Five9, Inc. since October 2013. She previously served on the board of directors of SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. from September 2009 to August 2011, the board of directors of SouthWest Water Company from August 2009 to September 2010, the board of directors of Dot Hill Systems Corp. from December 2005 to May 2010, and the board of directors of Maxtor Corporation from June 2005 to May 2006. From 2012 to 2014, Kimberly served as an adjunct lecturer at San Diego State University in the Graduate School of Business. From 1998 to 2003, she served as senior vice president and managing director of equity research for Prudential Securities, where she served as principal technology hardware analyst for the firm. Prior to joining Prudential, Kimberly served as vice president of equity research at Lehman Brothers, where she covered the computer hardware sector, and assistant vice president of corporate finance at Wachovia Bank. Kimberly is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and holds a B.A. in psychology from Emory University and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance and accounting from the College of William and Mary.
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About Alexy Capital Management: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Barry Vengerik
Technical Director of FireEye
Barry Vengerik is a Principal Threat Analyst with FireEye iSight Intelligence. With over a decade of experience investigating nation-state sponsored advanced persistent threat activity, as well as some of the most advanced financial motivated threats encountered by Mandiant incident responders. Barry has contributed to research on FIN4, a threat group targeting non-public financial information for insider trading advantage, FIN5, attackers targeting the hospitality industry using the RawPOS malware suite to steal over 200,000 credit cards, and now FIN7 – one of the most advanced and successful financially motivated attackers identified by Mandiant and FireEye iSight Intelligence. He is based in California.
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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.
Jayce Nichols
Senior Director, Research & Collection of FireEye
As FireEye’s Senior Director of Collection & Research, Jayce leads a global team of 50+ researchers in over a dozen countries. After 7 years helping shape the intelligence team at iSIGHT Partners and FireEye, Jayce is passionate about creating value for decision makers, whatever their level in an organization. He has gained hands-on experience exploring criminal communities, talking 1:1 with bad guys, and crunching thousands of data points to understand threat activity. For a change of pace, Jayce enjoys working on Python / AI side projects. In his spare time, he plays soccer, chess, or reads a good book. Jayce holds a BA in Government from Patrick Henry College and an MA in Intelligence Studies from American Military University, both with honors.
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About FireEye, FireEye: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Jayce Nichols
Senior Director, Research & Collection of FireEye
As FireEye’s Senior Director of Collection & Research, Jayce leads a global team of 50+ researchers in over a dozen countries. After 7 years helping shape the intelligence team at iSIGHT Partners and FireEye, Jayce is passionate about creating value for decision makers, whatever their level in an organization. He has gained hands-on experience exploring criminal communities, talking 1:1 with bad guys, and crunching thousands of data points to understand threat activity. For a change of pace, Jayce enjoys working on Python / AI side projects. In his spare time, he plays soccer, chess, or reads a good book. Jayce holds a BA in Government from Patrick Henry College and an MA in Intelligence Studies from American Military University, both with honors.
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About FireEye, FireEye: FireEye is an intelligence-led security company that protects customers using innovative technology and expertise from the front lines.
Sunil James
Senior Director, Security Engineering of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
John Gromala
Senior Director of Portfolio Strategy, Hybrid IT Office of the CTO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
John Gromala is the senior director of portfolio strategy of Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Abhishek Shukla
Managing Director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Abhishek Shukla leads the team currently focused on finding investment and acquisition opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT), Connected Enterprises, Big Data Analytics, Cloud and other technologies associated with GE Current portfolio. Prior to joining GE Ventures, Abhishek was a member of Cisco’s Corporate Development & Ventures Investments team leading Security and Services portfolio and was involved in multiple acquisitions & investments. In his earlier career, Abhishek has held leadership positions in M&A, Strategy and Sales in Agilent, Sony and SAP while living and working in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India and the US. Abhishek holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communications engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) and a MBA from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Subash Penmetsa
Director Global Sales HPE GreenLake of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Scott Harsany
Senior Director Software/Firmware/R&D HP ProLiant of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Amine Ouarraoui
Director, SimpliVity HyperConverged (HCI) Product Management of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
CJ Coppersmith
Director, Office of Strategy and Technology of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
CJ Coppersmith is presently driving secure development lifecycle and maturity assessment methodology, as well as security architectural standards and compliance, and vulnerability analysis and response across Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Previously Coppersmith drove HPE development environment, SOA and Linux strategy for the corporation. Coppersmith brings over 28 years in the IT industry, covering security, various aspects of development operations, and technology incubation. Coppersmith was CTO for Compaq’s Alpha Division, leading the J2EE and middleware strategy for the division. While working for Digital Equipment Corporation, he worked as the Technical Point of Contact between Digital and the National Computer Security Center, and was certified as a Vendor Security Analyst (VSA) by the Center. He led several NCSC Operating System Security Evaluations as well as leading several overall operating system releases. Coppersmith holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Allegheny College and the University of Pittsburgh, respectively, and a Master of Science degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Northeastern University.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
John Carter
Director of Product Management of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
John has been with HPE for four years in the product management group with further background in technical sales. He currently lives in Houston and manages the Product Management team responsible for HPE Synergy and BladeSystem product groups.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Alan Ni
Director, Smart Spaces & IoT at Aruba of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Alan Ni is the Director of Smart Spaces & IoT for Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, with over 15 years of technology and financial expertise with mobile computing. Alan’s team is responsible for developing Aruba’s Smart Spaces and digital workplace strategy. He joined Aruba in 2014 from Goldman Sachs where he was Vice President of Technology Infrastructure for the firm’s mobile app development initiatives and worldwide mobility infrastructure.
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Mary Davis
Senior Director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Garry Orsolini
Director of Technology – HP Education Services of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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About Hewlett Packard Enterprise: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry technology company that enables customers to go further and faster.
Bill Dale
Buildings & Infrastructure (BI) Director, Applied Technology of Jacobs
Bill Dale is a leader in applied technology at Jacobs with more than 20 years of experience in the areas of science, technology, and engineering. He specializes in identifying opportunities for improving work process with the practical application of technology and is passionate about information security and intellectual property management. Currently, he advises internal teams, and external entities, on process optimization. He enjoys skiing, fishing, and spending time with his family.
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About Jacobs: Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
Kunal Agarwal
Sr Director & Product Management of Forcepoint
Kunal Agarwal is a Senior Director of Product Management at Forcepoint since 2020.
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About Dope Security, Forcepoint, NortonLifeLock: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Michael Crouse
Director, Enterprise User and Data Protection of Forcepoint
Michael Crouse is the Senior Director of Data & Insider Threat Security where he oversees the overall strategy for identifying new global growth opportunities within the US Government and private industry. Crouse works closely with top decision-makers and lends key influence in helping them develop new security policies, specifically with regard to cybersecurity, audit/user activity monitoring requirements and the detection/mitigation of external and internal threats. Crouse possesses over a quarter-century of experience supporting Commercial and Federal Organizations starting as an Electrical Engineer/Project Lead for the National Security Agency (NSA) and expanding his career with various companies including Stanford Telecom, ITT Industries, General Dynamics, Raytheon, and now Forcepoint. Crouse graduated from the University of Akron, from which he holds a bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering. Crouse also earned a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University; Program Manager Professional certification through Program Management Institute; and Certified Insider Threat Program Manager through Software Engineering Institute via Carnegie Mellon University.
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About Forcepoint: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Michael Knapp
Director of Sales & Sales Engineering Enablement, &Private Cloud Labs Platform of Forcepoint
Michael Knapp is the Director of Network Security Architects – Americas for Forcepoint and is responsible for leading a team of Network Security experts across the Americas. The team focuses on developing comprehensive network security solutions for organizations across Global Governments, Fortune 500 Enterprises, Local Government, Education, Healthcare, Retail and other verticals alike. The teams primary goal is to listen, understand complex customer challenges, and then develop integrated solutions which exceed the requested needs. With over 24 years in IT, in both networking infrastructure and information security; Mr. Knapp is capable of bringing both the Networking and Security teams together in conversations to develop the best solution possible for an organization. To keep his technical skills fresh, he still works hands-on with technology and actively develops integrated networks security solutions for various organizations.
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About Forcepoint: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
