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This list showcases the top United States based President operating in the Cyber Security space. If you think a President 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.
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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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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.
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.
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.
Ari Hiroshi
President of Palo Alto Networks
Ari Hiroshi is the 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.
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.
Rakesh K. Loonkar
President & Co-Founder of Transmit Security
Rakesh is the President and Co-Founder of Transmit Security. At Transmit, Rakesh is responsible for the sales team, services, support, and pre-sales engineering. Prior to Transmit, Rakesh was the Co-Founder of Trusteer, the market leader in fraud prevention, protecting billions of transactions per day from malware based threats. Trusteer was acquired by IBM in 2013 and is now the basis of IBM’s risk management and anti-fraud product lines. Prior to Trusteer, Rakesh was the CEO and Co-Founder of OneSecure (co-founded with Nir Zuk, the founder of Palo Alto Networks), the first inline intrusion prevention system, which was acquired by Juniper Networks and is the basis of all application layer security in the Juniper network security product line. Rakesh is also a very active cyber security investor and was an early investor in many cyber-security leaders such as Palo Alto Networks, zScaler, Armis Security, Imperva, and many smaller companies such as Aorato (acquired by MSFT), Hyperwise (acquired by CHKP), RiskRecon (acquired by MasterCard), FireGlass (acquired by Symantec), and others. Rakesh earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
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About Transmit Security: Transmit Security offers risk management and passwordless identity solutions for customers and workforce.
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.
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.
Eric DeMarco
President & CEO of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Eric DeMarco is President and Chief Executive Officer of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS). Eric DeMarco joined the Company in November 2003 as President and Chief Operating Officer, and assumed the role of CEO in April 2004. Since joining Kratos, Eric DeMarco has been instrumental in leading the Company’s efforts to grow and build, both organically and through strategic acquisition, a leading Product and Technology Based National Security focused business. Prior to Kratos, Eric DeMarco was the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Titan Corporation, which was later acquired by L-3. Under his leadership, Titan grew from approximately $150 million in annualized revenue to $1.5 billion, with a backlog of over $4 billion. Eric DeMarco efforts were instrumental in creating one of the largest government information technology companies in the United States. Before Titan, Eric DeMarco served in a variety of public accounting positions primarily focusing on large multinational corporations and publicly traded companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Finance, summa cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire.
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About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions provides mission critical engineering, IT services, and war fighter solutions.
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.
Manish Kothari
President, SRI of SRI International
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About SRI International, SRI International, SRI Ventures: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Stephen Ciesinski
President of SRI International
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About Kalele Partners, SRI International, SRI International, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
William Jeffrey
President and CEO of SRI International
William Jeffrey, Ph.D., is president and chief executive officer of SRI International, a leading research and development organization serving government and industry. Jeffrey joined SRI in 2014. From 2008 to 2014, Jeffrey was president and CEO of HRL Laboratories, a corporate R&D organization owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors. Prior to joining HRL, Jeffrey served in the George W. Bush Administration as director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Jeffrey also served in the Executive Office of the President as senior director for homeland and national security and as assistant director for space and aeronautics within the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Earlier in his career, Jeffrey was deputy director for the Advanced Technology Office and chief scientist for the Tactical Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and assistant deputy for technology at the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office. Jeffrey started his professional career at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA). Jeffrey is an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, an elected Honorary Member of the International Society of Automation, a recipient of the 2008 Navigator Award from the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and a recipient of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service. Jeffrey is a member of the Board of Directors of TE Connectivity Ltd. Jeffrey received his M.A. and Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University, and his B.Sc. in physics is from MIT.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
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.
Sean Brehm
Co-Founder and President of Gradient Cyber
Sean Brehm is the Co-Founder and President at Gradient Cyber.
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About Atigeo, Gradient Cyber: Gradient is a cybersecurity products and services company that visualizes an organization’s cybersecurity health.
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.
Udi Mokady
Founder, President & CEO of CyberArk Software
Udi Mokady is the Chairman and CEO of CyberArk, and a pioneer in establishing the Privileged Access Management software market. Since co-founding the company in 1999, Mokady has entrenched CyberArk as the market leader. During his tenure at CyberArk, Mokady has also served as CyberArk’s chief strategist and visionary, overseeing global expansion, management, execution and corporate development.
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About CyberArk Software: CyberArk is a security company focused on striking down targeted cyber threats before they affect business operations.
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.
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.
Arif Kareem
President/CEO of ExtraHop
Arif Kareem has been the Chief Executive Officer and President at ExtraHop Networks, Inc. since July 26, 2016 and December 15, 2016 respectively. Mr. Kareem served as President of Fluke Networks. During his tenure, he realigned and expanded the Fluke Networks’s product portfolio to provide greater visibility across networks and cloud applications, improve the end-user experience and increase business value. He also oversaw the acquisition and integration of Air Magnet and ClearSight Networks. He joined RadiSys Corporation in July 1997 as Vice President of Telecom Business Unit and served as its Vice President and General Manager of Telecommunications Division since October 1997 and Senior Vice President since October 2000. Since February 2002, Mr. Kareem served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Development and Corporate Marketing at RadiSys Corporation. From 1980 to 1997 Mr. Kareem held various engineering and marketing management positions at Tektronix, Inc. before serving as General Manager of Tektronix’s Telecom Product Line and subsequently General Manager of the Communications Test Business Unit. Mr. Kareem holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.S.E.E. from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from the University of Oregon.
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About ExtraHop: ExtraHop helps organizations to stop advanced threats with security that can’t be undermined, outsmarted, or compromised.
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.
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.
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.
Michael Tiffany
Cofounder & President of HUMAN
Michael Tiffany is co-founder and President of White Ops, where he focuses on product direction, strategic partnerships, and building teams that uphold the White Ops mission. His founding vision is to make everyday internet users more secure by disrupting the profit centers of cybercrime. Tiffany began his startup career before he could legally purchase alcohol as an executive at Western Integrated Networks, which started with an $889 million Series A round. Throughout Tiffany’s career, he has protected humans from bad actors using innovative security techniques. He is also a lifetime Technical Fellow of Critical Assets Labs, a DARPA-funded cybersecurity research lab, and a Subject Matter Advisor for the Signal Media Project, a nonprofit promoting the accurate portrayal of science, technology and history in popular media. Tiffany is a member of the old school white hat hacker collective ninjas.org.
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About HUMAN: HUMAN is a cybersecurity company that protects the internet and enterprises from fraud and sophisticated bot attacks.
Patrick Morley
President & CEO of Carbon Black
Board Member at Nexthink & RStudio PBC.
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About Carbon Black, Carbon Black (acquired by Bit9), VMware: Carbon Black provides a cloud native endpoint and a workload protection platform that allows customers to prevent cyber attacks.
Rick McConnell
President and GM, Security Technology Group 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.
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.
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.
Steven J. Demetriou
President & Chief Executive Officer of Jacobs
Steve Demetriou is the Financial Controller at Inventis Ltd.
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About Inventis, Jacobs: Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
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.
James Legg
President & CEO of Thycotic
Responsible for day-to-day operations, James creates and executes growth strategies and initiatives designed to propel Thycotic to the next level. James has amassed over 25 years of managerial and sales experience in guiding technology companies to accelerated, sustained growth. Most recently, he served as EVice President and GM of Unitrends, Inc., after serving as CEO of PHD Virtual, acquired by Unitrends in 2013. Previously, he served as Vice President of worldwide sales for Idera Corporation, and was Vice President of sales at NetIQ Corporation, having come there via the acquisition of PentaSafe Security Technologies, a remote access, vulnerability assessment and intrusion detection solution provider.
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About Thycotic: Thycotic protects companies from cyber attacks with innovative technologies that secure privileged accounts across the modern enterprise.
Jeff Vosburg
President and COO of Team Cymru
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Dan DeCloss
Founder, President and CEO of PlexTrac
Dan is the Founder and CEO of PlexTrac and has over 14 years of experience in Cybersecurity. Dan started his career in the Department of Defense and then moved on to consulting where he worked for various companies including serving as Principal Consultant for Veracode. Aside from founding and running a security startup, Dan’s background and expertise is in application security and penetration testing, involving hacking networks, websites, and mobile applications for clients. He has also served as a Principal Security Engineer for the Mayo Clinic and a Sr. Security Advisor for Anthem – a Fortune 40 health insurance firm. Prior to PlexTrac, Dan was the Director of Cybersecurity for Scentsy where he and his team built the security program out of its infancy into a best-in-class program. Dan has a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School with an emphasis in Information Security. Additionally Dan holds the OSCP and CISSP certifications. Dan has a passion for helping everyone understand cybersecurity at a practical level, ensuring that there is a good understanding of how to reduce their overall risk.
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About PlexTrac: PlexTrac is a cybersecurity platform for security teams of any size.
Michael DeCesare
CEO and President of Exabeam
Michael DeCesare is the CEO and president of Exabeam, a leading security analytics and automation company. Prior to Exabeam, he was CEO and president of ForeScout Technologies, a company that offers Global 2000 enterprises and government organizations the ability to see devices. He was previously the president at McAfee. DeCesare served as the senior vice president of worldwide field operations at EMC Software Group before which he held the same position at EMC Documentum. He also worked as the EVP of worldwide sales and alliances at Oracle. DeCesare holds a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University.
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About Exabeam, ForeScout Technologies: Exabeam helps security teams outsmart the odds by adding intelligence to their existing security tools.
Nicole Zheng
Founder and President of Minim
Nicole Zheng is the Co- founder and CMO of Minim (OTCQB: MINM), the creator of innovative internet access products under the globally-recognized Motorola brand. While at Minim, she has been recognized by Entrepreneur as a Top Female Founder in the United States (2020). Prior to Minim, Nicole held the position of Chief Marketing Officer at cloud software companies Antidote Technologies and OnSIP (ACQ: Intrado). She has served as a board member of Alliance of Channel Women, a nonprofit on a mission to advance careers for women in the communications technology sector through education, community, and advocacy. Nicole holds a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering and B.S. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as business certifications from The Wharton School. She currently resides in Southampton, NY.
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About Minim, Zoom Telephonics (now Minim): Minim (NASDAQ: MINM) was born as a networking company and now delivers intelligent software to protect and improve the WiFi we depend on.
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.
Brian McMahon
President & Chief Executive Officer of ThreatBlockr
Brian McMahon is currently the CEO and President of ThreatBlockr of Bandura’s business units and he also serves as a Member of the Board of Directors. Brian was most recently the President of Platforms & Data at Fractal Industries (now Qomplx), the world’s first Human + Artificial Intelligence (AI) Operating System. As head of the Platforms and Data group, Brian was responsible for the development and distribution of all platform products as well as the data in the Qomplx platform. Brian served as the CEO of MapQuest, the pioneer in online mapping, which served over 40M monthly consumers and hundreds of thousands of developers during his tenure. Brian was responsible for vision, strategy and operations over all MapQuest business units. He was responsible for the first MapQuest consumer user growth in almost a decade, a revitalization of their SaaS based location platform and the creation of a new Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) business unit to monetize and utilize the significant amount of location data that MapQuest generates. Prior to his time at MapQuest, Brian co-founded Fishbowl Labs, Northern Virginia’s premier startup incubator and served as Vice President of Business Development at AOL. In his role at AOL, Brian led and managed the BD teams responsible for AOL Search, Local, MapQuest, Paid Services, AIM, Mobile, AOL.com, AOL Mail, Commerce & Marketplace, and corporate functions. He was responsible for managing AOL’s search relationship with Google as well as several other strategic partnerships. He also ran Business Development and Operations for AOL’s Technology division, where he managed all business development for AOL’s technology relationships, including their data centers, their Tier 1 network backbone and their entire hardware, network and software infrastructure. Brian is an advisor and investor in local Washington, D.C area startups and serves as a Mentor @ SparkLabs Cyber & Blockchain in DC.
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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.
Mark Beebe
Vice President, Global Customer Success of Abnormal Security
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About Abnormal Security: Abnormal Security is an email security company that protects enterprises and organizations from targeted email attacks.
Ken Liao
Vice President of Marketing of Abnormal Security
Ken Liao is the VP of Marketing, bringing in over 13 years of information security experience. Ken spent nearly eight years leading product marketing efforts at Proofpoint, followed by executive roles at Malwarebytes and JASK.
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About Abnormal Security, Sevco Security: Abnormal Security is an email security company that protects enterprises and organizations from targeted email attacks.
Ashish Gupta
CEO and President of Bugcrowd
Ashish drives strategy for global corporate and product marketing at Infoblox, including brand awareness, go-to-market programs, and demand generation initiatives. With more than 20 years of general management experience,Ashish specializes in creating new markets and categories, positioning companies for growth, and developing differentiated business strategies in highly competitive industries. He joined Infoblox from Actian, where he was CMO and SVP of business development. Previously, he held leadership positions at Vidyo, Microsoft, Alcatel/Genesys Telecommunications, Telera, Deloitte Consulting, and Hewlett-Packard.
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About Bugcrowd, Infoblox: Bugcrowd harnesses the power of a global community of security researchers to surface critical software vulnerabilities.
Jock Breitwieser
Vice President, Global MarCom and Brand of Arcserve
Jock Breitwieser is Vice President of Global Marketing Communications (MarCom) & Brand at Arcserve. Previously, Jock was senior director MarCom and PR at StorageCraft, a company that provides award-winning backup, data protection, and disaster recovery solutions. Before that, Jock was director of corporate communications at TriNet, a strategic partner to small businesses for HR, benefits, payroll, employment law compliance, and risk reduction. Prior, he was head of global PR at Dell SonicWALL, where he directed strategy and execution for the company’s entire global PR, customer reference program, social media, speakers bureau and product reviews. At Dell, he managed a global, multi-million-dollar PR budget, 17 PR teams, and multiple contractors. He restructured and consolidated the global communications program, replaced all global agencies; developed positioning, messaging architecture, and communication strategy; drives awareness, SEO, and social media. With 20+ years of international communications expertise in agencies and in-house, Jock Breitwieser is an expert in MarCom and Public Relations, Analyst Relations, Social Media and Social Selling, Crisis Communications Corporate Communications, Messaging and Positioning. Since 2013, Jock has been very involved in social selling, digital media, and social media marketing. He helps individuals and businesses recognize and leverage the power of social media for business. In 2017, he was named one of the Top 100 social selling influencers. He holds an M.A. in contemporary history, law, and political sciences from the University of Bochum, Germany, and studied in Tours/France with a scholarship of the European Union. In his spare time, Jock enjoys international travel and competes in Triathlons.
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About Arcserve: Arcserve is a provider of data protection and recovery software that provides organizations with the assurance.
Luke Wilson
Vice President of Intelligence of 4iQ
Luke Wilson brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to 4iQ as the Vice President of Intelligence, with over 15+ years working within federal law enforcement, the department of defense, and the intelligence community. Previously the vice president of business development at Elliptic, Luke has a deep understanding of virtual currency and Blockchain technology. Prior to Elliptic, Luke worked in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division and Counterterrorism Division for over 9 years. With the assistance of colleagues, Luke constructed the government’s first interagency task force for investigating illicit uses of virtual currency; integrating, coordinating, and sharing investigative techniques, tactics, and procedures throughout the teams. Luke has advised the U.S. government and regulators on digital currencies while at the Department of Defense and the United States Intelligence Community and has over 17 years of law enforcement and intelligence experience. Luke has a certificate in Fintech: Future Commerce from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and law enforcement administration from Bellevue University.
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About 4iQ, CounterCraft: 4iQ is a Cyber Intelligence company that protects digital identities and investigating threats, adversaries, and fraud.
May Mitchell
Senior Vice President Marketing of iboss
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About iboss: iboss is a cloud security company that provides network security as a service, delivered in the cloud, and as a complete SaaS offering.
Dinesh Desai
President and CEO of Emtec
Dinesh Desai has been Emtec’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since August 2005. Prior to August 2005, Dinesh Desai was the Chairman and CEO of DARR Global Holdings, Inc., a management consulting firm. Prior to DARR, Dinesh Desai was President, CEO, Co-Chairman and an owner of Western Sky Industries, a privately-held manufacturer of proprietary component parts used primarily in aerospace applications. Western Sky grew from approximately $3 million in revenues to over $170 million prior to being sold to McKechnie in 1999. Before Western Sky, Dinesh Desai spent twelve years with American Can and Arco Chemical in various management positions. Dinesh Desai holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, and a Masters of Science Degree in both chemical and industrial engineering from Montana State University. He earned a Masters in Business Administration from Temple University.
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About Emtec: Emtec is a global IT consultancy dedicated to helping organizations drive transformation and growth via innovative technology and processes.
Kay Sears
Vice President, Stratgy and Business Development of Lockheed Martin
Kay Sears is the vice president of Strategy and Business Development for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (SSC). Kay is responsible for growing the SSC business with a comprehensive strategy to develop new markets and keep programs sold. She also leads strategic planning, advanced technology concepts and new business acquisition efforts for each of SSC’s lines of business. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Kay served as president of Intelsat General. In this role, Kay was responsible for implementing the company’s strategic and operational plans and for the overall mission of providing a range of sustainable, cost-effective and secure communications solutions to government and commercial customers. Before joining Intelsat, Kay helped launch government services business units at both G2 Satellite Solutions and Verestar.
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About Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin Space: Lockheed Martin is a security company engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced technology systems and products.
Tim Booher
Vice President of Lockheed Martin
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About Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin is a security company engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced technology systems and products.
Richard F.Ambrose
Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin
Richard F. (Rick) Ambrose is Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems Company business area and an officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Space Systems is an $8 billion enterprise that employs approximately 15,000 people. The company provides advanced technology systems for national security, civil, and commercial customers. Chief products include major satellite systems; human space flight systems; strategic and missile defense systems; space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft; and a range of sensing, communications and exploration payloads. During his 33-year career in defense and aerospace, Ambrose has led a significant number of programs in support of military, commercial and national security missions. Previously, he was President of Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions-National, directing a 6,500-person organization serving the U.S. intelligence community and international partners. Ambrose also served as Vice President and General Manager of the Surveillance and Navigation Systems line of business within Space Systems Company. Prior to that, he led Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Sensors Tactical Systems as Vice President and General Manager. He began his career with Lockheed Martin as Vice President, Lockheed Martin Ground Systems, and Regional Executive of the Rocky Mountain region for Lockheed Martin’s Management and Data Systems and Astronautics Operations. Before joining Lockheed Martin in July 2000, Ambrose was Vice President of Space Systems for Raytheon’s Command, Control, and Communications business segment, and formerly was the President and General Manager for Space Systems, Hughes Information Technology Systems. Ambrose currently serves on the board of the Space Foundation. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology from the DeVry Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Denver.
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About Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin is a security company engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced technology systems and products.
Joseph Landon
Vice President, Advanced Programs Development of Lockheed Martin
Joe Landon is Vice President of Advanced Programs Development for Lockheed Martin’s Commercial Civil Space line of business. He is responsible for Lockheed Martin’s Space Exploration strategy, and he leads an organization accountable for new business growth, strategy and R&D for human spaceflight, robotic deep space exploration, commercial communications, weather and Earth science markets. Previously, Joe served as CFO of Planetary Resources and co-founded Space Angels. Joe is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Space, an Associate Fellow of AIAA and a Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. He holds a BS in Engineering Physics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an MS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin is a security company engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced technology systems and products.
Frank St. John
Executive Vice President, Missiles and Fire Control of Lockheed Martin
Frank A. St. John is Executive Vice President of Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) business area. MFC develops, manufactures and supports advanced combat, missile, rocket and energy systems and provides technical services and logistics support for military customers that include the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Special Operations Forces and dozens of foreign nations. Commercial programs include products and services for the global civil nuclear power industry, microgrids, renewable energy solutions and energy storage. Lockheed Martin’s Board of Directors appointed him to this position in January 2018. During his 30-plus years with Lockheed Martin, St John has held numerous leadership positions of increasing responsibility. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President & Deputy, Programs for MFC. In this role, he was responsible for assuring MFC’s lines of business successfully met the company’s commitments and responsibilities to its customers, shareholders and the corporation. All MFC lines of business Vice Presidents and Program Performance aligned under his leadership to ensure MFC maintained strong, positive relationships with its customers and maximized collaboration across the business. Prior to that role, St. John was MFC’s Vice President of Orlando Operations and Tactical Missiles/Combat Maneuver Systems. He was the lead executive for the MFC Orlando campus and led the business, operational and financial responsibility for Tactical Missiles/Combat Maneuver Systems. He was responsible for leading the corporation’s endeavors in the areas of Precision Fires, Close Combat Systems, Ground Vehicles, Advanced Programs and Tactical Missiles. St John’s prior responsibilities included leadership roles of increasing responsibility in Engineering and then Program Management on programs such as Joint Air to Ground Missile (JAGM), Joint Common Missile (JCM) and Longbow Missile and Fire Control Radar. He earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida.
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About Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin is a security company engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced technology systems and products.
Louis Kratz
Vice President of Lockheed Martin
Louis (Lou) is Vice President and Managing Director, Logistics & Sustainment, in Corporate Engineering and Program Excellence (CEPO) for Lockheed Martin Corporation. In this capacity, he is responsible for coordinating Lockheed Martin’s life cycle management, weapon system sustainment, and logistics efforts. Prior to coming to Lockheed Martin, Lou served as the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logistics Plans and Programs), within the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logistics and Materiel Readiness) (1998-2005.) He was the Defense Standardization Executive, chair of the NATO Life Cycle Management Group, and co-chair of the Focused Logistics Functional Capabilities Board and the Joint Logistics Group. As Director of Life Cycle Integration at TASC (1980-1998), Lou focused on weapon systems acquisition, acquisition reform and information resource management. He graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in Economics and a M.A. in Economics, Public Finance.
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About Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin is a security company engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced technology systems and products.
Jeffrey Wilcox
Vice President, Engineering of Lockheed Martin
Jeff Wilcox is Vice President of Engineering for Lockheed Martin Corporation. He is responsible for ensuring the right people, processes, tools, and technologies are in place across the enterprise to successfully deliver innovative engineering solutions to customers’ most complex challenges. Previously, Mr. Wilcox served as Vice President of Systems and Software Engineering. He serves on the U.S. Department of Commerce Manufacturing Council, the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering Board of Councilors, the Drexel University Leadership Council, the Stevens Institute of Technology School of Systems and Enterprises Advisory Board, the Aerospace Industries Association Technical Operations Council, the MIT Open CourseWare Next Decade Alliance Advisory Council, and the U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Initiative Steering Committee. Mr. Wilcox is an adjunct professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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About Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin is a security company engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced technology systems and products.
Jennifer Warren
Vice President, Technology Policy & Regulation of Lockheed Martin
Jennifer A. Warren is Vice President, Technology Policy & Regulation at Lockheed Martin Corporation. In this capacity, she is responsible for leading the development and implementation of corporate domestic and international regulatory and associated policy strategies affecting Lockheed Martin business interests and opportunities; her portfolio includes spectrum, unmanned aerial systems, commercial space/launch, cyber/privacy, and emerging technologies. Ms. Warren also sits on three Federal Advisory Committees – Department of Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC), Department of State Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP), and the Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). Ms. Warren joined Lockheed Martin in 1996. Prior to Lockheed Martin, Ms. Warren served in several senior roles at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Prior to joining the U.S. Government, Ms. Warren worked for the Commission of the European Union – both in Brussels and in Washington, DC. Ms. Warren is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) where she teaches an annual course, International Information and Communications Tech Policy & Regulation. She is also a graduate of Georgetown University (B.S. in Languages) and GULC (J.D.); she is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association, American Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association, and the Illinois State and D.C. Bars. Ms. Warren holds leadership positions in several professional and civic organizations. She serves on the Boards of the Satellite Industry Association and the U.S. ITU Association, and also on NAM’s Public Affairs Executive Committee. She is a co-chair of the Signers Circle of the Foundation of the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA).
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About Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin is a security company engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced technology systems and products.
Leo S. Mackay
Senior Vice President, Ethics and Enterprise Assurance of Lockheed Martin
Leo S. Mackay, Jr. is senior vice president of Ethics and Enterprise Assurance for Lockheed Martin Corporation. As the chief audit executive, he provides independent, objective assurance and advisory activity to improve the corporation’s operations. He is also on the Board of Directors of LM Ventures, Lockheed Martin’s $200M venture capital fund. Dr. Mackay previously served as vice president of Corporate Domestic Business Development; and president of ICGS, LLC, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman focused on the U.S. Coast Guard’s modernization. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Dr. Mackay was a secretary of the Navy Distinguished Midshipman Graduate. After pilot training, he spent three years flying the F-14 and graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Fighter Weapons School (Topgun). He is a veteran of Operation Earnest Will. Dr. Mackay was deputy secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the designated chief operating officer, of the second largest U.S. cabinet agency. Dr. Mackay is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an independent director of Cognizant, Inc., and USAA Federal Savings Bank and also serves as a strategic advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors. Dr. Mackay earned a master’s degree and doctorate in public policy from Harvard University. He was a Kennedy Fellow, Harvard MacArthur Scholar, Graduate Prize Fellow, and a Research Fellow at the Center for Science and International Affairs.
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About Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin is a security company engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced technology systems and products.
John Sheehan
Vice President & General Manager Commercial Aviation Inspection Service of Lockheed Martin
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About Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin is a security company engaged in the research, development, and manufacture of advanced technology systems and products.
Dan Coffing
President of Cloudentity
Dan Coffing is the Co-Founder of Cloudentity
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About Cloudentity: Cloudentity is a cloud based provider of Identity-Aware Authorization and Application Security solutions for the API first economy.
Eric Hinkle
President and CEO of Ionic Security
Eric has over 30 years of experience, most recently as Operating Executive with Marlin Equity Partners, where he conducted operational due diligence and served as Chairman for multiple companies including Asentinel, CompassLearning, Logi Analytics, LogicBlox/Predictix, Longview/Tidemark, Mapp, Serenova, Verisae, and Vivonet. Previously, he served as CEO of Servigistics, an exited Marlin portfolio company and global provider of Service Lifecycle Management software; CEO of MediaOcean, a provider of web-enabled sales and order management, invoicing, and e-business solutions; and President and COO of Radiant Systems, a global provider of point-of-sale, store management, and headquarters management solutions. Additional experience includes key roles at AlliedSignal Aerospace, McKinsey & Company, and IBM Research. Eric earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Brown, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About Ionic Security: Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management.
Jeff Hussey
Co-Founder, President & CEO of Tempered
Jeff Hussey serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Tempered Networks.
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About Tempered: Tempered reduces cyber risks by providing point and click identity-based micro-segmentation.
Emilian Papadopoulos
President of Good Harbor Security Risk Management, LLC
Emilian Papadopoulos is president of Good Harbor, leading the firm’s business operations and advising Boards, CEOs, investment professionals, and government leaders on managing cyber risk. He has helped clients across sectors including energy, insurance, law, technology, defense, and manufacturing. Mr. Papadopoulos has significant experience in strategic planning and international security risk management, particularly in North America and the Middle East. He has published and presented extensively on topics including cyber risk management and cybersecurity diligence. Before joining Good Harbor, Mr. Papadopoulos worked for Foreign Affairs Canada and for the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Mr. Papadopoulos is a graduate of the University of Toronto and received a Masters of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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About Good Harbor Security Risk Management, LLC: Good Harbor advises CEOs, executives, Boards, investment professionals, and government leaders on cyber security risk management.
Darren J. Milliken
Senior Vice President and General Counsel of ForeScout Technologies
Darren J. Milliken Senior Vice President and General Counsel With over 20 years of legal, business and compliance experience, Darren leads global legal and compliance functions. Prior to joining ForeScout, he served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Accuray Inc. Before Accuray, he held several senior level legal roles at Sanmina-SCI, Voyan Technology, and the law firm of Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP. Darren earned a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Washington & Jefferson College, and a J.D. from Santa Clara University.
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About ForeScout Technologies: ForeScout Technologies provides enterprises and government agencies with agentless visibility and control of devices.
Raj Dodhiawala
President of Remediant
Over the last 25+ years, Raj Dodhiawala has led new product development and marketing, software engineering, partner development, customer care & services and business development. As SVP Product Management & Engineering at CounterTack, Raj is responsible for product management, engineering, company strategy and direction, setting the organization on the path to growth and high-value. Previously he served as VP of Products and Marketing at VANTOS, helping to drive their cyber incident response, case management and threat intel platform. As the Vice President of Innovation and Engineering at Morse Best Innovation, Raj led the company’s effort in technical marketing services. At Microsoft, he was the Chief Architect of the .Net Center of Excellence as well as the Program Co-Lead for the Net Effect program. Prior to Microsoft, Raj served as Director of Engineering at Blue Coat. Raj received his Masters in Computer and Systems Science from Louisiana State University and his B. Tech in Electronics from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at BHU in Varanasi, India.
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About GoSecure, Remediant: Remediant provides enterprises with Privileged Access Management (PAM) software to help them protect their accounts from misuse and abuse.
Dr. Bartosz Wojszczyk
President, CEO, and Co-Founder of SPARQ
Dr. Bartosz Wojszczyk is a President, CEO, and CO-Founder of SPARQ. He is also the President & CEO | Founder at Decision Point Global and serves as a Board Of Directors at Syngin Technology. Mr. Wojszczyk was the SVP & Chief Innovation Officer at MERALCO (First Pacific Company in Hong Kong). Dr. Bartosz graduated from the Wroclaw University of Technology with an MS an Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering & Power Systems.
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About SPARQ: SPARQ is a computer security service company specializing in building and integrating hardware systems and providing managed services.
Yiyi Miao
Senior Vice President of Products of OPSWAT
Yiyi Miao joined OPSWAT in 2009 as a Software Engineer in the company’s Research Er Development Engineering Team. Yiyi started managing the Product Engineering and Product Management teams since 2017 and is responsible for the overall product design, engineering, and delivery processes. Yiyi earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Shanghai University in China and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from San Francisco State University.
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About OPSWAT: OPSWAT is the global leader for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Cybersecurity for ICS and OT environments
Frank Cohen
Senior Vice President of Global Sales of OPSWAT
Frank Cohen joined OPSWAT in 2017 and oversees the company’s global selling efforts, including its direct sales, account management, channels, and sales operations teams. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Frank held senior global sales leadership roles at AT&T, Hewlett Packard, and Intertrust Technologies, bringing a “customer first” focused discipline to his sales teams. Frank earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland.
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About OPSWAT: OPSWAT is the global leader for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Cybersecurity for ICS and OT environments
Dan Lanir
Vice President of Customer Success of OPSWAT
Dan Lanir joined OPSWAT as Director of Professional Services and Support in early 2012. Dan is responsible for developing and growing the company’s global-class technical support and professional services business. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Dan worked at Oracle for 19 years, where he held leadership positions in both services and support with responsibilities that included running complex multi-location software deployment projects, directing global support desks, and managing domestic and international customer relationships. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Engineering.
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About OPSWAT: OPSWAT is the global leader for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Cybersecurity for ICS and OT environments
Tom Mullen
Senior Vice President of Business Development of OPSWAT
Tom Mullen joined OPSWAT in 2004 and manages the company’s OEM sales and business development activities. Tom brings expertise in negotiating transactions with and managing programs for vendors, customers and alliance partners and is responsible for growing their business line for network management, system toolkits, and compliance detection technologies. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Tom practiced law and held management positions in sales, marketing and business development at Apple Computer, CNET Networks (now CBS Interactive) and GreenBorder Technologies (now Google). Tom earned a Bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.
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About OPSWAT: OPSWAT is the global leader for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Cybersecurity for ICS and OT environments
Jianpeng Mo
Vice President of Engineering of OPSWAT
Jianpeng Mo joined OPSWAT in 2011 as a Software Analyst Lead in the company’s Research 6- Development Engineering Team. Jianpeng was promoted to Software Engineering Manager in 2014 and leads OPSWAT’s development teams for software management toolkits, OESIS and AppRemover. He specializes in developing modern concept products, leading the engineering groups in solving unique and difficult technical problems. Jianpeng received his M.S. from New York University with a major in Electrical Engineering.
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Hitesh Sheth
President and CEO of Vectra
Hitesh Sheth is the president and CEO of Vectra. Previously, he held the position of chief operating officer at Aruba Networks. Hitesh joined Aruba from Juniper Networks, where he was EVP/GM of its switching business and before that, SVP for the Service Layer Technologies group, which included security. Prior to Juniper, he held a number of senior management positions in the switching organization at Cisco Systems, including running its metro Ethernet business. Before Cisco, he held executive and engineering management positions at Liberate Technologies and Oracle Corporation. He started his career as a Unix programmer at The Santa Cruz Operation. Hitesh holds a bachelor of arts degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin.
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About Vectra: Vectra is a cybersecurity platform that uses AI to detect attackers in real time and perform conclusive incident investigations.
