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This list showcases the top United States based VP’ operating in the Security space. If you think a VP’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Venkataraman Anand
Vice President Of Engineering of Palo Alto Networks
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Larry Link
SVP, Worldwide Sales of Palo Alto Networks
Executive Advisor at Blue Hexagon Inc. President and CEO at Cequence Security.
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About Blue Hexagon, Cequence, Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Kumar Ramachandran
SVP, Product and GTM of Palo Alto Networks
Prior to founding CloudGenix, Kumar was Director of Product Management at Cisco, leading products for the multi-billion dollar branch routing and WAN optimization businesses. Prior to Cisco, Kumar held software and network engineering roles, developing solutions for companies such as Citibank and Providian Financial. Kumar holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Bombay.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Rajiv Batra
VP Engineering of Palo Alto Networks
Rajiv Batra has extensive experience managing engineering teams through times of strong growth. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Peribit, which was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2005. While at Peribit, Rajiv assembled a strong engineering team developing best-in-class application acceleration platforms. Rajiv also co-founded VitalSigns Software and served as Vice President of Engineering at Bay Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Marc Benoit
Vice President Technical Business Development of Palo Alto Networks
Marc Benoit is currently the Vice President of Technical Business Development at Palo Alto Networks. Mr. Benoit leverages his broad technical experience to analyze emerging technology trends and their impact on Palo Alto Networks strategic vision. He also drives advanced solutions with key technology partners. During his tenure at Palo Alto Networks, Mr. Benoit has delivered advanced prototypes and led cross-functional teams to transform them into marketable products.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Nick Campagna
Vice President Of Product Management of Palo Alto Networks
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Pradeep Singh
Vice President of Palo Alto Networks
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Michael Jacobsen
VP Product Management of Palo Alto Networks
Mike Jacobsen is the VP Product Management at Palo Alto Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Xu Zou
Vice President of IoT Security of Palo Alto Networks
Xu Zou is the Vice President of Network Security at Palo Alto Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Erin Cannelli Cresta
VP Digital, and Demand Gen of Palo Alto Networks
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Ryan M. Gillis
Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy & Global Policy of Palo Alto Networks
Ryan M. Gillis is the Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy & Global Policy at Palo Alto Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Scott Stevens
SVP, Worldwide Systems Engineering of Palo Alto Networks
Scott Stevens is the SVP for Worldwide Systems Engineering at Palo Alto Networks.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Ryan Olson
Vice President, Threat Intelligence of Palo Alto Networks
Ryan Olson is the director of Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team; responsible for collection, analysis and production of intelligence on adversaries targeting organizations around the world. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Olson served as Senior Manager in Verisign’s iDefense Threat Intelligence service. His area of expertise is detecting and identifying actors and groups conducting cyber-crime and cyber-espionage operations. He is a contributing author to the book,”Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures,” and primary author of “Cyber Security Essentials.” He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Iowa State University, and a Master of Science degree in Security Informatics from The Johns Hopkins University.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Ryan Olson
Vice President, Threat Intelligence of Palo Alto Networks
Ryan Olson is the director of Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team; responsible for collection, analysis and production of intelligence on adversaries targeting organizations around the world. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Olson served as Senior Manager in Verisign’s iDefense Threat Intelligence service. His area of expertise is detecting and identifying actors and groups conducting cyber-crime and cyber-espionage operations. He is a contributing author to the book,”Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures,” and primary author of “Cyber Security Essentials.” He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Iowa State University, and a Master of Science degree in Security Informatics from The Johns Hopkins University.
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About Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a multinational cybersecurity company that offers cybersecurity solutions for organizations.
Daniel Ingevaldson
Vice President of TechOperators
Daniel Ingevaldson is a Vice President at TechOperators and he has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Purdue University.
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About TechOperators: TechOperators is a venture capital firm which focuses on solutions in software, internet, cloud computing, security, and infrastructure.
Jeffrey Billingham
Vice President, Capital Markets of Chainalysis
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About Chainalysis: Chainalysis provides blockchain data and analysis to governments, banks, and businesses worldwide.
Eugina Jordan
VP of Marketing of Parallel Wireless
Eugina Jordan is the VP of Marketing at Parallel Wireless.
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About Parallel Wireless: Parallel Wireless designs and maintains cellular networks.
Jake Storm
Vice President of Felicis Ventures
Jake Storm is the vice president at Felicis Ventures.
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Ryan Isono
Vice President of Felicis Ventures
Ryan Isono is the Vice president at Felicis Ventures.
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About Felicis Ventures: Felicis invests in seed through Series C stage companies across multiple sectors, industries, and frontier tech.
Craig Currim
WW VP Customer Solutions and Field Engineering of Transmit Security
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About Transmit Security: Transmit Security offers risk management and passwordless identity solutions for customers and workforce.
Matt Kodama
VP Data Science of Recorded Future
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About Recorded Future: Recorded Future is the world’s largest provider of intelligence for enterprise security.
Christopher Holden
Vice President, Intelligence Services of Recorded Future
Chris is the Vice President of Intelligence Services at Recorded Future, which is the company’s customer success function. He founded the Recorded Future customer success organization and built it into a 70 person global team that continues to grow. He was an early employee at Recorded Future responsible for much of the early research and use case development where Recorded Future was applied for cyber threat intelligence. Chris is an Ithaca College alum who previously worked as a digital communications analyst. Outside of work he keeps busy with his two young kids, flipping through vinyl at the local record store, and obsessing over soccer.
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About Arlington Travel Soccer Club, Court Square Ventures, Recorded Future: Recorded Future is the world’s largest provider of intelligence for enterprise security.
Levi Gundert
Vice President of Intelligence and Risk of Recorded Future
As Vice President of Intelligence & Strategy at Recorded Future, Levi Gundert leads the continuous effort to measurably decrease operational risk for customers. Previous industry roles include VP of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Fidelity Investments, Technical Leader at Cisco Talos, Principal Analyst at Team Cymru, and U.S. Secret Service Agent within the Los Angeles Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF). Gundert is a prolific speaker, blogger, and columnist, writing articles for Dark Reading, InformationWeek, and SC Magazine.
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About Recorded Future: Recorded Future is the world’s largest provider of intelligence for enterprise security.
Robert Duffy
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration of L3 Harris Technologies
Robert L. (Bob) Duffy is senior vice president of Human Resources and Administration for Harris Corporation. Duffy is responsible for planning and implementing Harris’ Human Resources and Administrative organizations’ global strategy. He directs the development of the company’s workforce, including talent acquisition, leadership development and training, employee relations, and compensation as well as benefits. He has oversight of real estate; environmental, health, and safety; corporate relations; communications/public relations; and global security. Mr. Duffy possesses over 25 years of human resources leadership experience. He came to Harris in 2012 from United Technologies Corporation (UTC) where he held domestic and international leadership positions of increasing responsibility since joining the company in 1998. He most recently served as vice president of Human Resources for the company’s $7 billion Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. Previously he served in similar roles within the company’s Fire & Security, Carrier, Hamilton Sundstrand, and Pratt & Whitney operations. Prior to joining UTC, Duffy held human resources management positions with Royal Dutch Shell and the James River Corporation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources management from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and a master’s degree in management and technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Harris Corporation is a leading technology innovator, solving our customers’ toughest mission-critical challenges by providing solutions that connect, inform and protect. Harris supports customers in more than 125 countries, has approximately $8 billion in annual revenue and 22,000 employees worldwide. The company is organized into four business segments: Communication Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems, Electronic Systems, and Critical Networks.
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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.
Derek Hanson
Vice President Solutions Architecture and Alliances of Yubico
Derek Hanson is the Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Standards for Yubico. Derek and his team are tasked with assisting organizations and standards bodies everywhere to develop and deploy authentication solutions utilizing the YubiKey.
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
Matthew Hollifield
Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer of Lowe’s
Matt Hollifield was promoted to senior vice president and chief accounting officer in 2005, after serving as vice president of corporate accounts payable since joining Lowe’s in 2002. Hollifield’s responsibilities include oversight of all corporate accounting, product accounting, inventory control, trades payable, expense payable and general accounting functions. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance and accounting and previously served as chief financial officer of Century Furniture Industries. Hollifield has a bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University, an MBA from Duke University and is a certified public accountant.
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Kathy Higgins
VP IT Business Management of Lowe’s
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Mick Koster
Vice President and General Manager of Lowe’s Iris of Lowe’s
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Stuart Daughtridge
Vice President Advanced Technology of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
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About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions provides mission critical engineering, IT services, and war fighter solutions.
Robert Potter
Vice President, Signals and Ground System Technology of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
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About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions provides mission critical engineering, IT services, and war fighter solutions.
Anita Pandey
VP Marketing of Cybera
Anita Pandey is the VP of Marketing for Cybera. She has over 20 years of experience as a marketing leader in networking, unified communications, wireless and cloud security. Before joining Cybera, she was the VP of marketing and business development for AirTight Networks, expanding their brand presence and boosting their footprint through their first channel program. Prior to that, Pandey was a marketing leader at Ruckus Wireless through a very high growth period, culminating in their IPO. A longtime networking veteran, she has also held a variety of marketing and business development positions at Cisco. She launched some of their most profitable channel & demand generation programs and developed several impactful partnerships, accelerating their wireless market share and diversifying their vertical industry presence. Pandey holds a master’s degree in business from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.
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About Cybera: Cybera is a provider of networking and security services for distributed enterprises.
Shaf Begen
VP Channel Sales of Cybera
Shaf Begen is the Vice President of Channel Sales for Cybera. He brings over 20 years of leadership and experience working with operators/carriers, channel partners and has delivered results across sales, pre-sales, marketing, and professional services. He has published articles and original content and he continually improves sales effectiveness, enablement, and on-boarding. Formerly with MobileIron, Begen created a robust channel with global carriers which subsequently led to a MobileIron IPO. He has also held positions at NEC, SAP, Oracle, Capgemini, and Exablox. Begen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University.
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About Cybera: Cybera is a provider of networking and security services for distributed enterprises.
Kristen Hudson
VP Business Process and PMO of Cybera
Kristen Hudson currently serves as the Vice President of Business Process and PMO. She brings over 20 years of leadership, business process and project management experience in a technical environment. Prior to joining Cybera in 2008, Hudson was with XO Communications, where she held leadership positions over various departments. While at XO Communications, she launched a centralized network optimization team that identified and managed enterprise-wide network projects and process improvements, resulting in millions of dollars of savings for the company. She earned the coveted eXample award three times while working at XO, in recognition for her strong leadership and teamwork abilities. Hudson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from George Mason University.
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About Cybera: Cybera is a provider of networking and security services for distributed enterprises.
Reed Grothe
Senior Vice President of Business Development of Alarm.com
Reed Grothe has served as our Senior Vice President of Business Development since April 2010. Prior to joining us, Mr. Grothe served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the pro audio division of Harman International Industries, Incorporated from 2006 to 2010 and as the Chief Global Sales Officer of Gibson Guitar Corp. from 2004 to 2006. Prior to joining Gibson, Mr. Grothe served as Senior Vice President and General Manager as well as Vice President of Global Sales at GE Security, now under the umbrella of United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Grothe holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Donald Natale
Senior Vice President of Sales of Alarm.com
Donald Natale has served as our Senior Vice President of Sales since July 2014 and prior to that served as our Vice President of Sales since June 2006. Prior to us, Mr. Natale served as Vice President of Dealer Sales for GE Security, now under the umbrella of United Technologies Corporation. Mr. Natale also has served as Vice President of Sales for Sequel Technologies, LLC, Territory Manager for Interactive Technologies Incorporated, and Sales Manager for Rollins Protective Services Company. Mr. Natale holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Edinboro University.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Alison Slavin
SVP Creation Lab of Alarm.com
Alison Slavin, one of our founders, has served as our Senior Vice President, Creation Lab since February 2014. Prior to that, from 2000 to January 2014 Ms. Slavin served as our Vice President of Product Management. Ms. Slavin holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard University.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Daniel Ramos
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Alarm.com
Daniel Ramos has served as our Senior Vice President of Corporate Development since June 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Ramos served as Principal Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense. Prior to his service with the Air Force, Mr. Ramos was the Vice President of Legal and Business Planning at The Away Network, a business unit of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. Before joining The Away Network, he was a senior transactional attorney with the law firm of Shaw Pittman LLP (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP). Mr. Ramos holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Jason DaCosta
Vice President of Customer Operations of Alarm.com
Jason DaCosta has served as our Vice President of Customer Operations since May 2014. Joining Alarm.com as a Sales Associate in 2004, Mr. DaCosta has served us in a variety of roles, currently overseeing Alarm.com’s customer service and support organization. Prior to working at Alarm.com, Mr. DaCosta started his career as a Marketing Associate with the Corporate Executive Board. Mr. DaCosta holds a B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Victoria Schillinger
Vice President of Human Resources 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.
Steve Chazin
Vice President Of Products of Alarm.com
Steve is a Chief Product and Marketing Officer. He is equally adept at product strategy and tactics and has an excellent on-stage presence. He is a rare individual who has synthesized a stellar background in engineering, sales, marketing and management to become a true product leader.
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About Alarm.com: Alarm.com is provides home and business security solutions based on wireless, web and mobile technologies.
Robert Locke
SVP Corporate Development of Johnson Controls
Robert is a senior executive with track record of creating significant value for Fortune 100 companies, venture-backed startups and growth companies. Known for attracting and retaining top performing teams with a values-driven management style. Highly respected by employees, board members and investors for intellectual honesty, direct feedback and a relentless focus on achieving results for the organization. Specialties:Recruiting & team building, sales / growth, strategy development, M&A, enterprise software, innovation, retail, analyst relations, venture & private equity financing
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About Johnson Controls: Johnson Controls operates in building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions businesses worldwide.
Buddy Saucier
Vice President, Service and Security & Fire Operations of Johnson Controls
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About Johnson Controls: Johnson Controls operates in building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions businesses worldwide.
Sriniketh Chakravarthi
SVP and Head of BFSI and Enterprise Alliances, Americas of Tech Mahindra
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About Tech Mahindra: Tech Mahindra is a global systems integrator and is a part of the Mahindra Group.
Krishna Balasubramaniam
SVP and Business Group Head, Aerospace and Automotive of Tech Mahindra
Krishna Balasubramaniam is an Engineering and IT Services Professional and an AI /ML Enthusiast. He has been part of the Tech Mahindra Family for 22 years and is currently SVP and Business Group Head – Aerospace and Automotive in Tech Mahindra Americas Inc. His fields of interest includes Machine Learning, Neural Networks and Deep Learning Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization where he is considered an expert. He completed his B.Tech from Anna University in Electronics · (1994 – 1997).
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About Tech Mahindra: Tech Mahindra is a global systems integrator and is a part of the Mahindra Group.
John Roese
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Dell EMC
John Roese is Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at EMC Corporation. With revenues of $21.7 billion in 2012 and 60,000 people worldwide, EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset—information—in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. As EMC’s CTO, Roese leads EMC’s Corporate Office of Technology, which is responsible for defining the company’s technology vision and strategy. In his role, he works directly with EMC’s executive team and leading technologists to shape EMC’s technology strategy as the company embarks on its next phase of growth and leadership across three of the most transformative trends in IT: Cloud, Big Data and Trusted IT. Roese has more than 20 years of industry experience, including executive leadership of large scale, complex, global R&D organizations. His extensive systems background includes technical expertise in a wide range of related disciplines including storage, servers, networking, hardware design, silicon development, software design, systems and applications. He joined EMC in October 2012 from Huawei Technologies, where he served as Senior Vice President & General Manager of the North American R&D Centers, responsible for advanced technology development across the entire product portfolio, including cloud computing and consumer technology. Before that, he held a series of senior leadership positions including CTO at Nortel Networks, Broadcom Corporation, Enterasys Networks, Inc. and Cabletron Systems. Roese earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire. He holds more than 18 pending or granted patents in areas such as policy-based networking, location-based services and security. He has served on numerous boards, including ATIS, a leading ICT standards organization, OLPC, which aims to empower the world’s poorest children through education and access to a low-cost laptops, Blade Networks, now part of IBM System Networking, Pingtel, which delivers Unified Communication solutions and Bering Media, which focuses on location-based advertising.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Mary Kosten
Vice President Customer Service of Dell EMC
Mary Cay Kosten is vice president, customer service – field, for EMC Corporation. She is responsible for creating and driving field service strategy and programs, logistics, and escalation management for EMC’s 3,000-person global team supporting EMC’s customer base. Kosten has over 25 years of experience in service and supplier management, with a proven track record in building outstanding service delivery organizations. Prior to joining EMC, she was vice president of global customer services delivery for Oracle/Sun Microsystems, responsible for delivering all elements of Sun’s support services. At Sun Microsystems, she also served as vice president of customer services for the Americas region and vice president for the Americas Customer Care Center. Under her leadership, Sun achieved the prestigious J.D. Power Certified Technology Service and Support (CTSS) Award for “An Outstanding Customer Service Experience,” the TSIA Award for Excellence in Service Operations, and was inducted into the STAR Awards Hall of Fame. Kosten is a 2008 recipient of the Denver Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business (High Tech and Telecommunications) Award and a 2006 recipient of the Silicon Valley YWCA Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award. She also is on the steering committee for TSIA’s Women in Services community of interest. She holds an MS degree in systems management from the University of Southern California and a BS in marketing from the University of West Florida.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Joshua Bernstein
VP of Technology of Dell EMC
Joshua Bernstein recently joined EMC as the new VP of Technology for the Emerging Technologies Division. Prior to EMC, Joshua ran the Siri Deployment and Infrastructure Architecture team at Apple for 4 1/2 years. As a member of the small team, Joshua and his colleagues successfully took Siri from launch to sixty thousand servers, deploying in seventeen locations worldwide. Prior to working at Apple, Joshua was the senior software engineer at Penguin Computing specializing in design and implementation of large scale distributed systems management software. In addition, he has worked on many high profile NASA missions, including the design for the image processing pipeline of the HiRISE Camera currently on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Joshua is a large contributor to the Open Source community, contributing to multiple projects including Mesos, HDFS, HBASE, Zookeeper, Samba, OpenMPI, Torque, and the Linux Infiniband Stack. Joshua studied computer engineering at the University of Arizona.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Chris Scollo
Vice President, Global Strategy and Operations, Customer Services of Dell EMC
Chris Scollo serves as the vice president of global strategy and operations for EMC Customer Support Services. In this role, he oversees the operation and evolution of EMC’s 7,000-person support organization—including a full range of programs and initiatives designed to meet new customer requirements, leverage new routes to market, and amplify EMC’s opportunities in cloud computing and big data. Scollo has over 19 years of experience in consulting, service delivery, and business operations. He joined EMC in 2011 from Oracle Corporation, where he was most recently vice president of Business Operations for the Global Systems Support organization. In this role, Scollo led the multi-year strategic planning process for customer services, acted as the support integration lead in the Sun Microsystems acquisition, and drove management review processes, standardized metrics, and reporting. He has held previous leadership positions in Sun Microsystems’ Technical Support Services and Field Operations. Scollo holds a BA in economics from the College of the Holy Cross, an MA in economics from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Randy Bias
VP Technology, Emerging Technologies Division of Dell EMC
Randy Bias is the VP of technology of [EMC](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/emc), a company that manufactures information management and storage software systems. He was previously a director at OpenStack. Before that, Bias was the VP of technology strategy at GoGrid.
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Steve Todd
VP of Strategy of Dell EMC
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Steve Todd
VP of Strategy of Dell EMC
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About Dell EMC: DEll EMC manufactures information management and storage software systems.
Chad Walters
Vice President of Engineering of Praetorian
Chad brings his enthusiasm and experience for creating, growing, mentoring, and leading engineering teams. He has held prior leadership roles at IBM, Lombardi Software, Amazon, and Marsh.
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About Praetorian: Praetorian is a cybersecurity company whose mission is to make the world safer and more secure.
Ryan Macia
Vice President, Finance of Praetorian
Finance professional with expertise developing scalable, data-driven financial operating models and reporting to support executive level planning and decision-making.
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About Praetorian: Praetorian is a cybersecurity company whose mission is to make the world safer and more secure.
John Prausa
Chief Operating Officer and Vice President, Mission Solutions of SRI International
John Prausa became chief operating officer (COO) of SRI International in 2015, responsible for all activities in support of research and development operations including Contracting and Procurement; Human Resources; Security Operations; and Facilities, Property and Logistics. Prausa is also Vice President of Mission Solutions, which delivers technology and services in support U.S. government deployed systems. The division comprises two programs: Instrumentation and Simulation (I&S) and Intelligence and Information Systems (I2S). The I&S Program provides a full spectrum of support to clients in the military test and training and homeland defense communities, including technology R&D, system prototyping, instrumentation production, training exercise field support, and depot maintenance. I2S supports Army, Joint, and Coalition Operations software for electronic warfare (EW) and target sensing systems (TSS), including infrastructure and personnel for ground and air survivability systems. The program also enhances multi-spectral EW system capabilities through automated development, testing and distribution software tools. Prausa previously led SRI’s Engineering and Systems Group, at the time the largest R&D group at SRI, with staff distributed at fifteen regional offices and numerous operating locations. In that role, he directed 800 staff members conducting R&D, deployment and support of technologies and systems in ionospheric and space research, radar and remote sensing, signal processing and algorithm development, signals and electronic intelligence, test and training systems, wireless communications, robotics and autonomous systems, imaging technology and systems, force protection and situation awareness, and product development. Prausa has a B.A. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, and has done graduate course work in systems analysis at Stanford University.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
William Mark
President, Information and Computing Sciences; Vice President, SRI International of SRI International
William Mark leads SRI International’s Information and Computing Sciences Division, which creates new technology in information security, system design, speech and natural language, vision and perception, planning and reasoning, and formal methods. The group’s leading-edge research is complemented with a strong focus on intellectual property creation and commercialization. Projects include Internet interaction, intrusion detection software, physical and virtual information spaces, and technology for dynamic enterprise management. Prior to joining SRI in 1998, Mark headed the System Technology Group at National Semiconductor. The group focused on system-level design and implementation of the silicon-based systems of the future, including hardware/software co-design, integrated DSP solutions, and reconfigurable computing technology. Mark was formerly director of Information and Computing Sciences for the Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Research Laboratories. Before joining Lockheed, he was a co-founder of Savoir, a company developing software tools for flexible manufacturing. He was a designer of the Flexis product, for which he holds a software patent. Previously, he held positions at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute and the General Motors Research Laboratories. Mark has a Ph.D. in computer science from MIT. His personal research interests include system design and smart spaces.
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Luther Lau
Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of SRI International
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Michael Page
Vice President, Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer of SRI International
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About SRI International: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry.
Peter Berg
VP of Business Development and Strategy of Very Good Security
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About Very Good Security: Very Good Security is a fintech & data security enablement platform helping to maximize the value of data without compliance & breach risk.
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.
Kevin Skibbe
VP of Engineering of BetterCloud
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About BetterCloud: The SaaS Operations leader: Transform employee experience, centralize data protection, and maximize operational efficiency.
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.
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.
Jeannie Cho
Vice President, Finance of BlueCat
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About BlueCat: BlueCat builds next-generation IPAM, DNS, and DHCP solutions that connect mobile devices, applications, and the cloud.
Warren Grice
Vice President of Research and Development of Qubitekk
Warren Grice Vice President of R&D at Qubitekk, Inc., a leading supplier of entangled photon sources. He earned a PhD in Optics at the University of Rochester, where he studied the role of spectral entanglement in spontaneous parametric downconversion. Prior to joining Qubitekk, Dr. Grice spent nearly eighteen years as a research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and spent his last six years there as the leader of the Quantum Information Science group.
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About Qubitekk: Qubitekk offers an optic-based cybersecurity solution enabling communication between electric grid automation equipment.
Kevin Donovan
Vice President of Sales Americas of BioCatch
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About BioCatch: BioCatch unlocks the power of behavior and deliver actionable insights to create a digital world where identity, trust, and ease co-exist.
Ruth Shaked
Senior Vice President, Human Resources of CyberArk Software
Ruth Shaked is the Vice President of Human Resources at CyberArk. She is responsible for the company’s global human resources strategy including talent acquisition, training and development, performance management, compensation programs, succession planning, employee relations and welfare. She brings more than 20 years of global human resource management experience to CyberArk. Prior to joining CyberArk, Shaked was the Vice President, Global Human Resources at MediaMind, a technology company providing a platform for digital advertising solutions. She was part of the management team which led the company through both a successful IPO and an acquisition. In addition to MediaMind, she spent four years as the Vice President of Global Human Resources at Lumenis, a laser medical device company with over 1,000 employees worldwide. Shaked holds a B.A. in American History from Barnard College, Columbia University in New York.
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About CyberArk Software: CyberArk is a security company focused on striking down targeted cyber threats before they affect business operations.
Adam Bosnian
EVP Americas & Corp. Development of CyberArk Software
VP of Products, Strategy and Sales at Cyber-Ark Software.
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About CyberArk Software: CyberArk is a security company focused on striking down targeted cyber threats before they affect business operations.
Jamie Coakley
VP of People of Electric
Jamie Coakley serves as VP of people at Electric AI. She is a proven leader with nearly a decade of success at companies in NY and SF. Prior to Electric, Jamie led the expansion of TwentyPine, focused exclusively on Salesforce and Sales Ops hiring. Prior to TwentyPine, she was East Coast managing director of a high-growth recruiting firm, where she scaled the company from 14 to 150 team members, with over $20M in annual revenue globally. Jamie holds a degree in art history from Santa Clara University.
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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.
John Burger
Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Infrastructure of ReliaQuest
John Burge is the chief information security officer at ReliaQuest.
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About ReliaQuest: ReliaQuest provides a SaaS security platform designed to minimize data loss and business disruptions.
Sumit Agarwal
Co-Founder, Vice President of Product Management of Shape Security
Sumit Agarwal is a Co-Founder of Shape Security, Inc. and serves as its Chief Operating Officer. He served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon, and later advised on cyber policy. He led mobile product management for Google. He is a former US Air Force Reserve Officer. Sumit Agarwal also co-founded Quova.
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About Shape Security: Shape provides defense against malicious automated cyber-attacks on web and mobile applications.
Michael Stokes
VP Federal Sales of Shape Security
Michael Stokes is the vice president of federal programs at [Shape Security](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shape-security#/entity). Previously, he was the vice president of global operations at Cyber Security Strategies. Stokes holds a bachelor’s degree in information technology from American InterContinental University. He is based in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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About Shape Security: Shape provides defense against malicious automated cyber-attacks on web and mobile applications.
Ben Seri
Vice President of Research of Armis Security
Ben Seri is the Head of Research at Armis, responsible for vulnerability research and reverse engineering. His main interest is exploring the uncharted territories of a variety of wireless protocols to detect unknown anomalies. Prior to Armis, Seri spent almost a decade in the IDF Intelligence as a Researcher and Security Engineer. In his free time, Seri enjoys composing and playing as many instruments as the wireless protocols he’s researching.
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About Armis Security: Armis Security offers an agentless IoT security solution that lets enterprises see and control any device or network.
Kristin Robertson
Vice President & General Manager, Autonomous Systems Division of The Boeing Company
Kristin Robertson is vice president and general manager of Autonomous Systems, a division within Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) that focuses on autonomous technologies, intelligence capabilities and networking solutions from seabed to space. Robertson joined the company in 1994, and has held various leadership positions to include vice president of Tiltrotor programs and Bell Boeing V-22 program director, and most recently as vice president of Engineering and chief engineer for BDS Strike, Surveillance and Mobility. Prior to Boeing, Robertson was employed by the U.S. Navy as a civilian electronics engineer at the Naval Aviation Depot in San Diego, Calif. She received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of California in San Diego and her master’s degree in international business from Saint Louis University. Robertson serves on the board of directors for Saint Louis University and the St. Louis Area Foodbank. She is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society and the Society of Women Engineers.
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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.
Marc Allen
Senior Vice President of The Boeing Company
Marc Allen is senior vice president of The Boeing Company and president of Boeing International. He is a member of Boeing’s Executive Council. As president of Boeing International, Allen, 42, is responsible for the company’s international strategy and operations, and oversees 17 regional corporate headquarters in key markets around the world. Reporting to the chairman and CEO, Allen leads development of the company’s growth and productivity initiatives outside the U.S. and new business and industrial partnerships. His responsibilities also include overseeing international affairs, enhancing local presence and providing global functional support. Allen was appointed to the role in 2015. Previously, Allen served as president of Boeing Capital Corporation, a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary that arranges, structures and provides financing for Boeing’s commercial airplane, space and defense products. Prior to Boeing Capital, Allen served as vice president, of Boeing International and president of Boeing China, responsible for leading the company’s business in China from its Beijing headquarters. Leading Boeing China, Allen oversaw the company’s largest market outside the U.S. as its annual delivery pace doubled. Before that, Allen served as Boeing’s vice president for Global Law Affairs and general counsel to Boeing International, leading the company’s international legal practice group from its inception, with responsibilities for Boeing’s international operations’ legal issues, cross-border trade regulation matters, and international legal policy matters including the U.S.-EC WTO dispute on aircraft subsidies. Prior to joining Boeing, Allen practiced law with the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Kellogg Huber, litigating complex commercial cases for domestic and international clients. Previous government service includes an appointment as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s law clerk. A Southern California native, Allen received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Princeton University, majoring in political science with a certificate in economics, and received his law degree from Yale Law School. Allen is married and has four children.
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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.
Tim Noonan
Vice President, Training Systems and Government Services of The Boeing Company
Tim leads BDS Ventures, which creates new businesses for Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) either through developing new products and services or disrupting markets with game-changing technologies and business models. Current technologies and markets include carbon capture; hydrokinetic power generation; renewables integration; microgrids; and timing and location services. Noonan served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. A St. Louis native, Noonan is married and has five children. He has raised awareness and money for wounded warriors through activities such as competing in Ironman triathlon and starting a non-profit corporation. He is a founding board member of Friends of Soldiers Memorial in St. Louis and serves as a board member of The Mission Continues, the most socially innovative organization in the country serving and challenging this generation of veterans. Tim earned a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
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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.
Walt Odisho
Vice President/General Manager 737 MAX Program and Renton, WA Site Leader of The Boeing Company
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About The Boeing Company, The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Fernando Hernandez
Vice President Indirect Supply Chain of The Boeing Company
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James Zrust
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of The Boeing Company
Jim Zrust is vice president, Finance and chief financial officer for Defense, Space & Security (BDS), a $31 billion business unit specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. He leads a global organization responsible for all BDS financial activities. With more than 30 years in the field, Zrust has considerable expertise working all aspects of federal and state tax issues in the United States as well as those related to major international transactions. Under his leadership, Boeing was granted certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court on a major issue involving the calculation of export benefits. He also led Boeing’s efforts to find a suitable legislative replacement for the extraterritorial income regime that was found to be out of compliance with WTO rules. Zrust has testified on various tax matters before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. He has also participated on numerous panels focused on a number of federal and international tax topics. Zrust joined Boeing in 2000 to lead the company’s worldwide tax group. He previously worked at Honeywell, Inc. in Minneapolis for 15 years in a series of progressively responsible positions, the last of which was vice president – Tax. Prior to joining Honeywell, Zrust spent time at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Zrust holds a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn., and a Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minn. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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Scott Drach
Vice President, Human Resources of The Boeing Company
Scott Drach was named vice president of Human Resources for Defense, Space & Security (BDS) in April 2013. In this role, he is responsible for successful execution of human resources initiatives to drive business performance and to create and sustain a premier work environment for employees. He also provides direction on employee and organizational policies, strategies, and processes throughout the BDS enterprise. BDS is one of the world’s largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Defense, Space & Security is a $30 billion business with about 50,000 employees worldwide. Drach’s previous role was vice president of Human Resources for Boeing Corporate and Shared Services Group. In this role, he was responsible for leading his team in partnering with the business to guide human resources strategies and deploy processes to Shared Services Group and seven Boeing Corporate functions – Boeing Capital Corporation, Communications, Finance, Government Operations, Human Resources & Administration, Law, and the Office of Internal Governance. He previously led the function that provides human resources services for Boeing International employees in more than 65 countries around the world. He also has worked with organizations across the company to improve the global delivery of support to employees and Boeing entities operating outside the United States. Before joining Boeing International, Drach was the director of Human Resources for Connexion by Boeing® and Boeing Canada Technology. Drach also has held human resources leadership roles with Boeing-Corinth, Boeing-Irving, and Boeing Service Company in Texas. Earlier in his career, he was involved in security and human resources efforts for various divisions of the former Rockwell International, after joining the company as a college intern at its Aircraft Modification Center in Shreveport, La. Drach is a graduate of Louisiana State University and has a master’s degree in industrial relations from Louisiana Tech University. He is certified by the Human Resources Certification Institute as a global professional in human resources and a senior professional in human resources. Drach served six years in the Louisiana Army National Guard. He is a member of Rotary International and the Society for Human Resources Management, and the Boeing representative for the Aerospace Industries Association Workforce Council. Drach also serves on the Chicago-Cook County Workforce Investment Board.
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Sheila Remes
Vice President Environmental Sustainability of The Boeing Company
Sheila Remes is a Vice President of Environmental Sustainability for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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Steve Nordlund
VP/GM Phantom Works of The Boeing Company
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Tom Bell
Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing Defense, Space & Security of The Boeing Company
Tom Bell is senior vice president of Global Sales & Marketing for Defense, Space & Security (BDS). This 53,000-employee business is a broad-spectrum security provider for U.S. and international customers worldwide. Within BDS, Bell reports to the CEO and leads the global BDS team focused on positioning the company to serve customers’ needs by gaining unparalleled customer understanding. Around the world, his organization listens intently, advocates customer views, helps develop and resource customer solutions and drives all BDS business capture efforts. Earlier in his Boeing career Bell was vice president of Strategy and Business Capture for BDS, with responsibility for both strategy development and capturing new business opportunities for Boeing’s defense business. Prior to that role he had assignments as vice president of Business Development for Boeing Military Aircraft and vice president of Business Development for Global Services & Support. Since originally joining Boeing in 1988 Bell also served in Contracts and Pricing; Industrial Participation; and International Business Development, including assignments in Finland and in the United Kingdom, where he served as president of Operations for Boeing Aerospace UK, Ltd. Prior to rejoining Boeing in June 2015, Bell was the president of Rolls-Royce Defense with overall responsibility for Rolls-Royce’s global defense aerospace business. Bell began his aerospace career with Lockheed Martin in New Orleans, La. in Manned Space Flight. He was a member of the Boeing Executive Development Program in 1999.
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About Rolls-Royce, The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Maureen Cragin
Vice President, Communications of The Boeing Company
Maureen Cragin is vice president of Communications for Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Based in St. Louis, Cragin is responsible for leading all communications strategy and planning for the business. Prior to her current position, Cragin led communications for Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s Network & Space Systems business from December 2007 to October 2009. She was previously vice president of Communications for Boeing’s Washington, D.C. Operations office. Before joining Boeing in 2002, Cragin was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as assistant secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), beginning in 2001. While serving at the DVA, Cragin directed policies governing the department’s public and internal communications programs, as well as intergovernmental and consumer affairs activities. Prior to her presidential appointment, Cragin was director of Congressional Relations for Raytheon, in which capacity she oversaw advocacy efforts for Raytheon’s U.S. Navy and Marine Corps programs. From 1995 to 2001, she was director of Communications for the Committee on Armed Services in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the committee’s principal spokesperson, developing communication strategies for advancing committee goals, such as the passage of the annual defense authorization bill. Previously, Cragin provided consulting services to the U.S. Department of Energy and served as public affairs adviser and spokesperson for the Women’s Bureau and Glass Ceiling Commission at the U.S. Department of Labor. She also served as director of volunteer administration at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston. Cragin holds a bachelor’s degree from the United States Naval Academy. She served seven years on active duty and continued serving as a public affairs officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve until her retirement at the rank of captain in 2009. Cragin is a member of the Reserve Officers Association, the Association of the United States Navy, the Disabled American Veterans, and the American Legion. She also serves as chairman of the board of directors of the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore.
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Jack House
Vice President, Supplier Management of The Boeing Company
Jack House is vice president of Supplier Management for Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), based in St. Louis. In this role, he leads an organization of about 2,500 employees that manages the annual purchase of $15 billion in products and services. He is responsible for all procurement matters, including policymaking, subcontract oversight and process improvement. The organization focuses on improving supplier performance and relationships, while providing the best value for customers and a competitive advantage for Boeing. In September 2012, House was appointed the enterprise program manager for “Partnering for Success,” a company-wide, long-term effort to engage supplier partners to sustain a competitive advantage in the cost, quality and reliability of Boeing products and services. The effort aims at working aggressively to improve first-time quality and reduce costs. Since its inception, PFS efforts have garnered several billions of dollars in cost savings, which have allowed Boeing and the supply chain to provide “more for less” to its commercial and government customers around the globe. Previously, House served as vice president of Procurement Contracting & Risk Management. In this position, he worked with programs to oversee BDS procurement strategies and pricing policy for proper risk management on all supplier transactions. He was responsible for ensuring subcontracting policy compliance, as well as review of contractual pricing, terms and conditions and all other supplier agreements. In his career with Boeing, House has also served as general manager of Supplier Management & Procurement for the St. Louis site and Global Strike Systems for Integrated Defense Systems, director of Finance for the KC-767 Tanker program, as well as director of Supplier Management & Procurement for Military Aerospace Support and Production Aircraft Programs in St. Louis. He holds a MBA from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Missouri – St. Louis. House also is a member of the Chancellor’s Council for the University of Missouri – St. Louis.
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Gena Lovett
Vice President, Operations of The Boeing Company
Gena Lovett is the vice president of Operations for Defense, Space & Security. Her primary responsibilities include production of all fixed-wing tactical aircraft, tankers, transport aircraft, rotorcraft, satellites and weapon systems. In this role, she integrates work across the core Operations and Integrated Quality functions and coordinates with other functions, including Engineering and Environment, Health and Safety. Lovett serves as deputy leader of the Boeing Operations Leadership Team (BOLT). The BOLT is responsible for encouraging the use of common metrics, systems and processes, as well as the replication of best practices throughout Boeing. She has more than 20 years of leadership experience in manufacturing and operations. Before joining Boeing, Lovett was chief diversity officer for Alcoa, where she was responsible for cultivating a work environment that encouraged and supported diversity and inclusion at all levels of the organization. Under her leadership, Alcoa won the 2013 Catalyst Award and the Human Rights Campaign’s 2014 Corporate Equality Award. Prior to this, as Alcoa’s director of manufacturing Lovett led the successful turnaround of a historically underperforming operation. Under her direction safety improved almost 80 percent, on-time delivery rose 50 percent, productivity grew 45 percent and employee engagement increased 24 percent. Lovett spent the previous 15 years in progressively demanding manufacturing roles with Ford Motor Co. in Cleveland; Dearborn, Mich.; Chicago; Atlanta; and Allen Park, Mich. Her last assignment at Ford was plant manager of Prototype Operations. She has a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Ohio State University and a master’s in international business from Baker College’s Center for Graduate Studies.
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Tony Parasida
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration of The Boeing Company
Tony Parasida is a Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration at The Boeing Company.
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Nancy Bailey
Vice President, Product Systems Boeing IT of The Boeing Company
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Jake Wells
SVP Solutions Architecture of Flashpoint
Jake Wells is Director of Operations at Flashpoint. Jake Wells serves as the lead on technical production, managing the integration of our subject matter expert and engineering teams, and assists with product and business development. With nearly a decade of experience as both a producer and consumer of cyber threat intelligence in the public and private sectors, Jake Wells has unique insight into ensuring that customers receive relevant and actionable information. From 2009 to 2015, Jake Wells served as a senior intelligence analyst for the NYPD, where he managed counterterrorism and intelligence-led criminal investigations. As the lead analyst in the Cyber Intelligence Unit, he substantially enhanced the group’s threat intelligence capabilities and represented the NYPD when engaging with government agencies from around the world. Previously, he worked as an analyst for the SITE Intelligence Group providing Deep Web intelligence to commercial and government clients. A 2015 Madison Policy Forum Military-Business Cybersecurity fellow, Jake Wells holds an MA from Columbia University, a BA from Emory University, and studied Arabic in Syria.
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About Flashpoint: Flashpoint is the globally trusted leader in actionable threat intelligence.
Will Briggs
VP of Americas Channels and Program of Arctic Wolf
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About Arctic Wolf: Arctic Wolf helps companies end cyber risk by providing security operations as a concierge service.
Frances Le
Vice President of Engineering of Dropbox DocSend
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About Dropbox DocSend: Dropbox DocSend is a secure document sharing and tracking solution that helps companies share business-critical documents with ease.
Kevin McCarthy
Vice President Of Business Development of Inpher.io
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About Inpher.io: Inpher.io is a secret computing technology for privacy-preserving machine learning and AI.
Adam Liberman
VP, Enterprise Information Management of Carbon Black
Adam Liberman is Bit9′s vice president of engineering. He has more than 20 years of leadership experience in engineering development and management. Before joining Bit9 Liberman was vice president of engineering for Ounce Labs, where he oversaw all research and development. Prior to that he was responsible for ClearQuest product development within IBM-Rational. While at SQA, Liberman was the product engineering lead and architect of defect tracking and test management solutions. At Rational, he held several positions including director of engineering for the SQA business unit.
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About Carbon Black: Carbon Black provides a cloud native endpoint and a workload protection platform that allows customers to prevent cyber attacks.
Shailaja Shankar
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Enterprise Core, EPP, EDR & Data Center Security of McAfee
Shailaja K. Shankar is the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Enterprise Core, EPP, EDR & Data Center Security at McAfee.
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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.
Ashutosh Kulkarni
EVP and CPO Enterprise of McAfee
Ashutosh (Ash) Kulkarni is executive vice president and chief product officer of the enterprise business group at McAfee. He is responsible for product strategy and execution and for delivering leading-edge cybersecurity offerings that protect McAfee customers from threats to their applications, networks, data, devices, and other critical assets. Kulkarni is a passionate advocate of customer-centric design and of the use of data and analytics to create compelling offerings that thrill customers. Most recently, he was the senior vice president and general manager of the web security and web performance businesses at Akamai Technologies. During his tenure at Akamai, he led the teams that delivered the leading web application firewall, bot management, and DDoS mitigation solutions in the industry.
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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.
Steve Grobman
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of McAfee
Steve Grobman is the Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at McAfee.
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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.
Vincent Weafer
Vice President of Engineering, McAfee Labs of McAfee
Vincent Weafer is the Senior Vice President & Cyber Engineering at Capital One.
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About Capital One, McAfee, TriagingX: McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
Lior Netzer
VP and CTO IoT of Akamai Technologies
Lior Netzer is the Vice President and General Manager of Emerging Mobile Business at Akamai where he leads the formulation of Akamai’s edge strategy as it relates to cellular networks. Previously, Lior was AVP Corporate Development at Comverse Network Systems focusing on mergers and acquisitions in the mobile application space. Lior has also held various senior operational positions in early stage companies such as Voltaire, and advisory board positions with Metacafe. Lior holds an MBA, magna cum laude, from the Technion Israel.
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About Akamai Technologies: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
Bill Wheaton
EVP and Chief Strategy Officer of Akamai Technologies
Bill Wheaton is Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Media Division at Akamai. Mr. Wheaton leads the Akamai team responsible for products and solutions that make video and software applications accessible, and complex media content easy to use. Mr. Wheaton’s service at Akamai includes roles as Vice President of Digital Media Solutions, supporting key digital media customers and driving innovation at Akamai to help customers take advantage of emerging opportunities. Mr. Wheaton has also served as the Director of Streaming Sales at Akamai, overseeing streaming sales efforts including partnership programs. Prior to Akamai, Mr. Wheaton worked at Intervu, where he managed the Business Communications Sales Group supporting customers like CCBN, MCI, AT&T, Sprint and others. He has started and sold several businesses including VCS Technologies, which he sold to Intervu in 1999. Mr. Wheaton started his career at Procter & Gamble and moved to Pfizer before starting his entrepreneurial ventures. He has a B.S. degree from WPI and a MBA from NYU.
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About Akamai Technologies: Akamai is a provider of cloud services that help enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device.
