At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Cyber Security space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
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.
Nicholas Warner
COO of SentinelOne
Nick leads the global sales organization and is responsible for driving the company’s revenue growth. Prior to joining Cylance, Nick led the Advanced Technology Group at Intel Security, and also served in sales leadership roles at Websense.
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About Cado Security Ltd, Noetic Cyber, SentinelOne: SentinelOne delivers autonomous endpoint protection that prevents, detects, and responds to attacks across all major vectors.
Spencer Punter
Partner, COO and CFO of DCVC
Spencer has over two decades of experience in Silicon Valley, starting as an investment banker and then becoming a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur, a manager of a venture capital fund of funds, and eventually a CFO/COO of venture-backed enterprise SaaS companies. He brings this diverse skill set to Data Collective where, as COO, he works on the internal operations of the firm and, as an operating partner, he assists the current portfolio with fund raising, FP&A, and M&A. Immediately prior to joining Data Collective, he was COO/CFO of Appcelerator, the maker of the leading cross-platform mobile application development suite, which was acquired by Axway. He has worked in various roles from Associate to General Partner at firms such as Morgan Stanley, Integral Capital Partners, Bowman Capital, Bay Partners, and Capital Dynamics.
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About DCVC: DCVC backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Stepan Ilyin
Co-Founder & COO of Wallarm
Stepan is a co-founder of Wallarm, Y Combinator-backed company, which provides AI-driven security for modern applications and APIs.
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About Wallarm: End-to-end API Security for the Modern Teams
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.
Darren Morris
COO and Co-Founder of Gradient Cyber
Darren Morris is the Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Gradient Cyber.
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About Gradient Cyber: Gradient is a cybersecurity products and services company that visualizes an organization’s cybersecurity health.
Josh Devon
Chief Operating Officer of Flashpoint
Josh Devon focuses on operations at Flashpoint, working to ensure that the company’s departments function synergistically and effectively during its rapid growth to ensure customers continue to receive best-in-class products, services, and support. Prior to joining Flashpoint in 2013,Mr. Devon co-founded the SITE Intelligence Group in June 2002 where he served as Assistant Director. Spending more than a decade researching the contemporary state of terrorism in the world, with an emphasis on jihadist use of the internet, he has assisted and consulted governments and non-governmental organizations in studying and monitoring terrorists and their supporters. Mr. Devon has published numerous articles intended to educate the public on issues surrounding terrorism. He speaks, reads, and writes Arabic.
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About Flashpoint: Flashpoint is the globally trusted leader in actionable threat intelligence.
Brian Draves
Partner & COO of TenEleven Ventures
As General Counsel, Brian is responsible for all legal matters at Techstars. Brian began his legal career at Cooley and then moved in-house to serve as General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer for numerous software companies in Silicon Valley including PGP Corporation (acquired by Symantec), Reputation.com, OneID, and Scale Eight. Brian has recently returned from a two-year working sabbatical in Spain where, in addition to perfecting authentic paella, he provided outsourced General Counsel services to U.S. and Spanish startups and served as a mentor for Espacio RES, the first incubator in Andalusia, Spain.
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About TenEleven Ventures: TenEleven Ventures is a venture capital company that focuses on cybersecurity startups.
Christie Kim
COO of Persona
Christie Kim serves as the Chief Operations Manager at Persona.
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About Persona: Persona is an identity platform that helps business verify customer identities that brings trust to online interactions.
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.
Kevin Simzer
Chief Operating Officer of Trend Micro
Kevin Simzer is a Chief Operating Office at Trend Micro. He is responsible for all field operations including global sales, marketing, business development, strategic alliances and corporate development. He has held a variety of roles since joining Trend Micro including CMO, Global Alliances and Corporate Development & Strategy. Prior to joining Trend Micro, Kevin held a number of executive positions including COO, General Manager, Chief Marketing Officer and VP Engineering for security pioneer Entrust (now Entrust-Datacard) where he was part of the founding team. Before starting Entrust, He began his career working in several product development positions while at Nortel in engineering, developing next generation networking technology. Kevin has held a number of board positions with Entrust, the Queen’s University High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory, and has also served on the board of Certes Networks, an innovative cloud network security specialist. Kevin completed his undergrad in computer engineering and earned a master’s degree in business administration from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
Tarun Desikan
COO & Co-founder of Banyan Security
Tarun Desikan has extensive experience in product strategy and business execution from nimble startups to global corporations. He was most recently VP of Product at Moovweb, where he help build a leading PaaS for mobile development, migrating 100s of enterprises to modern infrastructure in the Public Cloud. Prior to Moovweb, he was a strategy consultant at the BCG focused on marketing & sales initiatives for Global-1000 IT companies. Tarun was also an early engineer at Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN), developing networking products. Tarun holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from BITS, Pilani, India, and an MSEE and MBA from Stanford University.
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About Banyan Security: Banyan Security provides a zero trust network access platform for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Garry Fatakhov
COO & Co-Founder of Siemplify
Garry is a seasoned entrepreneur with rich and diverse experience spanning both business and technology, His experience ranges from algorithmic research in algorithmic trading, cyber security and intelligence, to driving revenue and penetrating new markets.
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About Siemplify: Siemplify is a SOAR provider focused on security operations for enterprises and MSSPs worldwide.
Kerry Williams
Chief Operating Officer of Experian
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About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Maxwell Blumenfeld
Co-Founder & COO of SentiLink
Maxwell Blumenfeld is a Co-Founder at SentiLink. He was a Data Scientist, Fraud Strategy Lead at Affirm, Inc., and Lead Associate at Novantas. Mr. Blumenfeld graduated from the University of Chicago with a bachelor of arts in Mathematics and Economics.
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About SentiLink: SentiLink is an identity verification technology company that helps in detecting and blocking synthetic identities.
Chad Thunberg
Chief Operating Officer of Leviathan Security Group
Chad is Leviathan’s Chief Operating Officer, responsible for managing the Professional Services Organization and maintaining Leviathan’s reputation for industry leading research and high quality consultative services. Chad specialized in Information Security for more than a decade before joining Leviathan as a founding member. He came from Washington Mutual where he was responsible for translating regulatory and business requirements into enterprise security solutions. Chad also led the team responsible for the proactive identification of process and technology vulnerabilities as part of the enterprise secure development lifecycle. Previously, Chad was a Security Consultant with Guardent, where he was responsible for developing and improving Guardent’s security methodologies and managed services platform. In addition, he acted as a mentor and leader for the west coast security practice. He also assisted Fortune 100 customers with innovative solutions for reducing their overall technology risk through the maturation of process and technology.
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About Leviathan Security Group: Leviathan Security Group is an internationally respected risk management and information security consulting, training, research company.
Tiffany To
Chief Operating Officer/CRO of ForAllSecure
Tiffany To is the Chief Operating Officer at [ForAllSecure](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/forallsecure), a security startup named to MIT’s 50 Smartest Companies of 2017 and winner of the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge, the first automated hacking competition. Previously, she was part of the early teams of several infrastructure startups, launching them out of stealth mode in roles that included VP of Marketing at [Cohesity](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cohesity), VP of Product Mgmt and Marketing at [Coho Data](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/coho-data#/entity) and Director of Marketing at [Nutanix](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nutanix#/entity). To was also a Group Product Manager at VMware and held roles at Intel and SGI. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in computer systems engineering from [Stanford University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stanford-university) and MBA from [Haas Business School at the University of California, Berkeley](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/haas-business-school-at-university-of-california-berkeley#/entity).
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About ForAllSecure: ForAllSecure is a software company that provides autonomous application security solutions for continuous security.
Keith McDonnell
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of Trillium Secure
Keith McDonnell has over twenty-five years experience at multinational companies in the fields of consumer products, software and semiconductors as a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. He has a MBA from University of Southern California and JD from John Marshall Law School. Keith has lived in Asia, Europe and the United States. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.
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About Kasle, Trillium, Trillium Secure: Trillium provides in-vehicle cybersecurity protection for connected vehicles.
Paul Lanzi
Co-Founder & COO of Remediant
Paul Lanzi is the co-founder and COO of Remediant.
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About Remediant: Remediant provides enterprises with Privileged Access Management (PAM) software to help them protect their accounts from misuse and abuse.
Yanek Korff
Co-founder and COO of Expel
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About Expel: Expel is a SOC-as-a-service platform that provides security monitoring and response for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
Jon Rappaport
COO and Co-Founder of SPARQ
Jon Rappaport is the COO and Co-Founder of SPARQ Global and also the Chairman & Co-founder at CIRPLE. Prior to SPARQ, He is a former Chief Technology Officer at AGL Energy and Chief Strategy Officer & Co-founder at Zome Energy Networks.
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About SPARQ: SPARQ is a computer security service company specializing in building and integrating hardware systems and providing managed services.
Simon Smith
Co-Founder & COO of Inky
Simon Smith is a Co-Founder and serves as the Chief Operations Officer at Inky. Prior to joining Inky, Simon was VP of Software Operations at ITA Software and managed the team responsible the for SaaS and data operations, a purview involving hundreds of servers and 24/7 support. Simon’s infrastructure handled millions of travel search queries per day, and serviced virtually all major US airline and travel intermediary websites. Prior to ITA, Simon managed a Computer Sciences Corporation team that performed vulnerability analysis for the US Air Force. Simon holds a Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree from Texas A&M University.
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About Inky: Inky is a cyber-security company that secures email against phishing.
Josh Schwartz
Chief Operating Officer of Curv
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About Curv: Curv is a developer of digital asset security infrastructure helping crypto-native and financial institutions to create digital wallets.
William Welch
President and Chief Operating Officer of Duo Security
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About Duo Security, Logikcull: Duo Security provides security software products and services.
Prabhakar Tadepalli
Co-Founder, President & COO of Tyfone
Prabhakar is a seasoned technology executive and is responsible for all product and business development aspects of Tyfone in Asia-Pacific and is responsible for developing the strategic plans for the company. Previously, Prabhakar was Founder, CEO of Finatus, Inc, a venture-backed, web-application outsourcing company and was responsible for all the strategic and business management aspects of the company. Prior to founding the company, he was responsible for Strategic Planning at Intel Online Services, and also was part of the Intel Architecture Business Group’s (Reseller Products Division) Small Business Services/Business Development team. Prabhakar received his MBA from the University of Chicago, an MS in Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas and a BE from Bharathiyar University in India.
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About SideAssure, Tyfone: Tyfone offers a mobile financial services platform that enables banks to offer customers mobile banking and payments systems.
Jim Gochee
COO of Castle
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About Castle: Account security and fraud prevention for developers, teams, and enterprises.
Vincent Tran
Co-Founder, COO of Liongard
Vincent Tran is the Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer at Liongard.
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About Liongard: Liongard’s changing the way MSPs manage and protect thousands of businesses worldwide. Manage modern IT with confidence.
Stephen Yoskowitz
Co-Founder and COO of Nullafi
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About Nullafi: Nullafi Shield is a zero-code add-on to any endpoint that gives admins one-click control over what data that endpoint receives
Christopher Blisard
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Circadence
Christopher T. Blisard has led Circadence as COO since 1999. He manages day-to-day operations and is a fundamental force in creating major OEM, partnership, and cooperative technology agreements with corporations such as Hewlett-Packard, Network Equipment Technologies, Accenture, Dell, Microsoft, Deutsche Telekom, and others.
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About Circadence: Circadence offers cyber range solutions and cybersecurity learning platforms, running on Microsoft Azure.
Mark Ralls
President & COO of Invicti Security
Mark Ralls is Managing Director, Business Operations at Vista Consulting Group. In this role he is responsible for leading Vista Consulting Group’s Business Operations Practice, focused on deploying proven best practices across Vista’s portfolio of companies. Prior to joining Vista, Mr. Ralls worked as Senior Vice President of Product Management and Strategy at Social Solutions Global, where he led Product Management and Product Marketing teams and was responsible for driving product strategy for nonprofit and public sector customers. Before his time with Social Solutions, Mr. Ralls worked at SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, where he served as Group Vice President of Business Applications and Analytics. Prior to SolarWinds, Mr. Ralls worked at the Boston Consulting Group, where he consulted for Fortune 1000 clients across a number of industries and functions.
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About Invicti Security, Netsparker, Vista Consulting Group: Invicti Security is an information technology company that provides web app security solutions, and cyber and data management security.
Ben Cianciaruso
COO & Co-Founder of Verodin
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About Verodin: Verodin is a business platform that enables organizations to measure, manage, and improve their cybersecurity effectiveness.
Jason Thompson
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Marketing Officer of IntSights
Jason Thompson is the Chief Operating Officer & Chief Marketing Officer at IntSights, where he oversees business operations as well as global marketing and sales development. Jason brings over 15 years of executive and marketing leadership experience, particularly focused in high-growth cybersecurity organizations. Prior to joining IntSights, Jason served as Chief Marketing Officer at SecurityScorecard and led marketing at NS1 and SSH Communications Security. Jason holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Colorado State University and a Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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About IntSights: IntSights is an external threat intelligence and protection platform built to neutralize threats outside the wire.
Samuel Perl
COO and Founder of Fundology
Sam Perl is the Chief Operations Officer at Fundology
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About Fundology: Fundology is a high security M&A project management platform for complex transactions and due diligence.
Rick Hanson
Chief Operating Officer of Onapsis
Executive sales leader, building and developing high performing teams. Strong focus on key sales methodologies that enhance the sales culture and effectiveness. Experienced leader with many Cyber security and Identity Management technologies, Big Data, Application Delivery and IT Operations. . Results driven executive focused on key deliverables and metrics to drive optimal behaviors.
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About Onapsis: Onapsis provides cybersecurity and compliance solutions for cloud and on-premise ERP and business-critical applications.
Rick Hanson
Chief Operating Officer of Onapsis
Executive sales leader, building and developing high performing teams. Strong focus on key sales methodologies that enhance the sales culture and effectiveness. Experienced leader with many Cyber security and Identity Management technologies, Big Data, Application Delivery and IT Operations. . Results driven executive focused on key deliverables and metrics to drive optimal behaviors.
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About Onapsis: Onapsis provides cybersecurity and compliance solutions for cloud and on-premise ERP and business-critical applications.
Brian Jackson
President & COO of burstIQ
Brian has played a key role in the development of the BurstIQ platform, and leads network engineering and technical operations for the company. An expert in security and enterprise cloud infrastructure platforms, Brian has been published in numerous works and has mentored large-scale Engineering, DevOps, and Development teams. Prior to joining BurstIQ, Brian led Cloud Engineering for an enterprise healthcare solution provider and provided consulting expertise to numerous Fortune 500 companies. Brian has a B.S. in Information Technology from Kansas State University.
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About burstIQ: A health-focused enterprise enablement and global network that connects businesses and people through the power of blockchain.
Todd Strubbe
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of VeriSign
As executive vice president and chief operating officer at Verisign, Todd Strubbe is responsible for the global operations of the company. He brings more than 25 years of experience to Verisign. His experience and leadership have been focused on developing and delivering technology-driven business services and solutions, providing outstanding client service, and driving profitable revenue growth. From 2009 to joining Verisign in 2015, Strubbe was the president of the Unified Communications Business Segment for West Corporation, a provider of technology-driven communication services. Responsible for over $1.6 billion in revenue across North America, EMEA and APAC, he led West’s efforts to deliver best-in-class unified communications services to thousands of clients. Delivered in a managed, hosted or cloud environment, these services included conferencing and collaboration, IP telephony and network solutions, digital media and virtual event services, and inbound and outbound interactive voice and text services. Strubbe was also at West from 2001 to 2006, serving as president of its West Direct and West Interactive business units. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and he received his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
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About VeriSign: Verisign operates as a global provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure.
Maureen Blando
President & COO of Mobile Helix
Maureen oversees the company’s business operations. Maureen’s focus is on our customers and on building a company in which employees thrive and can contribute at the top of their capabilities. Immediately prior to Mobile Helix, Maureen was in strategic sales at Coverity, Inc., developing new business with top 10 software and internet companies. Earlier, Maureen was VP of Worldwide Sales at Lightspeed Logic, a semiconductor IP provider. In her 12 years at Mitsubishi Electronics Semiconductor Division, Maureen’s roles included both AVP of Sales and of Marketing. Maureen has an MA and BA from the University of West Georgia.
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About Mobile Helix: Wiith LINK, attorneys & knowledge professionals work from anywhere. Compare, annotate, edit, email documents using a single encrypted app.
Matthew Farrell
Chief Operating Officer of Niobium Microsystems
Matt Farrell is an entrepreneur with a demonstrated track record of strategic leadership and strengths in operations, product development, and relationship development. Matt has served as a founding- and early-team member at several technology companies focused on hardware, software, VR, and AI. Matt has passion for bringing concepts to life and connecting people and ideas.
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About Niobium Microsystems: Niobium Microsystems creates custom integrated circuit and microelectronic system solutions for clients.
Kara Coppa
COO, EVP & Co-Founder of BLAKFX
Coppa is the COO, EVP & Co-Founder of BLΔKFX. She has more than fifteen years of professional experience, spanning the areas of information security governance, threat detection/mitigation, risk assessments and incident response and investigations. For nearly twenty years, Coppa has been a hands-on security expert for various industries including the United States military, telecom and financial services. She has provided a wide variety of information technology and security services including information security governance, threat detection/mitigation, risk assessments, network architecture security, incident response and investigations. Prior to BLΔKFX she was the EVP of Cybersecurity services for SIG Homeland Security where she ran the national defense & cyber resiliency projects related to national security operations.
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About BLAKFX: BLAKFX provides sophisticated cyber security solutions for consumers, enterprise, military, governments and high net-worth individuals.
Satya Yenigalla
COO of FaceTec, Inc.
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About FaceTec, Inc.: FaceTec 3D Face Verification and Authentication software has enabled >350M unique users prove their liveness for secure account access
Jason Passwaters
Chief Operating Officer of Intel 471
Jason is a seasoned cyber threat intelligence leader, architect, and practitioner with extensive international experience. He is an expert at dealing with multicultural and multinational environments from Brazil to the Netherlands, Ukraine to China, and many places in-between. Jason has a proven track record of uniting global teams and individuals under a single strategy and culture regardless of nationality. He can both “do” and “lead” cyber threat collection against the full spectrum of cyber threat actors and groups.
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About Intel 471: Intel 471 is the premier provider of cybercrime intelligence for leading security, fraud, and intelligence teams.
Charles Shugg
Partner & Chief Operating Officer of Sylint Group
Charly Shugg, Brig. Gen. (Ret), USAF, is the COO for the Sylint Group and provides operational insight, strategy and strategic vision in the areas of information and cybersecurity. In his last Air Force position, he was responsible for providing Combatant Commanders with trained and ready cyberforces to plan and conduct worldwide cyberspace operations. Shugg was a key architect and strategic planner of the U.S. Air Force’s cyberspace operations program. He crafted concepts of operations for multiple worldwide organizations within the Air Force and USCYBERCOM. One of his previous duties was to regularly brief the status of AFCYBER Operations to executive-level government and congressional officials. He has been a featured speaker at numerous privately sponsored cyberspace events.
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About Sylint Group: Sylint is a nationally recognized leader in Cyber Security, Digital Data Forensics, eDiscovery and Compliance.
Sarah (Merrion) Isaacs
Founder and COO of NorthStar
Sarah (Merrion) Isaacs is Founder and COO at Convectus for almost 11 years now. Before this, she was a consulting services technical manager at Symantec Corporation.
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About NorthStar: Our NorthStar platform uses existing security and enterprise data to prioritize the exposures that present the greatest risk to the business
Ryan Castle
COO of TraceSecurity
Ryan Castle’s career has been a combination of software development, system administration, and law enforcement. In addition to working with innovative security-focused technology companies, he served as an agent in the FBI, where he specialized in investigating complex computer crimes, including cyber-attacks and internet fraud. He possesses deep knowledge and skills in an array of computer languages, development platforms, and operating system environments. He is seasoned in team building and project management across multiple disciplines, including software development, training, investigations and forensic examinations. This rich mixture of expertise and experience makes Ryan well-suited to play a strategic role in creating solutions that are effective in the ever-changing world of IT security and compliance. As Vice President of Technology, Ryan is responsible for charting technological innovations for this leading IT security and compliance company. This involves the mapping of technology investments and product development initiatives to the organization’s long-term strategic vision, which is to maintain the market-leading position in automated IT GRC management solutions. Ryan works across the entire company and customer base to anticipate and address technological solutions for the next wave of security and compliance needs.
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About Conduit Security, TraceSecurity: TraceSecurity, a cloud-based security solutions developer, provides IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) management solutions.
Shawn Murray
Chief Operating Officer of Information Systems Security Association
Shawn Murray is a Principal Scientist at Northrop Grumman Corporation assigned to the United States Missile Defense Agency. He is assigned as a Senior Cyber Security Professional and is an officer in the US Civil Air Patrol. His previous assignments include work with the US Army Cyber Command in Europe, US Air Force and with Commercial Industry in various roles in Information Assurance and Cyber Security. He has traveled the globe performing physical and cyber security assessments on critical national defense and coalition programs and has prepared reports for the House Armed Services Committee. Dr. Murray has worked with NSA, FBI, CIA and the US Defense and State Departments on various Cyber initiatives and has over 20 years of IT, communications and Cyber Security experience. He enjoys teaching and presenting as a guest lecturer on Cyber Security, business and computer science courses for several universities. He has several industry recognized certifications to include the C|CISO, CISSP and CRISC. He holds several degrees to include an Applied Doctorate in Computer Science with a concentration in Enterprise Information Systems. Dr. Murray was just recently elected to the International Board of Directors for the Information Systems Security Association. He is a professional member of IEEE, ACM, ISSA, ISC2 and is a FBI Infragard program partner. He enjoys spending time traveling with his family, researching and collaborating with other professionals in Cyber Security and Cyber Law and volunteers in his community as a soccer coach.
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About Information Systems Security Association, Murray Security Services, Northrop Grumman: ISSA is the community of choice for international cybersecurity professionals.
Michael Brenner
CFO & COO of Qylur Intelligent Systems
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About Qylur Intelligent Systems: Qylur is an intelligent systems company using its IIoT and AI platforms to transform entry security and guest experience for public venues.
David Poole
Chief Operating Officer of Defense Point Security
David Poole is a Partner at Defense Point Security (DPS) and serves as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dave has over 15 years of progressive IT operations and program management experience protecting information systems. Dave has a broad range of IT operations experience from packet level network analysis to operating and managing multi million dollar enterprise Security Operations Centers (SOC). Dave is a decorated United States Coast Guard (USCG) Veteran with on the ground experience protecting Coast Guard-wide, mission critical information and information systems while stationed at the USCG’s premier technology hub, Telecommunications and Information System Command (TISCOM). As a Former Presidential Honor Guardsmen, Dave always strives to adhere to their core values of Pride, Poise and Perfection.
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About Defense Point Security: Defense Point Security is the choice provider of Cyber Security services.
John Kipp
COO of Sera-Brynn
John Kipp, COO John Kipp is a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Sera-Brynn. In 2012, Mr. Kipp oversaw the development of Sera-Brynn’s cyber security services, compliance capabilities, and associated staffing. He currently manages the firm’s operational capabilities supporting critical security and compliance operations for multiple business markets, to include Fortune 1000, Healthcare, Maritime Logistics, and Government. Prior to starting Sera-Brynn, Mr. Kipp managed several multi-million dollar contracts while working for Booz Allen Hamilton in support of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Mr. Kipp served in the United States Navy as a Cryptologic Technician, Collecting (CTR) primarily in locations throughout the Pacific.
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About Sera-Brynn: Sera-Brynn is a global Cybersecurity Audit and Advisory firm.
Nahal Shahidzadeh
Co-Founder & COO of Acceptto
Nahal Shahidzadeh leads Acceptto’s operations and planning. Nahal is an entrepreneur with broad experience covering financial services and managing private funds. Previously, she worked on microprocessor design and development of the Pentium 4 microprocessor at Intel Corp. with 6 issued and pending patents.
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About Acceptto: A cybersecurity company focused on identity access management and treating authentication not as a single event, but rather a continuum.
Joanne Brooks
Chief Operating Officer of Reliable Energy Analytics LLC, REA (TM)
Joanne Brooks is the COO at Reliable Energy Analytics LLC, REA (TM).
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About Reliable Energy Analytics LLC, REA (TM): Reliable Energy Analytics is focused on developing C-SCRM and SBOM software solutions for Executive Order 14028
Molly Slade
Founder and COO of KineticFuse
Molly is responsible for ThreatWarrior’s day-to-day operations, as well as the execution of corporate goals to ensure the company’s effective performance and growth. Molly brings more than 25 years of experience in strategic business planning, management and analysis to ThreatWarrior. She has experience with successful technology startups and a proven track record of driving business outcomes through policy creation and oversight. Molly also specializes in organizational leadership, budgeting, personnel development, and customer care. When she’s not at work, Molly spends time with her family. She also loves horses and horseback riding, and visits her horse, Bella, at the stable most weekends.
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About KineticFuse, ThreatWarrior: KineticFuse provides next-generation threat identification, accelerated response and threat prevention capabilities.
Brad Eisenstein
Chief Operating Officer of AllDigital
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About AllDigital: AllDigital is a leading provider of premium digital broadcasting solutions to devices.
Roman Kadinsky
COO & Head of Product, Co-founder of HYPR
Roman Kadinsky is the COO and head of product at HYPR.
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About HYPR: HYPR is a cybersecurity company that provides passwordless authentication for users.
Robert Almond
COO of FullArmor
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About FullArmor: FullArmor Corporation is a leading edge cloud services development firm.
Robert Almond
COO of FullArmor
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About FullArmor: FullArmor Corporation is a leading edge cloud services development firm.
Chris Linde
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of BLACKCLOAK
Chris Linde is the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at BLACKCLOAK.
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About BLACKCLOAK: Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy Platform for Corporate Executives & High-Net-Worth Individuals
Ursa Hopkins
Chief Operating Officer of LinTech Global
Ursa Hopkins is the Chief Operating Officer at LinTech Global, Inc.
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About LinTech Global: LinTech Global is a Small Business specializing in IT infrastructure and Engineering solutions.
Aaron Shilts
President and Chief Operating Officer of NetSPI
Aaron Shilts is a leader in the cybersecurity industry with over 20 years of experience building organizations and leading teams that drive measurable customer success. He is focused on operational excellence and delivering innovative solutions to our customers. Prior to NetSPI, Aaron was the EVP of Worldwide Services at FishNet Security / Optiv and led through one of the industry’s largest mergers. Aaron is also an industry advisor to leading investment firms. Aaron holds a B.S. in Business Computer Information Systems from St. Cloud State University and served proudly in the MN National Guard.
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About NetSPI: NetSPI is a cybersecurity company that offers enterprise security testing and attack surface management.
Everett Young
Co-Founder and COO of Secberus
Co-Founder at Secberus
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About iCHAMPSPORTS Inc, Secberus: Secberus is the only CSPM that provides a policy-first, CARTA-driven approach to enterprise cloud security & compliance.
Brian Creswick
Chief Operating Officer of Chartis Federal
Brian Creswick is the chief operating officer at Chartis Federal. As COO, Brian leads business development, partnerships, and several aspects of corporate administration including finance, contracts, human resources, and security.
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About Chartis Federal, Chartis Federal: Chartis Federal is a systems engineering and integration firm that specializes in mission-critical communications.
Tom Snyder
Co-founder , COO & CFO of Xantrion
Tom manages Xantrion’s consulting team and finances. He has architected dozens of business computer networks. He developed our client focused Complete Care service, which provides unlimited support and a guarantee of satisfaction at a fixed monthly cost. He also pioneered internal policies such as open book financial reporting and profit sharing, which resulted in a high level of team member retention and satsifaction. Prior to founding Xantrion, Tom was Director of Consulting for an I.T. consulting firm. He also worked as a management consultant for McKinsey and CFO of CoForge. Prior to that, he was an operations manager for Chevron. Tom has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
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About Xantrion: Xantrion specializes in outsourced managed IT services and cybersecurity for mid-sized companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Michael Yim
CFO / COO of DataLocker
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About DataLocker: DataLocker is a developer of easy to use, data encryption solutions for portable storage devices, media systems, and cloud storage accounts.
Anton Aksenov
COO of LevelNet
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About LevelNet: Network of collective information security. Revolutionary peer to peer cyber protection network growing stronger with every new member.
Josh Horwitz
Chief Operating Officer of Enzoic
Joshua Horwitz is a lean start-up entrepreneur and enterprise software executive with 25+ years experience. He founded, built, and eventually led the exit of Boulder Logic, a B2B customer marketing company based in Boulder. Prior to founding his company, Joshua held senior technology and sales positions with both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. He is currently advising start-ups, non-profits, and social enterprises.
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About Enzoic: Active Directory Continuous Password Protection. Detect Compromised Credentials. Prevent Account Takeover and Fraud.
Ray Potter
COO, Founder of SafeLogic
Ray Potter is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at SafeLogic, the provider of CryptoComply, a FIPS 140-2 validated, OpenSSL-compatible software library for mobile and server platforms. Prior to founding SafeLogic, Ray founded Apex Assurance Group, a security certification consulting group delivering expertise in achieving FIPS 140 and Common Criteria certifications. Ray Grew top-line revenue at 47% CAGR with 75% net profit margin. Before Apex, Ray built and ran the security assurance program at Cisco systems. Ray began his career at Ernst & Young Consulting, where he built requirements and designs for n-tier web architectures and built prototypes for an early mobile ecommerce ordering system. Ray is Managing Partner of Live Wire Venture Partners, which provides angel investments to startups in the technology, security, and biotech space. Ray earned his B.S. degree in Computer Science from James Madison University.
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About SafeLogic: Incumbent-crushing mobile, server, cloud, and IoT encryption built for regulatory compliance
Derek Distenfield
Co-founder and COO of GSD Venture Studios
Derek Distenfield is the COO, CFO, and Co-founder of GSD Venture Studios. For over 15 years, he has blazed high impact careers in startups, corporate, and nonprofit organizations. Most recently, he launched and subsequently sold Cult Following, a successful growth marketing and brand building agency. Prior to this, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for 360 Payments, driving the people, processes, technology, marketing & finance for a $2 billion payments company. As the growth strategist behind Bunker Labs USA, he transformed a nonprofit serving veteran entrepreneurs into a premier national brand. He also ignited immediate growth in a highly regulated industry as CEO of NextGenJustice, a social enterprise startup that served as an alternative to traditional legal venues. As a founding visionary and chief evangelist, he developed a product that grew its consumer base 50% 17 of 18 months in business. Derek has been a keynote speaker at the Military Defense and Veterans Opportunities Summit, One Spark Innovation Conference, and International Conference on Business Incubation. He is also a mentor and startup business advisor for GrowthX, Google Pioneer Accelerator, and LifeFlip Media as well as a columnist for Forbes and a college lecturer at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Derek Distenfield is passionate about breaking barriers, leading innovation, and inspiring people to believe they can achieve. Known for bringing revolutionary new ideas to organizations that deliver explosive growth and for being efficient with limited resources, Derek’s high tolerance for ambiguity and complexity makes him an invaluable source of inspiration and advice for growth-oriented startups and founders. At GSD, Derek is the operational mastermind who brings a variety of resources together to best serve each portfolio company. Derek lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and two children, and travels frequently to Russia to work with GSD’s international client base.
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About GSD Venture Studios, Varwin: Venture studio specializing in helping resilient entrepreneurs #GoGlobal
Chris Giomblanco
COO of Playwire
Chris is a seasoned executive who brings almost three decades of dynamic cross-functional experience in both Fortune 500 and small growth businesses, spanning a broad and diverse industry landscape including Aerospace at United Technologies – Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, high technology hardware and services at both Motorola and Dell, premium consumer products at Alienware Computer Corporation/Dell, and digital media at Triad Retail Media. Prior to Playwire, Chris was Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Triad Retail Media where he initially built out the finance function as the founding CFO and progressively grew his responsibilities to include oversight of corporate development, HR, legal, and various operational functions as the company grew to more than 500 global employees. In his executive capacity at Triad, Chris was a key leader in the 2012 acquisition of the company by Rockbridge Growth Equity. At Alienware Corporation, a global company that was acquired by Dell, Chris was CFO with oversight of the finance, human resources, and facilities functions of the stand-alone company and was a key executive that championed an 18-month process that led to the integration of the business with the parent company, Dell. Chris holds a finance degree from the University of Connecticut and was a 2013 finalist for Tampa Bay Business Journal’s CFO of the Year.
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About Playwire: Playwire is a web-based platform offering online video hosting service for encoding, hosting, syndication and monetization.
Dan Dagnall
Chief Operating Officer of Fischer International Identity
Dan is responsible for corporate and product strategies plus all operational functions to ensure that Fischer’s products, services, people, and processes are aligned with our mission of industry leadership and customer advocacy. Dan is a technology visionary and thought leader. At the age of 23, Dan was promoted to General Manager of a multi-million dollar ISP for his ability to accurately predict industry directions and to plan new customer offerings in response. After joining Fischer as a consultant and successfully implementing enterprise-grade (2,000,0000 identities) and small-scale (< 500) Identity & Access Management (IAM) projects, Dan was promoted to Director of Presales Engineering where he began to educate the IAM community and shaped Fischer solutions to better address current and future customer requirements. Dan was then promoted to Chief Technology Strategist and was responsible for aligning product strategy with industry directions and customer needs. Today, Dan is internationally recognized as a voice in the IAM community and is credited with helping to shape the current state of the industry and how IAM, specifically cloud based IAM, is delivered to the enterprise. Dan’s foresight of the identity as a service (IDaaS) market dates back to 2008, when he began presenting the vision of what IDaaS has become today. His vision has kept Fischer at the head of the evolving IDaaS market space. You can find Dan presenting his unique vision at industry events, published articles and blogs. Dan is a graduate of Central Michigan University.
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About Fischer Identity, Fischer International Identity: Fischer International Idetntity a security visionary whose many accomplishments are recognized globally.
Erik Nathan
President, CEO (COO-prior) of Sendio
President/CEO at Sendio.
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About Sendio: Sendio is an e-mail security company offering the facility of totally eliminating spam and e-mail threats in the enterprise environment.
Jermaine Jones
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and CISO of Ostendio
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About Ostendio: Ostendio is integrated risk management platform that makes it easier to build, operate, and showcase cybersecurity programs.
Jake Kiser
COO of StrongKey
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About StrongKey: StrongKey is the leader in enterprise key management infrastructure and cybersecurity with NIST SP 800-171 compliant solutions.
Chris McIlroy
COO of PUNCH Cyber Analytic Group
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About PUNCH Cyber Analytic Group: Punch Cyber Corp is a company based out of 20319 Portsmouth Blvd, Ashburn, Virginia, United States.
Mike Lisenby
COO of CloudeAssurance
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About CloudeAssurance: First and Most comprehensive Cyber Security Rating Services (SRS) platform focused on cloud security assessments, scoring & benchmarking.
Joel Menk
Chief Operating Officer of Datashield
Joel Menk has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology industry including engineering, sales, and management positions. As COO, he is responsible for DATASHIELD’s growth, revenue, and efficiency targets as well as providing clients with a seamless business experience. He leads the strategic direction for corporate business and oversees the company’s daily operations. Prior to co-founding DATASHIELD in 2009, Mr. Menk worked at firms ranging from large IT companies like IBM to mid-size, high-growth firms and start-up endeavors. In addition to his 11 years in engineering and sales roles at IBM, he served for 11 years as Vice President, Telecommunications Group and Managing Director at CTS. During Mr. Menk’s tenure at CTS, his leadership led to the company’s successful growth as a major entity in IT professional services and consulting, and subsequently to the positioning and sale of CTS to a major technology value-added reseller. At DATASHIELD, he draws on his skills in building and growing successful consulting and services firms, and his ability to execute a business model from initial start-up to a high-growth, sustainable enterprise. Mr. Menk earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.
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About Datashield: DATASHIELD has provided advanced data security services since its founding in 2009
Matt Lemke
Chief Operating Officer of Atlantic BT
Matt Lemke joined Atlantic BT as President in 2019.
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About Atlantic BT, Atlantic BT: Atlantic BT builds award-winning web solutions across a multitude of industries.
Matt Lemke
Chief Operating Officer of Atlantic BT
Matt Lemke joined Atlantic BT as President in 2019.
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About Atlantic BT, Atlantic BT: Atlantic BT builds award-winning web solutions across a multitude of industries.
Mohammad Sadjadpour
COO & Co-founder of Militus
29 year Boeing veteran with expertise in business strategy, international business, system integration, program management, and complex systems modeling & simulation. Retired as the Director of Business Development for Cyber Security Solutions. Attended Northrop Institute of Technology, Cal. State Univ. LA, and USC earning BS/MS/EME degrees respectively in Mechanical Engineering, MBA from Pepperdine Univ., and Information Security Technical Studies Certification from Cal. Poly Pomona.
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About Militus: Militus is a cyber security company that provides an advanced cyber and network security solutions for government and commercial sectors.
Jerome Becquart
COO and CISO of Axiad
Jerome Becquart is the COO and CISO at Axiad.
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About Axiad: Axiad IDS is a Trusted Identity solutions provider for enterprise, government and financial organizations.
Travis Adlman
COO/CFO of NodeSource
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About NodeSource: Building products focused on Node.js security and performance for the Enterprise.
Matthew Hauck
Chief Operating Officer of Ensighten
Mat has served in several capacities in his time with Ensighten, including VP of Global Partnerships and VP of International Markets, before moving to lead the global CSM, Client Services, Support and Training teams as Chief Operating Officer. Mat has over sixteen years’ experience within the marketing technology space, having built a wealth of industry knowledge as a technical consultant before growing global teams with Unica, IBM and Datalicious. Additionally, Mat has served in an advisory capacity for market intelligence firm Gap Intelligence and other entrepreneurial endeavours.
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About Ensighten: The leader in website security & privacy compliance
Robert Levine
COO & Global Business Development of Uniken
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About Uniken: Customer-first, security platform that empowers transformative engagement with your customers, while taking fraud to zero
Michael Adams
Chief Operating Officer of CalTech
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About CalTech: CalTech building lasting relationships and delivering value through exceptional technology services.
Tom Gilmore
COO/CISO & Founder of Hill Top Security
Tom Gilmore is a former Marine Corps Intelligence Analyst with twenty-five years of information systems security, program management and industrial security experience. Tom was the CEO of a small technology business called Omega Systems and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Project Management Professional(PMP), and Cloud Security Specialist.
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About Hill Top Security: Hill Top Security are experts at integrating privacy, security and efficiency in your organization’s culture and business processes.
Brandon Williams
COO of Conversant Group
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About Conversant Group: Conversant Group is an IT services and consulting company.
Brian Freeman
COO of Darksonar
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About Darksonar: Dark Sonar is a software-as-a-service cybersecurity company.