ADVISORS
Our advantage.
Our Advisory Council is unmatched in the industry, and includes leading cybersecurity practitioners, seasoned operators, and key decision-makers across private and public sectors. They provide our entrepreneurs with the right expertise and connections to succeed.
Aaron Hughes
CISO, Albertsons Companies; Former VP, Information Security and Deputy CISO, Capital One
Adam Ely
CISO, Fidelity Investments; Former CISO eCommerce & Deputy CISO, Walmart
Andreas Wuchner
Founder, Wuchner Securities GmbH; Former Group Head IT & Risk Governance, Credit Suisse
Andres Andreu
SVP, Cybersecurity, 2U; Former CTO, Bayshore Networks
Anthony Belfiore
CSO, Aon; Former Senior VP, First Data
Anthony Dagostino
EIR, Forgepoint; Former EVP of Global Cyber and Technology Practice, Lockton
Barmak Meftah
Co-Founder & GP, Ballistic Ventures; Former President, AT&T Cybersecurity
Brett May
CFO, Progenco; Former VP, Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Co
Brian Robins
CFO, GitLab; Former CFO, Sisense
Carlos Amesquita
Founder & President, CEA-Advisory; Former CIO, The Hershey Company
Chad Kinzelberg
Former SVP of Business and Corporate Development, Palo Alto Networks
Craig Abod
CEO, Carahsoft; Former President, DLT Solutions
Daniel Barriuso
Global CISO, Santander Group; Former CISO and Head of Digital Security & Risk, BP
Diego Souza
Global CISO, Cummins; Former MD Global Cyber Security Leader, United Airlines
Edward Amoroso
CEO, TAG Cyber; Former Senior VP and CSO, AT&T
Elena Kvochko
Chief Trust Officer, SAP; Former Global Information Security Executive, Bank of America
Evan Wolff
Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP; Former Lead Policy Analyst, MITRE
Evangelos Simoudis
Managing Director, Synapse Partners
Freddy Mangum
CEO, Hub; Former CMO, Mojo Networks, Lastline, and Roambi
Gary Mcalum
Former SVP & Chief Security Officer, USAA
General Keith Alexander (Ret.)
Co-CEO, IronNet; Former Director, NSA & Commander, U.S. Cyber Command
General Peter Pace (Ret.)
Former Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Geoff Beattie
CEO, Generation Capital
Greg Clark
Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital; Former CEO, Symantec
Greg Oslan
Managing Partner, OSG Consulting; Former Strategic Advisor, U.S. DHS & DoD
Hemma Prafullchandra
CTO of M365 Security, Compliance, & Management, Microsoft
James Mobley
SVP & GM of Network Services Business Unit, Cisco; Former CEO, Neohapsis
James Shira
Global & U.S. CIO, PwC
Javier Monzón
Former CEO, Indra Sistemas
Jim Pflaging
Managing Partner, Cynergy Partners
Joe Levy
CTO, Sophos
John De Santis
Former CEO, HyTrust
Dr. John Zangardi
President, Redhorse Corporation; Former CIO, U.S. DHS
Julie Talbot-Hubbard
SVP & GM of Cyber Protection and Identity, Optiv
Julio Casal
CTO, Constella Intelligence; Former CTO, AlienVault
Justin Somaini
CISO, Unity Technologies
Ken Goldman
Former CFO, Yahoo; Former CFO, Fortinet
Ken Xie
CEO, Fortinet
Kevin Mandia
CEO, FireEye; Former CEO, Mandiant
Kristi Rogers
Managing Partner, Principal to Principal; Former CEO, Aspen Healthcare
Martin Fredrickson
Principal Partner, Reisende Partners; Executive Advisor, SailPoint
Michael Hyatt
Former CEO, BlueCat
Mike Rogers
Former Chairman, U.S. House Intelligence Committee
Myrna Soto
Chief Stategy & Trust Officer, Forcepoint; Former Global CISO, Comcast
Nadav Zafrir
Managing Partner, Team8; Former Commander, Unit 8200
Nick Shevelyov
CIO, Silicon Valley Bank
Pat Opet
Global CISO, JPMorgan Chase
Patrick Finn
President & GM, Blue Prism; Former SVP of Public Sector, Cisco
Pedro Galatas
Former Chief Strategy Officer, Westcon
Peter Dixon
CEO, SecondFront Systems
Ramin Safai
CISO & CTO, Jefferies
Richard Hyatt
Former CEO, BlueCat
Richard Puckett
CISO, SAP
Rita Selvaggi
CEO, ActivTrak; Former CMO, AlienVault
Rod Beckstrom
Former CEO, ICANN; Former Director of National Cybersecurity Center, U.S. DHS
Roger Thornton
Former VP of Product & Technology, AT&T Cybersecurity
Sandra Bergeron
Board Member, F5 Networks, Sophos, Sumo Logic, and Qualys
Santiago Moral
CEO, BlueVoyant Spain; Former CISO, BBVA
Sathvik Krishnamurthy
Managing Partner, Security Leadership Capital; Former CEO, Voltage
Sekhar Sarukkai
Serial Entrepreneur; Former Co-founder & CTO; Skyhigh Networks (acq McAfee), Securent and Confluent Software
Shaun Khalfan
CISO, Discover Financial Services
Stan Meresman
Board Member, Cloudflare, DoorDash, Guardent Health, Medallia, and Snap; Former COO, TCV
Steven Petrevski
SVP & General Manager of Data and Analytic Services, Aon
Thomas Feddo
Former Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Tim Booher
VP of Combat Systems, Lockheed Martin
Tim Eades
CEO, vArmour
Tim Mcknight
EVP & CSO, SAP
Vice Admiral Mike Mcconnell (Ret.)
Former Vice Chairman, Booz Allen Hamilton; Former Director, NSA
Wael Mohamed
CEO, Forescout
Yonesy Núñez
CISO, Jack Henry & Associates
