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The Experts

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

Executives

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

Deputy CISO, Hearst

Former CISO, 2U and CTO, Bayshore Networks

Executives

Anthony Belfiore

CSO, Wiz

Former CSO, Aon

Executives

Anthony Dagostino

Global Chief Underwriter, AXA XL

Former CEO and Co-Founder, Converge

Executives

Barmak Meftah

Co-Founder & GP, Ballistic Ventures

Former President, AT&T Cybersecurity

Executives

Brett May

CFO, Progenco

Former VP, Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Co

Executives

Brian Barrios

CISO, Cybersecurity & IT Compliance, SCE

Former Exec Dir Threat & Intel, Southern Company

Brian Robins

CFO, GitLab

Former CFO, Sisense

Executives

Brian T. Geffert

Principle, Cybersecurity Services, KPMG

Former Global CISO, KPMG

Executives

Carlos Amesquita

Founder & President, CEA-Advisory

Former CIO, The Hershey Company

Executives

Carolyn Crandall

CEO, Marticulate

Former Chief Security Advocate & CMO, Attivo Networks – a SentinelOne Company

Chad Kinzelberg

Former SVP of Business and Corporate Development, Palo Alto Networks

Executives

Charlie Moore

Distinguishing Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University

Former Deputy Commander, US Cyber Command

Government

Chris Sharp

CTO at Blockdaemon

Former Engineering Leader at Apple

Executives

Cyndi Gula

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Gula Tech Adventures

Former VP of Operations, Tenable

Executives

Derek Weeks

CMO, Katalon

Former CMO, Linux Foundation

Executives

Diego Souza

EVP & CISO, PROG Holdings

Former Global CISO, Cummins; Former MD Global Cyber Security Leader, United Airlines

Executives

Don Duet

CEO & Co-founder, Concourse Labs

Former President & COO, Vapor.io; Former Technology Division Partner, Goldman Sachs

Executives

Eddie Borrero

CISO, Blue Shield of California

Former CISO, Robert Half

Executives

Elena Kvochko

Chief Trust Officer, SAP

Former Global Information Security Executive, Bank of America

Elizabeth "Liz" Butwin Mann

Advisor, Board Member

Former Strategy and Growth Leader - Americas Technology Consulting, EY

Partners

Enrique Oti

CTO, Second Front Systems

Co-Founder, DIUx and USAF Kessel Run Program

Executives

Erin Joe

Senior Vice President, Mandiant

Former SES – Office of Private Sector, FBI

Executives

Evan Wolff

Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

Former Lead Policy Analyst, MITRE

Government

Evangelos Simoudis

Managing Director, Synapse Partners

Former Managing Director, Trident Capital

Freddy Jose Mangum

Fractional CMO, former GTM advisor to BehavioSec (acq. by LexisNexis Risk Solutions/RELX) and Mojo executive

Gary McAlum

Global CISO, AIG

Former Advisor, TAG Cyber and SVP & Chief Security Officer, USAA

Geoff Beattie

CEO, Generation Capital

Executives

Greg Clark

Managing Partner, Crosspoint Capital

Former CEO, Symantec

Executives

Greg Oslan

Managing Partner, OSG Consulting

Former CEO, Arturo; Former Strategic Advisor, U.S. DHS & DoD

Executives

Hemma Prafullchandra

Former AI Security, Privacy and Data Residency Architect and CTO M365 Security & Compliance, Microsoft

Executives

J. Bruce Bugg

Chairman, Texas Department of Transportation

CEO, Southwest Bancshares Inc.

Government

James Mobley

President, Pony Rose Holdings

Former SVP & GM of Network Services Business Unit, Cisco; Former CEO, Neohapsis

James Shira

Global & U.S. Chief Information Technology Officer, PwC

Former Group CISO, Zurich Insurance Group

Javier Monzón

Former CEO, Indra Sistemas

Executives

Jayson Noland

CFO, Hackerone

Former VP of Strategic Finance, Treasury, and Investor Relations, Cloudflare

Jerry Kowalski

Global CISO, Jefferies

Former America’s CISO, Jefferies

Executives

Jim Pflaging

Managing Partner, Cynergy Partners

Former Strategy Practice & Technology Sector Leader, The Chertoff Group

Joe Levy

CEO, Sophos

Former President of Technology, Sophos and CTO, Blue Coat Systems (Symantec)

John De Santis

Former CEO, HyTrust

Former CEO, TriCipher

Executives

John Zangardi

CEO, Redhorse Corporation

Former CIO, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Executives

Julie Albright

CMO, runZero

Former CMO, Bishop Fox

Executives

Julie Talbot-Hubbard

President of Services and COO, Cyderes

Former SVP & GM of Cyber Protection & Identity, Optiv

Julio Casal

CTO, Constella Intelligence

Former CTO, AlienVault

Executives

Justin Somaini

Partner, YL Ventures

Former CSO, Unity Technologies; Former CSO, SAP

Justin Foster

Chief Technology Officer, Forescout

Former CTO & Co-Founder, Cysiv (acq. by Forescout)

Founders

Keith Alexander

Co-CEO, IronNet

Former Director, NSA & Commander, U.S. Cyber Command

Executives

Kevin Mandia

GP, Ballistic Ventures

Former Founder and CEO, Mandiant/FireEye (Google Cloud)

Executives

Kirstjen Nielsen

President, Lighthouse Strategies

Former Secretary of Homeland Security

Kristi Rogers

Managing Partner, Principal to Principal

Former CEO, Aspen Healthcare

Kristine Briggs

Founder & CEO, OIC Advisors

Former VP Strategy & Operations, Cisco and Neohapsis

Executives

Marene Allison

Board Member, SPHERE, Lutron Eletronics

Board Member, SPHERE, Lutron Eletronics; Former CISO, Johnson & Johnson

Executives

Mark Greisiger

President, NetDiligence®

Formerly of CIGNA

Executives

Martin Fredrickson

Principal Partner, Reisende Partners

Former VP Global Identity Sales & Ops, Sun Microsystems

Executives

Miguel Sánchez

Chief Security and Intelligence Officer, Telefonica

Former Senior Intelligence Officer, CNI Spain

Executives

Mike Rogers

Board Director, Constella Intelligence

Former Chairman of the Board, MITRE; Former Chairman, U.S. House Intelligence Committee

Government

Mike McConnell

Former Vice Chairman, Booz Allen Hamilton; Former Director, NSA

Government

Myrna Soto

Founder and CEO, Apogee Executive Advisors

Former Global CISO, Comcast

Nadav Zafrir

Managing Partner, Team8

Former Commander, Unit 8200

Executives

Neil Costigan

Chief Architect – Behavioral Biometrics, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Former CEO, BehavioSec (acq. by LexisNexis Risk Solutions/RELX)

Nick Shevelyov

Founder, vCSO - Cybersecurity Executive Advisory

Former CISO, Silicon Valley Bank; Former Manager, Deloitte

Executives

Pat Opet

Global CISO, JPMorgan Chase

Former Program Manager, Lockheed Martin

Patrick Finn

President & GM, Blue Prism

Former SVP of Public Sector, Cisco

Executives

Paul Lanzi

Founder & Principal Consultant, Idenovate

Former COO and Co-Founder, Remediant

Founders

Pedro Galatas

Former Chief Strategy Officer, Westcon; Former CEO, Afina

Executives

Peter Dixon

Co-Founder, With Honor and Second Front Systems

Former Major, US Marine Corps

Founders

Richard Puckett

CISO, Boeing

Former CISO, SAP

Executives

Rita Selvaggi

Operating Partner & Advisor, Elsewhere Partners

Former CEO, ActivTrak; Former CMO, AlienVault

Executives

Rod Beckstrom

CEO, Beckstrom

Former CEO, ICANN; Former Director of National Cybersecurity Center, U.S. DHS

Roger Thornton

GP, Ballistic Ventures

Former VP of Product & Technology, AT&T Cybersecurity

Executives

Ron Gula

President & Co-Founder, Gula Tech Ventures

Former Co-founder & CEO, Tenable

Sandra Bergeron

Board Member, F5 Networks, Sumo Logic, and Qualys

Former Director, ArcSight

Executives

Sathvik Krishnamurthy

Founder, Managing Partner, Security Leadership Capital

Former CEO, Voltage

Executives

Sean Cunningham

Former Managing Director, Forgepoint Capital

Former Director of Venture Investments, Intel Capital

Executives

Sekhar Sarukkai

Serial Entrepreneur

Former Co-founder & CTO; Skyhigh Networks (acq McAfee), Securent & Confluent Software

Executives

Shaun Khalfan

SVP, Chief Information Security Officer, Paypal

Former VP, CISO, Freddie Mac; Former CISO, Discover Financial Services

Executives

Sounil Yu

Co-Founder & CTO, Knostic

Former CISO and Head of Research at JupiterOne; Former Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America

Stan Meresman

Board Member, Cloudflare, DoorDash, Guardent Health, Medallia, and Snap

Former COO, TCV

Executives

Steven Petrevski

CEO, Global Holdings

Former SVP & GM, Aon

Executives

Teresa Shea

President, Oplnet LLC

Former VP of CODEX at Raytheon, EVP of Technology at In-Q-Tel, and Director of Signals Intelligence, NSA

Executives

Thomas Feddo

Former Assistant Secretary for Investment Security, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Government

Tim Kosiba

President and CEO, Mountain Crest Consulting and Advisor, Touchstone Futures

Former CEO, [redacted]

Executives

Tim Booher

VP, Autonomy, Boeing

Former VP, Combat Systems, Lockheed Martin

Tushar Kothari

Founder and Former CEO, Attivo Networks – a SentinelOne Company

Executives

Vishal Amin

GM, Microsoft Federal

Former USMC Fighter Pilot (F/A-18 WSO (Ret.))

Wael Mohamed

Managing General Partner, Global Forward Capital

Former CEO, Forescout; Former President, Trend Micro

Executives

Yonesy Núñez

CISO, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Former CISO, Jack and Henry Associates

Executives