Leadership

Chief Executive Officer

Sachin drives the vision and overall business strategy for Securonix. Previously, he was founder & CEO of VAAU where he led the company from conception to acquisition by Sun Microsystems. Following the acquisition by Sun, Sachin served as the Chief Identity Strategist for Sun Microsystems where he led the vision and strategy for the Sun security portfolio. Sachin is a renowned thought leader in areas of risk, regulations, compliance, identity/access and governance and speaks frequently at professional conferences and seminars.

Chief Technology Officer

Tanuj Gulati is a thought leader in security applications of big data analytics. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Securonix where he leads engineering and product management. Internally, he is known as “chief inventor” of the company’s most innovative solutions.

Tanuj is a sought after security analytics expert who advises Fortune 500 organizations, Federal agencies and think tanks. He sits on the governance boards of information security programs at several large organizations to guide the implementation of identity, access, governance, risk and compliance initiatives. In 2016, the Golden Bridge Awards named Tanuj “executive of the year” and “most innovative executive of the year.”

Previously, Tanuj founded and served at VAAU from its inception to its acquisition by Sun Microsystems. He also held key positions at Oracle and Sun Microsystems where he led the global technology team for the identity governance, compliance, and risk product portfolio.

Chief Operations Officer

Dave is responsible for scaling Securonix operations to meet growth targets. Prior to Securonix, Dave served as the COO for a cloud ‘security as a service’ company called Alert Logic, where he led operations, customer success, engineering, product management, security research, security content development, and other key areas of the business. Prior to Alert Logic, Dave was the General Manager of Managed Services for SunGard Availability Services, where he owned the profit and loss (P&L) for a revenue stream of over $400 million. Sungard provides 24/7 production availability services in the areas of managed services, data center services and professional services for enterprise customers.

During Dave’s over 25-year career he has been responsible for all aspects of operating a business and has served in technology, operational, and business leadership roles. He leverages his unique blend of security technology and business experience to continually improve critical systems and processes.

Chief Financial Officer

Brett is a seasoned financial executive with more than 30 years of financial, operational, and engineering experience. Prior to Securonix, Brett was the CFO for Main Street Hub where he led finance, accounting, human resources, recruiting, business intelligence, and information technology. He led the company through significant scale and growth culminating with their acquisition by GoDaddy. Prior to Main Street Hub, Brett was the CFO of Woot, an Amazon company, and also held many other leadership positions at companies from small startups to the Fortune 100. Brett’s career began as an Army officer serving our nation proudly, including decorated service in Desert Storm and Somalia.

Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer

Nitin manages Strategy and Marketing for Securonix and is responsible for the company’s go-to-market strategy and global marketing program spanning brand, corporate, product, analyst relationship, demand generation, field events, and customer marketing activities across the globe. He manages new product and solution strategy and roadmap to ensure Securonix’s leadership position as a visionary in the Security Analytics and Operations space.

With more than 20 years’ experience in cybersecurity, Nitin brings deep expertise in enterprise security strategy, product management, marketing, and operations to grow Securonix’s business, open new markets, and extend the company’s reach around the world.

Chief Revenue Officer

Andy Vallila leads Worldwide Sales for Securonix.  He has over fifteen years of field operations leadership experience in Cybersecurity and has developed lasting relationships with clients from commercial and public sector industries.

His career spans executive sales roles at venture-backed startups, private equity-owned, and publicly traded companies.

EVP, Product Engineering

Chris has a proven track record leading global product and R&D organizations delivering market-leading large-scale SaaS enterprise software and security solutions. Prior to joining Securonix she has held multiple senior product management and engineering positions. This includes serving as the Senior Vice President of Product and Engineering Services at Bitdefender, and Vice President Product at LogRhythm where for  7 years she was responsible for their SIEM product strategy and engineering. Ms. Brazdziunas holds a M.S. degree in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana campus.

EVP, Head of Cloud Operations

Oleg oversees fast-growing cloud operations behind Securonix’s market-leading products. Prior to Securonix, Oleg served in a number of executive leadership roles managing Software-as-a-Service delivery for several large companies and successful startups. He has decades of expertise in world-class technology operations and customer service. Oleg’s educational background is in applied mathematics and he applies similar rigor to the day-to-day challenges of his job.

EVP and Chief People Officer

Dilshan Ratnayake is the executive vice president and chief people officer at Securonix. He is responsible for nurturing a culture of positive engagement, overseeing talent management and development, compensation and benefits, workforce planning, recruitment, HR service delivery, diversity and inclusion. Dilshan was previously head of human resources for the technology division at Sabre a leading global travel technology company.

Dilshan has a strong track record of driving business performance by developing high performing, culturally inclusive, high integrity teams in global organizations. Recognized for the ability to align HR strategy to drive business strategy, Dilshan is well known as an effective and trusted business partner to senior executives, corporate functions, and divisional business teams with demonstrated ability to deliver in times of growth, change and transformation.

Dilshan is dedicated to investing in the next generation of leaders, actively focusing on diversity, inclusion, and an empowered workforce. Prior to joining Securonix in 2020, he held leadership positions at Intellinex, Ernst and Young (a global learning platform start-up), Aramark Corporation, and Sabre Corporation, specializing in technology, human resources, sales and operations. Dilshan earned his bachelor’s degree in Human Performance Improvement Technology and Executive MBA with a focus on finance and strategy from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

SVP, Threat Labs

Nanda brings over 10 years of information security experience with deep expertise in architecting security solutions for large enterprises. Prior to Securonix, Nanda worked for Oracle and Sun Microsystems where he was responsible for solution implementation and sales for all security products.

VP, Global Strategic Initiatives

Cristina oversees Securonix’s international sales activities and is responsible for driving Securonix’s international revenue growth via direct sales and channel partners.

Cristina joined Securonix as our first salesperson bringing over twenty-five years of experience in building strategic customer relationships and sales leadership. Her experience in sales and sales management roles with innovative technology leaders includes SailPoint, Mercury Interactive (acquired by HP), Tivoli (acquired by IBM), BEA (acquired by Oracle), Bowstreet, Sun Microsystems (acquired by Oracle), NCR, and Credant Technologies (acquired by Dell).

VP, Engineering

Anjan manages the product engineering and sustaining teams at Securonix. Anjan is one of the founders of Securonix and is responsible for the product design and development activities. Prior to joining Securonix, Anjan worked with Oracle in the advanced solutions group. He previously worked at Sun Microsystems and VAAU where he contributed to the development of their identity management products.

VP, Engineering (Interface Design and Usability)

Harsh is one of the founders of Securonix and is responsible for leading the design and development of the user interface. He brings over 12 years of experience in the development of enterprise security solutions. He has deep expertise in architecting and developing security solutions for large enterprises. Prior to joining Securonix, Harsh worked as a senior developer at Oracle where he focused on identity management products. He also held technical engineering positions at Sun Microsystems and VAAU.

Chief Architect

Derrick Harcey has over 23 years of experience in information technologies. He is a licensed professional engineer, a certified information systems security professional (CISSP), and a member of Infragard. For the past 18 years, he has been an enterprise security architect and an identity management software specialist. Derrick has extensive expertise in security architecture, identity management, data security, mobile application security, web services security, compliance, federation, SSO and directory services. Derrick has also been an active Java developer since Java’s inception and he is a project founder of the open source Project OpenPTK. Derrick has worked with customers on a global basis across industries. Prior to joining Securonix, he was the identity, credential, and access management solution lead for North American public sector at Oracle. In this capacity, he was the public sector lead for enterprise security architecture alignment with government standards including the NIST 800 Series, FIPS and FISMA.

As the Chief Architect at Securonix, Derrick is responsible for the enterprise architecture, security hardening, scalability and performance of Securonix solutions.

General Counsel

Arezou leads the Securonix legal team. Responsible for the legal, compliance, and risk management aspects of the company, Arezou partners closely with the leadership team in driving strategic growth and operational goals. She has a background working with startups of all sizes—from seed to venture capital-funded—as well as experience in litigation, fraud, and risk management. Dedicated to issues around diversity, inclusion, and equality, Arezou serves on the board of the Washington Women Lawyers and the Washington Initiative for Diversity. She is also involved with the Association of Corporate Counsel, serving on the events committee for the Washington Chapter.

VP, Technology Services (APJ & ME); General Manager (India)

Rama is a strategic technology Leader with 19 years experience leading the design, implementation, integration and operations of enterprise IT infrastructure services and Information Security technologies. Rama is responsible for setting up and managing the Securonix India operations, the technology hub which is very strategic to Securonix’ growth globally. Rama is also responsible for providing the executive leadership for delivery of technology services in the APJ and ME regions. Before joining Securonix, Rama was working at GE Capital, responsible for implementation and operations of Security Monitoring technologies globally.

VP, Customer Success

Energetic and results-driven, Shareth Ben is the VP of Customer Success at Securonix, and focuses on transforming customer success to operate at-scale. He is responsible for strategizing and executing on the post-sales customer journey, from onboarding to adoption and value management.

Shareth and his team work cross-functionally with Product Management, Product Engineering, STL, Sales, Marketing, and Professional Services to actualize the capabilities of a Next-Gen SIEM, across strategic, high-growth, and mid-market customer segments.

Shareth has over fifteen years of cybersecurity domain knowledge, deep SIEM/UEBA product expertise combined with Big 4 consulting experience, and a background fostering customer relationships and leading customer facing teams.

Shareth is passionate about supporting organizations to mitigate their insider risk by helping them build and augment corporate insider risk programs. He has worked with dozens of Fortune 500 companies across their cybersecurity initiatives to demonstrate measurable value. Shareth’s thought leadership on insider risk has been published in several articles featured in the WSJ, Forbes, Dark Reading ,and other notable media platforms. Shareth is on the board of Ithaca College’s Customer Experience program where he works with faculty to shape the future of customer experience for SAAS companies.

Chief Executive Officer, Securonix

Sachin drives the vision and overall business strategy for Securonix. Previously, he was founder & CEO of VAAU where he led the company from conception to acquisition by Sun Microsystems. Following the acquisition by Sun, Sachin served as the Chief Identity Strategist for Sun Microsystems where he led the vision and strategy for the Sun security portfolio. Sachin is a renowned thought leader in areas of risk, regulations, compliance, identity/access and governance and speaks frequently at professional conferences and seminars.

Chief Technology Officer, Securonix

Tanuj Gulati is a thought leader in security applications of big data analytics. He is co-founder and chief technology officer of Securonix where he leads engineering and product management. Internally, he is known as “chief inventor” of the company’s most innovative solutions.

Tanuj is a sought after security analytics expert who advises Fortune 500 organizations, Federal agencies and think tanks. He sits on the governance boards of information security programs at several large organizations to guide the implementation of identity, access, governance, risk and compliance initiatives. In 2016, the Golden Bridge Awards named Tanuj “executive of the year” and “most innovative executive of the year.”

Previously, Tanuj founded and served at VAAU from its inception to its acquisition by Sun Microsystems. He also held key positions at Oracle and Sun Microsystems where he led the global technology team for the identity governance, compliance, and risk product portfolio.

Senior Managing Director and Co-Head, Flagship Fund, Vista Equity Partners

Michael Fosnaugh joined Vista Equity Partners in 2005. Mr. Fosnaugh is Co-Head of the Flagship Fund and sits on its Investment Committee. Additionally, Mr. Fosnaugh serves as a member of Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction, and Vista’s Private Equity Management Committee, the firm’s decision-making body for matters affecting Vista’s overall private equity platform. Mr. Fosnaugh currently sits on the boards of Acquia, Alegeus, Applause, CentralSquare, EAB, Greenway Health, Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ: IAS), Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF), Ping Identity (NYSE: PING), PlanSource, Securonix, SmartBear, Stats Perform and TripleLift. He was also actively involved in the firm’s investments in Advicent, Forcepoint, Mediaocean, MRI Software, Numerator, SirsiDynix, Sunquest Information Systems, Vertafore, Websense and Zywave. Mr. Fosnaugh is Co-Head of the Chicago office.

Prior to joining Vista, Mr. Fosnaugh worked in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group at SG Cowen & Co., where he focused on the software, services and financial technology sectors. While at SG Cowen, Mr. Fosnaugh advised clients on buy-side and sell-side transactions, public and private equity financings, and other strategic advisory initiatives.

Managing Director, Flagship Fund, Vista Equity Partners

Rod Aliabadi joined Vista in 2008 and sits on the Vista Flagship Funds’ Investment Committee. Mr. Aliabadi sits on the boards of Acquia, EAB, Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ: IAS), Ping Identity (NYSE: PING), Quickbase and TripleLift. Mr. Aliabadi was also actively involved in Vista’s investments in Aderant, BigMachines, Forcepoint, Mediaocean, Mitratech, Numerator, Relias Learning, Securonix, SirsiDynix, Stats Perform, SumTotal, TIBCO, and Websense.

Prior to joining Vista, Mr. Aliabadi worked at the Stanford Genome Technology Center focusing on the development of nanotechnology-driven diagnostics. During his time at Stanford, Mr. Aliabadi became involved with the creation and spin-out of NextBio, a provider of SaaS-based products for integrating corporate and public data from sequencing and microarray technologies (acquired by Illumina in 2013).

Vice President, Flagship Fund, Vista Equity Partners

Brooke Nakatsukasa joined Vista Equity Partners in 2016 and is currently a member of the private equity Flagship team. Ms. Nakatsukasa currently sits on the boards of Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ: IAS), iCIMS and Securonix. She works with the firm’s investments in Gainsight and Ping Identity (NYSE: PING). Ms. Nakatsukasa was also actively involved with the firm’s investments in Datto (NYSE: MSP), Lucid, Numerator, Quickbase and Zapproved.
Prior to joining Vista, Ms. Nakatsukasa worked at Deutsche Bank in the Financial Sponsors Group, where she advised private equity clients on mergers, acquisitions and capital raises across a variety of sectors including consumer, industrials, and financial institutions.

Senior Managing Director and Head of Value Creation, Vista Equity Partners

Nadeem Syed joined Vista Equity Partners in 2018 and is currently Head of Value Creation and a member of the private equity Flagship team. Mr. Syed serves as a member of Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction, and Vista’s Private Equity Management Committee, the firm’s decision-making body for matters affecting Vista’s overall private equity platform. Mr. Syed currently sits on the boards of Alegeus, Allvue Systems, Apptio, Datto (NYSE: MSP), iCIMS, PlanSource, and Securonix.

Prior to joining Vista, Mr. Syed was CEO of Finastra (formerly Misys), a Vista company and the third- largest financial services software company in the world. Before his time with Finastra, Mr. Syed was COO of SumTotal Systems, a former Vista company, where he led the company’s strategic initiatives overseeing services, support, engineering, product management and cloud operations. Prior to SumTotal Systems, Mr. Syed spent 19 years in multiple senior leadership roles at Oracle.

Operating Senior Vice President, Flagship Fund, Vista Equity Partners

Roxane Divol joined Vista Equity Partners in 2021 and is currently a member of the private equity Flagship team. Ms. Divol currently sits on the board of Drift, Securonix, and TripleLift.

Prior to joining Vista, Ms. Divol served as Group COO at Webhelp, helping drive growth and operational best practices across 40 countries and over 140 sites across the customer experience lifecycle. Before her time with Webhelp, Ms. Divol worked at Symantec as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Website Security. While at Symantec, Ms. Divol started and incubated a startup, CyberCube Analytics, focused on cyber risk analytics for insurers. Prior to Symantec, Ms. Divol was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, focusing on technology companies.

In 2017, Ms. Divol was named one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Council and Elite Women in Insurance by Insurance Business America.

Senior Advisor, Vista Equity Partners

Clifford K. Chiu joined Vista Equity Partners in 2015 as a Senior Advisor to the Firm. Mr. Chiu also now serves as a Senior Advisor to Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction. Additionally, Mr. Chiu sits on the boards of Acquia, Allvue Systems, Apptio, Finastra, Fusion Risk Management, LogicMonitor, Securonix, and TIBCO.

Outside of Vista, Mr. Chiu is a corporate director and private investment firm senior advisor, as well as a board or committee appointee to government bodies and non-governmental organizations in financial services, enterprise software, data and technology-enabled solutions, healthcare, education, social welfare and the arts located throughout the United States and Hong Kong.

Prior to joining Vista, he was a partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) where he founded and led capital raising and investor relations for the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Chiu also serves as a senior advisor to Neuberger Berman Group (and member of NSBH) in Hong Kong, and is a public appointee on the Advisory Panel of Cyberport.hk. Additionally, Mr. Chiu is a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. He was appointed to the Policy Research Committee and then the Market Development Committee of the HK Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) from inception in 2013 until its January 2019 incorporation, as well as the Investment Committee of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority from 2013 until his final term expired in December 2020.

With a career spanning four decades, Mr. Chiu previously served as a managing director and head of Asian institutional business at JP Morgan Asset Management, and as managing director and head of Hong Kong investment banking and before then co-head of Japan investment banking at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup and its predecessors based in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. He is a former director and audit committee member of Hsin Chong Construction Group (Hang Seng: 0404.HK), Cambium Learning Group (Nasdaq: ABCD), where he chaired the special independent committee associated with its December 2018 acquisition, the Regulatory Data Corp. until its sale to Moody’s Corp. in January 2020, Infoblox, Inc. until its investment by Warburg Pincus in December 2020, and Ping Identity Inc. (NYSE: PING). Additionally, Mr. Chiu served as a director of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority’s United Christian Hospital and Tseung Kwan O Hospital for over a decade, and as treasurer of the New York City Mission Society.

Mr. Chiu is a director or trustee of the Seton Fund, Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) and St. James Settlement. A lifelong champion of education and healthcare, Mr. Chiu has served on the global advisory boards of the Weingarten Learning Resources Center at the University of Pennsylvania and of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business where in 2015 he was appointed the first “distinguished executive-in-residence” at its Hong Kong campus. Through the Clinton Global Initiative, Mr. Chiu launched a 2015 commitment to action, “K-12 Learning Through Global Connectivity” in language arts and STEM skills. Mr. Chiu also endowed annual scholarships at his alma maters Chicago Booth and the University of Pennsylvania as well as the Hong Kong University Medical School, Pomona College, and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, for which collectively Mr. Chiu is credited for mentoring hundreds of students and alumni. Additional community partnerships for Mr. Chiu include Dell Seton and Ascension Seton Medical Centers in student mental health and underinsured COVID-19 pandemic patients. In 2020, Mr. Chiu’s first-ever OpEd entitled “We Must Denounce Hate Against Asian-Americans” was published in the Austin American-Statesman, which inspired the City of Austin, Texas’ Proclamation of October 1st as Asian American/Pacific Islander Community Day.

Co-Founder and CEO, Apptio

Sunny Gupta is the Co-founder and CEO of Apptio. He co-founded Apptio in 2007 with a customer obsession that led him to uncover significant untapped demand for pioneering a new software category (Technology Business Management or TBM) – an analytics-based business management system for CIOs. Gupta led Apptio to an Initial Public Offering in September 2016 (NASDAQ: APTI) as well as its acquisition by Vista Equity Partners in January 2019 for $1.94B. Since going private with Vista he has led 4 acquisitions, significantly expanded the customer base, expanded into international markets and increased innovation.

Prior to founding Apptio, Sunny was EVP of Products at Opsware, responsible for all product businesses, until Opsware’s acquisition by HP in 2007. He was also the co-founder and CEO of iConclude, which pioneered the IT runbook automation market through its acquisition by Opsware. Previously, Sunny held senior leadership roles in Products, Business Development and Engineering at Mercury Interactive, Rational Software, and IBM. Sunny earned a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of South Carolina (Now Coastal Carolina University), was selected as a “Top 40 CEO Under 40”, and was recognized an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2012 for Pacific Northwest. Sunny was named to the prestigious Puget Sound Business Journal Power 100 list for 2020 and 2021.

Sunny joined the Gainsight Board of Directors in May 2021, and also serves as Strategic Advisory Board Member to Foster School of Business at University of Washington.

Managing Partner, Volition Capital

Roger focuses on investments in software and technology-enabled business services and currently serves on the boards of Insite Software, LoanLogics, Messagepoint, and Securonix. He previously served on the boards of G5 Search Marketing (Peak Equity Partners), iPipeline (acquired by Thoma Bravo), RedBrick Health (acquired by Marlin Group), Velocify (acquired by Ellie Mae), VisualIQ (acquired by Nielsen), and Vibes Media. Prior to helping found Volition Capital in 2010, Roger was a partner at Fidelity Ventures where he focused on early growth equity investments including GeoLearning (acquired by SumTotal). Roger was also a partner at Apax Partners, focused primarily on investments in enterprise software and technology-enabled services including Intralinks, Planview, and RealPage.

Before that, he worked for GE Capital and was a Vice President of GE Equity, where he played a key role in developing the technology group’s investment strategy for business-to-business electronic commerce. His investments at GE Equity included Commerce One, OpenSite Technologies, Proxicom, and Multex. Earlier in his career, Roger worked in corporate finance at Chase Manhattan Bank, and spent six years at Arthur Andersen in accounting and corporate finance. Roger is a National Judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards. He is a former board member of the Venture Investors Association of New York and currently serves on the Advisory Board of The Quebec City Conference.

Roger received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Syracuse University in 1987 and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995.

Associate Deputy Director (Former), Federal Bureau of Investigation; Managing Director and CISO (Former), Citi

Mr. Harrington served as a Managing Director and the Chief Information Security Officer for Citi between 2012 and 2018. He was responsible for expanding global cybersecurity initiatives focused on protecting Citi, and its 200 million clients and customers. He led a transformation effort to install an intelligence led, threat focused approach to information security at Citi. His “must win battle” campaign was to create a learning organization; which is cohesive, adaptable and responsive to the evolving and changing cyber threat that Citi would encounter in its role as a global financial institution. This effort included the creation of a network of Cyber Security Fusion Centers in New York, Budapest and Singapore all built on a principals of a “Team of Teams” approach, with centralized command and control responsibilities. Mr. Harrington expanded the crisis management program to include a global cyber war gaming initiative, complemented by the expansion and operationalization of crisis management playbooks, team preparation and the development of business leaders capable of responding to real world challenges. Core to his leadership approach has been his commitment to invest in talent, teamwork, and technology. His creation of transparent career paths for cyber security and intelligence professionals coupled with presenting life-long learning opportunities all helped to create a world class workforce.

EVP, Booz Allen Hamilton

Patrick Gorman serves as Executive Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton. With 25 years of experience, Gorman has worked in multiple capacities in security, strategy, defense and intelligence practice areas. He recently served as the Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Bridgewater Associates and from 2011 to 2013, Gorman was the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, where he had oversight of security policy, technology and operations. He honed his expertise at Booz Allen Hamilton as Senior Executive Advisor of Cybersecurity where he was responsible for strategic planning, business development, capability development, marketing and capture management for the firm’s cyber portfolio. His rich background stems from holding the position as Asst. Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Intelligence Community and over ten years in the USAF as part of The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS).

Director (Former), National Intelligence; Director (Former), National Security Agency; Vice Chairman (Former), Booz Allen Hamilton

Mike McConnell was appointed Director of National Intelligence (DNI) under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and served as a member of the National Security Council managing the US Intelligence Community’s global engagement in support of US and allied national security objectives. As DNI, McConnell was successful in persuading the President and the Congress to invest over $17B in improving cyber security defenses of the nation.

McConnell is a Senior Executive Advisor and former Vice Chairman of Booz Allen Hamilton, where his primary roles included serving on the firm’s leadership team and leading Booz Allen’s cyber security business. McConnell led the development of the firm’s information assurance business and intelligence business focused on policy, transformation, homeland security, and intelligence analytics.

McConnell’s career spans over 40 years focused on international development and foreign intelligence issues. His 29-year career as a US Navy intelligence officer included significant assignments that impacted national security issues. During Desert Shield/Storm and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, McConnell served as the Intelligence Officer for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell, and the Secretary of Defense, Dick Cheney. From 1992 to 1996 he served as the Director of the National Security Agency (DIRNSA) under Presidents George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton.

McConnell has twice received the nation’s highest award for service in the Intelligence Community. He has also served as Chairman and CEO of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). He is the 2011 recipient of INSA’s William Oliver Baker Award, which is awarded annually for sustained and excellent service in intelligence and national security.

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Former), Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence

Art Money was Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence. Prior to his serving as Assistant Secretary, Mr. Money served as the Senior Civilian Official, Office of the ASD C3I, and as the Department of Defense’s Chief Information Officer.  Money also served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Acquisition.

Advisory Council, Department of Homeland Security

Bob Rose is an internationally recognized cybersecurity expert providing the U.S. government and companies strategic counseling and governance on a full array of cyber-related issues at the nexus of technology, national security, law enforcement and privacy. Bob  is a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Advisory Council, and previously served as a senior adviser to the Chairman of Bridgewater Associates. Bob has received appointments to the NSA’s Cyber Awareness & Response Panel, the Department of State’s International Security Advisory Board, the National Counterterrorism Center’s Advisory Board, and the Director of National Intelligence’s Financial Sector Advisory Board.

Business Information Security Officer, Citadel

Brandon Swafford is a security and technology executive with more than a decade of experience in e-discovery, counterintelligence, and financial-services security. He is currently the Business Information Security Officer at Citadel.

Brandon has previously served as the chief technology officer for insider threat at Forcepoint and as the chief information security officer at Webster Bank.

CEO and Co-Founder, Posturity

Chris Bell is Co-Founder and CEO of Posturity. Previously, Bell was a founder and COO at Securonix where he helped establish Securonix as the market leader in security analytics. Prior to Securonix, Chris founded Evantix, the world’s first vendor IT risk reporting bureau and held senior management positions at Deloitte and EY.

VP and Chief Security Officer, BAE Systems

Jeffrey C. (“J.C.”) Dodson is the VP and Chief Security Officer for BAE Systems. He is responsible for corporate cybersecurity strategy, operations and assurance supporting five major international markets with employees in over 40 countries. He currently serves on the National Defense Sector Coordinating Committee’s Supply Chain Cybersecurity Task Force and the American Society of Industrial Security’s Defense and Intelligence Council.

Director of the Office of Security and Counterintelligence (Former), National Security Agency

Kemp Ensor recently retired from the National Security Agency where he worked for part 37 years; the last 18 as Director of the Office of Security and Counterintelligence.  Kemp has a proven track record of identifying, evaluating, and mitigating threat risks in a large Intelligence Community Agency thus enhancing their physical, personnel and insider threat posture.

Vice President and CISO, BJC HealthCare

As vice president and chief information security officer for BJC HealthCare, Matthew Modica is responsible for the strategic direction, planning and implementation of enterprise IT systems, business operation and facility defenses against security breaches and vulnerability issues. He has the responsibility for establishing, meeting and continuously monitoring the information security goals and objectives, while maintaining alignment with the strategic goals and priorities for BJC.

BJC HealthCare is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health care organizations with $5.3 billion in net revenues and more than 31,000 employees in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and mid-Missouri regions. Its teaching hospitals, Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, are affiliated with internationally renowned Washington University School of Medicine.

Modica has a long-tenured career in the information security field at multiple Fortune 1000 companies in the financial services, health care and data services industries.

Modica holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology from Southeast Missouri State University and is currently attending Webster University’s MBA program. He is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Modica is passionate about preparing the next generation to serve in cybersecurity and STEM-related roles. He serves on the St. Louis CISO board and cybersecurity advisory committees for Southeast Missouri State University, Webster University, Washington University, SecureWorld St. Louis and the Evanta CXO Summit. Additionally, Modica sits on the Autism Speaks STL golf committee whose mission is to raise funds to support research and services for those on the autism spectrum.

Secretary (Former), Department of Homeland Security

As Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security from 2005 to 2009, Michael Chertoff led the country in blocking would-be terrorists from crossing our borders or implementing their plans if they were already in the country. He also transformed FEMA into an effective organization following Hurricane Katrina. His greatest successes have earned few headlines – because the important news is what didn’t happen.

At The Chertoff Group, Mr. Chertoff provides high-level strategic counsel to corporate and government leaders on a broad range of security issues, from risk identification and prevention to preparedness, response and recovery. “Risk management has become the CEO’s concern,” he says. “We help our clients develop comprehensive strategies to manage risk without building barriers that get in the way of carrying on their business.”

Before heading up the Department of Homeland Security, Mr. Chertoff served as a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Earlier, during more than a decade as a federal prosecutor, he investigated and prosecuted cases of political corruption, organized crime, corporate fraud and terrorism – including the investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Mr. Chertoff is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College (1975) and Harvard Law School (1978). From 1979-1980 he served as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Jr.

In addition to his role at The Chertoff Group, Mr. Chertoff is also senior of counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations practice group.

Brig. Gen. (Res.), Israel Defense Forces; Head of the Civilian Division (Former), Israel National Cyber Bureau Prime Minister’s Office

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Efrati has served in the Israel Defense Forces for more than twenty-eight years. He commanded numerous prestigious operational and technological positions in military intelligence and received the Creative Thinking Award from the Director of Military Intelligence.

Mr. Rami Efrati is an expert in cyber strategy methods and has many years of experience with anti-terrorism and intelligence technology. Mr. Efrati is one of the founding members and former Head of the Civilian Division of the Israel National Cyber Bureau in the Prime Minister’s Office. In this capacity he raised Israel to a leading position in the civilian aspects of global cybersecurity and brought multinational companies to open cyber R&D centers in Israel. Mr. Efrati has leveraged the existential cyber threat to Israel into a unique business opportunity encouraging the development of a large cyber ecosystem supporting hundreds of new cyber related startups.

Mr. Efrati is currently involved in international-level strategic projects for cybersecurity and innovation. Until recently, Mr. Efrati was a founder and President of Firmitas Cyber Solutions – focusing on providing a unique technological approach for the security of mission-critical infrastructure and industrial internet of things.

Mr. Efrati has over 20 years of civilian experience and has been involved in entrepreneurial activities with both start-up and established companies in the cybersecurity, high tech, and bio-technology sectors. Mr. Efrati is an Associate in the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzelia (IDC), a place he shares his unique experience in the cyber terror world. Mr. Efrati is also a guest expert and lecturer in the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and a Senior Cyber Fellow in Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, Technology, and Security in Tel-Aviv University.

Mr. Efrati is an advisory board member at Securonix – an industry-leading platform for security analytics that provides advanced monitoring and threat detection capabilities. Mr. Efrati is serving the community as Past District Governor of Lions Clubs in Israel.

CEO, The HCI Group

Richard “Ricky” Caplin is CEO of The HCI Group, one of the largest global healthcare IT consulting firms. Following the merger between The HCI Group and Tech Mahindra, Caplin became one of the top global executives at Tech Mahindra, a global technology company.

Caplin is the recipient of the 2015 Ernst and Young Florida Entrepreneur of the Year Award and has received recognition for his civic service.

Managing Director, Disputes and Investigations, Alvarez & Marsal

Rocco Grillo is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations practice in New York. As Head of the firm’s Global Cyber Risk and Incident Response Services practice, he leads multi-disciplinary teams that provide cyber risk and incident response services to clients.

Mr. Grillo brings over 25 years of experience providing clients with cybersecurity advisory services, incident response investigations and other technical advice, including providing guidance to C-suite and board members. He has been a trusted partner of multiple government agencies, including the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service, where his expertise was instrumental in investigating and resolving a variety of cyber-based crimes.

Mr. Grillo’s experience and understanding of commercial sector challenges and national security objectives have influenced national policy in cybersecurity, including the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. He has advised clients on some of the most complex cybersecurity initiatives and coordinated incident response efforts for some of the largest security breaches over the last decade.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Grillo held leadership positions at professional services organizations including Stroz Friedberg/Aon Cyber Solutions, where he served as the Global Leader of Cybersecurity Services. Previously, he was a founding member of Protiviti Inc’s Cybersecurity Practice, leading the development of its Global Incident Response and Forensics Investigations Practice.

Mr. Grillo earned a Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University. He sits on CREST’s Americas Council and is an affiliate board advisor for the Retail & Hospitality ISAC. He has assisted with thought leadership initiatives for the FS-ISAC and helps create its annual Compromise Against Payments Systems (CAPS), the simulated industry cyberattack exercise.

Mr. Grillo is a member of the Shared Assessments Program Steering Committee that helps shape third Party Risk Management best practice and a Ponemon Institute Distinguished Fellow. He has served on the CLM Cyber Liability Council, the Board of Directors of the NY Metro ISSA Chapter, the IT Policy Compliance Group, and the (i-4) International Information Integrity Institute Research Steering Committee. In 2021, Mr. Grillo was recognized by Chambers & Partners’ Crisis and Risk Management guide as a spotlighted expert in cybersecurity risk and by The Consulting Report as in the top 5 of its Top 50 cybersecurity leaders.

CISO and Managing Director, Cybersecurity and Technology Risk Management, American Airlines

David is the CISO and Managing Director of Cybersecurity and Technology Risk Management for American Airlines.

He joined American Airlines in 2007 as the Senior Manager of IT Security where he spent the next 5 years reshaping the company’s Cybersecurity program. After switching roles to lead the Enterprise Infrastructure team, he rejoined Cybersecurity to lead a newly formed organization that included Technology Risk Management.

David started his career at a multi-billion dollar global financial services firm as a Corporate Auditor focusing on cybersecurity and emerging distributed systems controls. After 8 years in financial services, he entered the consulting industry taking on a leadership role in Cybersecurity and Technology Risk advisory services at Arthur Andersen / Protiviti. David helped clients improve cyber controls and regulatory compliance across a variety of industries including financial services , healthcare and energy and addressed adopting requirement frameworks such as PCI, SOX and HIPAA.

Today, David is a Board member of the Aviation Information Sharing Analysis Center and serves on several advisory boards for leading and emerging cybersecurity product companies.

He is passionate about helping solve the cybersecurity talent shortage by focusing on building a growth oriented mindset within his team and bringing in people from non traditional backgrounds to expand the inclusiveness of thought across the cybersecurity landscape. This includes partnering with Women in Cybersecurity and various educational institutions that focus on Cybersecurity.

VP of Engineering, Union Bank & Trust Company

As VP of Engineering at Union Bank & Trust Company, Adam Fousek provides leadership and strategic direction for the Cyber Security, System Engineering, Platform Engineering, and Data Insights teams. He ensures these teams are aligned with business objectives and enabling technology to provide a strategic advantage. Adam holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management of Information Systems and has over 20 years of experience in the technology field.

Founder and CEO, Asymmetrica

Dr. Vanessa Neumann is a Venezuelan-American entrepreneur, author, diplomat, and global political thought leader. She is the founder and CEO of the Latin American consultancy, Asymmetrica, which for over a decade has resolved complex investor issues and managed government relations, while stressing good governance, integrity, and strengthened communities. She also currently serves as the Spokesperson for Democratic Governance for the IX Summit of the Americas, representing approximately 400 NGOs across the Western Hemisphere for the next three years.

At the invitation of then Pres. Álvaro Uribe, Dr. Neumann did field work in the reintegration of Colombian paramilitaries. Notably, she was the academic reviewer for the US military’s Special Operations Command (SOCOM) teaching text on counterinsurgency in Colombia, ARIS Series. From 2013 to 2017, she served on the Task Force Against Illicit Trade at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Her first commercial book, “Blood Profits: How American Consumers Unwittingly Fund Terrorists,” was published in 2017. The Brazilian edition, “Lucros de Sangue,” was published in 2018. On 15 May 2018, her company Asymmetrica launched the Golden Hydra Report on illicit finance in South America’s Tri-Border Area. Ten months later, on 13 March 2019, she testified before the US Congress House Foreign Affairs Committee at the Hearing on H.R. 1004, “Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Act.”

From March 2019 to December 2020, she served as ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland for the Interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaidó. Her notable achievements during that time were the freezing of the $2.2 billion of sovereign gold bullion at the Bank of England and bringing Juan Guaidó to meet UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at No. 10 Downing Street.

She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University in theories of justice, and a current fellowship at Yale University’s Global Justice Program.

Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University

Frank J. Cilluffo is the Director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security. He recently served on the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission and previously led efforts on cyber, supply chain, economic security, and counterterroism for DHS’s Homeland Security Advisory Council.

He is routinely called upon to advise senior officials in the executive branch, U.S. Armed Services, and state and local governments on an array of matters related to national and homeland security strategy and policy. He has publicly testified before Congress on dozens of occasions, serving as a subject matter expert on policies related to cyber threats, counterterrorism, security and deterrence, weapons proliferation, organized crime, intelligence and threat assessments, emergency management, and border and transportation security. He has presented at a number of bi-lateral and multi-lateral summits on cybersecurity and countering terrorism, including the U.N. Security Council.

Cilluffo previously served as a Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security immediately following the attacks on September 11, 2001. He then joined George Washington University in 2003, establishing the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security as a prominent nonpartisan think tank dedicated to building bridges between theory and practice to advance U.S. security. He served as an associate vice president at GW where he led a number of national security and cybersecurity policy and research initiatives and, with the School of Business, launched the university’s World Executive MBA in Cybersecurity program.

Prior to his White House appointment, Cilluffo spent eight years in senior policy positions with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank. There, he chaired or directed numerous committees and task forces on homeland defense, counterterrorism and transnational organized crime, as well as information warfare and information assurance.

He has published extensively in academic, law, business and policy journals, as well as magazines and newspapers worldwide. Some of these include: ABC News, Foreign Policy, The Journal of International Security Affairs, NBC News, Newsweek, Politico, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. He has also served as an on-air national security consultant for CBS News and is active in numerous nonprofit organizations, including serving as a trustee for the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering and chairman of the advisory board for Cyber Florida. He also advises companies and start-ups on cybersecurity matters.

Secretary (former), Department of Homeland Security

Kirstjen Nielsen has worked across the globe as a speaker, author and thought leader in addressing critical global security issues, including emerging threats, resilience, and cybersecurity for over two decades.

Ms. Nielsen’s breadth of experience stands uniquely at the crossroads of policy, strategy, and operations, enabling her to steward integrated initiatives in complex enterprise environments, preparing organizations to navigate ever-emerging cybersecurity threats, manage risk, and ensure resiliency. She is currently the founder of her second global advisory services firm, Lighthouse Strategies, and advises investors and technology companies on risk management, government mission requirements, new technology use cases across the public and private security spectrum, and the mitigation of potential threats or vulnerabilities posed by new technologies.

Ms. Nielsen most recently served as the sixth U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, where she oversaw 240,000 law enforcement, civilian and military employees and a $70 billion annual budget. During her tenure, Secretary Nielsen drove major organizational change at DHS to protect the nation against evolving threats and better equip frontline defenders, including increasing consequences for malicious cyber actors, launching sophisticated efforts to block terrorists from infiltrating the US, successfully working with Congress to create the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and crafting new legislative authorities to protect civilians against weaponized drones and chemical/biological weapons. Previously, Ms. Nielsen held various positions in government, including White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff, Senior Director on the Homeland Security Council and other senior positions in the executive and legislative branches of government.

Internationally recognized as a national security expert, Ms. Nielsen is active on a variety of advisory and policy boards, promoting government, non-profit, and private sector security collaboration. She holds a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.