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.

Gulati 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 Gulati “executive of the year” and “most innovative executive of the year.”

Previously, Gulati 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.

EVP, Strategic Initiatives

Chris comes to Securonix with 25 years of experience leading sales at successful start-ups including Tivoli Systems, Waveset, Credant, Hyper9 and Sailpoint Technologies. He has been an innovator in sales methodology, process and incentives oriented toward accelerating sales and scaling infrastructure for maximum revenue creation. Chris believes joining Securonix is a fitting culmination of his experiences in start-ups, and one of the most promising ventures of his career.

Senior VP, Cybersecurity Solutions

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.

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.

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.

Executive Vice President 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.

Executive Vice President, 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.

VP, International Sales

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 Mircrosystems (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; 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 region. Before joining Securonix, Rama was working at GE Capital, responsible for implementation and operations of Security Monitoring technologies globally.

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.

Gulati 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 Gulati “executive of the year” and “most innovative executive of the year.”

Previously, Gulati 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.

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.

Retired Director NSA, Retired Vice Chairman BAH

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.

Former CISO BOA, Former CSO Bridgewater

Patrick Gorman serves as the head of strategy and product development for CyberGRX. 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 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.)

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for 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.

Member of the DHS Homeland Security Advisory Council

Bob Rose is a member of the DHS’s Homeland Security Advisory Council. Bob previously served as a senior adviser to the Chairman of Bridgewater Associates and 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 at 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.

Co-founder and CEO of Opora

Chris Bell is co-founder and CEO of Opora. 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.

Global CISO for BAE Systems plc., and Vice President, Cybersecurity for BAE Systems, Inc.

Jeffrey C. (“J.C.”) Dodson is the Global Chief Information Security Officer for BAE Systems plc., and Vice President, Cybersecurity for BAE Systems, Inc. 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.

Former Director of the Office of Security and Counterintelligence at the NSA

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 Chief Information Security Officer, 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.

Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security & Securonix Advisory Board Member

As Secretary of the U.S. 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, Former Head of the Civilian Division, 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 of 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.

Associate Deputy Director (Retired), Federal Bureau of Investigation; Managing Director and Chief Information Security Officer (Retired), 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.

He served as a member of Citi’s Operations & Technology (O&T) senior leadership team, serving on the O&T Management Committee, the Information Security Risk Committee, the Global Fraud Management Committee and the Global O&T Business Risk, Compliance & Control Committee. Mr. Harrington routinely engaged with Citi’s board of directors and its regulatory authorities.

Prior to joining Citi, Mr. Harrington served as the Associate Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). At the time he retired from the FBI he had served over 30 years with the US Government. He served in multiple leadership positions at the FBI to include national security, counterterrorism, criminal, cyber, intelligence operations and field office operations. His leadership and success was recognized in 2012 with his receipt of the FBI’s Medal for Meritorious Achievement. He was also recognized with two Presidential Rank Awards; President George W. Bush awarded him the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive for his work on the counterterrorism mission and President Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive for his work on the FBI’s intelligence and business transformation efforts.

Mr. Harrington earned his Bachelor of Science from Mount St. Mary’s University, with a major in accounting. His is also an Honors Graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, American Bankers Association, at the University of Delaware. He has served on the boards of the National Cyber Forensic & Training Alliance (NCFTA), the Cyber Security Committee for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the board of managers at the Financial Systemic Analysis & Resilience Center (FSARC), the FBI’s Domestic Security Alliance Council and the Forensic Accounting Advisory Board for Mount St. Mary’s University. In 2018 he received the Simon Brute Medal from the National Alumni Association of Mount St. Mary’s University for his public service.