Cyber Committee

Co-Chair
John M. Gilligan
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Internet Security

Co-Chair
Jeff Sorenson, LTG, USA (Ret.)
President & Partner
A.T. Kearney Public Sector & Defense Services, LLC

Industry Member
MG John Baker, USA (Ret.)
Gartner

Industry Member
Kimberly Bandler
Regional Director, Defense Accounts
Xage Security

Industry Member
Robert Beardsworth
Senior Subject Matter Expert – Navy Information Forces
ASRC Federal

Industry Member
Hannah Becker
Vice President/Creative Director
Becker Digital

Industry Member
Cora Carmody
Strategic Advisor
DLH Corporation

Industry Member
Brandon Collins
Cyber Security Compliance Specialist
Motorola Solutions

Industry Member
Jim Cosby
CTO – Public Sector and Partners
Global Strategy and Technology Office
NetApp

Industry Member
Claire Cuccio
Chief Executive Officer
SNVC, L.C.

Industry Member
Jay Doyle
Vice President – Cybersecurity Operations
Leidos

Industry Member
Joerg Eschweiler
Cassadian CyberSecurity
Koeln, Germany

Industry Member
Dr. Rhonda Farrell
Founder
Cyber and STEAM Global Innovation Alliance

Industry Member
Roberta Faux
U.S. Head of Cryptography and CTO
Arqit, LLC

Industry Member
Victoria Foreman
University of Guam

Industry Member
Andrew Forysiak
Varonis Systems, Inc.

Industry Member
Romeo Gardner III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Nehlos

Industry Member
Adrianne George
MyCyberExec

Industry Member
Sarbari Gupta
Chief Executive Officer
Electrosoft Services, Inc.

Industry Member
Marin Halper
Vice President, DoD and Services Center
The MITRE Corporation

Industry Member
Col Arthur Hatcher, USAF (Ret.)
Independent

Industry Member
CAPT Glenn Hernandez, USCG (Ret.)
Senior Consultant
OpEdge Solutions LLC

Industry Member
Col Karlton Johnson, USAF (Ret.)
CEO
DeLaine Strategy Group, LLC

Industry Member
Erwin Karincic
Senior Security Consulting Engineer
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Industry Member
Tim Kosiba
Chief Executive Officer
Mountaincrest Consulting, LLC

Industry Member
Magdalena LoGrande
Cybersecurity Engineering Fellow
Sigma Defense Systems LLC

Industry Member
Don Maclean
Don Maclean, LLC

Industry Member
Jessica Morris
Kudu Dynamics, LLC

Industry Member
CDR Charlene Mowery, USN (Ret.)
Microsoft

Industry Member 
Colten O’Malley
Vice President of Cyber and CISO
Omni Federal

Industry Member 
James FX Payne
Vice President of Special Programs
Objective Interface Solutions, Inc.

Industry Member 
Charles Robinson
Public Sector Leader
IBM Quantum Safe Team

Industry Member 
Owen Rodgers
Managing Director
The Glebe Group

Industry Member
Jason “Cueball” Simmons
Senior Program Manager
SAIC

Industry Member
Russ Smith
Technical Program Manager, Strategic Programs Group
Zscaler

Industry Member
Mark Spangler
Senior Cyber Security Advisor
TriSept Corporation

Industry Member
Jon Stresing
Senior Account Manager
NVIDIA

Industry Member
Sam Visner
Technical Fellow
The Aerospace Corporation

Industry Member
Paul Wertz
CEO
Sherpa Werx

 

 

Industry Member
Chuck White
Cyber Solutions Director
GDIT

Industry Member
Harry Wingo
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Circadence

Industry Member
Jeff Worthington
Senior Director, Public Sector Strategy and Solutions
Crowdstrike

Government Liaison 
Carol Assi
Cybersecurity Chief Operations Officer
DoD CIO/Cybersecurity
    
Government Liaison 
Jim Craft
Senior Advisor, Office of the Chief Information Officer
Office of Personnel Management

Government Liaison 
Nelson Lee
Cyber Ops Officer
ARCYBER Reserve Element
    
Government Liaison 
Tarrazzia Martin
Senior Advisor, Enterprise Technology Planning and Change Management
Department of Housing and Urban Development

Government Liaison 
Abigail Moore
Lead for Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation/House Committee on Homeland Security

Government Liaison 
Bill Newhouse
Senior Security Engineer, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)
National Institute of Standards & Technology

Government Liaison 
Lt Col Gilberto Perez, USAF
Commander
502d Communications Squadron

Academia
Eric Burger, Ph.D.
Research Director, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
Research Professor, NextG Security and Public Policy
Virginia Tech

Academia
Hank Costa, DSc
Cybersecurity Science & IT Service Management Researcher
Marymount University

Academia
Sharon Hamilton, Ph.D.
Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
Norwich University

Academia
Diane Janosek, Ph.D.
Center for Women in Cyber
National Capitol University

Academia
John McMillin
Chairman, CyberSecurity Advisory Program Committee
Western Maricopa Education Center
    
Academia
Paul Nielsen
Director and CEO
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

Academia
Marcus Sachs
SVP and Chief Engineer
Center for Internet Security

Academia
Brig Gen Gregory Touhill, USAF (Ret.)
Carnegie Mellon University

Academia
Dan Wolf
Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Maryland University College

European Advisory Committee Liaison
Petr Jirasek
Cyber Security & IT Advisor, Independent
Executive Committee Member – 14
14800 Prague 4 – Kunratice
CZECH REPUBLIC

Emerging Leader Liaison
Nicholas Chadwick
CEMA Portfolio Innovation Officer
75th Innovation Command

Emerging Leader Liaison
Shawn Cressman
Windows Systems Engineer
Applied-Insight, LLC

Emerging Leader Liaison
Felipe Segura
Flatiron School

South America Liaison
Jose Maria Gomez de la Torre Gomez
Executive President
Grupo Radical
ECUADOR

Europe Liaison
Claudio Santo Malavenda
Digital Platforms S.p.a.
ITALY

AFCEA Committee Representative
BG Paul Fredenburgh, USA (Ret.)
Executive Vice President, Defense and National Security
AFCEA International
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