WE ARE

Mark Testoni serves as chief executive of SAP National Security Services, Inc. (SAP NS2®), with responsibility for management, sales, consulting, product support, cloud-delivered applications and infrastructure, and go-to-market strategy for SAP’s most security conscious customers and partners.

In 2013, Testoni found NS2 Serves, an organization that provided technology training and employment assistance for veterans. To date, 315 veterans have graduated from the program and been placed in high-tech careers.

As a sought after thought leader on cybersecurity and national security issues, he has provided the keynote address at the 2018 World Cyber Congress in London, England. Testoni has appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, WIRED and Forbes, and is a recurring guest on CNBC’s Power Lunch, Squawk Box, and Bloomberg TV.

Testoni serves on the board of directors for Haven Cyber Technologies and Best Buddies National Capital Region.

Ron Police serves as President of Customer Operations for SAP National Security Services (NS2) where he is responsible for leading the software and professional services lines of business, as well as, NS2’s innovation center, NS2 Labs.

Police brings more than 30 years of information technology experience to SAP NS2. His leadership and expertise are focused on corporate strategy, investments, innovation and driving profitable revenue growth.

Before joining SAP, Police provided consulting services for executive coaching, sales, marketing and channel distribution strategies to both commercial and government markets.
Police also served nearly a decade as a Vice President for Apple Inc., where he was responsible for all aspects of government business. At Apple, he implemented strategies to boost profitability, drive interest in the Mac, and launched mobility solutions for Federal, State and Local Governments.

Prior to Apple, Police worked at Oracle Corporation for seventeen years serving as Senior Vice President for various organizations within Oracle Service Industries.

Police earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Logistics at Penn State. He has executive education credentials from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and leadership development credentials from The Center for Creative Leadership in Colorado.

Police is actively involved in numerous technology trade associations & nonprofits, and serves on the Advisory Board of Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology, as well as serving on the Advisory Boards of several Information Technology companies.

Harish Luthra is the President for the Secure Cloud at SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2®). He is responsible for the SAP Intelligent Enterprise Cloud, SAP Industry Cloud, and the SAP Business Technology Platform (including Digital Supply Chain) for Public Sector and Regulated Industries.  The markets SAP NS2 Cloud serves includes United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Harish joined SAP in August 1997 as a consultant and started the Federal Professional Services practice for SAP in 1999. He became the National Vice President leading the SAP Public Services Consulting business in 2008, responsible for Professional Services sales and delivery to the Federal Government (U.S. DoD and Civilian Departments/Agencies), state and local governments, aerospace and defense corporations, and higher education institutions. Harish has experience in client engagement, program management, and project implementations. As a senior consulting leader with SAP, he was responsible for leading successful program oversight, staff development in North America, and business development.

In previous roles, Harish was the liaison with SAP solution management and SAP development to ensure the success of client engagements. As the Public Services leader, he served as the executive sponsor for successful implementations at IRS IFS, USPS Human Capital Enterprise, U.S. Army Medical Material Agency SAP (TWELS), City of Portland, Commonwealth of Kentucky, and City of San Diego implementations, among others.​​​​​​​

Harish has an MBA from University of Maryland, College Park.

Laura Carmack is the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at SAP NS2, where she is responsible for developing and executing the overall people strategy, including staffing, talent management and retention, compensation and employee relations.

Laura brings over 30 years of experience as a human resources leader in the federal technology space.  She began her career in HR at Societe Generale in New York, running  the stagiaire program, utilizing her French fluency in recruiting interns from abroad.  Following this position, Laura joined Sybase, Inc. where she began her human resources career, supporting North America sales and services divisions, across commercial and federal space.  Following SAP’s acquisition of Sybase, Inc. in 2010, she joined SAP NS2, where she has since led HR since 2010. In 2015, Laura was instrumental in the creation of NS2 Serves, a program that provides free IT training and career placement to post- 9/11 veterans. Since its inception, 330 veterans have graduated from the program, all of which were placed in a career by Laura’s tireless efforts. Prior to her HR career, Laura  she was a French high school teacher and basketball coach at Blair Academy.  

Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in French and education from Gettysburg College, and attended a master’s program in Angers, France.  She  resides with her husband and three children in Ocean City, NJ.

Kim Kasprow serves as President of NS2 Mission for SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2) where she leads the national security mission-focused software and services lines of business comprised of three acquisitions—Volume Integration, Technology Management Associates, and Apex Expert Solutions. She is a founding leader of the NS2 Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) Employee Resource Group.

Kim joined SAP NS2 in 2016 through the acquisition of Volume Integration, LLC. Under Kim, Volume Integration increased Volume Analytics software sales by triple digits and won a $235M competitive contract within the IC. Kim has over 20 years of Business, Program Management, Operations and Finance experience, with extensive experience in the Federal Government, IC sector.

Prior to joining Volume Integration, Kim spent over 11 years with The Boeing Company where she advanced through a number of leadership roles and to include running large IC software development program.

Kim holds a Master’s in Management: Information Systems and Services from University of Maryland, a B.A. in Business Administration from Saint Leo University and a Master Certificate in IS/IT Project Management from Villanova University.

Barry Leffew serves as President of Software Sales for SAP National Security Services’ Software Business.

Leffew brings more than 35 years of information technology experience to SAP NS2. His leadership and expertise are focused on corporate strategy, investments, innovation and driving profitable revenue growth.

Before joining SAP, Leffew launched and managed BGOV Solutions, which provided consulting services for sales, marketing and channel distribution strategies for the Public Sector market to commercial companies

Leffew also led Adobe Corporation’s Public Sector team for over 12 years, as Vice President of Public Sector. At Adobe, he led a team of over 250 employees with responsibility for all components (sales, professional services, partners, and marketing) of Adobe’s $350M Public Sector business.

Prior to Adobe, Barry was the Vice President of VeriSign’s Public Sector Division. During his tenure at VeriSign, he led the development and execution of a business strategy that helped establish VeriSign as a leading provider of managed security and authentication services to the Public Sector market.

Barry worked for Oracle Corporation for over 10 years. While at Oracle, Barry was in a wide range of senior management positions supporting the Government market including consulting, consulting management, and sales management. During his career at Oracle, Barry was the Vice President of Oracle’s Advanced Programs Group which served the US Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities.

Barry also led NeXT Software’s Government Sales Division. Next was an innovative and early leader in the object oriented and web software development markets.

Barry is a graduate of George Washington’s MBA program. Barry has an undergraduate degree in Management Science from Shippensburg University.

Leffew is actively involved in numerous technology trade associations, nonprofits and community charitable organizations.

As President, NS2 Enterprise Security & Support, Robert Butler is responsible for all customer support and security operations. With over 40 years of information technology experience, he leads the company’s U.S. based secure support for government and critical infrastructure organizations that use on-premise SAP or SAP Cloud solutions. As the company’s Chief Security Officer, his leadership and expertise are focused on cybersecurity, information security, facility security, FOCI mitigation and compliance.

Prior to joining the company, Butler was the President of CGI-AMS Secure, Inc., which he founded and led subsequent to the acquisition of American Management Systems (AMS) by CGI, a Canadian corporation. At AMS, prior to the acquisition, he served as Vice President responsible for various segments of AMS’ public sector business over a 25-year career. His AMS responsibilities included numerous large, complex ERP implementations for federal, state, and local government clients. He was also general manager of AMS’ national ERP practice for state and local governments, including license sales, implementation consulting services, customer support centers, and product development.

He is a member of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). Butler received his B.A. degree summa cum laude from Johns Hopkins University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He obtained his MBA degree with distinction from Carnegie-Mellon University.

David is the Chief Financial Officer for SAP NS2. He is responsible for all financial and information technology activities, including forecasting, business planning and analysis, driving finance efficiency and profitable revenue growth for SAP NS2. David reports directly to Mark Testoni, the CEO of SAP NS2. David has held various roles across SAP since 1998. David is a certified public accountant and a graduate of Georgia Southern University with a Bachelor of Science – Business Administration in accounting.

Brian Paget is the Chief Strategy Officer for SAP National Security Solutions. In this role he focuses on the next generation of NS2 products and solutions as well as innovation for the company, partners and customers. He also leads go-to-market efforts, SAP technology integration, and operational strategy to improve corporate performance.

Prior to his role at SAP NS2 Brian spent 10 years at Adobe Inc. as Director of Technology for Adobe’s Public Sector business, delivering innovation focused on digital experience solutions. While at Adobe Brian was involved in many large government IT initiatives including launching the first FedRAMP accredited SASS solution, leading a team as part of the tech surge after the healthcare.gov launch, and working closely with policy makers on key initiatives including the Whitehouse Open Source policy and the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act.

As the Chief Culture Officer (CCO) at NS2, Mary Beth is responsible for protecting and managing the company culture to ensure positive growth. She supports the business strategy through encouraging appropriate and effective workplace behaviors.

Joseph Moreno is the General Counsel of SAP National Security Services, Inc. (SAP NS2). Prior to joining NS2, he was a Global Litigation partner with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in the firm’s New York and Washington DC offices. With over twenty years of experience advising clients in the defense, technology, cybersecurity and financial services sectors on complex litigation, regulatory and compliance matters, Joseph is an internationally recognized practitioner and has frequently appeared on BBC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and other networks to comment on national security and law enforcement topics.

Before private practice, Joseph served as a federal prosecutor at the United States Department of Justice in the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section, where he investigated and prosecuted international money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes. He was also appointed a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia where he prosecuted a wide variety of criminal cases and successfully argued before the Fourth Circuit. In 2014, Joseph was appointed as a consultant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) where he served on the staff of the FBI’s 9/11 Review Commission. He has also testified before Congress on matters involving lone wolf terrorist financing.

A decorated combat veteran of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, Joseph is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve and has served on active duty in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In 2004 he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq. Joseph is a recognized expert in the area of international and operational law, and currently serves at Headquarters, Department of the Army, at the Pentagon.

Joseph earned his undergraduate degree from Stony Brook University, his law degree from St. John’s University School of Law, and an M.B.A. from St. John’s University Peter J. Tobin College of Business. He is a member of the bars of New York, Virginia, and Washington DC, and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. Joseph is also a certified public accountant (CPA).

Lance Petty is a finance, operations, and supply chain professional with over twenty-seven years of leadership experience. Lance serves as the COO of NS2 Mission where he is leads the development and execution of the operational and financial strategy. Core to this responsibility is developing and leading an organization committed to stakeholder success through first time quality, timely execution, and a focus on value creation. Prior to joining NS2, Lance was with The Boeing Company where he led the Potomac supply chain organization for the autonomous systems portfolio and all purchase services under Boeing Defense, Space, and Security. Prior to joining The Boeing Company in 2011, Lance served as the CFO for Solutions Made Simple, Inc. (SMSi). As the CFO of SMSi, Lance was responsible for all financial, operational, and contractual elements of the company and ultimately the coordination and management associated with the sale of SMSi to The Boeing Company in 2011. Prior to SMSi, Lance served in several finance and operations leadership roles for such companies as Intel Corporation, Credence Systems, and Sequent Computer Systems in Portland, Oregon. Lance started his professional career as an options trader and arbitrage analyst on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Lance possesses a BS in Finance from West Virginia University and an MBA from the College of William and Mary.

Kyle is SAP NS2’s Chief Technology Officer where he focuses on helping DoD and IC customers apply commercial approaches and products to their mission use cases. He oversees NS2 Labs, which is SAP’s innovation organization focused on creating new capabilities to support secure defense customers.

Prior to his time with SAP NS2, Kyle has spent 20 years in technical leadership positions throughout the U.S. defense and intelligence community. He specialized in designing and delivering large scale data management and analysis systems to help the defense community address tactical and strategic mission problem sets.

Greg is a 25 year veteran of the enterprise software industry. Prior to joining SAP NS2 is 2013, Greg led global technology and product support teams for The Vanguard Group, Primavera Systems, PeopleSoft/Oracle and SAP America. Greg is a proud “girl dad” raising three daughters with his wife Kim and their three dogs, Bentley, Sunshine and Wesley.

Drew has 20 years of industry and corporate finance experience and has played leading roles in a wide range of corporate transactions with a cumulative value exceeding $2.5B.

Drew currently leads M&A and corporate venture investing for SAP National Security Services (NS2), an independent subsidiary of SAP. Prior to NS2, he served as Corporate Development Officer and Assistant Treasurer at SRA International, where he oversaw all acquisitions, divestitures, capital markets and other treasury functions.

Drew started his transactional career as a senior staff member on Lockheed Martin’s Corporate M&A team and with an early stage venture capital firm while in business school. Before business school, Drew worked at CACI and Grant Thornton.

Drew received his undergraduate degree from Clemson University in Industrial Engineering and his MBA from the University of Maryland College Park.

Dennis is an experienced business leader with 25 years of IT and 19 years of SAP experience who leads the SAP NS2 services delivery organization. He has a proven track record of solving complex customer challenges on large-scale SAP implementations through outstanding services delivery and open and honest communication. Overall responsibility is to provide implementation services across NS2’s A&D, Federal, and Intel customer base to help them achieve go-live on time and within budget while anticipating and managing risks throughout the life of the program.

Prior to SAP NS2, Dennis was a senior leader at CACI, Inc. – a large-scale Federal system integrator – where he managed a portfolio of SAP and mission-focused programs in the Federal Civilian and Department of Defense sectors. He holds a MBA from the University of Texas-Arlington and resides in the greater Washington DC area.

Pete Mattimore is the Senior Vice President of sales for the SAP NS2 Secure Cloud business. He joined SAP in 2016 to lead the Regulated Industries line of business for the company’s Human Capital Management (HCM) business. Pete then joined SAP NS2 in January of 2019. Prior to this, Pete held numerous senior management positions at PTC, including running all Public Sectors. Most recently Pete served as Vice President of North America Sales at Stratasys, the world’s largest 3D printing company.

Pete completed his bachelor of science degree from Bowling Green State University. He resides with his wife and three children in Cleveland, OH.

Rich is responsible for leading for the SAP NS2 Cloud build, delivery, and operations, as well as Professional Services for the National Security Community. Additionally, Rich is responsible for leading the Governance, Risk and Compliance team for Single Tenant Cloud solutions. Prior to his current role, Rich lead the sales, delivery, and operations for the SAP NS2 Secure HANA Cloud offering. Rich has also led the professional services practices with SAP NS2 for the Aerospace & Defense market and the Intelligence Community.

Rich joined SAP NS2 in August 2013. Prior to joining SAP NS2, Rich was a principal at Kearney & Company, P.C. the largest public accounting firm exclusively serving the US Federal Government. In this role, Rich was responsible for professional services sales and delivery for various Defense and Federal Civilian customers with a strong focus on Federal financial management and information technology. Rich has also served as an account executive with SAP Public Services and a Pre-Sales Consultant for Oracle, PeopleSoft and Ariba.

Rich is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Virginia and a Certified Government Financial Manager. Rich has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from George Mason University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Indiana University

As National Vice President of Cloud Go To Market (GTM) and Asset Management teams for SAP NS2, Lillian Chang is responsible for the cloud portfolio and partnerships for the company. She is focused on working delivering secure solutions for our customers taking in consideration demand, pricing and distribution. She also manages the NS2 physical cloud environment, including software, hardware and services to ensure cost optimization.

Lillians’s background and expertise includes more than 20 years working at SAP with roles in presales, solution management and commercialization. Prior to joining SAP NS2, she served as a Customer Solution Director at SAP Regulated Industry, focusing on the Federal, Defense and State & Local sectors. Before joining SAP, Lillian spent five years in consulting and working on SAP and other software solutions.

Winson Cumberland is the National Vice President of Multi-Tenant Cloud Operations for SAP National Security Services (NS2). The Multi-Tenant environments include Human Capital Management and Business Technology Platform solutions. In this role, he led the creation of the cloud organization and the build of the SuccessFactors application, one of the first Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions of its size to be FedRAMP authorized. A champion of leading edge technology, Winson was the first to run multiple SuccessFactors environments in AWS GovCloud as well as being the first production SAP SaaS product to run on containers. Winson continues to embrace new technology, successfully and securely implementing new SAP products within the NS2 environments.

Prior to his role at SAP NS2, Winson spent three years at the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), operators of the world’s largest trade event, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). At CTA, he led the Information Technology and Application Development organization and oversaw the technical requirements of CES. Over his 25-year career in technology, he has worked for such companies as 3Com, Plateau Systems, and SuccessFactors. He has also served on the customer advisory board of AWS GovCloud.

A graduate of George Mason University, Winson is an avid marathoner who also enjoys baseball and being outdoors with his family.

As the leader of Product Engineering and Software Development at NS2, Bryce directs multiple teams building a variety of mission-critical applications. He is responsible for establishing the technical vision and the development road map implementation across the organization. Bryce works closely with customers, product owners, developers, and key stakeholders across NS2 and NS2 Labs to ensure that the highest quality products are developed.

In addition, Bryce serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Volume Integration, where he is responsible for the strategic direction, solutions architecture, and engagement with key customers in mission areas. As the original founder of Volume Integration, Bryce set the vision for Volume’s people-centric culture, established, and significantly grew the business, and established the Volume Analytics commercial software product.

Arvind Gidwani has over 25 years of experience in the technology sector and over 14+ years in Cloud-based platforms. He currently leads the Cloud Technology, Engineering & Operations for Single Tenant Cloud.

Arvind joins SAPNS2 from MapR, where he was the CIO and general manager responsible for driving a pure cloud strategy across the company’s business and engineering operations. He established Managed Services line of business from ground-up supporting all hyperscalers, including closing the first few major customers. He led the development of the automation required to support the service. Before MapR, Arvind was responsible for managing the global infrastructure operations for the Oracle Managed Cloud (Private/Hybrid) as well as the delivery of the cloud infrastructure for Oracle’s public PaaS and IAAS platforms. Before Oracle, Arvind was the Head of Cloud Operations at SAPNS2, supporting SAP on HANA and HCM cloud. Before his position at SAPNS2, Arvind was responsible for managing global infrastructure operations at SuccessFactors/SAP where he re-architected the largest commercial subscription-based Software as a Service (SaaS) during a massive period of growth (from 13 million to 28 million subscribers). While at SAP, Arvind was responsible for the initial launch of HANA as a service. Arvind has held senior positions in the past at Qualcomm, Lytx, Nirvanix, Cisco, and Applied Materials. He serves on the advisory board of several startup companies and has multiple patents, personally, in the technology space.

Steven Fehr joined Apex Systems in May 2018 and is responsible for strategy development, execution and delivery and management of all Consulting Services to Technology Industry Clients. He oversees a team of consulting professionals delivering the full range of Apex IT consulting solutions to the largest Technology companies in the world.

Prior to Apex Systems, he was a senior executive with SAP, having joined SAP in May 2006 with more than 20-years’experience managing services businesses in commercial and government segments worldwide. From 2006 to 2013, he oversaw the entire portfolio of SAP’s aerospace and defense work, including software sales and licensing, education and training of clients, and providing strategic consulting services. From 2013 to 2016 Mr. Fehr was responsible for the software line of business of SAP National Security Services (NS2) to include all sales and licensing, business development, product management, marketing, customer support and delivery. SAP NS2 is a $600M independent subsidiary of SAP North America focused on the US national security community. In 2016 Mr. Fehr moved to a Corporate Development and Strategy role focused on developing corporate strategy, developing new channels to market, integrating acquired entities and developing commercial models for strategic investment partners and early stage technology incubators focused on solving national security challenges.

Prior to SAP, he served as Executive Vice President for Government Services at the Brooks Group, a practice he initiated for the company. Mr. Fehr held worldwide responsibility for global operations management, strategy implementation and operational-improvement services for private-sector companies and government agencies.

From 1987 to 2005, Mr. Fehr held numerous management and executive positions at BearingPoint, Inc., a major systems integration and management consulting firm. From 2003 – 2005 he was Vice President of BearingPoint’s Middle Market Consulting Group with sales, delivery and P&L responsibility for BearingPoint’s $50M middle-market consulting practice in the western United States. From 2001 – 2003 Mr. Fehr was Vice President of BearingPoint’s State and Local Government practice in Western North America with sales, delivery and P&L responsibility for this $100M consulting practice. From 1987 – 2001 Mr. Fehr was in BearingPoint’s Federal and DoD practice and was Vice President of BearingPoint’s Marine Corps and Intelligence Community Consulting Practice, with full P&L responsibility for the sales and delivery of BearingPoint’s services to Marine Corps and Intelligence Community clients worldwide.

Mr. Fehr graduated from the U.S Naval Academy in Annapolis. Md., and served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. He holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from National University, San Diego, California.

As Vice President of Sales for SAP NS2, Kristina Goumas is responsible for a multi-million dollar line of business, supporting customers with a National Security focus.

Ms. Goumas’ background and expertise includes 20 years in the public sector.  Ms. Goumas has lead government agencies and corporations through strategic software maintenance acquisitions.   She has maintained year-over-year revenue growth, enabling her team to be recognized for surpassing revenue goals for the last 17 years.  Prior to joining SAP NS2, she served as Director for Sybase Federal, focusing on Software Maintenance Sales in the Federal and Defense sectors. Ms. Goumas’ expertise includes leading successful and strategic account management in the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community and Civilian agencies.

Ms. Goumas is a graduate of UNH, where she majored in Business Administration at the Peter T. Paul College of Business & Economics (formally Whittemore School of Business & Economics). She has served for 17 years as a board member of National Philoptochos Society and in 2016 joined the Board of Directors at HAVEN, the largest violence prevention and support services agency in NH. Ms. Goumas is honored to be part of HAVEN. She recognizes that sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking knows no boundaries. No color, no gender, no race, no class, no age. She serves as an “ambassador” for this messaging to end violence locally and globally.

She is the recipient of the following awards: 2019 NS2 Excellence Award, 2018 NS2 Excellence Award, 2017 NS2 Excellence Award, 2015 SAP NS2 Excellence Award, 2015 SAP LEAP Graduate (Leadership Excellence Acceleration Program), 2013 SAP NS2 Key Contributor Award, 2012 SAP NS2 Team Excellence & Leadership Award, 2012 and 2011 SAP Winner’s Circle, 2011 SAP Top Performer, 2011 SAP High Potential Employee, 2010 SAP GSS Leadership Award and 5 Sybase President’s Club Awards from 2000– 2006.

Ms. Goumas resides in Portsmouth, NH and commutes to Washington, DC.

Joining NS2 in June 2019, Angela Hughes works as the director of the CEO office. In this role, she’s responsible for streamlining strategic initiatives, overseeing program management, and communicating objectives between departments. Throughout her career, Angela’s played an active role in business management, with a special focus on executive-level advising, marketing and interdepartmental collaboration.

Joan Heald serves as vice president of the Intelligence Community for SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2®) where she leads the license sales team. Joan joined SAP NS2 in April of 2017. Joan provides leadership for the team to support mission critical solutions to support national security, which includes the software line of business, business development, go to market strategy, and presales mission support.

Joan brings over thirty years of experience in the public sector. Before joining NS2, Joan worked for Adobe Systems, Inc. for sixteen years, where she held various roles, including building a new business unit and go-to-market strategy for a newly acquired analytic tool, focused on the Intelligence Community. Her last role at Adobe was as director of the National Security Group, running software licensing for intelligence and law enforcement customers.

Before joining Adobe, Joan worked at Canon USA for thirteen years supporting the Intelligence Community. Prior, she started her career with a consulting firm supporting the U.S. Navy (PMS400) on the Aegis Weapon System.

Joan holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Marymount University. She has been a part of the Women’s Leadership programs at Adobe and currently serves as co-chair of the NS2 Women’s Initiative Network (WIN).

Before Frank Larkin became the Vice President for Corporate Development at NS2, he was the 40th United States Senate Sergeant at Arms. As chief law enforcement and executive officer of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms enforces rules of the Senate; provides a range of technical and administrative services to Senators in their Washington D.C., and state offices; and maintains security in the Capitol and Senate office buildings.

Frank has been a member of the federal Senior Executive Service for more than 10 years, serving as both the Acting Director and the Vice Director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization and Director of the Counter IED Operations-Intelligence Integration Center within the Department of Defense. He led the integration of technical capabilities, analysis and human resources against the global IED threat and terror networks.

Frank served for more than two decades as a special agent and senior leader in the United States Secret Service (USSS). He conducted complex criminal investigations and protected four US presidents from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, until his retirement as the Deputy Assistant Director for Protective Research and the agency’s Chief Technology Officer.

In the private sector, Frank was Director, Program Management & Leadership, for the Raytheon Company, and more recently, worked at Lockheed Martin’s Defense & Intelligence Solutions responsible as a senior program manager for intelligence community support.

A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Frank served as a special warfare operator in the Navy SEALs. After his Navy service, he was a uniformed patrol officer with the Norristown (PA) Police Department, a homicide detective with the Montgomery County (PA) District Attorney’s Office, and a Maryland State Trooper-Flight Paramedic. He has been a nationally licensed paramedic for 40 years and still serves Maryland as a volunteer medical provider.

Currently an active member for non-profit boards focused on veteran assistance, the Boulder Crest Foundation, Cohen Veteran Bioscience and NS2 Serves. Also, an appointed member of the City of Annapolis Civilian Review Board.

Frank holds a BA degree in criminal justice and a MS degree in public administration from Villanova University. He is the recipient of numerous awards, to include the USSS Valor award, the Department of the Army’s Exceptional Civilian Service award and the Superior Civilian Service award.

Vernon is a successful Senior level Sales and Strategic Programs Vice President, with more than 30+ years of executive leadership experience in Federal and Commercial Information and Technology businesses’. Having worked for industry leaders such as HP, EMC, Sybase and SAP NS2.

At SAP NS2, Vernon is currently responsible for the go-to-market sales strategies and tactics that will enhance the customer experience with SAP NS2 3rd Party Software and Solution offerings.

Over his many years of experience , Vernon has successfully held numerous executive leadership roles, as well as advised, implemented and provided strategic guidance to his customers / partner businesses’ through their various stages of IT evolution i.e. Cyber Security and Risk Mitigation,  Application and Mobile Security , “Big” Data Management, and transition to the Cloud.

Beyond the traditional business challenges of revenue generation, Vernon has assisted his clients to embrace and address the new paradigms, which they confront as industry challenges:
Threat Finance; Intelligence and Information Sharing; Cyber Security and Personal Identification Information (PII) data protection; Countering Violent Extremism and Counterterrorism; Counter Intelligence; and Information Governance, to name a few.

Kristen Sanchez is the VP of Communications at NS2, responsible for executive communications and media relations. Sanchez holds a master’s degree from Georgetown University in integrated marketing and a B.S. in communications from Radford University.

NS2 Chief of Staff, Business Operations & Facilities VP •NS2 Corporate Secretary •NS2 Employee since 2011 (previously with SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft) •Lives in Atlanta metro with husband (Jeff) and daughter (Savannah Hope)

Neil Herron has over 25 years sales experience providing innovative, agile, and adoptable commercial‐off‐the‐shelf software solutions to a variety of public sector agencies. These solutions have ranged from Logistics, Personnel, Health Management, Case Management, Command and Control, Homeland Security, Economic Growth & Development, and National Intelligence.

Mr. Herron is currently the Vice President of Sales at SAP National Security Services (NS2). He joined SAP in August 2015. In his current role, he is responsible for the software line of business of SAP NS2 which include all sales and licensing, business development, marketing, customer support and delivery into the DoD and Federal Civil agency sectors. SAP NS2 is a $800M independent subsidiary of SAP North America focused on the US national security community.

Prior to SAP NS2 Mr. Herron worked at Clockwork Solutions, LLC as the Vice President of Public Sector Sales. Before Clockwork, he served at Application Security, Inc. as the Vice President of Federal Sales where he was generating over 50% of their worldwide revenue.

Mr. Herron was the Director of National Intelligence at Oracle from 2001 to 2005 and was the Vice President of salesforce.com’s Public Sector organization from 2005 to 2007. He also worked at Netscape Communications as the manager of their DoD division. He served on the Board of Advisors at Optimos, Inc. from 2004 to 2009.

Mr. Herron’s career started as a Budget Analyst for the Governor’s Executive Office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In this role he was responsible for designing a statewide integrated budget and accounting system.

Mr. Herron graduated from Merrimack College with a B.A. and holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Greg is the Vice President of Marketing for SAP NS2

His background spans more than 30 years leading in business, senior government management, and the military. He has experience as a public affairs director, strategic communications manager, web developer, social media advisor, business executive, media division president, information tech consultant, magazine publisher, market analyst, editor, U.S. Marine, and helicopter pilot.

Greg has helped to motivate audiences, smooth media relations, convince policy makers, and show senior leaders the way toward marketing and digital strategy success. He continues to lead the charge for organization-wide improvements in communications, user experience, digital innovation, and creative media production.

Greg holds a degree in Aviation Business and an M.B.A. in Technology Management. He is also a graduate of the Defense Information School and Stanford University design thinking academy.

Nicholas Riccio is the Vice President of Solution Engineering for National Security Service with responsibility for engineering customer solution, product strategy, solution enablement, and go-to-market strategy for SAP NS2’s technology, big data, machine learning and ERP solution. Before joining SAP, Mr. Riccio has over 25 years of experience working with organizations in the public and private sector brings significant experience designing and implementing large enterprise side solution.

Mark Testoni serves as chief executive of SAP National Security Services, Inc. (SAP NS2®), with responsibility for management, sales, consulting, product support, cloud-delivered applications and infrastructure, and go-to-market strategy for SAP’s most security conscious customers and partners.

In 2013, Testoni found NS2 Serves, an organization that provided technology training and employment assistance for veterans. To date, 315 veterans have graduated from the program and been placed in high-tech careers.

As a sought after thought leader on cybersecurity and national security issues, he has provided the keynote address at the 2018 World Cyber Congress in London, England. Testoni has appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, WIRED and Forbes, and is a recurring guest on CNBC’s Power Lunch, Squawk Box, and Bloomberg TV.

Testoni serves on the board of directors for Haven Cyber Technologies and Best Buddies National Capital Region.

As President, NS2 Enterprise Security & Support, Robert Butler is responsible for all customer support and security operations. With over 40 years of information technology experience, he leads the company’s U.S. based secure support for government and critical infrastructure organizations that use on-premise SAP or SAP Cloud solutions. As the company’s Chief Security Officer, his leadership and expertise are focused on cybersecurity, information security, facility security, FOCI mitigation and compliance.

Prior to joining the company, Butler was the President of CGI-AMS Secure, Inc., which he founded and led subsequent to the acquisition of American Management Systems (AMS) by CGI, a Canadian corporation. At AMS, prior to the acquisition, he served as Vice President responsible for various segments of AMS’ public sector business over a 25-year career. His AMS responsibilities included numerous large, complex ERP implementations for federal, state, and local government clients. He was also general manager of AMS’ national ERP practice for state and local governments, including license sales, implementation consulting services, customer support centers, and product development.

He is a member of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). Butler received his B.A. degree summa cum laude from Johns Hopkins University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He obtained his MBA degree with distinction from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Tim Hoechst was the Chief Technology Officer at Accenture Federal Services (AFS). In this role, Tim represented AFS with Federal Government executives and offered guidance on the application of new and emerging technologies to challenging information problems.

Prior to Accenture, Tim was the CTO and a Founder at Agilex, a Virginia-based IT services company. He was responsible for helping to guide Agilex’ technology vision and he supported the development of strategic technology solutions in mobility, advanced analytics, and the cloud.

Throughout his career as a technology executive, Tim has been a spokesperson on technology and industry issues. His main talent lies in describing sophisticated concepts in accessible language. He has been influential with clients, at conferences, on Capitol Hill, and in the media. He has also acted in a special advisory capacity to several Government organizations on science and technology issues.

Prior to joining Agilex, Tim spent 19 years at Oracle Corporation in a variety of roles. Most recently, he was a Senior Vice President in the Public Sector Division. His organization included all of the technical professionals that supported Oracle’s sales to Government customers in the United States and Canada. Many of the innovative solutions created by Tim and his team have become part of the Oracle product line and are used extensively by Oracle’s customers throughout the world.

Tim received his Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Harvard University in 1988.

After nearly 30 years working in Government information technology roles, Tim recently relocated to Portland, Maine with his wife. He still acts in an advisory role to several government and commercial organizations in Washington, DC.

Joanne Isham is an experienced and results-driven executive noted for her leadership skills, strategic acumen, loyalty and commitment to success. She is President of Isham Associates, LLC., advisory firms focused on national security and innovative technologies. She partners with clients to identify and shape strategic opportunities, address critical business and program challenges, develop a high-performance culture, and position clients for success.

Joanne also serves as an independent board director and executive consultant for publicly traded and private companies.

Joanne retired from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after a distinguished career as a Senior Executive. From 2001 until 2006, she served as Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). In addition to effectively managing day-to-day activities in the midst of a national crisis, she was responsible for the development, acquisition and operation of mission critical systems.

Previously she was the Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the CIA. As the senior technical advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence she managed the research, development, deployment and operation of technical intelligence programs of national importance. During this timeframe, Joanne played a significant role in the creation of In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s non-profit venture capital firm.

Throughout her career as an Intelligence Community professional, Joanne held many senior leadership positions in the CIA and other Intelligence Community organizations. Of note were her assignments as Director of Congressional Affairs for CIA, Deputy Director of the Resource Management Office and Director of Program Analysis of the Community Management Staff. In these assignments she was responsible for developing the legislative priorities for the Intelligence Community and CIA. She also had a trusted role in developing, overseeing and reviewing the National Intelligence Program budget.

Previously, she spent a number of years on assignment to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) as Director of Legislative Affairs and a Program Manager.

Upon her retirement, Joanne joined BAE Systems as the Vice President, Deputy General Manager of Network Systems where she was responsible for operations and identifying strategic opportunities for new mission focus within the Intelligence Community. Subsequently, she joined High Performance Technologies, Inc., as Chief Operating Officer. Her leadership responsibilities included the management and operational oversight of the firm specializing in computational science, enterprise technology and planning, and secure software development. She then joined L-1 Identity Solutions as the Senior Vice President for Washington Operations, the leader in planning, developing and executing the Federal market strategy. She was also a founder of NextFED, a strategic consulting firm.

Joanne received numerous awards throughout her career including the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, the CIA and NGA Distinguished Intelligence Medals and the DIA Director’s Award.

Joanne is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

Mr. Aguilar began his career with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), first serving as a Border Patrol agent and culminating with his appointment as Acting Commissioner of CBP on December 30, 2011. As Commissioner, Mr. Aguilar led the United States government’s largest law enforcement organization with a workforce of 60,000, including 43,000 uniformed law enforcement officers. He strategically planned, formulated, and executed a yearly budget of nearly 12 billion dollars and was responsible for the management of the largest civilian Law Enforcement Air Force in the world. Prior to being named Acting Commissioner, Aguilar had served as CBP Deputy Commissioner since April 11, 2010. As Acting Commissioner and as Deputy Commissioner of the world’s only unified and integrated border management agency, Aguilar was responsible for securing over 6,000 miles of the land border between the ports of entry against the smuggling of illegal entrants into the United States, illicit goods, narcotics, and weapons for use against U.S. citizens.

Mr. Aguilar also served as National Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol. During that time, he oversaw the largest expansion of the Border Patrol in its 88-year history, doubling its size to over 21,000 Agents. Prior to his becoming National Chief of the Border Patrol, Mr. Aguilar was Chief Patrol Agent of the Tucson Sector, the largest and most active Border Patrol Sector in the nation. His leadership has earned him numerous awards, including the Presidential Rank Award in 2008, the President’s Meritorious Excellence Award in 2005, the Department of Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal, the Washington Homeland Security Roundtable Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Aguilar retired from government service on March 31, 2013, marking the completion of a 35-year career with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Currently as a Principal at GSIS, Mr. Aguilar advises clients on a broad range of national homeland and international security matters including border operations, security management, global trade and commerce, supply chain management and security, critical infrastructure protection, risk management, viability assessments and strategic planning and implementation.

Mr. Aguilar holds an associate degree in accounting from Laredo Community College and attended Laredo State University and the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a graduate of the Senior Executive Fellows program at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Brian collaboratively guides corporate strategy, product and business development for autonomous edge maneuver and processing systems in Shield AI, Inc. As an independent consultant in Commons Federated, LLC, he provides senior advisory counsel and project support to organizations and enterprises seeking expertise in special operations technology applications and integration.

Brian transitioned from 33 years of service in the U.S. Navy and Special Operations community in 2016. He commanded U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command, U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Naval Special Warfare Development Group, and SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team ONE. He served in key command and staff positions in Task Forces deployed to the Middle East, Central Asia, the Balkans and Africa, and has significant experience in contingency operations around the world. He served as a Director for Combatting Terrorism and Director for Maritime Security on the National Security Council Staff under the Bush and Obama Administrations.

Brendan McCord is a technology leader and member of the executive team at Acrisure, LLC, an intelligence-driven financial services platform with over $1 billion in EBITDA.

Prior to Acrisure, Brendan was founding CEO of two AI startups that were acquired in 2020 for $400 million. As EVP of Tulco, LLC and President of Tulco Labs, Brendan helped entrepreneurs transform static sectors using AI and contributed to an investment strategy that generated billions of dollars in value.

In the public sector, Brendan was founder and chief architect of the Department of Defense Joint AI Center and primary author of the first DoD AI Strategy. Earlier in his career, Brendan spent 610 days underwater as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy.

Brendan serves on advisory boards for the Harvard Data Science Review and Applied Intuition, a leading autonomous vehicle simulation company.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from MIT and an MBA from Harvard.

Wayne Rehberger served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Engility (EGL) from 2015 until his retirement in 2019. Mr. Rehberger held the same position with TASC, from 2010 to its subsequent merger with Engility in 2015. As CFO, he helped guide both companies through numerous high profile events as the industry cycled through a severe downturn, recovery, and a subsequent period of consolidation. Currently Mr. Rehberger is a Director of QTS Realty Trust (QTS) serving on the Audit and Security Committees, a Director of Fusion Connect, serving on their Audit Committee, and a member of the SAP National Security Advisory Board.

Originally recruited by TASC’s private equity owners (KKR and General Atlantic), Mr. Rehberger assembled the Company’s initial corporate finance team and implemented a comprehensive ERP system. Mr. Rehberger led TASC through a strategic re-positioning during the industry’s retraction, and was instrumental in closing the Engility/TASC merger. As Engility’s Chief Financial Officer, Rehberger was responsible for financial functions, including capital markets activity, investor relations, external accounting, financial planning and reporting as well as information technology and cyber security.

During his tenure with both companies, he reported directly to multiple Chief Executive Officers and provided tenured advice and counsel to the company and its Board of Directors regarding strategy, enterprise risk management, cyber security and compensation. Mr. Rehberger was responsible for the integration of the two companies, which resulted in over $100M of synergies, and then undertook several major refinancing activities which saved the company $30M+ in annual interest expense.

In 2017, Virginia Business awarded Rehberger the Virginia CFO of the Year award for his outstanding commitment to financial stewardship and dedication to the success of Engility. Finally, Mr. Rehberger worked closely with the CEO to implement a strategic growth plan that included enterprise-wide talent, technology and cultural overhauls, which concluded with the acquisition of Engility by SAIC in early 2019 for $2.5 billion.

Prior to his CFO roles in the professional services industry, Mr. Rehberger served as the chief operating officer (COO) of XO Communications (XOXO). In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of XO’s operations, including marketing, sales, network operations, and technology. Before taking on the role of COO in 2004, Rehberger served as the company’s chief financial officer for more than four years. During that time, he led the company through a successful financial restructuring, amid acute shareholder activism, and the acquisition of the company by Icahn Enterprises. Subsequently, he managed the $450M acquisition and integration of Allegiance Telecom.
Formerly, Rehberger was affiliated with MCI Communications, where he held several broad financial roles, including senior vice president of finance, and served on the Concert Board (a one billion dollar MCI/British Telecom International Joint Venture). In prior financial management positions, he worked with MCI’s CFO and EVP of Corporate Development on multiple acquisitions and investments.

Mr. Rehberger began his career with the KPMG consulting business in Washington, D.C. Rehberger also served for 10 years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve, achieving the rank of major. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Bucknell University, and a MBA from the Moore School, University of South Carolina. He and his wife Marcy have four children and reside in Vienna, Virginia.

Mike Rogers is a former member of Congress representing Michigan’s Eighth Congressional District, where he rose to chair the powerful House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, after previously serving in the U.S. Army, as an FBI Special Agent, and in the Michigan State Legislature.

As an FBI Special Agent in Chicago, Mr. Rogers tackled multiple organized crime cases, bringing down several high-profile figures, and helped prosecute government officials accused of public corruption.

After serving in the Michigan State Legislature, Mr. Rogers successfully ran for Congress, and quickly built a reputation for expertise on law enforcement, intelligence, and national security issues, with a particular focus on cybersecurity. As chairman, he authorized and oversaw a budget of $70 billion that funded the nation’s 17 intelligence agencies, and advanced key legislation to strengthen America’s cyber defenses and cybersecurity posture.

In Congress, Mr. Rogers worked across the aisle with two presidents, Congressional leadership, countless diplomats, military service members, and intelligence professionals to ensure the brave men and women in the military, Intelligence Community, and law enforcement are equipped with the resources necessary to get the job done. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius remarked, Mr. Rogers was “a rare example of bipartisanship.”

Today, Mr. Rogers advises C-suite executives from Fortune 100 companies, providing analysis and expertise on the challenges facing companies operating in the digital era, and on cybersecurity and executive leadership. He currently serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Board at the MITRE Corporation. He is currently investing in and helping build companies that are developing solutions for cybersecurity and communications challenges.

Mr. Rogers is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University and a member of the Board of Trustees and the David Abshire Chair at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, where he directs the Center’s national security and intelligence programs.

Mr. Rogers is a public speaker on global affairs, cybersecurity, national security, and leadership. He serves as a regular national security commentator on CNN and hosted the channel’s documentary-style original series Declassified, which offered viewers insights into some of America’s highest-profile and least known intelligence and law enforcement successes.

Ellen E. McCarthy was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn in on January 17, 2019. In this role she led a five-year strategy (INR 2025) that focused on enhanced intelligence integration with policy with a focus on increased open-source intelligence production, introduction of business analytics by deploying a state-of-the-art content management system, creation of an emerging technology office, Department leadership on implementation of the Geospatial Data Act, introduction of the Cloud, leveraging existing intelligence authorities to enhance investment in people, dollars and requirements.

Ms. McCarthy returned to government service after three years in the private sector, where she served as President of Noblis NSP, leading its mission to serve clients in the Intelligence Community (IC). Before joining Noblis, from 2015 to 2018, she capped an over 25-year career in the IC serving as Chief Operating Officer of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. From 2008 to 2012 she served as the President of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), which supports government policy and programs relating to cyber security, counter intelligence, acquisition, and homeland security. From 2004 to 2008, Ms. McCarthy was the Director of the Human Capital Management Office and the Acting Director of Security and Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (OUSD(I)). At DoD, she focused on policy development and strategy relating to intelligence reform, resource management, acquisitions, collection authorities, and personnel. Ms. McCarthy also served the Director of Intelligence Operations, Strategy, and Policy for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and played a critical role in moving the USCG intelligence program into the IC, establishing Maritime Intelligence Fusion Centers, expanding USCG attaché presence worldwide, and establishing new intelligence and law enforcement collection capabilities.

Ms. McCarthy started her government career as an all source intelligence analyst at the Office of Naval Intelligence and at Atlantic Fleet. Before joining the IC, she served as a technical research analyst at the Institute for Defense Analysis supporting the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. She currently sits on the Advisory Boards of Babel Street, Exiger, SAP NS2, and the George Mason National Security Institute and the Cyber Security Forum Initiative. Ms. McCarthy is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland.

General (Retired) John F. Campbell retired from the US Army on 1 May 2016 after 37 years of active duty service. He was most recently the Commander of all US and NATO Forces in Afghanistan from August 2014 to March of 2016. He also served as the 34th Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army; the second highest ranking officer in the 1.1 million US Army. General Campbell has commanded at all levels of the Army, from a company of paratroopers, to a Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha, to a light infantry battalion, to a brigade of paratroopers in the 82d Airborne Division to the Commanding General of the famed 101st Airborne Division.

General Campbell has deployed multiple times to both Iraq and Afghanistan and has over 54 months in combat. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy and master’s degrees in Public Administration from Golden Gate University and an honorary MS in National Security Strategy from the Army War College. During his military service, General Campbell earned a number of individual and campaign awards and decorations to include the Defense Distinguished Service medal, three Distinguished Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal, three Legions of Merit, three Bronze Star Medals, the Combat Infantry Badge and Combat Action Badge, Master Parachutist Badge and the Ranger and Special Forces Tabs. He currently serves on several corporate boards and veteran non-profit boards and is the Chairman for Army Emergency Relief (AER) and Chairman for NS2 Serves.

Mr. Robert Work was the thirty-second Deputy Secretary of Defense, serving alongside three Secretaries of Defense from May 2014 to July 2017. In 2001, he retired as a Colonel in the United States Marine Corps after 27 years on active duty. He subsequently was a Senior Fellow and then Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA). In May 2009, he was confirmed as the thirty-first Under Secretary of the Navy in the first Obama administration. Mr. Work stepped down as the Under Secretary in March 2013 to become the Chief Executive Officer for the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). He remained in that position until he assumed the role of Deputy Secretary of Defense in May 2014. He currently is the President and Owner of TeamWork, LLC, which specializes in defense strategy and policy, programming and budgeting, military-technical competitions, revolutions in war, and the future of war.

Mr. Work holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois; an M.S. from the University of Southern California; an M.S. from the Naval Postgraduate School; and an M.I.P.P. from the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies.

Nicholas Rasmussen is the inaugural Executive Director of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. A national security professional with more than 27 years in U.S. government service, Rasmussen held senior counterterrorism posts at the White House and in the U.S. Intelligence Community from 2001 to 2017. He concluded his government career as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), leading more than 1,000 professionals from across the Intelligence Community, federal government, and federal contractor workforce.

Rasmussen served in senior posts across three administrations, including as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council staff under Presidents Bush and Obama before being appointed Director of NCTC by President Obama and continuing his tenure at the request of President Trump’s administration. From 1991-2001, he served in policy positions at the Department of State, focused on the Middle East.

Rasmussen holds appointments as Visiting Professor of Practice at the School of Law, University of Texas at Austin; as Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the National Security College of Australia National University; and as Distinguished Professor of Practice at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. He is also a Non-Resident Senior National Security Fellow at the McCain Institute for International Leadership, where he served as Senior Director of National Security and Counterterrorism programs from 2018 to 2020.

Rasmussen holds a B.A. degree from Wesleyan University and an M.P.A. from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

Nick Sinai is a Senior Advisor at Insight Partners and serves on the boards of Rebellion Defense, LeoLabs, and BrightBytes.

Nick also serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center. Nick teaches Policy Design and Delivery; prior, for five years, he taught the field course Tech and Innovation in Government. Nick is an advisor to the Harvard Open Data Project, Harvard Computer Society’s Tech For Social Good, Upsolve, and Coding It Forward.

Prior to Insight Partners and Harvard, Nick served as U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the White House. Nick led President Obama’s Open Data Initiatives, co-led the Open Government Initiative, and helped start the Presidential Innovation Fellow program. Prior, Nick played a key role in crafting the National Broadband Plan at the FCC.

Nick helped found the U.S. Digital Corps, a new two-year federal fellowship for early-career technologists, launched in the summer of 2021.

Ron Lloyd, Vice-Admiral (Retired) 35th Commander Royal Canadian Navy, retired in 2019 after a 38 year career in the Royal Canadian Navy.

During his last six years in the RCN, he led the organization’s digital transformation efforts. He attributes embracing a “People First, Mission Always” culture as being instrumental in the RCN being recognized by Forbes in 2019 as one of Canada’s Best Employers in the Public Sector, the first time ever for the RCN and the only organization in Defence to be so recognized.

Since retirement, he continues to try and “make a difference” by providing strategic advice to organizations that are dedicated to improving the lives of citizens, whether in Defence and Security or in the public sector.

Ken Rapuano is a Distinguished Research Fellow at National Defense University, and an independent consultant and senior advisor to organizations seeking expertise and advice across a diverse range of national and global security issues.

Ken’s over 36 years of experience in the national defense and security fields includes service in the Marine Corps, with deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan; and senior executive positions in the defense industry, two FFRDCs, the Department of Energy, the White House, and the Department of Defense.

Most recently, from 2017 to 2021, Ken served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security. In this role, he developed policy guidance and advice for the Under Secretary for Policy and the Secretary of Defense. Specifically, Ken oversaw planning, capability development, and operational implementation to assure warfighting and national security advantage in the critical mission areas of Cyber Policy; Space Policy; Countering WMD; Defense Continuity & Mission Assurance; Homeland Defense and supervising Defense Support of Civil Authorities activities of the DoD; and as Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense.

In the GW Bush Administration, he served as the Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to the President, and Deputy Under Secretary of Energy for Counterterrorism.

These experiences have provided Ken an in-depth understanding of the most significant security threats facing the Nation, and very practical perspectives on the most effective approaches to prioritizing challenges, framing objective outcomes, developing clear courses of action, coalescing buy-in of key stakeholders, and aggressively executing strategic plans to achieve results.

Ken holds a bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College, and a master’s degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University.