Amit Yoran
CEO, NetWitness Corporation
Since completing a management buyout from Mantech in 2006,Amit Yoran serves as the Chairman and CEO of NetWitness Corporation, a leading provider of network forensic analysis products. Prior to NetWitness he was appointed as Director of the National Cyber Security Division of Homeland Security, and as CEO and advisor to In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA.
Formerly Mr Yoran served as the Vice President of Worldwide Managed Security Services at the Symantec Corporation. Mr. Yoran was the co-founder of Riptech, a market leading IT security company, and served as its CEO until the company was acquired by Symantec in 2002. He served an officer in the United States Air Force in the Department of Defense's Computer Emergency Response Team.
Mr Yoran serves as an independent director on the boards of several innovative security technology companies Boards; Guardium, Trust Digital, Digital Sandbox, and Guidance Software (GUID). He previously served on the board of Cyota until the company's acquisition by RSA in 2006 and as an advisor to Intruvert Networks until the company's acquisition by McAfee in 2003.
Mr. Yoran received a Master of Science degree from the George Washington University and Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Andy Purdy
Earlier this year Andy Purdy formed DRA Enterprises, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in information assurance and cyber security, software assurance, business development, and government relations. Andy is doing independent consulting work focusing on business strategy, business development, and technology ventures. In addition, Andy currently serves as a Special Government Employee on the U.S. Department of Defense Science Board Task Force on Software Assurance. Andy is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of BigFix, Inc.
Andy served as the United States' "cyber security czar" for the two years ending October 2006 in his role as Acting Director of the National Cyber Security Division/US-CERT of the Department of Homeland Security. Andy served for three and a half years at DHS beginning with his role in the set up and launch of the NCSD beginning in April 2003 after he moved to DHS from the White House staff. On October 4, 2004 Secretary Ridge appointed Andy Acting Director to lead the cybersecurity effort, where he served for 24 months. From October through December 2006 Andy served as a Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon, working on the Resiliency Engineering Framework with the Financial Services Technology Consortium.
Prior to his work in support of DHS, Andy served as a member of the White House staff as Deputy to Howard Schmidt, the Vice Chair of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board (PCIPB), where he helped to draft the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.
Previously, at the United States Sentencing Commission Andy served as Acting General Counsel from November 1999 to January 2001 and was Chief Deputy General Counsel from 1989 until that time. Andy served as a Federal prosecutor in Philadelphia, Special Counsel to the House Ethics Committee, Counsel to the Senate Impeachment Trial Committee, and Assistant Attorney General in Missouri. He also worked as Senior Staff Counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations' investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy. Andy served for five years in a producer capacity with NBC and CBS News in Washington, DC.
Andy is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia Law School, and is a member of the bar in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Missouri, and Pennsylvania.
Robert W. (Bob) Wallace
Bob Wallace founded Artemus Consulting Group in 2004, after retiring from a career with the Central Intelligence Agency in 2003. ACG's network of intelligence and security specialists provide management counsel, strategic planning, program assessment and representational services to government and corporate clients.
Wallace earned his BA in History and Political Science from Ottawa University in 1966 and an MA in Political Science from the University of Kansas in 1968. He served two-years in the U.S. Army, including 12 months in 1969 with Company E, 75th Infantry Rangers leading long-range reconnaissance patrol teams in Vietnam. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, two Bronze Stars with "V," and three Air Medals before being honorably discharged in 1970. Wallace is co-author of Nine from the Ninth, a memoir of the Vietnam War based on the authors' combat experiences.
Bob moved to Washington, DC, in 1970 and served as a congressional administrative assistant before joining the Central Intelligence Agency in 1971. Over the next 20 years, Bob's CIA field assignments included three tours as Chief of Station with responsibility for directing clandestine operations and managing intelligence collection programs.
From 1991 until 2003, Wallace held senior positions in operations and administration at CIA headquarters. He was appointed Deputy Director of CIA's Office of Technical Service in 1995 and elevated to Office Director in 1998. There he managed multi-million dollar programs for the design, development, testing and deployment of technical equipment and personnel to support worldwide operations.
Wallace directed OTS' global response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks including the deployment of OTS officers into Afghanistan and the regional war zones. During his tenure at OTS, the office was recognized by the Inspector General for superior performance and management. Bob was awarded the Intelligence Medal of Merit, three exceptional performance recognitions, multiple Meritorious Unit Citations and, upon retirement, the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal.
In addition to heading the Artemus Consulting Group, Bob continues to support the CIA as a part-time historian with the Center for the Studies of Intelligence, speaking and writing on intelligence, leadership and management topics.
Bob and his wife, Mary Margaret, have three grown children and live in Reston, Virginia. Bob serves as Chairman of the McLean Baptist Church Leadership Council and Vice President of the Board of Managers of Northwest Financial Services LLC in Herndon, Virginia. In 2005, Bob received the Ottawa University Alumni Association Outstanding Achievement Award from his alma mater.
Charlie Thomas
Mr. Thomas joined Razorsight's board in April 2004, and became CEO in February 2005. Mr. Thomas has co-founded, grown and sold 3 companies over the last decade, and he has negotiated over $1 Billion in capital financings for his companies. He has successfully closed over 15 M&A transactions. Prior to Razorsight, Mr. Thomas founded and grew Claris Capital, a boutique investment bank, from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Thomas co-founded an Internet Service Provider which later sold to Verio and a Professional Services firm that sold to GTCR. In 1993 Mr. Thomas founded Net2000 Communications, a broadband telecommunications carrier, and led the company as CEO for nine years from start-up to an IPO led by Goldman Sachs in March 2000 with an initial market cap over $1 billion. Net2000 grew to $150 million in revenue and over 1,000 employees before being acquired by Cavalier Telephone in 2002.
Net2000 was named to Inc. Magazine's "Inc. 500" as one of the fastest growing private companies in America in 1999 and was also named to Deloitte & Touche's Fast 500 in 1998, 1999, and 2000. Net2000 was in the Top 10 of Washington Technology's Fast 50, and Washingtonian magazine rated Net2000 as one of the Top 50 places to work. The company was featured on several national news segments including NBC, CBS, MSNBC and CNN.
Mr. Thomas has over 20 years of experience. He also held sales and marketing positions with IBM and Bell Atlantic. Mr. Thomas serves on several corporate boards. Mr. Thomas is author of a book "Entrepreneur: A CEO's Lessons in American Capitalism" which was published in May 2005 (www.ceolessons.com). Mr. Thomas graduated from the University of Virginia where he played baseball.