The Technology Advancement Center (TAC) Advisory Board

OUR MISSION 
 
To help establish a clear presence for TAC and The Link amd components by understanding and sharing their mission, vision, and goals with the Academic, Business, Defense, Government, and international partner community. The Mission of The Link is to provide open-source resources and access to capabilities to advance technology supporting National Security with a focus on small and nontraditional businesses and academia, STEM & workforce development, and proof of concept innovation.

Maren Allison

National Resiliency Advisor to CISA/DHS, President of West Point Women, Ret. CISO for Johnson & Johnson

Vishal Amin

General Manager of Defense Security Solutions at Microsoft

Matthew Archibald

Director of Corporate Development- Applied Network Solutions

Raju Balakrishnan

Dean and Professor at the Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore

Christine Billingsley

COO of the Military Cyber Professionals Association (MCPA)

Dr. Jennifer Blum

Founder of JenAI Group LLC

Cheri Caddy

Senior Technical Advisor for Cybersecurity at the Department of Energy (DOE)

Chris Cleary

Vice President of Global Cyber Practice at ManTech International

Tasha Cornish

Executive Director of the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland (CAMI)

Chase Cunningham

VP of Security Market Research at G2

Brian Darmondy

CSO for Association of University Research Parks (AURP)

Ed Devinney, Cap. (Ret.) USN

USN Corporate Director of Cyber Programs, Northrop Grumman

Igor Dubinsky, PhD, Colonel, US Army Reserve

Director of Defense Nuclear, BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC

Spencer R. Fisher

Chief Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security’s CISA

Bob Flores

Founder and CTO of Applicology Incorporated

Dave Furneaux

CEO and Chairman of BlueIO

Tommy Gardner

Chief Technology Officer; HP Federal

Lt. Gen. Keren Gibson, USA (Ret.)

Former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for National Security Partnerships

Katherine Hennessey Gronberg

Head of Government Services for NightDragon

Bob Gourley

Co-Founder and CTO, OODA LLC

Brian Green

Senior Executive Advisor Supporting US Cyber Command at Booz Allen Hamilton

COL Stephen Hamilton

Associate Professor, United States Military Academy West Point

Wendy Hou

Vice President - Research and Model Development at Marsh

Katherine Hutton

Product Manager, OT Cybersecurity for Fluence

Jeffrey Jones

Founder and CEO, Barrix Nexus Group, LLC

Ethan Kazi

CEO at The Canton Group

Matthew Kemph

VP of Mission Partnerships at IQT

Alison King

VP of Government Affairs at Forescout Technologies

Kim Lowry

Director for Innovative Concepts and Cyber, Lockheed Martin

Steven Mail

Founder and Chairman of Mail Venture Partners

Ken Malone

CEO Early Charm Ventures

Jeff Man

Information Security Advocate, Advisor, and Speaker

Lynn Matice

President & Founder of the National Economic Security Alliance (NESA)

Will Metts, RDML, USN (Ret.)

National Security Alliance Executive at Amazon Web Services

Kimberly Mentzell

Director for Cybersecurity and Aerospace at the Maryland Department of Commerce

Bruce McIndoe

President of McIndoe Risk Advisory

Kevin McKenna, LTC, USA (Ret.)

COCOM and Army Account Executive with Oracle

Greg McAleer

Global Security and Risk Manager

Mark Montgomery, RADM, USN (Ret.)

Senior Director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Laura Nelson

President and CEO of National Cryptologic Foundation (NCF)

Hon. Paul C. Ney

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Momentus Inc.

Philip Niedermair

Chairman of TAC Advisory Board

Steve Pennington

Vice President, Technology & Innovation for the Maryland Tech Council (MTC)

John Quigg, LTC., USA (Ret.)

Senior Advisor to DoD Cyber Command, John Hopkins/APL

Janelle Romano

Vice President of Cyberspace Operations CACI

Scott Sanders, RADM, USN (Ret.)

Aerospace and Defense Consultant

Jeffrey S. Scheidt, RADM, USN (Ret.)

J. Scheidt Consulting LLC

Brian Schultz

CEO CyberAlphas and ISSA Distinguished Fellow

Jay Steinmetz

Founder of Barcoding, Inc. and CEO Power Up Connect, LLC.

Andrew Stewart

Global Government and National Security Senior Strategist

Mark Stamford

Founder and CEO of OccamSec

Brian Stites

Vice President, Strategic Initiatives – Autonomy, AI, Cyber, Space

Paul Tortora, CAPT, USN (Ret.)

Former Acting Deputy National Cyber Director

Kiersten Todt

Former Chief of Staff of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Tomi Virtanen

Nokia Tires VP Global Supply Chain (Finland)

Samuel S Visner

Director, National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center, the MITRE Corporation

Peter Watts

Head of Insider Risk & Cyber Intelligence at a Fortune 100 Energy Company

Guy M. Walsh, Brig. Gen., USAF (Ret.)

VP and COO of National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

Harry Wingo

SVP at Circadence Corporation and former Deputy National Cyber Director

Garrett Yee, Maj. Gen., USA (Ret.)

Vice President/General Manager of Army and Defense Agency Sector at GDIT

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