Joshua Marpet is a well known Security Researcher and speaker. With experience gained from many positions in industries ranging from the Federal Reserve System and law enforcement to cosmetics companies and blacksmithing, Josh has been around the block more than once.
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Cyndi Gula is s a cyber start up operations expert. She has started and run licensing, human resources, legal, facilities, accounting, marketing and sales operations for both Tenable Network Security and Network Security Wizards. As a Gula Tech Adventures managing partner, she is helping our portfolio companies scale and make important decisions about their organizational structure, recruiting strategy, building a culture, managing their cash flow and having the processes in place to succeed and have fun. Cyndi was appointed to the Howard County Economic Development Board and is a 2016 graduate of the Leadership Howard County class. She has a Bachelor of Science in Glass Engineering from Alfred University.
Dan Woolley has nearly 40 years of IT industry leadership developing and delivering software and hardware products and building global security consulting organizations. As a General Partner with MACH37 he oversees the 14-week curriculum and daily operations of the nation’s leading cyber security accelerator. Dan is responsible for identifying emerging security entrepreneurs and structuring programs that prepare them to find early stage and venture funding. Prior to joining MACH37 Dan was responsible for managing five of Dell’s seven Strategic Global Alliances as well as Dell’s security domain partners and while at CA Technologies developed and implemented the long range strategic partnership programs for Microsoft and Intel. A large part of Dan’s career has been centered in the evolving international cyber security world. He has been personally involved in defining cyber security standards for corporate America, established the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis (FS ISAC) and IT ISAC, as well as shaping the development of cyber protection and cyber response organizations at Raytheon, SAIC ‘s Global Integrity and at Ernst & Young. While managing Ernst and Young’s Information Security Services Mid Atlantic Practice he served as the lead negotiator for a consortium of leading software security companies on the Digital Millennium Copyright Treaty and as the President and CEO of Global Integrity, an SAIC subsidiary, testified before the US Congress on Information Security Threats to the US Corporate Infrastructure. Dan is retired US Air Force officer and has held multiple assignments at the Pentagon on the staff to the Secretary of the Air Force. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master of Advanced Communications Management from the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California. He is also a graduate of the USAF Air Command Staff College, Squadron Officers School and the Defense Information College.
Jonathan holds a baccalaureate in computer science and math, but ask him which teacher influenced his life most and he’ll mention the marketing instructor who totally changed the way he thought about business. He is a recognized technology and business leader offering original insights and a passion for innovation. He has an extensive track record of building and launching successful, high profile software solutions within a range of early-stage and middle-market companies. He brings expertise in product management, product development and product marketing. Jonathan has a B.Sc. in Computer Science & Mathematics from Ben-Gurion University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Since founding ProductSavvyô in 2006, he has helped a wide range of fast growth companies accelerate and strengthen their product capabilities, and build and launch new market offerings. Prior to founding ProductSavvyô, he led software development at AeroScout, a global leader in Wi-Fi-based RFID tags (acquired by Stanley Black & Decker); Earlier in his career he co-founded Netprox an early mobile development startup where he led the product management and product development groups, leveraging his experience gained at Regisoft and Comverse Technologies.