At Threat.Technology we track over 100,000 infosec, cyber security, military and cyber startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Florida, United States based COO’ operating in the Security space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jeff Vosburg
President and COO of Team Cymru
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About Team Cymru: Team Cymru is an internet security firm that offers research services making the internet a more secure place.
Steve Hafner
Chief Operating Officer of Centerra Group
Steve Hafner is the Chief Operating Officer for the Centerra’s Department of Energy (DOE) Operations. Colonel Hafner began his professional career as an Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Launch Officer at F.E. Warren Air Force Base (AFB) in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Subsequent assignments included a tour of duty on the Strategic Air Command (SAC) Airborne Command Post, staff assignments at SAC Headquarters in Omaha and at the Pentagon, and command assignments at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, and Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. He is a graduate of Squadron Officers School, the Armed Forces Staff College and the Air War College. A career Air Force Logistician, Colonel Hafner led ICBM missile maintenance organizations at Branch, Squadron and Group levels. As the Logistics Group Commander for the 90th Space Wing at F.E. Warren AFB, Colonel Hafner provided supply, contracting, transportation, missile maintenance, and nuclear weapon maintenance support for an Air Force Space Command wing of 50 Peacekeeper and 150 Minuteman III ICBMs and 4,500 airmen. Colonel Hafner’s final military assignment was commander of what is now Field Command, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After retiring from the Air Force, he worked at the Sandia National Laboratory before becoming the Director of what is now DOE’s Office of Secure Transportation. His formal education includes a BS from the University of Missouri at Columbia and an MBA from the University of Wyoming. He is also a certified Project Management Professional.
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About Centerra Group: Centerra Group, LLC, a global government & critical infrastructure services company.
Katie D’Amore
Co-founder, COO of Citizen
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About Citizen: Citizen is a provider of identity security and validation products for businesses and consumers.
Todd Wager
Chief Operating Officer of Cardno
As Chief Operating Officer, Todd is responsible for supporting the CEO with day-to-day operations and working with Cardno’s leadership teams across the globe to effectively and efficiently implement the company strategy and specific business plans consistent with Cardno’s vision and values. He is also responsible for streamlining business processes to drive organic growth as well as prioritising customer, employee, and organizational requirements. Todd is a senior leader with more than 25 years of international experience. He joins Cardno after an accomplished career with a major competitor where he managed groups working on a range of infrastructure and environmental projects in the oil, gas, and water sectors. Most recently he was Group President of the organisation’s Transportation Group, which followed his role as Group President of Government Services. Each of these groups were over AU $1.5 billion in size and global in their scope. Todd is skilled in devising innovative strategies to build high-performing businesses and working with global teams to successfully implement the necessary processes and programs.
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About Cardno: Cardno is a professional infrastructure and environmental services company. Our global team of dedicated professionals is united by our
Charles Shugg
Partner & Chief Operating Officer of Sylint Group
Charly Shugg, Brig. Gen. (Ret), USAF, is the COO for the Sylint Group and provides operational insight, strategy and strategic vision in the areas of information and cybersecurity. In his last Air Force position, he was responsible for providing Combatant Commanders with trained and ready cyberforces to plan and conduct worldwide cyberspace operations. Shugg was a key architect and strategic planner of the U.S. Air Force’s cyberspace operations program. He crafted concepts of operations for multiple worldwide organizations within the Air Force and USCYBERCOM. One of his previous duties was to regularly brief the status of AFCYBER Operations to executive-level government and congressional officials. He has been a featured speaker at numerous privately sponsored cyberspace events.
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About Sylint Group: Sylint is a nationally recognized leader in Cyber Security, Digital Data Forensics, eDiscovery and Compliance.
Molly Slade
Founder and COO of KineticFuse
Molly is responsible for ThreatWarrior’s day-to-day operations, as well as the execution of corporate goals to ensure the company’s effective performance and growth. Molly brings more than 25 years of experience in strategic business planning, management and analysis to ThreatWarrior. She has experience with successful technology startups and a proven track record of driving business outcomes through policy creation and oversight. Molly also specializes in organizational leadership, budgeting, personnel development, and customer care. When she’s not at work, Molly spends time with her family. She also loves horses and horseback riding, and visits her horse, Bella, at the stable most weekends.
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About KineticFuse, ThreatWarrior: KineticFuse provides next-generation threat identification, accelerated response and threat prevention capabilities.
Chris Linde
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of BLACKCLOAK
Chris Linde is the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at BLACKCLOAK.
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About BLACKCLOAK: Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy Platform for Corporate Executives & High-Net-Worth Individuals
Chris Giomblanco
COO of Playwire
Chris is a seasoned executive who brings almost three decades of dynamic cross-functional experience in both Fortune 500 and small growth businesses, spanning a broad and diverse industry landscape including Aerospace at United Technologies – Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, high technology hardware and services at both Motorola and Dell, premium consumer products at Alienware Computer Corporation/Dell, and digital media at Triad Retail Media. Prior to Playwire, Chris was Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Triad Retail Media where he initially built out the finance function as the founding CFO and progressively grew his responsibilities to include oversight of corporate development, HR, legal, and various operational functions as the company grew to more than 500 global employees. In his executive capacity at Triad, Chris was a key leader in the 2012 acquisition of the company by Rockbridge Growth Equity. At Alienware Corporation, a global company that was acquired by Dell, Chris was CFO with oversight of the finance, human resources, and facilities functions of the stand-alone company and was a key executive that championed an 18-month process that led to the integration of the business with the parent company, Dell. Chris holds a finance degree from the University of Connecticut and was a 2013 finalist for Tampa Bay Business Journal’s CFO of the Year.
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About Playwire: Playwire is a web-based platform offering online video hosting service for encoding, hosting, syndication and monetization.
Dan Dagnall
Chief Operating Officer of Fischer International Identity
Dan is responsible for corporate and product strategies plus all operational functions to ensure that Fischer’s products, services, people, and processes are aligned with our mission of industry leadership and customer advocacy. Dan is a technology visionary and thought leader. At the age of 23, Dan was promoted to General Manager of a multi-million dollar ISP for his ability to accurately predict industry directions and to plan new customer offerings in response. After joining Fischer as a consultant and successfully implementing enterprise-grade (2,000,0000 identities) and small-scale (< 500) Identity & Access Management (IAM) projects, Dan was promoted to Director of Presales Engineering where he began to educate the IAM community and shaped Fischer solutions to better address current and future customer requirements. Dan was then promoted to Chief Technology Strategist and was responsible for aligning product strategy with industry directions and customer needs. Today, Dan is internationally recognized as a voice in the IAM community and is credited with helping to shape the current state of the industry and how IAM, specifically cloud based IAM, is delivered to the enterprise. Dan’s foresight of the identity as a service (IDaaS) market dates back to 2008, when he began presenting the vision of what IDaaS has become today. His vision has kept Fischer at the head of the evolving IDaaS market space. You can find Dan presenting his unique vision at industry events, published articles and blogs. Dan is a graduate of Central Michigan University.
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About Fischer Identity, Fischer International Identity: Fischer International Idetntity a security visionary whose many accomplishments are recognized globally.
Douglas Solomon
COO of ID Global Solutions
Douglas Solomon has over 30 years of hands-on experience in the management of corporations and international subsidiaries. His experience includes over 13 years in international sales and marketing within the high-tech industry. Prior to founding ID Solutions, Douglas held various positions as President and/or CEO of various US-based and international companies. His experience and responsibilities include every aspect of running a business, people management, financial controls, resource planning and expansion/growth strategy of the company and its stakeholders. As a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand, he started his career with Hewlett Packard in South Africa in 1979 and in 1985 left HP to start one of the largest HP OEM’s in Africa, under the banner of the then publicly traded Square One Solutions Group. In partnership with various local and international companies, Douglas has been instrumental in establishing a beach-head for numerous new ventures in a variety of high-tech focused opportunities.
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About ID Global Solutions: ID Global Solutions desarrolla y simunistra soluciones de indetificación automática a los procesos de producción.
Susan Sumner
Chief Operating Officer of VIQ Solutions
- 30 years of executive leadership, consulting and operations management roles in Fortune 500 companies.
- Deep insight and experience in building world-class operational infrastructure for IT companies.
- Successfully combined several middle-market operating companies in the medical transcription space generating a successful exit for capital providers.
- Oversaw the acquisition and integration of multiple transcription and IT businesses at Nuance Corporation
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About VIQ Solutions: VIQ Solutions combines artificial intelligence (AI)-driven voice and video capture technology and services.
Christopher Demko
Co-Founder & COO of USDrobotics Inc
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About USDrobotics Inc: Safe Control Systems for Autonomous Vehicles
