Tom Cignarella is a seasoned technical leader with significant experience in building and leading successful information security teams. He is known for his insightful management practices that foster a positive team culture and ensure the team's focus and motivation towards achieving common goals. As an expert communicator, Tom translates critical executive strategy into action, mitigating risk as the company scales. Additionally, Tom specializes in risk assessment, security audits, compliance, threat intelligence, capacity planning, incident response, people leadership, emotional intelligence, and vulnerability management.

With a career spanning over two decades, Tom has held several leadership positions, such as Director, Security Coordination Center, Director Technical Operations - Echosign, VP SaaS Technical Operations at Limelight Networks, Vice President of Technical Operations and Support at Clickability, VP, Technology Operations at PlanetOut Inc, Sr. IT Operations Manager at Symantec, Director Client Services at BEA, Sr. Manager IT Operations at Autodesk, Director Production Operations at Ariba, and Sr. Manager Operations at Excite@Home.