Mark Clancy
Vice President for Cybersecurity/CISO, Sprint, Inc.; Founder, Cyber Risk Management; former Managing Director for Technology Risk Management/CISO, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC).
Dr. Kerry Buckley
Vice Chair, Cyber Florida Board of Advisors. Vice President for Air Force Programs, The MITRE Corporation. Former Director, MITRE Information Technology Center. Former Personnel and Industrial Psychologist for the US Office of Personnel Management.
Jan Tighe
US Navy (Ret.): Board of Directors, Goldman Sachs, Huntsman, IronNet and Board of Trustees MITRE Corporation. Former Commander, Fleet Cyber Command and US 10th Fleet; former Director of Naval Intelligence and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare.
Bob Rose
Bob Rose is an internationally recognized cybersecurity expert providing the U.S. government and companies strategic counseling and governance on a full array of cyber-related issues at the nexus of technology, national security, law enforcement and privacy. Bob previously served in various appointed U.S. government advisory positions in the areas of national security, cyber and homeland security. He was a member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, the National Security Agency’s Cyber Awareness and Response Panel, the National Counterterrorism Center Advisory Board and the Department of States International Security Advisory Board. Current corporate and non-profit advisory service includes The Chertoff Group, 1Kosmos, Securonix, Clarivate, the McCrary Institute for Cyber & Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University, the Homeland Security Experts Group Steering Committee and the State of Florida Center for Cybersecurity.
Christopher Day
VP Strategic Capabilities and Programs, Tenable. VP of Cognitive Cyber, ManTech, Member Defense Science Board, Chief Information Security Officer for Invincea, CTO for Packet Forensics, LLC and its subsidiaries; Senior Vice President, Secure Information Services for Terremark Worldwide, Inc.; and Vice President for SteelCloud. Co-founded The Asgard Group, and subsequently sold it to SteelCloud in 2004.
Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall
CEO of Advance Foundry. DoD Joint Staff, former Chief Information Officer – Director Command, Control, Communications, and Cyber (C4). Former Senior Military Advisor to the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and former Deputy Principal Cyber Advisory to the Secretary of Defense.
Terry Roberts
Founder, President and CEO WhiteHawk CEC Inc., TASC VP for Cyber Engineering and Analytics, an Executive Director Carnegie Mellon University – Software Engineering Institute (CMU SEI), Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence CNO OPNAV, Director Requirements and Resources – Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.
Andy Zolper
Andy Zolper is the Chief Operating Officer of IT and Head of Enterprise Technology Solutions for Raymond James Financial. He leads a global team of experts who deliver technology capabilities to Raymond James and its clients. Andy also chairs the firm’s Operational Risk Management Committee, and serves as the executive sponsor of the firm’s veterans inclusion network (“Valor”). Prior to his current role Andy was the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Raymond James Financial for 9 years.
Over the past 30 years Andy has held numerous technology and cyber security roles with companies including UBS, JP Morgan Chase, and Verizon. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and is a proud US Marine Corps veteran. Now that their five children are grown, Andy and his wife Linda are Florida Guardians ad Litem, court-appointed volunteer advocates for children in the foster care system. Andy serves on the board of The Guardian ad Litem Foundation of Tampa Bay.
Cyber Florida Announces Start-Up Seed Fund Pilot Program
Cyber Florida today announced the Seed Fund Pilot Program launch, a new initiative to support Florida-based researchers and emerging entrepreneurs in commercializing their cybersecurity technical innovations, launching new businesses, and helping secure critical infrastructure.
Modeled after the federal Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) Phase I programs, the Seed Fund Pilot is intended to complement and amplify other statewide efforts to encourage innovation, such as the Florida High-Tech Corridor, I-Corps, and incubators and accelerators around the state, by filling in the missing pieces of seed funding and mentoring for commercialization.
The effort will focus on mentoring new entrepreneurs to help them establish businesses centered on cybersecurity technical solutions and services. The program will advance Cyber Florida’s legislative mission by facilitating research sharing between businesses and universities, attracting cybersecurity companies to Florida, and helping innovative cybersecurity businesses to emerge in Florida.
During the inaugural year, Cyber Florida will evaluate applications and grant approximately $240,000 in total seed funding to be distributed among four emerging companies that are registered and operating in Florida. Like SBIR programs, Cyber Florida will take no equity or realize any return from these investments. To learn more about this new program and download the application packet, please visit https://cyberflorida.org/seedfund.