LEADERSHIP

FBI Director Christopher Wray: “China is ‘Most Significant’ Threat to U.S.”
“China is the Broadest, Most Challenging, Most Significant Threat We Face as a Country”

The Rise of Great Power Competition

BlackOps teams America’s elite senior thought-leaders from the private sector: technology, Cybersecurity, and management consulting, aligned with U.S. intelligence, military, and federal law enforcement to provide unmatched strategy and adversarial intelligence to help our clients survive and thrive this top threat to all senior leadership.

Board Of Directors

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T. Casey Fleming Chairman and CEO	Chairman and CEO, Strategic Security Partners Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting Founding Managing Director, Security Division, IBM
Eric Qualkenbush	Director, Office of Central Cover, Central Intelligence Agency, retired Director, Training and Education, Central Intelligence Agency
Michael Weston	Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, retired Managed Counterintelligence, Economic Espionage, Insider Threat Operations
Anthony Chapa	Assistant Director, United States Secret Service, retired Chief Technology Officer, United States Secret Service Directed Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF)
Dan Woodward	President, Electronic Data Systems Founding Vice President and General Manager, Security Division, IBM
Tom Ayers	CEO, ABB Wireless Communications Systems, Tropos Networks, and N-Dimension Systems Senior Vice President, McAfee Security Senior Vice President, BlueCoat Systems

Board of Advisors

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Erik Matson Head of Advisory Board	Allianz, U.S. Operating Entity Executive President, The Americas, AIG Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force, retired Head of BLACKOPS Insurance Industry Group
Lani Kass, PhD	Senior Vice President and Corporate Strategic Advisor, CACI International Senior Policy Advisor to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Special Assistant to Chief of Staff, USAF and Senior Mentor, CHECKMATE Director of SECAF/CSAF Cyber Task Force Professor of Military Strategy and Operations, The National War College Head of BLACKOPS Military and Defense Group
General David Garza	Major General, United States Marine Corps, retired Inspector General of the Marine Corps Director, Marine Corps 2025 Strategic Vision Group Chief of Staff, United States Marine Corps Southern Command Head of BLACKOPS U.S. Government Agency and Defense Industry Groups
Doug De Peppe, LLM, JD	Principal, eosedge Legal, a global CyberLaw firm CyberLaw advisor to US-CERT White House Cyber Initiative Attorney Cyber JAG Officer, Unites States Army Head of BLACKOPS CyberLaw and Legal Industry Groups
Steve Hammonds	Vice President, Chief Information Officer, HP Enterprise Services Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, EDS Group VP, Chief Information Officer, General Motors Acceptance Corp. Head of BLACKOPS Technology Industry Group
Gerry Czarnecki	Chief Executive Officer, Deltennium Strategies Chair, National University System, Board of Trustees; Chair, Audit Committee, Jack Cooper Enterprises Chair & Founder, National Leadership Institute; Chair Emeritus & Founder, NACD Florida Chapter NACD Board Leadership Fellow and Faculty Member; Carnegie Mellon, Software Engineering Institute, CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight Head of BLACKOPS Board Leadership & Governance Group
Bob Mannarino	Chief Executive Officer, Boardroom Associates Chief Executive Officer GCR, President ICT Group, COO CDI Corporation, Director Emtec Board Advisor Cybersecurity and Technology, Clearview Capital, Secure Cloud Services Corporation NACD Board Leadership Fellow; Board Member NACD CT, Carnegie Mellon, Software Engineering Institute, CERT Certificate, Cybersecurity Oversight HEAD of BLACKOPS Board Strategy and Cyber Transformation Group
Mark Stanton	Senior Vice President, The Americas, Wells Fargo Senior Vice President, Societe Generale Head of BLACKOPS Financial Services Industry Group

Executives

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T. Casey Fleming Chairman and CEO	Chairman and CEO, Strategic Security Partners Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting Founding Managing Director, Security Division, IBM
Tom Ayers Chief Operating Officer	CEO, ABB Wireless Communications Systems, Tropos Networks, and N-Dimension Systems Senior Vice President, McAfee Security Senior Vice President, BlueCoat Systems
George McCausland Chief Engagement Officer	Director, Strategic Consulting Group, Deloitte Consulting Chief Information Officer, SPX Incorporated Chief Information Officer, Code Alarm Incorporated
Mike Masterson Chief Intelligence Officer	Chief, Intelligence, United States Cyber Command Military Intelligence Branch Chief, United States Army Commander, Special Troops Battalion, United States Army
Alex Shea Chief Cyber Intelligence Officer	CEO of leading global DarkNet Intelligence firm Advisor to Fortune 500 on Cyber risk mitigation strategies Advisor to U.S. agencies on Cyber Intelligence, HUMINT, Cyber hacking, and methods
Steve Conners, PhD Chief Architect	Chief Technology Officer, Strategic Security Partners Managing Director, Cyber Technology Division, IBM Global Services Chief Technology Officer, Tivoli Systems
Dan Petter Chief Information Security Officer	Director, Global Secure Systems, AT&T Corporation Senior Vice President, Security Products, Venali Vice President, Product Security, Good Technology
Scott Tait Managing Director Wargame Group	Captain, USS Zumwalt; 27 year veteran, United States Navy Led strategy, policy, and innovation for 3 and 4-star commanders in Indo-Pacific region and Washington Primary focus was directing wargaming to uncover key strategic opportunities and risks Distinguished member of the Halsey Alfa Advanced Research and Wargaming Project at Naval War College
John Barrett Chief Financial Officer	Chief Marketing Officer, Continuum Vice President Marketing, Accenture Vice President Marketing, Cap Gemini
Sara Williamson Chief Marketing Officer	Chief Marketing Officer, Continuum Vice President Marketing, Accenture Vice President Marketing, Cap Gemini
Michael Andrews Chief Counsel	Chief Counsel, Strategic Security Partners Chief Counsel, CapWest Securities General Counsel, American Bancshares