Bristow, Virginia, United States
I’m a founder, CEO, and board chair with 20+ years of experience helping organizations around the world use technology to drive societal impact. From transforming global security and privacy practices to reimagining identity frameworks, my mission has always been clear: apply innovation where it matters most. As CEO of Kuma, I lead a global privacy, security, and identity consultancy that partners with leading public and private institutions, including Fortune 50 companies and federal agencies, to move from reactive compliance to operational excellence. We focus on industries where trust and integrity are essential: Healthcare, Ag Tech, and Financial services. Every project is powered by senior-level expertise and guided by a commitment to forward-thinking strategy, measurable outcomes, and long-term resilience. Earlier in my career, I led pioneering efforts in forensic science that reshaped medical and law enforcement use cases. Today, my work focuses on the cybersecurity challenge: Helping clients navigate today’s most complex risk landscape while building the secure digital infrastructures of tomorrow. I’ve been fortunate to collaborate with influential global organizations, including the White House, and I continue to speak internationally on topics that sit at the intersection of innovation, ethics, and public/private alignment. In parallel with my corporate work, I serve as Chairman of the Board at the Kuma Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that’s focused on bridging the digital divide through STEAM education. We believe all children, regardless of race, gender, or zip code, deserve access to the tools of the future. Through community engagement, tech literacy programs, and mentorship, we’re working to ensure underserved youth are prepared to lead in a world driven by science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. At my core, I’m driven by a belief in technology’s power to protect, connect, and uplift. I build organizations and ecosystems that turn that belief into reality. Industries 🔒 Cybersecurity & Identity 🏥 Healthcare & Life Sciences 🌱 Agricultural Technology 💰 Financial Services Expertise 💼 Technology Leadership & Governance 🌍 Public–Private Partnership Development 🔐 Data Privacy & Operational Security 🎤 Global Speaking & Thought Leadership 📊 Strategic Consulting & Risk Management 🧑🏫 STEAM Advocacy for Underserved Communities Let’s build something that lasts: Securely, equitably, and boldly.
Kuma is a global privacy, security and identity consulting company that provides progressive best practices for optimal success to every client, staffing each project with senior-level resources, and delivering influential thought leadership through strong industry relationships and quality partnerships. We work with organizations to reimagine their privacy and security programs and shift from a focus on reactive compliance to operational excellence. Read more about how we do this at www.kuma.pro.
The mission of the Kuma Foundation is to demonstrate the positive social impact of security, privacy and identity in technology by increasing awareness of technology and its uses, fostering healthy technology lifestyles, driving the adoption of privacy and security standards, and supporting global causes. The vision of the Kuma Foundation is a global community where technology is utilized as a channel to connect people from all levels of society by empowering and emancipating them through education, opportunity and charitable acts to improve the quality of life. It is our goal to bring the world together by bridging the “digital divide.”
The Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG) – a voluntary, public-private partnership built around the National Strategies for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) – is the only independent body dedicated to redefining how people and organizations identify themselves online, by fostering the creation of privacy-enhancing trusted digital identities. We’re working to bring all netizens – consumers, educational institutions, online businesses and governments alike – into the thriving marketplace for strong, secure online identity credentials.
Senior Manager within the Security and Privacy team of Deloitte and Touche. Provides strategy and delivery of technology solutions and services within the Federal and Commercial sectors. Current engagements include the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC).