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Jim Reavis
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, CSA
For over 30 years, Jim Reavis has worked in cybersecurity industry as an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, technologist and business strategist. Jim’s innovative thinking about emerging trends have been published and presented widely throughout the industry and have influenced many.
Jim launched Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) in 2009 and has led its global growth and position as among the most vital cybersecurity communities worldwide. Under...
Illena Armstrong
President, CSA
Illena Armstrong is a long-time international media and business development leader who, with the help of the talented teams she has managed over the years, successfully built and maintained a wide range of award-winning, digitally-driven multimedia, intelligence/research, and educational offerings serving targeted audiences. Along with her current role as President of CSA, she serves as a Fellow with the International Association of Certif...
Daniele Catteddu
Chief Technology Officer, CSA
Daniele Catteddu is an information security and risk management practitioner, technologies expert and privacy evangelist with over 15 of experience. He worked in several senior roles both in the private and public sector. He is member of various national and international security expert groups and committees on cyber-security and privacy, keynote speaker at several conferences and author of numerous studies and papers on risk management, ...
Troy Leach
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), CSA
Troy Leach has spent more than 25 years advocating for the advancement of responsible, safe technology to improve the quality of living and parity for all.
As the Chief Strategy Officer, Mr. Leach supports Cloud Security Alliance's corporate strategy and ongoing mission to provide new and relevant cloud security awareness, education, research, programs and membership participation. Mr. Leach specifically focuses on external engageme...
Luciano (J.R.) Santos
Chief Customer Officer, CSA
J.R. Santos serves as the Chief Customer Officer for the Cloud Security Alliance. In this role, J.R. serves as a CSA Member advocate, partnering with leaders across all business units to transform the member experience and ensure that members are the center of every business decision. J.R. leads the Experience Services organization that includes the CSA Membership and Sales team, who work collaboratively to promote a consistent experience f...
Eileen Sciarra
EVP of Growth, CSA
Courtney Stiven
Vice President of Global Marketing, CSA
Courtney Stiven serves as the Vice President of Global Marketing for the Cloud Security Alliance. With over 15 years of experience in IT industry marketing, Courtney excels at translating complex technical information into digestible content for audiences of all levels. Her diverse background in corporate events, B2B communication, demand generation, digital marketing and campaign management paved the way for her to lead a team of global ma...
Jeffrey Westcott, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, CSA
Jeffrey Westcott’s career spans over thirty years. It began in banking and securities, then as an entrepreneur with start-ups for another ten. He has worked with established companies in the Seattle area since 2010. He is the Chief Financial Officer of the Cloud Security Alliance, and has been with the CSA since 2014. He received his BS (Accounting) from the University of Scranton, his MBA (Finance) from the University of Pittsburgh, and i...
Scott Williams
Director of Startup Acceleration, CSA
John Yeoh
Global Vice President of Research, CSA
With over 15 years of experience in research and technology, John excels at executive-level leadership, relationship management, and strategy development. He is a published author, technologist, and researcher with areas of expertise in cybersecurity, cloud computing, information security, and next generation technology (IoT, Big Data, SecaaS, Quantum). John specializes in risk management, third party assessment, GRC, data protection, incid...
Wendy Adkinson
Part-time IT/Customer Support, CSA
Hillary Baron
Senior Technical Director - Research, CSA
Ryan Bergsma
Technology Director and Security Manager, CSA
Rick Blue
Director of Training Partners & Delivery, CSA
Marina Bregkou
Senior Research Analyst, CSA EMEA
Lorenzo Brown
Account Executive, CSA
Josh Buker
Research Analyst, CSA
Anna Campbell Schorr
Training Program Director, CSA
Kasia Chaberski
STAR Program Manager, CSA
Chandler Curran
Membership Success Manager, CSA
Megan Czaplinski
Director of Member Success, CSA
John DiMaria
Director of Operations Excellence, CSA
John DiMaria; CSSBB, HISP, MHISP, AMBCI, CERP is the Director of Operations Excellence and Research Fellow with the Cloud Security Alliance. He has 40 years of experience in Standards and management System Development, including Information Systems, Business Continuity, and Quality. John was one of the innovators and co-founders of the CSA STAR programs Open Certification Framework for cloud providers and developed the first certification s...
Jackie Donnelly
Emily Everett
Research Coordinator, CSA
Andrew Feely
Web Developer, CSA
Ryan Gifford
Research Analyst, CSA
Frank Guanco
Research Program Manager, CSA
Jerod Hollen
Web / Content Developer, CSA
Madison Hopkins
Senior Global Accountant, CSA
Erik Johnson
Cloud Security Specialist & Senior Research Analyst, CSA
Worked for the Federal Reserve for many years and volunteered with the CSA with a focus on CCM/CAIQ V4, specifically the STA domain, and developing a comprehensive framework and guidance for defining and managing the cloud shared security responsibility model (SSRM).
I recently retired from the Federal Reserve and am now consulting with the CSA as a Senior Research Analyst with a focus on Zero Trust and Financial Services.
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Alex Kaluza
Research Analyst, CSA
William Keogh
Membership Experience Advisor, CSA
Nicole Krenz
Web Marketing Specialist, CSA
Claire Lehnert
Graphic Designer, CSA
Stephen Lumpe
Senior Graphic Designer, CSA
Paige McKenna
Account Executive, CSA
Cion Mensidor
Tyler Messa
STAR Technical Director, CSA
Ekta Mishra
Membership Director & Country Manager (India), CSA APAC
Kaitlin Morgan
Cloud IT Operations Administrator, CSA
Lucas Moyle
Developer, CSA
Carolina Ozan
Director of Strategic Marketing Initiatives, CSA
Alain Pannetrat
Senior Researcher, STAR Product Manager, CSA
Olivia Rempe
Community Engagement Specialist, CSA
Hannah Rock
Content Development Manager, CSA
Andy Ruth
Course Content Developer, CSA
Noelle Sheck
Communications Coordinator, CSA
Eleftherios Skoutaris
Program Manager / Research Analyst, CSA EMEA
Stephen Smith
Senior Graphic Designer, CSA
Adriano Sverko
Technical Writer, CSA
Senior tech enthusiast with a career spanning over 30 years in IT. My diverse background in IT applications and infrastructure began with an interest in participating in tech startups, grew up with training international business consultants on ERP and CRM, and matured working with Fortune 500 clients. I have focused on software development, healthcare, and manufacturing. My expertise extends to ITSM/ITIL, tech training and tutoring to adul...
Megan Theimer
Content Program Specialist, CSA
Billy Toney
Chapter Relations Manager, CSA
Rodoula Vasila
Customer Support, CSA
Dominik Vleming
Director of Sales Operations, CSA
Melisa L. Williams
Director of Events, CSA
Katlyn Wright
IT Support, CSA
Laura Xu
Senior Digital Marketing Manager, CSA
Addison Young
Event Specialist, CSA