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Mark Weatherford

Chief Cybersecurity Strategist at Coalfire and Founding Partner at Aspen Chartered

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Skills

Risk Management
Leadership
Government
Strategy
Information Technology
Program Management
Networking
Consulting
Start-ups
Security Clearance
Federal Government
Outsourcing
Strategic Consulting
Cybersecurity
Analysis
Application Security
Business Continuity

Education

Work Experience

  • Chief Cybersecurity Strategist

    2024

Aspen Chartered

2020

  • CEO and Founding Partner

    2020

Cybersecurity Technology

2013

  • Board of Directors and Advisory Boards

    2013

    Board of Directors – aDolus (Jul 2021 – Jun 2024)(acquired by Exiger) Advisory Board – AlertEnterprise (Sep 2013 – Present) Advisory Board - BitGlass (Mar 2017 – Oct 2021) (acquired by Forcepoint) Advisory Board – BlackCloak (Jul 2022 – Present) Advisory Board - Blue Lava (Jan 2022 – Oct 2023) (acquired by Zyston) Advisory Board – Boldend (Jan 2018 – Oct 2022)(acquired by SIXGEN) Advisory Board – Bolster (May 2020 – Present) Senior Fellow – Center for Digital Government (2018 - Present) Advisory Board – ClearSky (2020 –2021) Advisory Board – Coalfire (Oct 2018 – Jun 2023) Advisory Board - Cylance (2013 -2019) (acquired by Blackberry) Advisory Board – Dasera (May 2020 – Present) DHS Homeland Security Advisory Council (2020 – 2021) Advisory Board – Gretel (Apr 2021 – Present) Advisory Board – HackerOne (Dec 2023 – Present) Advisory Board – Halcyon (Oct 2022 – Present) Strategic Advisory Council – Idaho National Labs - (2018 – Present) Advisory Board - Immersive Labs (Jan 2021 – May 2023) Advisory Board - Indegy (May 2018 – Dec 2019) (acquired by Tenable) Senior Fellow – McCrary Institute for Cyber & Critical Infrastructure Security (Dec 2023 – Present) Board of Directors – National Cybersecurity Center (2016 – Present) Public Sector Advisory Council - Palo Alto Networks (Feb 2015 – Jun 2016) Advisory Board - Pattern Computer (2020 – 2023) Senior Fellow – Ponemon Institute (2015 - Present) Advisory Board – Praetorian (Jun 2023 – Jan 2024) Advisory Board - Security Scorecard (Apr 2021 – Present) Advisory Board - StackRox (Feb 2020 – Feb 2021) (acquired by Red Hat) Advisory Board – SynSaber (Sep 2021 – Dec 2023) Advisory Board - Syn Ventures (2021 – Present) Advisory Board – Tenable (Sep 2020 – Present) Advisory Board – vArmour (Aug 2019 – Sep 2023) Advisory Board – XONA (Mar 2022 – Present)

Technology Investments

2016

  • Private Investor

    2016

    aDolus (acquired by Exiger) Aqueo Holdings (Limited Partner) Boldend (acquired by SIXGEN) Boxx Insurance CalypsoAI Cyber Mentor Fund (Limited Partner) Dasera Enveil Gretel Halcyon Hyas Interos Kognos (acquired by Devo) LeakSignal RADICL Defense Resilient Senseon Signifyd Templarbit (acquired by Boxx Insurance) vArmour

  • Chief Strategy Officer

    2020 - 2024

  • VP & Global Information Security Strategist

    2019 - 2020

2015 - 2019

  • SVP & Chief Cybersecurity Strategist

    2015 - 2019

2013 - 2015

  • Principal

    2013 - 2015

    Provide strategic consulting and advisory services that highlight cybersecurity as a business discriminator through the employment of sound risk management practices.

  • Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity

    2011 - 2013

    Appointed in the Obama administration as the nation’s first Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security.

  • Vice President and Chief Security Officer (CSO)

    2010 - 2011

    Led the critical infrastructure protection program and provided cyber and infrastructure security oversight for over 1,900 North American electric sector utilities.