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    Matthew Devost

    Matthew Devost

    Technologist, entrepreneur, and hacker. Founder of OODA, FusionX, Terrorism Research Center, Total Intel, Technical Defense, and iDefense.

    Washington DC University of Vermont...
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    Experience
    FusionX
    Exit
    FusionX
    Founder
    Terrorism Research Center
    Exit
    Terrorism Research Center
    Founder
    iSIGHT Partners
    iSIGHT Partners
    Chief Operating Officer 2009 - 2010 (about 1 year)
    Managed a full-time staff of 80 personnel with offices in Dallas, Washington DC, China, India, Europe, and South America. Responsible for all business operations including... more directly managing iSIGHT’s global threat intelligence, vulnerability, and assessment practices. Lead restructuring of company operations to include development of intelligence processes and revamping of products to align with customer demand and future expectations.
    iDEFENSE
    Exit
    iDEFENSE
    Founding Employee & Director of Intelligence 1998 - 1999 (10 months)
    Responsible for corporate team providing vulnerability assessment, infrastructure dependency analysis, threat assessment and information security solution sets to Fortune... more 500 companies including Microsoft and Citigroup. Served as Senior Information Security domain expert in the creation and execution of corporate business plan from the company’s inception to operational execution in support of international customers. Created iALERT product line.
    Flashpoint
    Flashpoint
    Board Member
    Tulco Holdings
    Tulco Holdings
    EVP, Strategy & Operations 2017 - Present (almost 9 years)
    Tulco is a differentiated holding company that seeks to disrupt large sectors of the economy through a collaborative and ongoing partnership between its subsidiaries and Tulco’s... more in-house shared services technology lab.
    Accenture
    Accenture
    Global Cyber Defense Practice Lead 2015 - Present (about 11 years)
    Managing Director at Accenture following 2015 acquisition of FusionX LLC. Responsible for Cyber Defense practice including mobile, cloud, network, endpoint, IOT, IIOT security,... more security transformation, threat hunting, incident response, threat intelligence, red teaming, and threat and vulnerability management services.
    OODA
    OODA
    Founder
    Total Intelligence Solutions
    Total Intelligence Solutions
    Founder
    U.S. Department of Defense
    U.S. Department of Defense
    Senior Advisor 2010 - 2013 (about 3 years)
    Appointment as a Special Government Employee to advise Department of Defense leadership on a variety of security related issues.
    Georgetown University
    Georgetown University
    Adjunct Professor 2002 - 2016 (over 13 years)
    Adjunct Professor position at Georgetown University where he teaches a graduate course entitled “Information Warfare and Security”. Matt taught Information Warfare and Security... more for over twenty-eight consecutive semesters, carrying on the legacy of Dr. Dorothy Denning who taught the class prior to 2002. He also served as the Supervising Professor on “Introduction to Information Privacy”.
    Founder
    OODA, Technical Defense, Total Intelligence Solutions, Terrorism Research Center, FusionX
    Employee
    Accenture, U.S. Department of Defense, iSIGHT Partners, Georgetown University, iDEFENSE, Tulco Holdings
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    MACH37 Cyber Accelerator, Axon Ghost Sentinel, Crucial Point, RiskIQ
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    Flashpoint
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    Was Co-Founder, CEO and President of FusionX LLC (2010) which was acquired by Accenture in August 2015.

    Was Co-Founder, CEO and President of Terrorism Research Center, Inc.(1996) which was acquired by EP Investments in 2006. EP Investments was the investment entity for Erik Prince, who also owned Blackwater at the time.

    Co-Founder of Total Intelligence Solutions with Robert Richer, former Deputy Directory of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency.

    Played founding or C-level roles in the start-ups iSIGHT Partners (acquired by FireEye), iDEFENSE (acquired by Verisign), Technical Defense Associates (acquired by Prince Group), and Security Design International (acquired by Cylink).

    Mentor at Mach 37 cyber accellerator. Professor for 14 years at Georgetown University teaching flagship "Information Warfare and Security" class.

    Hundreds of media and public speaking appearances. Published book and academic journal author.

    Father. Inventor. Hockey coach.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Cyber Security Enterprise Security Counterterrorism Risk Management Business Intelligence Business Strategy Information Security Network Security Data Security Competitive Intelligence
    Locations
    New York City Silicon Valley Washington DC Boston London Los Angeles
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