Agiliance Board of Advisors
- Charles Breed
- Bob Ciccone
- Dev Ghoshal
- Lloyd Hession
- Parveen Jain
- Shahed K. Latif
- Andrew Nash
- Bryan Palma
- Ken Tyminski
- Bob West
- Marc West
- Frank Zarb
Charles Breed
Charles Breed is VP of Corporate Development at Business Objects, an SAP Company, where he is responsible for strategic transactions and integration with SAP. Charles brings to Agiliance's Advisory Board tremendous experience at both the board and operational level within a company. He has experience in creating revenue growth and market expansion through inorganic methods, including mergers and acquisitions. In his career he has managed the acquisition of over 20 companies totaling over $500 million over the past ten years. Prior to SAP, Mr. Breed was a key member of Symantec's M&A team. Prior to Symantec, Mr. Breed held positions at Securify (VP Business Development), McAfee/PGP (Business Development), and product marketing positions at CISCO and Hewlett-Packard. Mr. Breed holds an MBA from University of Phoenix, BS from the University of San Francisco and CISSP.
Bob Ciccone
Bob Ciccone is a seasoned information technology executive with 25 years of varied experience in large corporations, consulting firms, and venture-backed startups. Bob's experience includes VP positions in two high-tech public companies, EDS/A.T. Kearney and Oracle, C-level positions in two security product startups, ArcSight and Cydelity, and a leadership role in General Motors "e-GM" electronic commerce business. And earliest in his career, Bob was a management consultant at Booz-Allen and a systems consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
Debashis (Dev) Ghoshal
Dev Ghoshal is General Manager for Global Practices at Microsoft where he is responsible for building a portfolio of practices around developing technologies such as virtualization, unified communication and business intelligence. Mr. Ghoshal brings more than 15 years of experience in consulting, technology and P&L management to Agiliance. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ghoshal spent five years with McKinsey & Company, a global strategic consulting company. He then joined i2 Technologies, where he served as Vice President, EMEA and Senior Vice President of Global Solution Delivery and Business Development. Mr. Ghoshal holds a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur; a Master of Science from Texas A&M University; and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.
Lloyd Hession
Lloyd Hession advises corporate and governmental interests around the world on risk and security. For seven years he served as chief security officer of Radianz, the world’s largest financial services extranet. He was responsible for the security of computers and networks on which 11,000 financial institutions and 180 exchanges and information providers depend upon to transact trillions of dollars per day on capital markets. Before joining Radianz, Mr. Hession was managing director of security and risk management practices at Giga Information Group (now Forrester Research). Prior to Giga, Mr. Hession was chief architect of Internet security at IBM, where he built and ran IBM’s Internet Security Services and served as advisor to the Federal Reserve.
Parveen Jain
Parveen Jain was executive vice president of corporate strategy at McAfee, where he was responsible for the company’s overall strategy, corporate development, merger and acquisitions, corporate marketing, new business development, and strategic alliances. Jain founded IntruVert Networks, which was acquired by McAfee in May of 2003. At IntruVert Networks, he guided the company through its venture funding rounds, product development efforts, company building stage, and successful customer engagements.
Shahed K. Latif
Shahed K. Latif is a partner and the western region information security services leader in KPMG’s Advisory Services practice, where he has developed the firm’s global methodology and is dedicated to serving KPMG’s key national clients, with a primary focus on internet and high technology clients. His responsibilities have included assessing global deployment of IT outsource contracts, performing detailed IT security assessments of many Fortune 1000 companies, and implementing and designing various security solutions.
Andrew Nash
Andrew Nash is the Co-Founder & CEO of Pseuds, Inc. a privately held enterprise with patented technology that will launch publicly in 2008. Mr. Nash brings a wealth of unique knowledge and expertise based upon more than twenty-four (24) years of experience elevating organizational performance through expert orchestration of business strategies including start-up, expansion, turnaround and mergers for public and privately held enterprises. Mr. Nash has been CEO, President, and has performed numerous CXO functions including Chief Operating Officer at BroadVision; EVP & Board Member at Baan Company; as well as a former Global Partner at Deloitte Consulting. He has extensive leadership and operational experience throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas. He currently serves on the Boards and Advisory Boards of multiple privately held technology companies
Bryan Palma
Bryan Palma is Vice President, Global Information Security at EDS. He is responsible for driving growth, competitiveness and quality through end-to-end product development and delivery across EDS' Global Information Security service. Prior to EDS Palma founded Ponic, a strategic advisory firm focused on helping organizations improve information risk capabilities. Prior to founding Ponic, Bryan served as PepsiCo’s Chief Information Security Officer. Before joining PepsiCo, Bryan was a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service assigned to the Washington DC Field Office. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Richmond, a Master of Education degree from the University of Maryland, and an M.B.A. from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business
Ken Tyminski
Ken Tyminski is a 32-year veteran of the IT industry. He most recently served as vice president and chief information security officer (CISO) for Prudential Insurance Company of America, where he was responsible for the integrity and security of Prudential’s business systems. As CISO, he also led Prudential’s information security office, which established policies and standards, and ensured controls were in place for millions of users, thousands of branches, and hundreds of offices across the country and around the world.
Bob West
Bob West is CEO of Echelon One and a certified information systems security professional (CISSP). Formerly, he was chief information security officer for Fifth Third Bank, where he led a breakthrough project to deploy a unified identity infrastructure for the bank.
Marc West
Marc West, group president, commercial markets at H&R Block, oversees the company’s RedGear Technologies group, PDI Global, and Virtual Tax Service functions. West joined H&R Block in 2004 as chief information officer, where he focused on delivering high-impact business and technology value across the company’s global lines of business. Before joining H&R Block, West was CIO for Electronic Arts, the world’s largest developer and publisher of interactive entertainment.
Frank Zarb
Frank Zarb, former deputy general counsel for Bristol Myers Squibb, brings valuable corporate and risk management legal expertise to the Agiliance Board of Advisors. Prior to Bristol Myers Squibb, Zarb was a corporate partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he focused on compliance with the federal securities laws and stock exchange requirements by public companies and other regulated entities. Before joining Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, he served as special counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel and Office of International Corporate Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).