Jay Kurowsky

CEO at Aleta Technologies

​Jay Kurowsky, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, has 25 years’ experience in cybersecurity/Information Security (INFOSEC), including 24 years’ experience in leading high-performing cybersecurity/INFOSEC organizations. This experience includes serving as an Army Acquisition Corps member and a Vice President of a large, publicly-traded corporation. In these roles, he has provided cybersecurity support to over 1,000 systems. He has advised the Pentagon on such cybersecurity issues as cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, malicious content in commercial software, and security authorization/accreditation. He served as the Army’s representative for Software Protection/Anti-tamper and was chosen as technical representative by the Three-Star CIO/G-6 of the U.S. Army to make decisions for him on what systems were and were not sufficiently secure to connect to the Army's tactical communications backbone. In 2011, Jay founded Aleta Technologies which provides cybersecurity support to the Department of Defense, numerous global corporations, and other customers, with particular expertise in cybersecurity for control systems. Jay led Aleta to earn a position on INC's list of the nation's fastest growing privately-owned companies, which made Aleta the fastest-growing tech company in Huntsville from 2016-2019 due to Aleta 460% growth in revenue. Jay has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Physics Minor, and a Masters’ in Management/Information Systems (4.0 GPA). Jay is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and has a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma. He has earned three Army medals and various other awards and commendations.

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