Tracey Pretorius

Tracey Pretorius has extensive experience in the cybersecurity industry, with a focus on strategy and partnerships. Tracey currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at ContraForce, where they advise on global growth strategies and strategic partnerships, utilizing their background from Microsoft. Previously, they worked as the Senior VP of Cybersecurity Strategy at Arqit, where they fostered relationships with CISOs worldwide and drove strategic partnerships. Before that, Tracey held various roles at Microsoft, including co-founding and chairing the Microsoft Women in Security (MWiS) group, leading a team of global engineers in driving security researcher enablement strategies, and creating and driving a global partner community for delivering security and AI solutions. Tracey also served as a senior communications leader, driving customer cybersecurity and cloud strategy issues management and representing Microsoft in customer engagements and industry events. Additionally, Tracey has experience at Google, where they leveraged their expertise in user security and crisis communications to prioritize consumer trust across Google's product portfolio.

Tracey Pretorius holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Industrial Psychology from the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika. Tracey also attended St. Mary's D.S.G, although no specific degree or field of study is mentioned. In addition to their formal education, Tracey has obtained several public relations certifications and has completed various leadership and communications industry training courses. The details regarding the institutions and the specific years of obtaining these certifications and training courses are not provided.