Steve Staden

Steve Staden, CISSP, currently serves as the Head of Product and Security at HappyNest since September 2024 and has been an advisor at Teepee, a managed service for vendor risk management, since June 2020. Prior to these roles, Staden held the position of Senior Director of Product Management and GTM Product Leader at DNSFilter from April 2022 to July 2024, and served as both Chief Operations Officer and Chief Product Officer at Wind River Financial from June 2018 to April 2022, where Staden supported over 3,000 businesses in electronic payment processing. Staden's extensive experience includes significant roles at Ipswitch, Inc., where responsibilities encompassed product management and development for critical software solutions. Staden's career began with positions at Standard Networks, Inc., and Northern Star Media, and educational qualifications include an MBA in General Management from the Wisconsin School of Business and a BS in Computer Science and Finance from Northern Illinois University.