Marcus Tonsmann

Marcus Tonsmann is currently a Cybersecurity Program Manager at Hellman & Friedman, a position held since October 2022. Prior experience includes serving as Cyber Risk Defense Principal, Consultant, Senior Analyst, and Analyst at Kaiser Permanente from May 2017 to September 2022, where responsibilities encompassed research and development for threat detection in the Cyber Risk Defense Center. Earlier roles involved an internship at Kaiser Permanente, focusing on Splunk infrastructure, machine learning, and creating detection mechanisms for various cyber threats. Marcus also gained research experience as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Colorado School of Mines, collaborating with Dr. Chuan Yue, and served as a Data Structures Teaching Assistant. An early career role includes instructing C++ for teens at iD Tech. Marcus holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the Colorado School of Mines, earned in 2018.