Jonathan Siegel

Jonathan Siegel joins RapidSOS with over 20 years of experience in Information Security Management, Engineering, Audit, and Governance.

He began his career as a UNIX System Administrator but was bitten by the "security bug" during a stint managing Merrill Lynch's firewall engineering team during the 1990s. In 2000, he joined Exodus Communications - then one of the leading Web Hosting and Consulting firms supporting the era's "Internet Boom" - in order to establish and lead the firm's Professional Service Security practice in the New York Area.

Jonathan stayed with Exodus through two changes in ownership - the firm was purchased by Cable & Wireless, and then again by Savvis Communications - through 2006. During this interval, he designed and implemented Internet-facing security solutions for a customer base that included General Electric, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, and many other customers. Jonathan eventually assumed leadership of Savvis's Professional Services Security Practice on a global basis; he left the firm in 2006 to build a similar practice at Nortel Networks.

Following Nortel, Jonathan rejoined the Financial vertical as Director of Secure Connectivity at UBS; when the firm elected to outsource its network and associated security functions to consulting giant CSC, he signed on as Lead Information Risk Officer for the UBS account.

In 2013, Jonathan joined Major League Baseball Advanced Media (later BAMTech, now Disney Streaming Services) in order to build and lead the firm's Information Security function. He joined RapidSOS in November of 2018.

Jonathan enjoys looking back on a career that has allowed him to sit at all four sides of the Security "table," as Vendor, Consultant, Auditor, and Enterprise Team Lead. He is delighted to have joined RapidSOS, which he regards as distinguished by the sincerity of its commitment to its public-safety mission.

Jonathan attended the University of Chicago, majoring in English. He holds CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, and ITIL certifications. When not at work, Jonathan relishes his role as father to twin girls. His (sadly neglected) hobbies include building and flying Radio Controlled model airplanes, collecting and restoring fountain pens, and collecting and repairing typewriters.