Jeff Dell

Jeff Dell is the Chief Information Officer of red violet. Jeff offers over 20 years of experience in IT and Information Security, working as an executive within data-driven companies for the last 15 years.

Prior to red violet, Jeff served as Chief Information Officer of information solutions provider, cogint. Before joining cogint in 2015, Jeff was the founder and CEO of Activeworx, Inc., an information security data analytics company, which was purchased by Tripwire, Inc. Prior to this, Jeff served as Chief Information Security Officer for TLO (acquired by TransUnion) and Seisint (acquired by Reed Elsevier’s LexisNexis). In the past, Jeff was an instructor for SANS, an information security training organization, where he taught hacking techniques and packet analysis. Jeff has been an Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) member since early 2000 and is a founding member of the ISSA South Florida Chapter. A published author, Jeff has traveled the world speaking about information security.

Jeff holds a B.S. in Business from Arizona State University and has achieved the GCIA and CISSP in addition to numerous other certifications.