Tony Zirnoon, CISSP

Tony Zirnoon is a cybersecurity professional with experience as a Founding Member of the US National AI and Cybersecurity ISAO at NAIC ISAO, a Strategic Advisor - Business Development and GTM at AccuKnox, a Senior Advisor - Investor at Seclytics, and a Strategic Advisor - GTM Strategy and Business Development at Tempered. Tony was also the Executive Chairman and Founder/CEO at Human Capital Ventures Corp., where they worked with investors and innovators to address cybersecurity risks and emerging cyber threats affecting Service Providers, Enterprise, and SMBs. Tony has served as a Head of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships at Appgate, where they led Tech Alliances, Business Development, and growth efforts with Strategic Partners and Key GSIs, and is currently the Head of Business Development and Partnerships at WaveStrong, Inc. Tony also served as a Strategy Advisor - VP Security West Coast at EnterpriseGRC Solutions, Inc., an Elastic Compliance Company. Tony'sroles included responsibilities such as incubating and nurturing relationships with strategic partners, driving joint partner engagements, and developing GTM strategies.

Tony Zirnoon earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Spanish from California State University-Sacramento from 1995 to 1999. Prior to that, they obtained a high school diploma from SAN JOSE DE CALASANZ from 1987 to 1990. In terms of certifications, Tony obtained a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)² and a CISSP from Isc2.org in April 2007. Tony also holds an Innovator certification from Clearfit obtained in May 2016, and certifications in CCSA from Check Point and PGP Certified Engineer from PGP Corporation. However, the month and year in which they obtained the latter two certifications are unknown.