Jim McLendon

USAF Colonel (Retired), retired from a distinguished career in physical, operational, and cyber security which spanned 43 years of leadership and accomplishments in both the military and corporate world. In the USAF, Col. McLendon was the senior officer and Commander of what is now known as NSA Texas. This was a diverse and geographically distributed collection of organizations comprising more than 2,100 highly technical IT and cybersecurity personnel charged with the responsibility of protecting USAF networks. Following his military service, Jim was hired by AXENT Technologies as VP of Operations where he was responsible for the company’s computer security consulting practices throughout North America. When AXENT was acquired by Symantec, Jim became the VP of Managed Security Services and two years later was promoted to VP of Global Business Development at Symantec.