GuidePoint Security Leadership

Joe Leonard has two decades of experience in developing and implementing security consulting solutions for customers. Joe is an experienced executive with more than 40 years of technical and supervisory experience in the areas of cybersecurity, network engineering, web hosting, cellular communications and customer support. Over the past 16 years, he has focused on developing security consulting solutions for customers.

Prior to joining GuidePoint Security, Joe was the Presidio CISO and Vice President of Cyber Security Solutions and was responsible for the internal security and developing customer security consulting solutions. He also worked as a Security Practice Manager for Northrop Grumman, Vice President of Network Services for Digex Web Hosting, Director of Network Operations for GTE Internetworking (Internet Services Provider & Web Hosting), Manager of Technical Operations for EDS Cellular Communications and was in the US Army for 15 years in Electronic Warfare and Intercept.

Joe holds numerous industry security certifications including CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, and CCSK.

Michael Annessa has more than 15 years of experience building and leading finance teams for high-growth private equity-backed tech companies. As GuidePoint Security’s CFO, Michael oversees the accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, tax and business operations functions to continuously optimize the company’s financial performance.

Prior to joining GuidePoint, Michael served as the CFO of Apcela, a leader in cloud-optimized, software-defined enterprise networks, where he led a successful turnaround through cost optimization and operational improvements that resulted in EBITDA expansion. Prior to joining Apcela, Michael served as VP of Finance and Controller at Greensmith Energy, a leader in grid-scale energy storage technology. Michael joined when the company was in the start-up phase and was a key financial and operational executive that scaled the business to close its $170 million sale to Wärtsilä. Post-acquisition, Michael led the global integration of Greensmith into Wärtsilä.

Prior to Greensmith, Michael managed the finance function Presidio, overseeing accounting and financial reporting at the corporate level. While at Presidio, he supported buy-side M&A transactions, managed several large debt transactions and supported Presidio’s sale to new private equity investors. Michael began his public accounting career at Deloitte, where he served as a lead auditor on several large SEC filers in the financial services industry.

Michael holds a B.S. in accounting and an MBA from George Mason University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA.

Jean Paul Bergeaux is a Chief Technology Officer - Federal at GuidePoint Security and Minority Owner at Leadership League and is based in Herndon, Virginia. He has worked as Senior Systems Engineer at Commvault Systems Inc., Systems Engineer at QUANTUM CORP DE, and Chief Technology Officer at SwishData. Jean attended Archbishop Rummel High School between 1990 and 1991 and University of New Orleans between 1991 and 1996.