Gurucul CEO and leadership

Nilesh Dherange is a CTO at Gurucul.

A proven security leader with over 19 years of experience in the Information Security domain (21 years of overall IT experience) that includes roles at multiple global fortune 500 companies, as well as public sector experience with the US Department of Defense. His background has included technical experience, strategy and architecture focused roles, cyber and threat experience, and various leadership roles focused on building highly performing teams to drive the strategy and direction for Information Security while partnering with his customers to enable key business objectives. Gary has a track record of developing security and risk management programs built to evolve with changing business needs and evolving threats.

Areas of Experience:

-Security Strategy & Program Development

-Risk Management & Assessment

-Experience with PCI, HIPAA, and Privacy programs

-Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery

-Cyber Threat & Intelligence Programs

-Employee Engagement & Awareness

-People Leadership and Development

-Executive & Board Level Interactions

-Data Security & Governance

-Identity & Access Management

-Security Architecture

-Audit, Compliance, & Sarbanes-Oxley

-Cloud & Application Security

-Product Security Programs

Also serves as an advisor to several cyber security startups, sits on multiple Executive Advisory Boards for Cybersecurity companies, and is a frequent speaker at industry events.

Top industry ranked global IT/security/risk management executive who conceives, implements and leads technology solutions that protect corporate assets, increase organizational capability, and advance productivity of Fortune 100 companies. Deep understanding of business goals and drivers, and how to apply technology to achieve and support them. Exceptional communication, interpersonal and technical skills; Ranked 24th in ExecRank’s “Top Security Executive Rankings” http://execrank.com/2012/08/chief-security-officers/. Recognized internally as highly valued resource with exceptional ability to build and develop IT teams that deliver critical business objectives in retail companies.

Jerry Archer is an SVP and Chief Security Officer for Sallie Mae. Archer’s responsibilities include securing and protecting all of Sallie Mae’s systems and offerings, and for security initiatives across the company. Prior to Sallie Mae, Archer was the CISO at Intuit and prior to joining Intuit, Archer was managing director at Global Competitive Strategies. Previously, Archer was SVP for Global Interoperability at Visa International and before Visa, at the Fidelity Brokerage; he was SVP of information security and technical risk. For his work in the U.S. Intelligence Community Archer earned the National Performance Review Hammer Award, a Distinguished Service Award from the CIA and a Meritorious Unit Citation from the National Security Agency.

Joe Sullivan is a Silicon Valley internet security and safety expert working since 2018 as the Chief Security Officer at Cloudflare.

Teri Takai is Vice President of e.Republic. Previously, she worked for Ford Motor Company for 30 years in global application development and information technology strategic planning. From Ford, she moved to EDS in support of General Motors.

A long-time interest in public service led her to the government sector, first as CIO of the State of Michigan, then as CIO of the State of California, and subsequently the CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense, the first woman appointed to this role. She then served as the CIO for Meridian Health Plan. She is a member of several industry advisory boards.

Teri has won numerous awards including Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, CIO Magazine’s CIO Hall of Fame, Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, the Women in Defense Excellence in Leadership Award, and the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

Nilesh Dherange is a CTO at Gurucul.

A proven security leader with over 19 years of experience in the Information Security domain (21 years of overall IT experience) that includes roles at multiple global fortune 500 companies, as well as public sector experience with the US Department of Defense. His background has included technical experience, strategy and architecture focused roles, cyber and threat experience, and various leadership roles focused on building highly performing teams to drive the strategy and direction for Information Security while partnering with his customers to enable key business objectives. Gary has a track record of developing security and risk management programs built to evolve with changing business needs and evolving threats.

Areas of Experience:

-Security Strategy & Program Development

-Risk Management & Assessment

-Experience with PCI, HIPAA, and Privacy programs

-Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery

-Cyber Threat & Intelligence Programs

-Employee Engagement & Awareness

-People Leadership and Development

-Executive & Board Level Interactions

-Data Security & Governance

-Identity & Access Management

-Security Architecture

-Audit, Compliance, & Sarbanes-Oxley

-Cloud & Application Security

-Product Security Programs

Also serves as an advisor to several cyber security startups, sits on multiple Executive Advisory Boards for Cybersecurity companies, and is a frequent speaker at industry events.

Top industry ranked global IT/security/risk management executive who conceives, implements and leads technology solutions that protect corporate assets, increase organizational capability, and advance productivity of Fortune 100 companies. Deep understanding of business goals and drivers, and how to apply technology to achieve and support them. Exceptional communication, interpersonal and technical skills; Ranked 24th in ExecRank’s “Top Security Executive Rankings” http://execrank.com/2012/08/chief-security-officers/. Recognized internally as highly valued resource with exceptional ability to build and develop IT teams that deliver critical business objectives in retail companies.

Jerry Archer is an SVP and Chief Security Officer for Sallie Mae. Archer’s responsibilities include securing and protecting all of Sallie Mae’s systems and offerings, and for security initiatives across the company. Prior to Sallie Mae, Archer was the CISO at Intuit and prior to joining Intuit, Archer was managing director at Global Competitive Strategies. Previously, Archer was SVP for Global Interoperability at Visa International and before Visa, at the Fidelity Brokerage; he was SVP of information security and technical risk. For his work in the U.S. Intelligence Community Archer earned the National Performance Review Hammer Award, a Distinguished Service Award from the CIA and a Meritorious Unit Citation from the National Security Agency.

Joe Sullivan is a Silicon Valley internet security and safety expert working since 2018 as the Chief Security Officer at Cloudflare.

Teri Takai is Vice President of e.Republic. Previously, she worked for Ford Motor Company for 30 years in global application development and information technology strategic planning. From Ford, she moved to EDS in support of General Motors.

A long-time interest in public service led her to the government sector, first as CIO of the State of Michigan, then as CIO of the State of California, and subsequently the CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense, the first woman appointed to this role. She then served as the CIO for Meridian Health Plan. She is a member of several industry advisory boards.

Teri has won numerous awards including Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, CIO Magazine’s CIO Hall of Fame, Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, the Women in Defense Excellence in Leadership Award, and the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

Jason Clark is a CHIEF SECURITY AND STRATEGY OFFICER, ACCUVANT at Gurucul.