Center for Threat-Informed Defense:
Advisory Council
Strategic Guidance to Change the Game on the Adversary
The Advisory Council provides strategic guidance and executive advocacy in support of the Center’s mission. Advisors apply their executive experience to guide the Center as we evolve our strategy, model, and approach to advancing threat-informed defense. Advisors increase the Center’s impact and support the Center’s growth leveraging their connections and influence.
Council Goals
Impact
Focus on visibility, accessibility, and applicability of projects.
Growth
Advise on growth strategy and membership goals.
Model
Evolve the business model and shape new programs.
Focus
Recommend and Evaluate new Focus areas.
Advisors
Advisors are senior level executives from the Center’s Founding Participant organizations and Research Partner organizations.

Carl Wright
Chief Commercial Officer
AttackIQ
Founding Research Partner

Brian Carvalho
Head of Cyber Security Architecture & Innovation
Bank of America
Founding Research Partner

Garrettson Blight
Director of National Cyber Solutions
Booz Allen Hamilton
Founding Research Sponsor

Elvis Veliz
Global Head of Cloud Security Operations
Citi
Founding Research Partner

Elia Zaitsev
Global CTO
CrowdStrike
Research Partner

Michael Daniel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cyber Threat Alliance
Founding Non-Profit

Derek Manky
Chief Security Strategist & VP Global Threat Intelligence/ Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs
Fortinet
Research Partner

Syoichi Kanzaki
President
Fujitsu System Integration Laboratories
Founding Research Sponsor

TJ Bean
Director of CyberSecurity
HCA Healthcare
Founding Research Partner

Sridhar Muppidi
IBM Fellow, VP & CTO
IBM Security
Research Partner

Shahan Sudusinghe
Global Head of Cybersecurity Monitoring and Response
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Founding Research Partner

Derek Wigham
Head of Services & Technology Delivery
Lloyds Banking Group

Karthik Selvaraj
Partner Director Security Researcher
Microsoft
Founding Research Partner

Dr. Martin Otto
Head of Cybersecurity Research Group
Siemens AG
Founding Research Sponsor

Alex Pinto
Security Research Lead
Verizon Business
Research Partner