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Dr. Cole is an industry expert with breadth and depth experience across integrated cyber security. He focuses on creating, enhancing and solving complex problems by bridging the gap between a business and technology mindset, with a focus on security and innovation.

Dr. Cole is a founder of Secure Anchor Consulting, a leading provider of cyber security solutions and services. Dr. Cole is an invited speaker and subject matter expert on SCADA and critical infrastructure cyber security. He has been a member of many key organizations including: Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th President (25 industry experts), Purdue University Executive Advisory Board and SME for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Dr. Cole continually stays abreast of cutting edge technology and industry regulations including NERC- CIP, CFATS and HSPD-7 and creates solutions that meet the business goals of an organization.

Dr. Cole acts as an expert witness for several government and commercial companies in a variety of litigation (i.e. FTC vs. Microsoft and Nomadix vs. Second Rule.

At McAfee, Dr. Cole was a Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the Americas. As McAfee’s visionary and evangelist, Dr. Cole was responsible for strongly influencing the company’s technical direction in alignment with our CEO, EVP, Product Operations and other key product executives and technologist across the world. Dr. Cole played an integral role in the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth as the global leader in digital security solutions. Dr. Cole was a key leader in the execution of technology strategy for technology platforms, partnerships, and external relationships. Dr. Cole worked closely with the CEO, EVP of Product Operations and other key stakeholders to establish a product vision and road map to achieve McAfee’s goals and business strategies. Dr. Cole was engaged in identifying and capturing intellectual property and driving new innovation across the company.

Dr. Cole served at Lockheed Martin as IS&GS Chief Scientist and Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow. Lockheed Martin selected Dr. Cole into its prestigious fellowship program, an award it makes to less than of its 130,000 employees. Moreover, Dr. Cole was the first Fellow within Lockheed Martin’s Information Technology Division. As a Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow, he is a frequently invited speaker at a variety of conferences and security events focusing on security for SCADA systems. As Lockheed Martin Chief Scientist, Dr. Cole current role included performing research and development to advance the state-of- the art in information systems security. Dr. Cole specialized in: secure network design, perimeter defense, vulnerability discovery, penetration testing, and intrusion detection systems performing several security assessments for the energy sector. Over his 5+ years at Lockheed Martin, he played a lead technical advisory role in many high profile, security focused projects for Federal clients to include civil, Intel and department of defense, including the FBI Sentinel, DHS Eagle, JPL, Hanford and FBI IATI programs.

Dr. Cole served the SANS Institute as Dean of Faculty and a member of a five person team tasked with creating a degree granting institution and receiving certification from the state of Maryland. Currently, they offer two Master’s degree programs focused on technical people that need managerial skills and managers who need technical skills. Dr. Cole designed and implemented curriculum and provided leadership to faculty to successfully deliver the degrees. Dr. Cole also served as Director of Research- Computer Network Attack, Enterprise Security Architecture and Director of the Cyber Defense Initiative. Dr. Cole was lead instructor and course developer for several security courses. Dr. Cole executed and contributed to the development of several of the GIAC certifications including GIAC Certified Security Essentials (GSEC), GIAC Certified Advanced Incident Handling Analysts (GCIH) and GIAC Certified Firewall Analysts (GCFW).

Dr. Cole has served as Chief Information Officer, Chief Security Officer, V.P. of Enterprise Security and Director of Security for several leading organizations including: Sytex Group, GraceIC, American Institutes for Research, Vista Information Technologies, and Teligent.