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Mike Sheehan
Michael Sheehan is Partner at Torch Hill Investment Partners. Torch Hill is a private equity firm that invests growth capital in domestic and international companies that play vital roles in supply chain integrity, defense, intelligence and civil and corporate security.
Mike has a distinguished record in military and public service. He served as the Deputy Commissioner of Counter Terrorism at NYPD where he was instrumental in shaping the counter-terrorism strategy for New York City following September 11th.
He has previously served as Ambassador-at-Large for Counter Terrorism at the State Department, and as a Director on the National Security Council staff for President Bush (41) and President Clinton. Sheehan is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served on active duty as an Infantry and Special Forces officer in counter terrorism and counter insurgency assignments.
Mike serves as a regular terrorism analyst for NBC News and author of the forthcoming book "Crush the Cell, How to Defeat Terrorism without Defeating Ourselves" (Random House). He is a distinguished fellow at the Counter Terrorism Center at West Point and the New York University Center on Law and Security.
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Chuck Brooks
Charles (Chuck) Brooks serves as the Senior Director for Strategic Partnering, Marketing & Government Relations at Keane Inc, a privately held $1 billion IT company with14,000 employees. In his executive management role at Keane, he is responsible for coordinating corporate partnerships, facilitating governmental relationships for the company at the Federal, State & Local and International levels.
Prior to this position he served as the Vice President for Government Affairs at SRA International Inc, where he served on the Executive Leadership of the $1.6 billion company with 7,000 employees reporting directly to the CEO. He also ran SRA’s political Action Committee. Prior to SRA, Chuck served as the first Director of Legislative Affairs for the Science & Technology Directorate within the Department of Homeland Security, where he was responsible for advocacy for the Directorate with Capitol Hill. He has also been a Adjunct Faculty Member at Johns Hopkins University.
In his 20 plus years of business and legislative experiences, Chuck also served as President of Brooks Consulting International, a government relations, investment banking, and public affairs firm. In this capacity he represented Fortune 500 companies, Law Firms and interest groups on various projects.
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Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy is a Homeland and National Security practitioner experienced in transportation security and operations solutions, resilience and critical infrastructure protection. During a 33-year commercial and Air Force flying career he commanded a wide range of aircraft from the C-130 to the Boeing 777, while also specializing in all aspects of aviation security. In the post 9/11 world he became a senior official for the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), where he established the industry's first Office of Intelligence & Emerging Threats. Concurrently he founded and directed the National Center for Aviation Security, a non-profit center dedicated to scholarly research for the establishment of leading edge security solutions for the aviation industry. He served as an aviation advisor to senior leaders of the Department of Homeland Security and worked closely with the Transportation Security Administration to create Federal Flight Deck Officer Program for which he was one of the first pilots to go on duty as a federal officer.
Following his 2004 retirement from the cockpit Kevin created the consulting firm MoonRaker Associates focused on national security issues and continuity of operations. As an expert advisor Kevin leverages a vast network applying his expertise to developing solutions, which enhance the protection and overall effectiveness and resilience of operations in both the public and private sector. He recognizes the importance of utilizing innovative technologies to enhance and support operations throughout an enterprise. For SPADAC Inc, one of the fastest growing geospatial intelligence companies in the United States, he is a founding member of the Board of Advisors and an expert consultant. In 2008 Kevin was invited to affiliate with Catalyst Partners, Washington DC as an independent consultant, making available to the firm his wide aviation and business experience. He is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation report, Maritime Security: Fighting Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Beyond, June 2009.
Kevin holds a B.S. degree in Earth and Space Science, from West Chester University, PA. He received advanced intelligence officer training at The Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, Arlington, VA, and graduated from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA.
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Paul Kurtz
Paul B. Kurtz is a recognized Cyber Security and homeland security expert. He is currently leading the Obama transition team for Cyber- Security, and has previously served in senior positions on the White House's National Security and Homeland Security Councils under Presidents Clinton and Bush. He’s currently also an on-air consultant to CBS News.
Mr. Kurtz advises clients on cyber-security and homeland security issues. He joins Good Harbor after serving as the founding Executive Director of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), an advocacy group dedicated to ensuring the privacy, reliability and integrity of information systems through public policy, technology, education and awareness. Prior to joining CSIA, Mr. Kurtz most recently was special assistant to the President and senior director for critical infrastructure protection on the White House's Homeland Security Council (HSC), where he was responsible for both physical and cyber security.
Before joining HSC in 2003, Mr. Kurtz served on the White House's National Security Council (NSC) as senior director for national security of the Office of Cyberspace Security and a member of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, where he developed the international component of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Previously, he was a director for counterterrorism in the NSC's Office of Transnational Threats from 1999–2001.
Prior to his White House work, Mr. Kurtz served in several bureaus in the State Department, specializing in weapons of mass destruction non-proliferation policy and strategic arms control. He also served as political advisor to Operation Provide Comfort in Incirlik, Turkey, and as science attaché in Vienna, Austria. He participated in several arms control inspection teams, traveling to Iraq and North Korea.
Mr. Kurtz received his bachelor's degree from Holy Cross College and his master's degree in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
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Nicholas Miller
Nicholas Miller is an innovative career entrepreneur who has founded a number of successful private and publicly traded companies in the software, wireless, and Internet sectors. His wide ranging experience as a high technology executive includes over 25 years of direct P & L responsibility, along with extensive experience in sales, marketing and technology start-ups.
Mr. Miller was one of the first to identify the security threats posed by wireless technology and coined the phrase "WiPhishing". He founded and served as President and CEO of AirPatrol Corporation and Cirond Corporation, and prior to that, founded and served as President and CEO of DataLink Systems Corporation (now Semotus Solutions Inc.), a San Jose-based publicly traded company in the wireless information services sector. He also served as a Director of Ezenet Technologies (acquired by Cognicase) and Workfire Technologies (acquired by Packeteer Inc.). Nicholas served as Vice-Chairman and a Director of Mulgrave School, an independent school based in West Vancouver, Canada, and was instrumental in assisting Mulgrave to become one of the first schools in North America to implement a campus-wide Wi-Fi network and related laptop program, which was the subject of a case study by Microsoft. He is the holder of two US patents.
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Prem G. Abraham
Mr. Abraham is Chairman of Gladstone Abraham & Company, a private merchant banking group that advises technology-based companies on top management strategy and corporate finance. Gladstone Abraham & Company is comprised of senior executives and entrepreneurs with significant experience in emerging technologies. Mr. Abraham has long-standing relationships with major financial institutions and CEO's of multi-national corporations. He has also advised venture capitalists and leading investment banks in special financing situations.
Fields of interest include bio-technology & medical devices, artificial intelligence, information technology, energy, and the environment. He has considerable expertise in management buy-outs and corporate restructuring. Mr. Abraham has an MBA from Harvard and an M.S.M.E. from University of California at Berkeley where he was a doctoral candidate.
As chairman of Fedship, he has advised European investors and Government agencies of Developing Nations, including India, Sri Lanka and Singapore, on financing of multi-national projects and policy issues involving technology and trade development.
Mr. Abraham is Emeritus President of the Harvard Club of the Peninsula and serves on the boards of several high technology companies. He has been active in civic organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a long time supporter of Rotary International and the San Francisco Symphony.
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Howard Kalt
Howard Kalt began his career in public and investor relations in Chicago in 1964 and, through the years, he has consulted with clients from the agency side and managed client communications programs from the corporate side. His industry experience includes multiple technology segments, insurance and financial services as well as communications issues related to disclosure, accounting restatements, mergers & acquisitions, preparing companies for initial public offerings, and internal/external communications on corporate/financial issues. Client experience ranges from Fidelity Investments to Iomega Corporation and from Beckman Coulter, Inc to NeuStar, Dolby Labs and Levi Strauss. Before moving to San Francisco in 1976, he directed communications for the Pritzker family’s Marmon Group holding company.
A 1964 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Kalt majored in journalism and political science while writing for the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison's morning newspaper. He has taught Financial Communications and Investor Relations in Golden Gate University's Graduate School and Basic Public Relations at the Berkeley Extension of the University of California.
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Tom Kellermann
Tom Kellermann is the VP of Security Awareness at Core Security Technologies. He's responsible for building Core's relationships with key industry and government partners, and helping to further the acceptance of auditing security defenses to reduce organizations' operational risk. Kellermann also represents Core by participating in U.S., international and industry security working groups, helping these organizations promote improved security practices and policies. Specifically, Tom is a Commissioner on The Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency and he serves on the steering Committee of the Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography. In addition, Tom is a member of the Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council--specifically the Sub-committee on International Policy and the American Bar Association’s working group on Cyber-crime. Tom is a Professor at American University’s School of International Service and is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
Kellermann formerly held the position of Senior Data Risk Management Specialist the World Bank Treasury Security Team where he was responsible for cyber-intelligence and policy management within the World Bank Treasury. In this role, Tom regularly advised central banks around the world about their cyber-risk posture and layered security architectures. Along with Thomas Glaessner and Valerie McNevin, he co-authored the book “E-safety and Soundness: Securing Finance in a New Age.” Kellermann holds a BA from the University of Michigan and a Masters from American University’s School of International Service.
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