About the Speaker

Max brings over a decade of information security and technology leadership in highly regulated environments. An accomplished cybersecurity executive, he has a proven track record of reducing cyber risk through innovation while maintaining operational efficiency. He has extensive experience building and leading technology teams within small businesses and Department of Defense organizations.

A former U.S. Air Force security leader, Max currently serves as the Managing Director at Ignyte, which holds a Top Secret Facility clearance for conducting cooperative research with the Air Force and U.S. Navy to advance risk assurance technology and improve risk management for government cloud computing. Ignyte is an authorized 3PAO, C3PAO, ISO 27001, SOC, and PCI DSS QSA audit organization.

Max earned a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Security from American Military University and a Master of Business Administration from Wright State University.