TAG Cyber serves the global cybersecurity industry, including enterprise teams and commercial vendors. We do so through a revolutionary new approach to professional research and advisory. We employ only experienced experts, mostly former CISOs, as our analysts. We are available to customers on a 24/7 basis through an on-line portal. And we focus on addressing your specific challenges.
Our TAG Infosphere Executive Team
Our TAG Cyber team combines decades of practical experience with a commitment to serve customers. We support enterprise teams through our 24/7 Research as a Service (RaaS) and commercial vendors through our expert Content as a Service (CaaS) offering.
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Ed Amoroso
Dr. Ed Amoroso is CEO of TAG Cyber. An NYU professor and former AT&T executive, Ed started TAG Cyber in 2016 to democratize research and advisory services and unleash his inner entrepreneur. Business Insider tapped him as one of the country’s 50 leaders “who helped lead the cyber security industry."
Head of Consulting
Dr. Jennifer Bayuk
Dr. Jennifer Bayuk is a Quinnipiac University professor, former Wall Street CISO, and lead for TAG Cyber's consulting business. She also heads up FrameCyber, which offers a world-class GRC platform that powers TAG Cyber's portfolio management solution for enterprise.
Senior Analyst
Chris Wilder
Chris Wilder serves as Research Director and Senior Analyst at TAG Cyber. He has over 25 years of cybersecurity, networking, and telecom experience including time spent in the US Navy supporting intelligence operations.
Head of Cyber Security Analytics
Andy McCool
Andy McCool is a seasoned technology executive with over 30 years of experience and a passion for driving business transformations through the use of technology. At TAG Cyber, Andy supports a variety of consulting engagements related to cyber security metrics and support for the US Government.
Advisor and Senior Analyst
David Neuman
David Neuman serves as a Senior Analyst at TAG Cyber LLC. Prior to joining TAG, he was the VP of Business Security for Dell Technology’s global supply chain. David is a two-time Global Chief Information Security Officer for both iHeartMedia, Inc. and Rackspace, Inc. His experience also includes serving as an Executive Director at EY for the America’s cyber security practice. David is a 28-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He’s a retired Cyber Warfare Officer who commanded the Air Force’s first Cyber Hunting unit. David is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Senior Research Analyst
John Masserini
John Masserini serves as Senior Research Analyst at TAG Cyber. He is an industry veteran and former three-time CISO for major corporations. John is active on executive boards, and is a sought after speaker at industry conferences.
Head of TAG Data Research
Shawn Hopkins
Shawn Hopkins serves as Head of TAG Data Research, supporting the largest database of commercial cybersecurity vendors in the world. An industry veteran with over thirty years in government as a CTO, Shawn works on a daily basis with TAG Cyber's enterprise clients.
Senior Consultant
Stan Quintana
Stan Quintana is an experienced executive with over four decades of experience in cybersecurity, business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR), and business services at AT&T. Stan supports major TAG Cyber consulting initiatives.
Chief Revenue Officer
Rick Friedel
Rick is the Chief Revenue Officer at TAG Cyber. He brings more than three decades of experience in sales, operations, and customer relationship management, having worked with Fortune 5000 customers in highly competitive markets. After a successful career with AT&T, Rick joined TAG Cyber to work with a renewed sense of purpose, drive business growth, and help TAG Cyber’s customers achieve their goals.
VP Customer Support and CISO Relationships
Trish Vatis
Trish is the VP of Customer Support and CISO Relationships. Trish works with industry executives and practitioners to identify their key priorities, challenges, and decisions and how TAG Cyber can best help.
Customer Success Director
Laurie Mushinsky
Laurie is the Customer Success Director at TAG Cyber. A former AT&T Director of both Sales and Service, Laurie joined the TAG Cyber team to expand the Customer Success Program. She is known for passionately providing an exceptional experience to the customers she serves. Laurie resides in Pittsburgh with her husband and daughter, is active with several local charities, serves on the board of the Civic Light Opera, and enjoys fitness boxing.
Chief Technology Officer
Matt Amoroso
Matt runs the infrastructure and development team for TAG Cyber. He holds the M.S. in Computer Science from NYU and was a co-founding member of TAG Cyber in 2017. He is a two-time speaker at Defcon r00tz Asylum, a published author, and an avid chess player.
Chief of Staff
Liam Baglivo
Liam Baglivo is the Chief of Staff at TAG Cyber. Liam joined the team as a Member of Technical Staff after receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. As Chief of Staff his focus is on operations, sales, events, and public relations.
In his free time, Liam enjoys traveling, playing Xbox, and supporting Liverpool FC.
Director of Content
Lester Goodman
Lester Goodman serves as Director of Content at TAG Cyber. He has extensive experience in the development, launch and operations of significant media properties. His combination of creative and communication skills produce unique, targeted content in multiple forms resulting in strong individual media pieces that are part of a cohesive whole.
Vice President of Sales
Michael McKenna
Mike McKenna is the Vice President of Sales at TAG Cyber. Prior to joining TAG, he was a Senior Client Partner with DMI and enjoyed almost 30 years of success in sales and client relationship management with AT&T. He is passionate about building relationships, connecting people with solutions, and driving the right outcomes. Mike is also the former Chair, and current BOD member, of Boston Partners in Education.
Senior Analyst for TAG Climate
Dork Sahagian
Dork Sahagian is a Professor of Earth & Environmental Science at Lehigh University where he teaches a class on "Human Climate Interactions". He also serves as a Senior Analyst for TAG Climate. His research interests include tectonics, sea level, and the environmental impacts of human activities. He served as an author and reviewer for the various Assessment Reports of the Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Professor Sahagian’s suite of courses taught includes “Scientific Foundations for Environmental Policy Design.”
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