Everyone agrees that the best way to combat rising cybersecurity attacks is by implementing better security, but users will circumvent the defenses if it’s too cumbersome.
It’s a well-known fact that passwords are the Achilles’ heel of security. According to the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report, more than 80% of data breaches result from an attacker logging into a customer’s applications using stolen passwords—often initiated by an email phishing attack.
Dubbed “one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes reported” by Reuters, the ransomware attack on Friday shut down an entire pipeline network, which is the source of nearly half of the U.S. East Coast’s fuel supply. As of Tuesday, the FBI and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have put out a joint advisory about the attack. The culprit has been identified as DarkSide, a malware operator that runs Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS). You can read the full alert here.
Senior Vice President, Europe & APAC
Brid Graham is the Senior Vice President of Presidio Europe & APAC. Brid is responsible for driving Presidio’s IT Services, Solutions Business and IT Procurement Business including the company’s Apple Practice. Her teams design and implement innovative solutions that support business transformation, enabling clients to scale in Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific. Brid joined the company in 2001 as an Account Manager at Arkphire and has since then has held a variety of leadership roles
Senior Vice President of Sales, Southeast
Michael Kelly is the Senior Vice President of Sales, Southeast at Presidio. He is passionate about the growth and development of his team and the success of Presidio’s customers. Prior to joining Presidio in 2015, Michael spent 11 years at EMC within its Commercial Sales Division building and leading one of the highest revenue producing commercial sales teams in the country. Michael holds a bachelors of science in business from Northeastern University
Senior Vice President of Sales, Digital Business Solutions & Services
Kevin Fleurie is Senior Vice President of Sales, Digital Business Solutions & Services. He joined Presidio in 2009 as an account manager and has held leadership roles such as VP of Sales for the Public Sector and now heads up the Sales strategy for our cloud and digital go-to-market teams. Kevin holds a degree in business management from Colby Sawyer College.
Senior Vice President of Sales, US SLED & West Named
Waheed Choudhry, Senior Vice President of Sales, US SLED & West Named leads Presidio’s customer centric sales organization in serving U.S. State, Local and Education organizations (SLED) as well as the West Named Client Segment. Prior to joining Presidio in 2017, he served as President of the North America Organization at Dimension Data and served as President & COO of Nexus IS. Waheed holds a bachelors of science from California State University, Sacramento.
Senior Vice President of Sales, Northeast
Bryan Calder, Senior Vice President of Sales, Northeast is responsible for helping customers digitally transform and leading a regional team of outcome focused sales professionals. He joined Presidio in 2016 and has more than 20 years of experience in technology sales. Bryan graduated from Merrimack College and holds a bachelor’s degree in business management.
Senior Vice President, Solutions & Services
Kevin Watkins is Presidio’s Senior Vice President of Solutions and Services responsible for Presidio’s US Professional Services business. He has extensive experience leading client-centric teams and helping organizations adopt technology to gain competitive advantage. Prior to joining Presidio in 2006, Kevin held leadership positions at several consulting and systems integration firms, with roles in sales engineering, business development, operational leadership, and financial management. He holds a bachelors of Business Administration degree in Computer Science and Finance from Temple University’s Fox School of Business
Chief Human Resources Officer
Jenn Jackson joined Presidio in early 2016 as Chief Human Resources Officer and is responsible for all Human Resources strategies and programs including employee engagement and relations, talent acquisition, development and retention, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Benefits & Total Rewards, M&A HR due diligence and integration, HR operations and systems, policy, and payroll.
Jenn has over 20 years of HR experience designing and leading HR teams in both public and private global organizations. Prior to coming to Presidio, Jenn was head of Strategic HR and Diversity & Inclusion at Canon U.S.A., Inc. and prior to that she led various Corporate HR functions and M&A due diligence for CA Technologies, Inc.
Jenn was born and raised on Long Island, NY which is where she resides today and was named a New York Business Journal’s Women of Influence 2018.
Chief Technology Officer
Robert Kim, Chief Technology Officer at Presidio advises clients on how to accelerate digital transformation and use technology to drive organizational outcomes. He evaluates IT trends and clients’ specific challenges with the goal of optimizing key business processes to improve end-user experiences, accelerate innovation and create market differentiation. Prior to joining Presidio in 2016, Rob held leadership positions at technology management and consulting firms, with roles in sales engineering, business development, operational excellence, and financial management. He graduated from Penn State with a Bachelor’s Science and earned his MBA at Drexel University.
Vice President of Engineering
Sharan Gurunathan, Vice President of Engineering leads Presidio’s Global Delivery with a focus on cloud solutions and digital transformation through applications and data. This includes developing the company’s strategic global delivery roadmap and a key role as a sponsor of Generative AI and other Innovation initiatives, all focused on solving customer challenges and growing Presidio’s cloud practice. Sharan was a co-founder of Coda Global which Presidio acquired in 2020. He had held additional leadership roles such as the Country Manager in India for Avnet Services.
Chief Financial Officer
Manny Korakis, Chief Financial Officer at Presidio, is responsible for leading the company’s finance team in continuous process improvement and driving profitable growth. Prior to joining Presidio in 2022, Manny was Chief Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller and Corporate Treasurer at IQVIA where he was responsible for global accounting, external financial reporting, financial shared services, capital markets, treasury operations, internal control and financial systems. In addition, he held senior-level positions at American Express Global Business Travel as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Manny spent the majority of his career at S&P Global, where, in his last two years with the company, he was Chief Financial Officer of S&P Dow Jones Indices, a subsidiary with $1 billion in revenue.
Vice President of Sales, Central Region
Justin Filia, Vice President of Sales, Central Region, is a sales leader with over thirteen years of sales management experience and 21 years of IT Industry experience. He is focused on partnering with clients to deliver impactful business outcomes and building, developing, and leading a top-performing sales team. Before joining Presidio in 2020, Justin held senior-level leadership roles at Trace3, VMware, and EMC. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati.
Chief Executive Officer
Bob Cagnazzi is the Chief Executive Officer of Presidio leading the global company in solving clients’ technology challenges. Prior to joining Presidio in 2012, he served as Chief Executive Officer and founder of BlueWater Communications LLC from 2006 until it was acquired by Presidio. Previously, Bob served as Chief Executive Officer of North America at Dimension Data Holdings PLC and led Integrated Systems Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science from St. John’s University and MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.
Vice President, Delivery & Operations
Gopi Pandurangan, Vice President of Delivery & Operations leads Presidio’s team in India in solving customer challenges and delivering strategic cloud-native solutions across all practices. He has more than 25 years of experience in managing and delivering large-scale, complex digital business initiatives with a focus on Data, Web, Mobility and Cloud. Gopi was one of the core foundational team members of Coda Global which Presidio acquired in 2020. His prior experience includes senior-level roles at ESPN leading Sports Data Platforms and international projects that increased efficiency and performance.
Chief Information Officer
Steven Palmese leads Presidio’s internal technology operations and Managed Services teams. He has a wealth of experience in delivering process improvements and innovations in internal IT, infrastructure and applications engineering. Prior to joining Presidio in 2016, Steven held a variety of leadership roles at CA Technologies, most recently as SVP of Engineering.
Chief Innovation Officer
Chris Cagnazzi is the Chief Innovation officer at Presidio leading the Cloud practice, Engineering and Managed Services Operations. He joined Presidio in February of 2012, following the acquisition of BlueWater Communications Group, LLC, where he was the Chief Innovation Officer. In addition, he has served as the VP of Finance of Dimension Data North America and CFO for Integrated Systems Group.
Chief Solutions Officer
Dan O’Brien, Chief Solutions Officer, is responsible for Presidio’s comprehensive portfolio of technology capabilities including the development of offerings, strategic vendor alignment, presales and solutions architects as well as strategic acquisitions. Prior to joining Presidio in 2021, he was SVP of Global Commercial Presales at EMC where he started his career as a Hardware Engineer and rapidly progressed through their presales engineering organization holding various leadership and strategy roles. Dan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Chief Revenue Officer
Vincent Trama, Presidio’s Chief Revenue Officer leads a hands-on sales team dedicated to solving complex business challenges through digital solutions. He joined Presidio in 2012 and has held leadership roles driving a high performing team to generate new business and partner with customers to identify the best solutions for their evolving needs. Prior to joining Presidio, Vincent was Vice President of Sales at BlueWater Communication Group and Director of Northeast Sales at Visual Networks. Vincent holds a bachelors degree in Information Systems from Fordham University.
Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
Elliot Brecher has served as Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel of Presidio since July 2015. Prior to Presidio, he was General Counsel of Amber Road, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange listed provider of cloud-based global trade management solutions, from 2013. Elliot served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Insight Communications Company, Inc., a Midwest-based cable operator, from 2000 until its sale to Time Warner Cable, Inc. in 2012. From 1994 until joining Insight, he was associated with the law firm Cooperman Levitt Winikoff Lester & Newman, P.C., where he became a partner in 1996. Prior to that, Elliot was associated with the law firm Rosenman & Colin LLP.
Barbara Robidoux joined Presidio in 2020 and is responsible for Marketing strategy and execution. She has over 25 years of experience across a range of marketing leadership roles. Barbara joined Presidio from Dell/EMC, where she was Senior Vice President of Marketing for Services. Prior to that, Barbara ran Product Marketing at EMC.
President & Chief Operating Officer
David Hart, President and Chief Operating Officer of Presidio is responsible for sales and technology strategy and execution, emerging businesses development, alliances and sourcing, internal IT and our leasing arm – Presidio Technology Capital. He has served on the advisory boards of several world class technology innovators such as Cisco, Dell Technologies, Palo Alto Networks and Intel. Prior to his current role, Dave served as Chief Technology Officer. He joined Presidio in 2005 when the company acquired Networked Information Systems (NIS), a high growth IT systems integrator, where he led engineering, professional and managed services from its founding in 2000. Prior to NIS, Dave was Vice President of Engineering at Aztec Technology Partners (Nasdaq: AZTC) and at its predecessor, Bay State Computer Group. He holds a BS in Industrial Technology and a MS in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development
Chris Barney joined Presidio in April of 2018, following the acquisition of Red Sky Solutions, where he served as Chief Executive Officer, and developed the overall company vision and strategy for growth. Chris has more than 25 years of experience in IT engineering, high-tech sales, business development and organizational leadership. Prior to Red Sky, Chris held various executive engineering and sales positions with companies like Entex Information Services, Foundry Networks, and Brocade Systems. Chris enjoys interacting with his clients, prospects, and stakeholders and counts many as friends. He lives in Salt Lake City, UT with his wife and has a son and daughter.
Chief Revenue Officer
John Hanlon joined Presidio in 2020. He has more than 25 years of industry and international experience in information management software, hardware and service. John came to Presidio from Dell/EMC, where he was SVP of Commercial Data Center Sales. He joined EMC in August 2000 and held leadership roles including Vice President, Network Attached Storage Unit; Senior Vice President, Mid-Market Sales; and President, EMC Americas Sales and Customer Operations. Prior to Dell/EMC, John was VP of Sales (Americas) for Parametric Technology Corporation. He also served for 7 years as an Officer in the United States Navy.
Chief Information Security Officer
Greg Hedrick joined Presidio in 2020 as Chief Information Security Officer. Greg has over 25 years’ experience in Cyber Security. Prior to joining Presidio, Greg served as CISO for Purdue University and was responsible for policy and compliance, identity management and security teams including the Security Operations Center for the entire Purdue System.
Greg also collaborated with the State of Indiana to build the Indiana Cyber Security Center. Greg is CISSP and CRISC certified and has served on multiple organizational boards and committees including past President of the Indianapolis Information Systems Security Association, Board of Directors for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (Indianapolis chapter), and the Educause Security Professionals Conference program committee.
Senior Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Employee Engagement
Courtney Washington, Presidio’s Chief Diversity Officer, joined Presidio in January of 2016 leading Learning & Development for Presidio. Courtney is responsible for Presidio’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy and corporate Learning & Development. Prior to Presidio, Courtney has over 10 years of experience in diversity, equity & inclusion, learning & development, talent management, employee engagement, organizational development, and technology/business development.
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Christine Komola joined Presidio in 2020 as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Presidio, Christine was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Covetrus, Inc., a $4 billion global animal health technology and services company. She also enjoyed a 21-year career with Staples, where she was most recently Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer from 2012 to 2018. Christine currently serves on three non-profit boards and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Chief Technology Officer
Vinu Thomas has served as Chief Technology Officer of Presidio since early 2016. He is responsible for guiding Presidio’s technology strategy, solution and services offerings and industry thought leadership. In addition, Vinu is also responsible for marketing, vendor and product management.
Vinu has built Presidio’s technology teams around networking, mobility, data center and collaboration, while also working on strategic initiatives and investments that include cloud, cyber security, data analytics and virtual desktop infrastructure.
Vinu sits on a number of advisory boards of companies like Cisco, Dell, Palo Alto Networks, Nutanix and VMWARE. Vinu is an advisory board member at Rutgers University where he serves at the Center of Innovation Education.
He was previously Vice President of Solutions for Presidio’s Tristate Area and has a total of 20 years of experience in systems integration, practice building and engineering. Prior to Presidio, Vinu led the Engineering organization for Bluewater Communications Group until it was acquired by Presidio in 2012.
Vice President, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Juliette Austin joined Presidio in 2020 as Vice President of Diversity Equity and Inclusion. Juliette’s focus includes driving systemic actions to ensure Presidio’s commitment in creating an inclusive and equitable environment at all levels.
