Flashpoint's Advisory Board includes leaders in the private sector and former senior government officials who provide advice and counsel to Flashpoint's management team.
Erik Rasmussen is the Director of Cyber Intelligence and Investigations for Global Payment System Risk at Visa Inc. Mr. Rasmussen runs external matters as it relates to merchant data breaches, point of sale (POS) attacks and other aspects of threat intelligence designed to protect the payment system.
Mr. Rasmussen served over 9 years in the United States Secret Service and most recently was the head of investigations at Fidelity National Information Services (FIS Global). He has an extensive background investigating global financial crimes and intelligence cases and is extremely well connected with both national and international law enforcement agencies.
Mr. Rasmussen is a native of Los Angeles, attended both Occidental College and Seattle University School of Law and is CISSP certified.
Bob Stasio brings nearly 14 years of valuable experience combatting malicious cyber actors, serving in roles within the U.S. intelligence community, the U.S. military, and the private sector. As CEO of Ronin Analytics, Mr. Stasio created a commercial threat intelligence product based on expertise developed with the federal government. Previously, Mr. Stasio acted in managerial positions at the NSA Cyber Center, U.S. Cyber Command, and the U.S. Army Signals Intelligence Corps. He served in Iraq during the 2007 troop surge, receiving the Bronze Star and Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal in prior years with the U.S. Army.
Mr. Stasio, a CISSP and a fellow at the Truman National Security Project, holds an MA in Intelligence Studies from American Military University and a BS in Mathematical Physics from SUNY Buffalo.
Dave Morrow is the President of Plateau Security Advisors, LLC, which provides cyber security and threat consulting to large and small businesses. He has over 30 years experience in cyber security, investigations, and incident response. Mr. Morrow has headed the Air Force Office of Special Investigations cyber investigations division; was CISO for a major IT services firm and a global credit card processor; headed cyber incident response and threat intelligence for a major US bank and held leadership roles in various information security consulting organizations.
Manoj Kumar is Co-Founder and CEO of GraphUS Inc, a cyber security startup that monitors and protects the email channel from being exploited by cyber criminals, hactivists and nation states. Mr. Kumar has over 20 years of industry experience in Internet, cyber security, and cyber intelligence.
Prior to co-founding GraphUS, Manoj was CTO and VP of products at CyberIQ, Inc. where he led the company’s cyber intelligence and security product vision, strategy and execution. Before joining CyberIQ, Mr. Kumar was CTO of Cyveillance, Inc. a leading provider of cyber intelligence to fortune 1000 companies. Prior to that, Mr. Kumar was VP of global product engineering at VeriSign.
Mr. Kumar holds an MS in Computer Science from University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Mr. Kumar has authored several patents in the field of Internet and cyber security and co-authored IETF RFC 2832 on Internet domains registration.
Don Codling joined Signature Systems LLC as Chief Information Security Officer in July 2011. He retired from the FBI in 2011 after more than 23 years of service. He served as Supervisory Special Agent, Unit Chief and DHS National Cyber Security Division Liaison from Cyber Division, FBI in Washington, D.C.
Jim Putt served in the Central Intelligence Agency's Clandestine Service for nearly 20 years. Mr. Putt is an Arabic speaker and spent some 15 years serving in the Middle East and South Asia, focused on terrorism issues.
Bruce Riedel is a Senior Fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He retired in 2006 after 30 years service at the Central Intelligence Agency including postings overseas. He was a senior advisor on South Asia and the Middle East to the last four Presidents of the United States in the staff of the National Security Council at the White House. In January 2009, President Barack Obama asked him to chair a review of American policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan, the results of which the President announced in a speech on March 27, 2009.