Emile Monette

Mr. Emile Monette is the Director of Value Chain Security at Synopsys, Inc. His expertise centers on the nexus of cybersecurity, supply chain risk management, and federal procurement.

Mr. Monette has unique experience in the fields of cybersecurity and procurement in the federal government, including service as Program Manager for cyber supply chain risk management in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security. In that role he facilitated national efforts to address risks to the information and communications technology supply chains of federal civilian executive branch agencies, critical infrastructure, and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments. Mr. Monette also advised the Department’s senior leadership on legal, policy, and operational matters related to cyber and supply chain security. He also served as the Director of Government-wide Cybersecurity, Resilience, and Risk at the U.S. General Services Administration, Senior Advisor in the Executive Office of the President, Professional Staff Member with the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and as an active duty Air Force officer. Mr. Monette also helped shape the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, where he led development and implementation of a supply chain risk management program that improved the security of federal cybersecurity software procurements valued at more than $6 billion.

Mr. Monette earned a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School and a Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, from San Diego State University, and is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.