Katherine Kuehn

Kate has been an active thought leader in Security & Advanced Network Technologies for over 20 years. She has two main passions in life: bleeding-edge technology that helps secure our world, and developing world-class people and companies.

Early in her career, she had been given the opportunity to work with and lead some the most innovative technologies that have shaped our industries and had access to the ingenious minds that have changed our world. She led some of the industry’s first projects in DDOS, Ethernet as a network (CPA), SaaS and IaaS, and was on the front line with some of the earliest attacks against the financial services markets.

Kate has purposely executed multiple roles across her career from CISO, CEO, Board of Director, Advisor, strategic business development / alliances, and leading sales and engineering teams. She has worked for companies including vArmour, Senseon, BT Group plc, Verizon, and Wandera. The culmination of her experience ensures Kate always brings expertise and a fresh perspective on emerging trends within cybersecurity.

Kate is a trusted advisor in the industry and holds positions on several boards including Redshield and Cybermainacs She is currently an Advisory Board Member for vArmour, Senseon, rThreat, and Net Thunder. She was also recently appointed to the IEEE steering committee for Cyber Security.

In addition to professional endeavors, Kate loves to give back to her community. She is active in a number of STEM initiatives including CORNCON, the Docent Group and works regularly with the University of California, Berkeley. Kate also spends time as a volleyball coach at her children’s school, and is a genuine advocate for work-life balance for both men and women.