Decades of Cybersecurity and Insider Risk Experience, from Silicon Valley to the White House

Ari served 21 years in government, leading cybersecurity, investigative and physical security programs at the U.S. Secret Service. While at Secret Service, he was responsible for overseeing some of the most significant data breach investigations facing U.S. corporate and government institutions. Ari left government to lead the Investigations program at Citigroup as their Director of Investigations (North America). At Citi, he reengineered and recreated the company’s investigative portfolio to cover a multitude of subjects including high risk insider fraud, external fraud, ethics violations, due diligence and cyber investigations as well as the creation of two centers of excellence.

Following his time at Citi, Ari joined PayPal, to create an in-house global investigations program. At PayPal, he convened a highly skilled team whose mission was to manage and investigate high risk events thus ensuring the financial and reputational resilience of the company.

Ari also developed PayPal’s first Fusion Center, which brought together a multi-disciplinary “team of teams” to manage the firm’s response to global issues that had potential or real impact on the company.

A graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School’s Executive Leadership Program, Ari has written and spoken on a vast array of cyber investigative and insider threat topics. He brings this experience to lead BlueCoat which began with the belief that mid-market companies are underserved when faced with reputational crisis stemming from insider risk.

Tim is a nationally recognized expert in cybersecurity, complex fraud investigations, and threat intelligence with global experience in technical protective operations and cyber defense. He has served as a leader in the development of technical investigative and protection programs for the United States Secret Service while leading efforts impacting domestic and international firms in finance, retail and defense. Tim has extensive experience managing high performing teams that develop cutting edge cybersecurity technologies. Over the past 15 years, Tim has efficiently and effectively identified creative solutions to complex problems with minimal resources in high stress environments. Tim completed his undergraduate studies in Criminology at the University of Oklahoma and has a Master’s Degree in Forensic Investigations from University of New Haven.

Steve Sharer is a former National Security Agency cyber operations officer and counterterrorism analyst who helped uncover novel nation-state cyber threats as well as develop new methodologies for identifying terrorist threats. Following his government service, he led cyber incident response and management operations for major German financial, automotive, and technologies organizations. He has also served as a trusted cybersecurity advisor to aid software development organizations in improving the security of applications installed on hundreds of millions of mobile devices worldwide.

Steve, and his co-founder Garrett are proud to work with BlueCoat through their company RipRap Security as trusted cybersecurity experts. Our close alignment with BlueCoat’s mission and deep collaboration lead to more secure and resilient partners.

Garrett Miller is a former US Government cyber operations officer who brought an advanced offensive security skillset to challenges facing the U.S. Intelligence Community. In addition, he is an independent cybersecurity researcher who is credited with discovering five novel vulnerabilities in Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. His research also includes analyzing video surveillance systems, developing wireless-physical intrusion detection systems, and studying the implications of GPU acceleration on cryptographic standards. Garrett’s offensive security skillset allows him to think like an attacker, helping partners to find and patch holes in infrastructure before an adversary does.

Steve, and his co-founder Garrett are proud to work with BlueCoat through their company RipRap Security as trusted cybersecurity experts. Our close alignment with BlueCoat’s mission and deep collaboration lead to more secure and resilient partners.

Tate is a seasoned cybersecurity expert, startup founder, and accomplished product leader. With extensive experience spanning the US Government and private sector, he has honed his expertise in building innovative solutions that solve complex security challenges.

Tate founded and led a consumer-focused cybersecurity startup in Area 120 that was acquired by Google One. There, Tate served as the Product Lead of a 50+ cross-functional team developing and implementing advanced privacy and security features for users. 

Prior to this, Tate served as a Special Agent in the United States Secret Service for over 8 years, where he was widely recognized for his outstanding work in leading the case against an illicit digital currency provider as well as a significant financial infrastructure intrusion. He was honored with several prestigious awards, including the Samuel J. Heyman Call to Service Award (the “Oscars” for the federal government), the DHS Secretary’s Gold Medal (the highest DHS award given) and Secret Service Special Agent of the Year.

Tate also served as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army and holds a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from the US Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from Cornell University. He actively advises multiple early-stage cybersecurity startups and runs an online safety community aimed at improving people’s personal cybersecurity.

He served for over a decade with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s Directorate of Operations / National Clandestine Service. He completed multiple overseas field tours where his missions focused primarily on counterterrorism, foreign intelligence collection, counterintelligence, cybersecurity, and political-military issues. He has specialized training in human behavioral analysis and unique, on-the-ground experience evaluating individuals’ suitability for the most sensitive missions.

Additionally, Dave served as a commissioned intelligence officer with the U.S. Navy and is qualified as an Information Dominance Warfare Officer. The bulk of his military service was with a reserve naval intelligence unit attached to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Prior to joining CIA and being commissioned in the Navy, Dave was an Assistant Country Director for China within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) at the Pentagon. He also worked at OSD’s Office of Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, for the Foreign Commercial Service at the US Embassy in Beijing, China, and at the White House.

Dave attended the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. where he earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Relations and East Asian Studies. He also received a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati. Additionally, he has taken graduate- level coursework in national security and strategic studies at the U.S. Naval War College.

Prior to U.S Bank, Matt joined Citigroup. In his first role, he was a Senior Vice President, Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer within the Global Investigation Unit focusing on large-scale, international money laundering investigations. Matt then joined Citi’s Corporate Security and Investigative Services (CSIS) as Senior Investigative Manager to build and lead CSIS’s High Risk Unit (HRU), responsible for investigating the most sensitive and significant cases relating to insider abuse and large-scale fraud events.

Prior to his time at Citi, Matt was an Assistant State Attorney, where he led a trial team and prosecuted thousands of felony cases including organized fraud, embezzlement, insurance fraud and grand theft.

Matt received his criminal justice degree from Northeastern University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Nova Southeastern University.