Tom is co-founder and Managing Partner of Gauge Capital, a private equity firm with over $3 billion in assets under management. He leads the firm’s business services and technology vertical and currently serves on the boards of NINJIO, Exact Customer, 7 Mindsets, Apple Roofing, CENTEGIX, Craftable, eDynamic Learning, and SAGO. 

Brett is an accomplished Information Security Executive and transformational CISO/CSO with a proven history of building highly effective, multi-national security organizations. He is the SVP & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Activision Blizzard, and formerly CISO for Amazon Prime Video, Green Dot Corporation, Staples, Hewlett Packard, Sony Network Entertainment, McAfee, Los Alamos National Lab, and others. 

Janet is a renowned industry veteran with global experience building, optimizing and evangelizing channel programs and go-to-market strategies. CEO & Co-founder of JSG Group, an ecosystem acceleration solutions company for tech firms delivering double-digit growth. 

Jim is an exceptional revenue leader with 30 years of software sales experience. He is Chief Revenue Officer of Craftable, a leader in the hospitality software business and has extensive experience in scaling revenue from $10M to $100M via direct and indirect sales channels for technology companies. 

Sam is a Vice President at Gauge Capital and is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, transaction execution, and portfolio company monitoring. He works in the firm’s enterprise software sectors. Sam currently serves on the boards of NINJIO Exact Customer, Craftable, and CENTEGIX. 

Dr. Shaun McAlmont is CEO of NINJIO Cybersecurity Awareness Training and is one of the nation’s leading education and training executives. Prior to NINJIO he served as President of Career and Workforce Training at Stride, Inc., had a decade-long tenure at Lincoln Educational Services, where he was President and CEO, and served as CEO of Neumont College of Computer Science. His workforce and ed tech experience is supported by early student development roles at Stanford and Brigham Young Universities. He is a former NCAA and international athlete and serves on the BorgWarner and Lee Enterprises boards of directors. He earned his doctoral degree in higher education, with distinction, from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree from the University of San Francisco, and his bachelor’s degree from BYU.

Asaf Kotsel is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DCOYA, a NINJIO subsidiary offering a sophisticated phishing platform that helps cybersecurity leaders identify and address their employee’s individual susceptibilities as they work to protect their organizations. With two decades of experience in sales and customer service, Asaf specializes in developing innovative business and marketing strategies and leading cross-functional teams to deliver growth.

Prior to founding his own cybersecurity startup, Asaf was the Vice President of Sales at Sentrix and a Senior Sales Manager at 2BSecure. He holds a B.A. in Business Management from the University of Derby.

Matt Lindley is the CPTO of NINJIO and has extensive experience in the cybersecurity space. Previously, Matt was the CEO and Principal Consultant of REIN Cybersecurity which focused on Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC). Matt has also served as the Director of Security Services at Cal Net Technology Group and the virtual CIO at Convergence Networks. He has held many other leadership positions in the industry, and he’s an authority on IT, security, GRC, and operational maturity.

David Jablonski is the Chief Animation Officer of NINJIO. Michigan-born and raised, Dave started his career creating art and animation for online games and digital storybooks. He’s drawn it all, from an interactive Bible app for children to an entire web series about a street fighter with too much power for his own good. Nothing is off limits. While not setting out to get into the “edutainment” space, his unique blend of art and engaging storytelling has served him well at NINJIO, having produced over 100 episodes in the past six years that teach people about cybersecurity in a meaningful way. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Ferris State University. His hobbies include collecting hobbies and not really doing anything with them.