Mark Weatherford
Founding Partner at Aspen Chartered
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Cybersecurity Strategist
2024 - Current
CEO and Founding Partner
2020
Board of Directors and Advisory Boards
2013
Board of Directors – aDolus (Jul 2021 – Jun 2024)(acquired by Exiger) Advisory Board – AlertEnterprise (Sep 2013 – Present) Advisory Board - BitGlass (Mar 2017 – Oct 2021) (acquired by Forcepoint) Advisory Board – BlackCloak (Jul 2022 – Present) Advisory Board - Blue Lava (Jan 2022 – Oct 2023) (acquired by Zyston) Advisory Board – Boldend (Jan 2018 – Oct 2022)(acquired by SIXGEN) Advisory Board – Bolster (May 2020 – Present) Senior Fellow – Center for Digital Government (2018 - Present) Advisory Board – ClearSky (2020 –2021) Advisory Board – Coalfire (Oct 2018 – Jun 2023) Advisory Board - Cylance (2013 -2019) (acquired by Blackberry) Advisory Board – Dasera (May 2020 – Present) DHS Homeland Security Advisory Council (2020 – 2021) Advisory Board – Gretel (Apr 2021 – Present) Advisory Board – HackerOne (Dec 2023 – Present) Advisory Board – Halcyon (Oct 2022 – Present) Strategic Advisory Council – Idaho National Labs - (2018 – Present) Advisory Board - Immersive Labs (Jan 2021 – May 2023) Advisory Board - Indegy (May 2018 – Dec 2019) (acquired by Tenable) Senior Fellow – McCrary Institute for Cyber & Critical Infrastructure Security (Dec 2023 – Present) Board of Directors – National Cybersecurity Center (2016 – Present) Public Sector Advisory Council - Palo Alto Networks (Feb 2015 – Jun 2016) Advisory Board - Pattern Computer (2020 – 2023) Senior Fellow – Ponemon Institute (2015 - Present) Advisory Board – Praetorian (Jun 2023 – Jan 2024) Advisory Board - Security Scorecard (Apr 2021 – Present) Advisory Board - StackRox (Feb 2020 – Feb 2021) (acquired by Red Hat) Advisory Board – SynSaber (Sep 2021 – Dec 2023) Advisory Board - Syn Ventures (2021 – Present) Advisory Board – Tenable (Sep 2020 – Present) Advisory Board – vArmour (Aug 2019 – Sep 2023) Advisory Board – XONA (Mar 2022 – Present)
Private Investor
2016
aDolus (acquired by Exiger) Aqueo Holdings (Limited Partner) Boldend (acquired by SIXGEN) Boxx Insurance CalypsoAI Cyber Mentor Fund (Limited Partner) Dasera Enveil Gretel Halcyon Hyas Interos Kognos (acquired by Devo) LeakSignal RADICL Defense Resilient Senseon Signifyd Templarbit (acquired by Boxx Insurance) vArmour
Chief Strategy Officer
2020 - 2024
It is a nonprofit organization providing collaborative cybersecurity knowledge and services to the nation.
VP & Global Information Security Strategist
2019 - 2020
Booking Holdings provides online travel and travel-related reservation and services.
Raised $2,980,561,321.00.
SVP & Chief Cybersecurity Strategist
2015 - 2019
VArmour offers data defined perimeter security solutions for mobile, virtual, and cloud platforms.
Raised $185,000,000.00 from Redline Capital, Highland Capital Partners, NightDragon, AllegisCyber, Employee Stock Option Fund, Titanium Ventures, EDBI and SC Ventures.
Principal
2013 - 2015
Provide strategic consulting and advisory services that highlight cybersecurity as a business discriminator through the employment of sound risk management practices.
Chertoff Group is a private equity firm primarily investing in the defense technology, government services, and cybersecurity sectors.
Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity
2011 - 2013
Appointed in the Obama administration as the nation’s first Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security.
U.S. National Infrastructure Advisory Council is a security enforcement organization that safeguards the American land from threats.
Vice President and Chief Security Officer (CSO)
2010 - 2011
Led the critical infrastructure protection program and provided cyber and infrastructure security oversight for over 1,900 North American electric sector utilities.
NERC is a not-for-profit international regulatory authority whose mission is to assure the reliability of the bulk power system.