InGuardians Team
“So, people hire you to break into their places to make sure no one can break into their places?” - Sneakers 1992
InGuardians strives to assemble the best and the brightest minds in information security. Our aim is to channel the collective talents of our team in providing actionable business-focused information security consulting.
Established in 2003 by industry veterans, InGuardians brings technical experience and business acumen to your projects. Our information security professionals have authored tools, books, testing frameworks, and training programs.

Jimmy Alderson
Chief Product Officer & Chairman of the Board
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Jay Beale
Chief Executive Officer, CTO
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Mike Poor
President, Managing Partner
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Bob Hillery
Chief Operations Officer, CRO
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Larry Pesce
Director of Research and Development, Principal Consultant
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Teresa Pergram
Manager, Finance and Human Resources.
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Jaime Thornton
Director of Sales
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James Thornton
Sales Project Manager
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Jarrod Frates
Senior Security Analyst
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Rob CurtinSeufert
Director of Services
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Justin Searle
Director of ICS Security
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Justin Searle is the Director of ICS Security at InGuardians, specializing in ICS security architecture design and penetration testing. Justin led the Smart Grid Security Architecture group in the creation of NIST Interagency Report 7628 and has played key roles in the Advanced Security Acceleration Project for the Smart Grid (ASAP-SG), National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization Resources (NESCOR), and Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP). Justin has taught courses in hacking techniques, forensics, networking, and intrusion detection for multiple universities, corporations, and security conferences. Mr. Searle is currently a Senior Instructor for the SANS Institute. In addition to electric power industry conferences, Justin frequently presents at top international security conferences such as Black Hat, DEFCON, OWASP, Nullcon, and AusCERT. Justin co-leads prominent open source projects including the The Control Thing Platform, Samurai Web Testing Framework (SamuraiWTF), Samurai Security Testing Framework for Utilities (SamuraiSTFU), Yokoso!, and Laudanum. Justin has an MBA in International Technology and is a CISSP and SANS GIAC certified Incident Handler (GCIH), Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT), and GIAC Industrial Control Security Professional (GICSP).

Faith Alderson
Security Analyst/Software Engineer
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Zlatka Pavlova
Marketing and Social Media Specialist
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Thomas Hutchison
Information Systems & Security Manager
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Carlos Vendramini
Security Consultant
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Jareth Kelly
Security Consultant
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Nora Fletcher
Business Operations Manager
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Erika Pshsniak
Sales Administrative Assistant
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Amy Furlong
Operations Administrative Assistant