Investor Relations
We help mid-market entities protect their success, by providing access to cybersecurity tools, and deeply-experienced talent to command the tools. We’re on a mission to make cybersecurity easy & accessible for the largest segment of the U.S. economy.
Corporate Governance
Brian Haugli
Inside Director and Chief Executive Officer

Brian has been driving security programs for two decades and brings a true practitioner’s approach to the industry. He creates a more realistic way to address information security and data protection issues for organizations. He has led programs for the DoD, Pentagon, Intelligence Community, Fortune 500, and many others. Brian is a renowned speaker and expert on NIST guidance, threat intelligence implementations, and strategic organizational initiatives.Brian is the contributing author for the latest book from Wiley, “Cybersecurity Risk Management: Mastering the Fundamentals Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework“.Lastly, he is a professor at Boston College, in the Woods College of Advancing Studies, Master’s Program in Cybersecurity.
David Chasteen
Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing

David Chasteen brings direct leadership experience in the information security, military, and intelligence communities. Chasteen is also Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at GoFundMe. He was previously the Chief Information Security Officer for the San Francisco Police Department and the President of the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Commission. His background includes serving as a Captain with the Third Infantry Division of the United States Army, working as a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch and UBS, and as a Chief Technology Officer at L-3 MPRI. Additionally, he served on the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) board of advisors before joining the National Clandestine Service and serving as the Executive Officer of the CIA’s Covert Action Staff. He has also worked as the Threat Intelligence Officer for the City and County of San Francisco. David earned a BS in Political Science at Ball State University’s Honors College.
Ryan Polk
Chief Financial Officer

Ryan Polk brings more than 25 years of experience in executive and financial roles at companies ranging from emerging growth to the Fortune 500. Mr. Polk has been the principal of Perissos Partners, an executive consulting firm, since June 2017. While at Perissos, Mr. Polk served in CFO roles at Generation Next and Cellpoint Corporation. From July 2011 to May 2017, Mr. Polk served in executive roles in the portfolio companies owned by Lacy Diversified, a family office based in Indianapolis, IN which actively managed investments in distribution, light manufacturing, and supply chain management with combined revenue approaching $2 billion. He also led the mergers and acquisition team for Lacy. From August 2008 to June 2011, Mr. Polk served as the Vice President for Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis for Brightpoint, a publicly traded, Fortune 500 mobile device logistics company, based in Indianapolis, IN prior to its sale to Ingram Micro. He began his career at Ernst & Young in the firm’s tax consulting group. Mr. Polk earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Industrial Management from Purdue University – Krannert School of Management in 1990. Mr. Polk is also a certified public accountant (inactive).
John Heltzel
Vice President of Business Development

John Heltzel is an operating executive with a track record in developing people, new businesses, markets, and executing corporate development strategies to achieve revenue and cashflow targets. He currently advises early-stage startups on building and executing sales, business development and product strategies. He previously served as Vice President of Business Development at NearbyNow, Director of Business Development at security and encryption leaders Zix Corporation and Entrust, Inc., and served in sales and product management roles at SkyTel Communications, Qualix Group and Silicon Graphics.
Nicholas Hnatiw
Chief Technology Officer

Nicholas Hnatiw serves as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Hnatiw has more than 15 years of experience creating software technologies from network security to artificial intelligence. Mr. Hnatiw has led the design and development of a security risk assessment SaaS platform, run a security monitoring service with a custom-built next generation automation and SIEM system. Prior to the Company, Mr. Hnatiw served as the technical director for network operations supporting U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Intelligence Agencies, and other Department of Defense research organizations from October 2010 to October 2014. From June 2015 to September 2019, Mr. Hnatiw was the Chief Executive Officer of Loki Labs, a cyber security firm. Mr. Hnatiw is also currently a consultant with Cuesta Partners (since January 2020); a partner and Chief Technology Officer of Sidechannel Security (since February 2020), and the Chief Technology Officer of RealCISO.io (since October 2020). Mr. Hnatiw earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering and computer science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Tom Wilkinson
Chairman of the Board, Executive Committee Member

Tom Wilkinson brings a background in public accountancy and C-level executive experience for a Nasdaq listed company to Cipherloc. He presently owns and operates Wilkinson & Company, a financial and business consulting firm focused on emerging growth pre-IPO and public companies. Mr. Wilkinson previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Xplore Technologies until the sale of the company to Zebra Technologies in 2018. Xplore was a NASDAQ listed public company and the sale resulted in a superior return to the investors. Prior to becoming the CEO, Mr. Wilkinson served as the company's Chief Financial Officer and led a successful operational turnaround driving the business to profitability. He is also an experienced audit partner at a public accountancy firm he founded and grew to seven offices and served as CFO of Amherst Holdings, a privately held corporation. Mr. Wilkinson currently serves on the board of Astrotech (ASTC) and is a CPA in the State of Texas.
Anthony Ambrose
Lead Independent Director, Executive Committee Member

Anthony Ambrose has served for the past six years as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Data I/O, the leading global provider of advanced data and security programming solutions, and a Nasdaq listed company (DAIO). Prior to Data I/O, Mr. Ambrose was Owner and Principal of Cedar Mill Partners, LLC, a strategy consulting firm since 2011. From 2007 to 2011, he was Vice President and General Manager at RadiSys Corporation, a leading provider of embedded wireless infrastructure solutions, where he established the telecom platform business and grew it to over $125M in annual revenues. He was previously general manager and held several other progressively responsible positions at Intel Corporation, where he led development and marketing of standards-based communications platforms and grew the industry standard server business to over $1B in revenues. Mr. Ambrose has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Princeton University.
Debbie MacConnel
Independent Director

Ms. MacConnel has been involved in the computer industry for 34 years, retiring recently from the IBM Corporation after 28 years. Prior to her retirement, Ms. MacConnel was instrumental in transforming information technology for IBM's human resources function, which supported up to 450,000 employees. Ms. MacConnel's team at IBM was also responsible for transforming the succession planning process for executive selection and promotion, along with enhancing the processes for mergers and acquisition management and talent acquisition. Ms. MacConnel qualifies as an independent member of the Company's Board of Directors.
Kevin Powers
Independent Director

Mr. Powers is the founder and director of the Master of Science in Cybersecurity Policy and Governance Programs at Boston College and is an Assistant Professor of the Practice at Boston College Law School and in Boston College's Carroll School of Management's Business Law and Society Department. Mr. Powers is also a Cybersecurity Research Affiliate at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and he has taught courses at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was also the Deputy General Counsel to the Superintendent. Mr. Powers qualifies as an independent member of the Company's Board of Directors.
Hugh Regan
Independent Director

Mr. Regan recently retired from his role as Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of inTEST Corporation, a publicly traded manufacturer of capital equipment used in the semiconductor industry and other markets, and currently works as a private consultant to businesses, assisting them with various strategic issues. Mr. Regan served in his roles at inTEST for just over 25 years, from April 1996 until June 2021. From 1985 to April 1996, Mr. Regan served in various financial capacities for Value Property Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, including Vice President of Finance from 1989 to September 1995 and Chief Financial Officer from September 1995 until April 1996. Mr. Regan qualifies as an independent member of the Company's Board of Directors and will serve as the Chairperson of the Company's Audit Committee.
Brian Haugli
Inside Director and Chief Executive Officer

Brian has been driving security programs for two decades and brings a true practitioner’s approach to the industry. He creates a more realistic way to address information security and data protection issues for organizations. He has led programs for the DoD, Pentagon, Intelligence Community, Fortune 500, and many others. Brian is a renowned speaker and expert on NIST guidance, threat intelligence implementations, and strategic organizational initiatives.Brian is the contributing author for the latest book from Wiley, “Cybersecurity Risk Management: Mastering the Fundamentals Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework“.Lastly, he is a professor at Boston College, in the Woods College of Advancing Studies, Master’s Program in Cybersecurity.