Our team brings decades of experience in cybersecurity, risk management, and enterprise technology. We focus on helping organizations prepare for and respond to cyber incidents, building stronger resilience with every step.
Arvind has been dedicated to the mission of helping organizations reduce their cyber risk. Most recently he was the Founder/Director and worked pro bono on Cyber Crossroads, a not-for-profit collaborative of researchers from nine universities globally defining a cybersecurity standard of care. Previously, Arvind was the Founder/CEO of Cyence (now merged with NYSE: GWRE), which created a cyber risk analytics platform to quantify the financial impact of cybersecurity risks. Before that, he was President/CEO of Yarcdata (now merged with NYSE: HPE), which created a platform for cyber data discovery. Prior to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Arvind was Senior Vice President and General Manager at Informatica (NYSE: INFA). He serves on the technical advisory council of the Allen Institute of Brain Sciences and on the board of trustees of the Center for Excellence in Education. Arvind holds an Masters in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelors in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Andre leads the CYGNVS Product Team overseeing Product Management, User Experience, Product Solutions and Support. Prior to joining CYGNVS, he was an early employee at Cyence (which was later acquired by Guidewire) where he built and managed a Solution Architecture team. Andre has 25+ years of experience in leading technical customer facing teams and helping the companies he worked for deliver high-quality solutions to their clients.
As head of Incident Response Solutions at CYGNVS, Nick Essner has over 15 years of incident response and crisis management experience. Having led response investigations and remediation to the largest and most complex cyber attacks – he brings first hand experience and lessons learned when responding to destructive cyber events.
At CYGNVS, Nick plays a vital role in accelerating customer value and driving enterprise adoption by developing new solutions to help organizations prepare for a crisis and build resilient response and recovery capabilities.
Nick has served in IR leadership roles at leading cybersecurity companies including Accenture Security and Mandiant.
Kevin is responsible for the strategic direction of the company’s technology. Kevin joined CYGNVS as one of the founding engineers responsible for the overall architectural design of the technology that powers CYGNVS. Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in software engineering from Dublin City University.
Danielle
Phillips
Vice President, Finance & Operations
Danielle Phillips
Vice President, Finance & Operations
Prior to joining CYGNVS, Danielle held finance and accounting management roles at Guidewire, Cyence, Nextag, The Hartford, and PwC. With 15 years of experience, she's a trusted expert in financial reporting, audit, and analysis. Danielle holds an MBA from the University of Hartford and dual bachelor’s degrees in Accounting and Economics from Eastern Connecticut State University.
Steve Qian joined CYGNVS in March 2022. Steve was previously VP Engineering at Ceridian and was responsible for the Human Resource product. Before Ceridian Steve was also VP Engineering at a travel-tech startup, where he built up a new engineering team and delivered innovative new applications to optimize airline operations and passenger experience. Steve spent close to 17 years with Informatica (via acquisitions) where he was part of the pioneer team that developed the market-leading Master Data Management (MDM) product. As VP of Product Development, he was responsible for the MDM core technologies, platform and solutions. Prior to Informatica, Steve held various technical positions with Epiphany, Oracle, TD Bank and CAE Electronics.
Jane brings over 20 years of insurance experience in underwriting, marketing, and client relationship management at the Fortune 500 companies AIG and Zurich; she began her career at Lloyd’s of London. As Vice President, Solutions, Jane partners with her customers to help curate their CYGNVS experience on behalf of their policyholders. Jane’s goal is to anticipate her clients’ needs, inspiring trust through her creativity and ability to drive successful outcomes.
Damian is responsible for Global Revenue at CYGNVS. He brings almost 20 years of experience in sales, operations, and go-to-market across global teams. Most recently, he spent 10.5 years at Zendesk leading multiple revenue teams across regions, and segments while helping the company scale to a multi-billion-dollar business. Prior to Zendesk, he spent time at Salesforce, contributing to its evolution from a single-product company to a multi-cloud leader. Damian's passion lies in leading high-performing global revenue teams, with core expertise in establishing new segments, markets, and products, as well as building successful teams from the ground up.
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