Paul Stapleton

Cyber & AI Product Executive with an innate ability to build effective, business aligned security and AI solutions. An accomplished technical executive. Passionate about designing and guiding security products and solutions, business enabler, competitive differentiator, partner in growing the success of the organization. • A global cyber security executive collaborating to build business aligned solutions. Expert at understanding risk, aligning requirements and creating appropriate solutions. • Technically proficient across cyber domains, experience with a variety of GenAI/LLM tools and using them to improve efficiency and quality. An entrepreneur who understands how to build an organization from the ground up. •Designed and built complete security programs and products for many fortune five hundred companies. • A forward thinking influencer in the cyber security community with a deep understanding of the security market and connections to senior leaders around the world. • Experienced in M&A due diligence, assessments and integration along with 3rd Party/vendor risk assessments and valuations. • Continually successful in delivering exceptional security that exceeds expectations in challenging environments. • Technical background in architecture, infrastructure, engineering, operations, security consulting and assessment, managed services, cloud services, GRC, audits, compliance, sensitive investigations, policy development and incident response. • 20 years experience securing national and international organizations ranging of up to 2,000,000 users. Real world knowledge of the security challenges faced by organizations today. Successfully led security teams of up to 300 across 5 continents. May consider strategic security leadership roles such as Consulting Partner, Security VP or CISO.