Dragos Expands Leadership Team to Advance Global Sales Footprint

Three industry notables join the industry’s most experienced industrial threat detection and response team.

HANOVER, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dragos, Inc., the trusted leader in industrial threat detection and response technology and services, announced today the addition of several notable individuals as the company scales its global sales and customer support footprint. The new members bring additional, expert industry knowledge, skills, and depth to the Dragos team and are responsible for the leadership and continued growth of the sales team, developing new business opportunities, and creating customized solutions for Dragos’ customer needs.

“Dragos has quickly become known as the go-to team and technology in the industry for industrial threats and responding to them,” said Dragos’ CEO and Founder Robert M. Lee. “It is now important to build the sales team to match that leadership position we’ve earned. The professionals we are adding are well known in the industrial security community and bring to Dragos the expertise and approach to the community that our customers have come to expect.”

Sam Van Ryder joins the Dragos team as Vice President of Sales. With roots in mechanical engineering, Sam has more than 20 years of experience in sales, including 10 years focused on industrial control systems (ICS) security specifically. Most recently, he led the energy team for Tripwire, where he worked to build a non-intrusive and highly-robust security option in operational environments (OT) for energy verticals impacted by NERC CIP. Previously, he was a major account director for large energy accounts at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Security Products. Sam is the co-founder of HOU.SEC.CON and is a board member of the country’s largest InfraGard chapter in Houston.

Jori VanAntwerp joins Dragos as Director of Solution Architects. Jori has more than 18 years of security experience with an extensive background in client-facing roles ranging from architecture and response to consulting, business development, and sales. His most recent position was with CrowdStrike, where he built and launched the Global Systems Integrator & Consulting Alliances programs. Previously, he built and led a diverse global team of solution architects at FireEye who supported strategic partners and engagements.

Dan Scali joins Dragos as Director of Channels. Previously, Dan built and led the ICS cybersecurity consulting practice at Mandiant, a division of FireEye, where he conducted ICS-focused cybersecurity assessments and incident response activities for critical infrastructure globally. Prior to Mandiant, Dan led the Product Security program at GE Intelligent Platforms, a supplier of industrial control and process automation technology.

These key personnel additions will drive Dragos’ mission to continually build the industry’s most experienced industrial threat detection and response team, while maintaining a customer-focused framework that delivers value and impact.

About Dragos

Dragos applies expert human intelligence and threat behavior analytics to redefine industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity. Its industry-first, ICS cybersecurity ecosystem provides industrial security practitioners with unprecedented situational awareness over their environments, with comprehensive threat intelligence, detection, and response capabilities. Dragos’ solutions include: the Dragos Platform, software providing ICS-specific asset discovery, threat detection, and investigation capabilities; Dragos Threat Operations Center, providing ICS threat hunting, incident response services, and ICS cybersecurity training; and Dragos ICS WorldView, providing global, ICS-specific threat intelligence in the form of weekly reports and critical alerts upon discovery. Headquartered in metropolitan Washington DC, Dragos’ team of ICS cybersecurity experts are practitioners who’ve lived the problems the industry faces, hailing from across the U.S. Intelligence Community to private sector industrial companies. For more information, please visit dragos.com.

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