Kenneth A. Minihan, Managing Director, Paladin Capital Group
 

Lieutenant General Ken Minihan retired from the U.S. Air Force on June 1, 1999, after more than 33 years of active commissioned service to the nation. On his final tour of duty he served as the 14th Director of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service, a combat support agency of the Department of Defense with military and civilian personnel stationed worldwide. As Director, he was the senior uniformed intelligence officer in the Department of Defense. He has also served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. He has over thirty years experience in national, defense and military information services, information technology development and diverse customer support services.
 

Minihan has vast experience in large complex global and national information operations, information technology deployment, and customer requirement satisfaction. While the Director of NSA, he helped conceive and provide strategic direction to the National Information Assurance Program. He also created strategic approaches and development concepts for emerging telecommunications technology while redesigning core business skills and efficient operations.
 

He organized and executed multinational global operations for information services and implemented core business metrics and a strong commitment to teamwork. He led NSA to recognition as a Baldridge and Presidential Quality Award finalist.
 

Minihan has a Baccalaureate Degree from Florida State University, a Masters Degree from the Naval Postgraduate School, and has completed executive development programs at the University of Illinois and Harvard University. Among his awards and decorations are the National Security Medal, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star, and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal.
 

James Mobley is a proven corporate and early stage executive with over 25 years of experience in the technology industry. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Neohapsis Inc, a provider of risk management and security software and services solutions for global 2000 companies and Federal agencies. He has a long history of working with leading enterprises in their efforts to mitigate security risks. Mobley was the President and Chief Executive Officer of @stake, Inc., an international security consulting and products company that was acquired by Symantec (SYMC) Corporation in October 2004. Post acquisition, he led Symantec's Professional Services organization as Vice President, Americas.
 

Other prior experience includes President and CEO of Intrusic Corporation, an early stage pioneer of internal threat software, Corporate Vice President of Compaq’s (HP) $1 billion North America Professional Services sales organization, Vice President & General Manager of Digital’s (HP) $400 million Southeast Region and Business Unit Executive of IBM's (IBM) $200 million D/FW operating unit.
 

Mobley is a graduate of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.
 

Martin Nisenholtz was named senior vice president, digital operations for The New York Times Company in February 2005. He is responsible for the strategy development, operations and management of The New York Times Company’s digital properties, including About.com.
 

Mr. Nisenholtz was chief executive officer of New York Times Digital from 1999 to 2005. Previously, he was president of The New York Times Electronic Media Company from 1995 to 1999. In that role, he was the founding leader at NYTimes.com.
 

Prior to joining the Times Company, Mr. Nisenholtz was director of content strategy for Ameritech Corporation, where he was responsible for guiding development of new video programming opportunities and interactive information and advertising services. From 1983 to 1994, Mr. Nisenholtz worked at The Ogilvy Group, where he was a senior vice president and member of the operating committee at Ogilvy & Mather Direct. In 1983 he founded the Interactive Marketing Group (IMG), the first full service unit at a major U.S. advertising agency devoted specifically to interactive communication.
 

Mr. Nisenholtz began his career in 1979 as an assistant professor and research scientist at New York University, where he participated on the founding faculty of the Interactive Telecommunications Program and worked on pioneering interactive media efforts in the areas of education, healthcare and public information. Mr. Nisenholtz received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977 and a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School of Communication in 1979.
 

 

 Ron Packard, Founder and CEO, K12, Inc.

Ron Packard is the CEO and Founder of K12 Inc. (NYSE: LRN), a technology-based education company. K12 is the nation’s leading provider of proprietary curriculum and online education programs to students in grades K-12. K12 provides its curriculum and academic services to online schools, traditional classrooms, blended school programs, and directly to families. 

K12’s mission is to maximize a child’s potential by providing access to an engaging and effective education, regardless of geographic location or socio-economic background.
 

Packard was previously a vice president of Knowledge Universe, and CEO of Knowledge Schools, which provides high-quality childhood education in community and employer-sponsored centers, and invests in, incubates, and operates several charter school companies. Previously, he worked for McKinsey & Company as well as for Goldman Sachs in mergers and acquisitions. Packard was the 2007 recipient of the Education Industry Association’s James P. Boyle Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, bestowed to individuals whose achievements in the for-profit education industry serve as a guidepost for others starting and building entrepreneurial education endeavors. In 2008, he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the IT Services & Solutions category in Greater Washington for his outstanding leadership in building and leading dynamic and growing business.
 

Packard holds a B.A. in Economics and Mechanical Engineering with honors from the University of California at Berkeley. He holds an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago and he is a chartered financial analyst.

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Debora Plunkett serves as Director of the Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) at the National Security Agency. On behalf of the Director, NSA, the IAD is the focal point for cyber security, cryptography, and information systems security for all national security systems. Specific responsibilities developing and deploying IA capabilities, research and development activities to generate IA techniques and solutions, ensuring the availability of IA products and solutions, and understanding the threat to and vulnerability of national security systems.

In addition to previously serving as the Deputy Director of IAD, Plunkett also served as Assistant Deputy Director for Customer Relationships in the SIGINT Directorate. She was responsible for determining SIGINT dissemination policy and practices, and ensuring mechanisms were in place to promote the widest possible distribution of NSA products while enabling the protection of sensitive sources and methods.

From 2000 – 2001, Plunkett served as a Director on the National Security Council at the White House. In this capacity, she assisted in the development and coordination of national policy on critical infrastructure protection and cyber security issues.
In 2007, Plunkett was awarded the rank of Meritorious Executive in the Senior Cryptologic Executive Service by the President of the United States.
 
Plunkett graduated from Towson University with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1999 she was awarded an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. She is a graduate of the National War College. Plunkett completed the Executive Development Seminar, the IC EXCEL Seminar, and the DNI Intelligence Fellows Program, and the Harvard Law School program in conflict management and negotiations.