Keith is a Distinguished Security Architect at Cisco, where he consults with various customers in the Federal, Enterprise, and Service Providers spaces. He previously served as the Field Chief Technology Officer for the Service Provider line of business at Palo Alto Networks.
Keith has over 25 years of leadership experience in the cybersecurity industry. His specialties include adversarial AI both with predictive AI and LLM models, secure network design and architecture, application security, DevSecOps, and service provider security. He has provided formal guidance to both the White House and FCC on the subject of cloud security controls in the defense of the nation's mobile network infrastructure.
Keith has also served as an adjunct professor of Computer Science at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, where he taught graduate students and Ph.D. candidates network security. In addition, Keith has served as a Visiting Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT. There, he has provided ongoing leadership and consulting in the Annual National CyberDefense Exercise led by the National Security Agency with participation from all of the nation's military academies.
He served in an appointed position on the Board of Directors for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Infragard NYC chapter, along with serving in the US Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force. Additionally, Keith is a General Partner in SCP and Co Artificial Intelligence – Authenticity Fund. The Authenticity Fund (TAF) is an early-stage venture capital fund created to invest in emerging cybersecurity companies that seek to fortify digital trust against artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced automation.
He holds a bachelor's of science degree in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College and a Master of Science in Telecommunications Management from Stevens Institute of Technology. He holds CCIE, CISSP, and SANS GCIH certifications.
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Cisco
Distinguished Security Architect – Field CSO
November 2023 – Present (1 year 10 months)
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tradeInsightAI_
Board Advisor
March 2025 – Present (6 months)
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Federal Communications Commission
Appointed Advisory Member – FCC Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council
December 2021 – September 2024 (2 years 10 months)
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SCP & CO
General Partner at The Authenticity Fund – Bridging AI innovation and cyber resilience
January 2023 – April 2024 (1 year 4 months)
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Palo Alto Networks
Field CTO – Service Provider
May 2021 – November 2023 (2 years 7 months)
