Patrick Neise is a seasoned cybersecurity executive and engineering leader with nine years in senior roles and a two-decade technical and operational background from submarine officer to NSA Red Team and DoD partnerships. Currently Head of Security, he has repeatedly translated complex security frameworks into pragmatic solutions—earning a provisional patent for a NIST/MITRE-based control selection tool—and driven measurable business impact such as a 30% reduction in SaaS spend and multi-million dollar savings through strategic divestiture. Patrick blends hands-on technical delivery (leading $1M vulnerability projects and rapid tactical app rewrites) with executive strategy, compliance (ISO27001/SOC2), and SDLC security integration under CIO oversight. A committed mentor and educator, he has taught SANS courses and tutored Naval Academy midshipmen, injecting continuous learning into teams. Not obvious from titles: he pioneered Continuous ATO policy reforms for Navy software deployment, accelerating secure software delivery in constrained operational environments.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Joint Professional Military Education, Joint Professional Military Education at U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.) Engineering Management, Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.) Engineering Management at The George Washington University
Graduate Certificate Cyber Security Funadmentals, Graduate Certificate Cyber Security Funadmentals at Naval Postgraduate School
Master's Degree Information Security Engineering, Master's Degree Information Security Engineering at SANS Technology Institute
MA Information Technology Management, MA Information Technology Management at Webster University
BS Electrical Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
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