Summary
Ryan Dorey is a cybersecurity leader with over two decades of experience specializing in offensive security and advisory services, now directing Technical Advisors for the Americas at Pentera from Tampa, Florida. He built and scaled Optiv’s Attack & Penetration and Threat Management practices—managing a $30M P&L and leading teams of 50–90+ consultants to deliver tens of thousands of professional service hours annually. His career blends hands-on red teaming, vulnerability management, and incident response with commercial leadership, consistently translating technical findings into actionable, revenue-generating services. A practitioner-turned-executive, he is equally comfortable in lab-based adversary simulations and in board-level risk conversations. He holds both a BS and MS in Management Information Systems from the University of South Florida, grounding his strategic work in formal MIS expertise. Notably, his progression from systems administration to global practice leadership reflects a rare combination of operational depth and scalable service delivery experience.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Management Information Systems, Masters Management Information Systems at University of South Florida