Kelly Kendall, CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA)

Disable Veteran (US Marine Corps)
President and Chief Executive Officer
KNC Strategic Services

Co-Founder, President and CEO, Kelly is a swiss army knife executive with broad and experience. Kelly is a member of the advisory council for the C3PAO Forum, and he is the President and Executive Director for US VALOR (US Veterans Advancing Through Learning, Opportunities and Resources.

Chuck Buresh

EVP and Chief Operating Officer
Son of a World War II Veteran

Chuck is an executive with extensive risk management experience.  He has delivered extremely favorable results to substantial companies in major matters.  He has experience across several industries. Chuck has an MS in Cybersecurity from the University of San Diego, California, an MBA in Management and Operations from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a BS in Business Administration from Michigan State University. 

Craig Pfister

Global Vice President of Solution Engineering
Kiteworks, Inc.

Craig works with business executives to increase security, governance and transparency of their digital assets.  Craig believes that in the digital age, a comprehensive security framework around an organizations digital assets is critical to any businesses overall strategy.  After spending nearly, a decade working as a VP in Financial Services focusing on Portfolio Analytics, Craig understands that data drives good business and investment decisions.  Craig focuses on financial theory, risk management, security monitoring and secure collaboration as well as innovative security solutions for global corporations.  Craig holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Alabama.

Vince Scott (Lead CCA)

Chief Executive Officer
Defense Security Group

Vince is a US Navy veteran with more than 30 years of cyber experience.  A graduate of the US Naval Academy, Vince’s 21-year career in military operations included cyber warfare, information warfare, and intelligence operations. He conducted Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) activities at the tactical, component, theater, and national levels. He served with multiple national intelligence agencies.  He deployed numerous times, including combat operations in both Gulf Wars, in addition to deployments to Bosnia, Kosovo, and elsewhere.  He is currently a Certified CMMC Assessor (CCA) and Provisional CMMC Instructor (PI). He is the FBI Infragard's SME on Cyber-Warfare, and former editor of the journal of Law and Cyberwarfare.

Scott Singer (Lead CCA)

Chief Executive Officer
CyberNines

CAPT, USN (retired) Scott Singer brings 30 years of military experience in both active duty and reserve rolls along with 26 years of industry experience. Most recently Scott was at PaR Systems, where he was Chief Information Officer since 2010. At PaR, Scott had responsibility for information systems, global quality, export control, security, and continuous process improvement. Previously, Scott spent 16 years with Medtronic in various leadership positions including the European Infrastructure Manager, the Vascular division CIO, and the head of global security. Scott has extensive experience with government contracting specializing in DFARS and NIST SP 800-171. In addition, Scott navigated his last company through many international export, privacy and cybersecurity matters.

Fabi Navarro (Lead CCA)

Principal Cybersecurity Engineer
Auria Space

Versatile Principal Cybersecurity Engineer with over 16 years of professional hands-on experience who is highly resourceful, self-driven individual with the ability to build trusting relationships. Personable Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Accreditation Body (AB) Certified Assessor (CCA) with excellent analytical, communication and leadership skills. Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) professional who has successfully led teams across multiple Department of Defense organizations in Certification and Accreditation (C&A)/Assess and Authorize (A&A) on a large variety of prototypes/proof of concept technologies, information technology and communications technology systems from start to finish while maintaining an acceptable level of risk for the systems and organization.