When: 
Thursday, October 28, 2021 - 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Where: 
OCGE 107
Presenter: 
Kevin Mandia ’92, Chief Executive Officer of Mandiant
Price: 
Free

Kevin Mandia is the Chief Executive Officer of Mandiant and was previously the Chief Executive Officer of FireEye from June 2016 through September 2021. He was appointed to the company’s Board of Directors in February 2016.

As CEO of Mandiant, Kevin grew the company to nearly 500 employees and more than $100 million in revenue. Widely recognized as the leading provider of security incident management products and services prior to the acquisition, Mandiant remains the core of the highly successful FireEye consulting business.

Kevin has spent more than 20 years in information security and has been on the front lines helping organizations respond to computer security breaches. Before Mandiant, he was the Director of Computer Forensics at Foundstone (acquired by McAfee Corporation) from 2000 to 2003, and he was the Director of Information Security for Sytex (later acquired by Lockheed Martin) from 1998 to 2000. Kevin was also a United States Air Force Officer, serving as a computer security officer in the 7th Communications Group at the Pentagon, and a special agent in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI). He holds a B.S. in computer science from Lafayette College and a M.S. in forensic science from The George Washington University.

Sponsored by: 
The Policy Studies Program and the Department of Computer Science

Contact information

Name: 
Alison Williams
Email: 
williaap@lafayette.edu