Paul Kurtz
Chief Cybersecurity Advisor and Field Chief Technology Officer
Splunk
Paul Kurtz has led organizations involved in the most pressing national security issues, ranging from counter-terrorism, weapons nonproliferation, critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity. His management experience spans government, nonprofit and the private sector, ranging from Special Assistant to the President on the White House's National Security Council, to managing partner for a consulting company's overseas operations, to founding a venture-funded cybersecurity company.
His career highlights include experience on the ground as a weapons inspector in Iraq and North Korea, serving as political advisor in Northern Iraq, coordinating the immediate response to the attacks of September 11, planning a national cyber defense program, and turning an idea to automate cyber intelligence management into a successful company ultimately acquired by Splunk.