Robert D. Rodriguez is the Chairman & Founder of the Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) www.security-innovation.org an International community builder whose mission is to advance innovation and enable global collaboration between the public and private sectors to defeat Cybersecurity threats. Each year SINET hosts programs in Silicon Valley, New York City, London and Washington DC which are supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T). The SINET model is designed to advance innovation by connecting the ecosystem of the entrepreneur; academia, science, private industry, investment banking, system integration, policy, innovators, law enforcement, venture capital and the Federal Government to include the civilian, military and intelligence agencies. In 2001, Robert spearheaded the development of the U.S. Secret Service’s first public-private partnership Cybersecurity initiative in the Western Region of the United States. Since 2005 he has been advising and coordinating the public private sector outreach for the DHS S&T and SRI International. Robert has served on the US Air Force Cybersecurity Advisory Board and has been called upon numerous times by Federal Government Agencies and universities such as Stanford and UNC Charlotte to help coordinate their private sector outreach to the venture capital community and both large and small businesses. In his previous career Robert served twenty-two years as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service where he held a number of executive leadership positions within the Presidential Protection, Protective Intelligence, Inspection, Criminal Investigation Divisions and the Counter Assault Team. His executive protection experience spanned 10 years at the White House serving Presidents Ronald W. Reagan, George H. Bush, William J. Clinton and numerous Heads of State. He serves on the Board of Advisors for The Chertoff Group, as Director Emeritus for the San Francisco Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, National Cyber Security Hall of Fame Board of Directors and is a certified graduate of the Federal Government’s Senior Executive Service Program.
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