Team | Resilience Insurance

Richard Seiersen

Chief Risk Officer

Richard Seiersen is the Chief Risk Officer at Resilience. Prior to joining Resilience in 2021, Seiersen was the co-founder and president of Soluble – a cloud security company sold to Lacework in October 2021. He was previously the Chief Information Security Officer of Twilio, GE Healthcare, and Lending Club. He’s also the co-author of “How To Measure Anything In Cybersecurity Risk” (July 2016) and author of “The Metrics Manifesto: Confronting Security with Data” (March 2022).

Michael McNerney

Senior Vice President of Security

Michael McNerney is a technology entrepreneur and military veteran. Previously, he led the threat intelligence business at Arbor Networks and was the Co-founder & CEO of Efflux Systems. Mike is also an affiliate at the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation, the Chair & Co-founder of Technology for Global Security, and a Board Member of Vets-in-Tech.

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Mehvish Femia

Chief Legal Officer

Mehvish Femia is an insurance attorney with over 14 years of experience in property & casualty, life, disability, accident, and health industry. Femia has a broad range of legal experience including product and filings compliance, regulatory compliance, contracts, and legislative affairs. Femia has experience working in commercial lines product development, policy forms & filings, operations, underwriting, coverage analysis, and policy reformation.

Michael Sayers

Senior Vice President of US Distribution

Michael Sayers is the Senior Vice President of US Distribution at Resilience. Prior to joining Resilience in 2021, Sayers held roles on Marsh’s cyber team, most recently serving as Cyber Practice Leader of the national middle market team. Sayers holds a BA in Sociology from Drew University.

Amy Chang

Head of Risk and Response

Amy is the Head of Risk and Response at Resilience. Prior to joining Resilience in 2021, Chang served in numerous leadership roles in the Global Cybersecurity organization at JPMorgan Chase, the world’s largest financial institution, protecting the firm and its employees from cyber threats. Chang was an affiliate with Harvard’s Belfer Center Cyber Security Project and has over a decade of experience in cybersecurity, policymaking, and strategy both in and out of government. She served in the U.S. Navy as an Intelligence Officer. Chang holds an MA in Public Policy from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and an AB from Brown University.

Kevin McGowan

Senior Vice President of Underwriting

Kevin McGowan joined Resilience in early 2021 and brings over a decade of experience in the cyber insurance market. Prior to joining Resilience, he was leading underwriting strategy for Beazley’s US Cyber & Tech large risk portfolio. He previously held positions at ACE (Chubb) and Aon. McGowan is a graduate of Miami University, where he earned a B.S. in Finance.

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Hasika Pamunuwa

Vice President of Engineering

Hasika Pamunuwa is the VP of Engineering for Resilience and is a technologist with expertise in building, scaling software solutions and teams. Prior to joining Resilience, he worked for Verisign, Palo Alto Networks, and UIOps, where he co-founded a software solutions startup

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Harry Langdale

Head of Capacity Partnership

Harry Langdale joined Resilience from Willis Re in San Francisco where he served as Vice President of Treaty Reinsurance, servicing national clients, MGAs and acting as West Coast lead for the Willis Re Insurtech Department. Before relocating to the USA and Willis Re, Harry spent 10 years in Lloyd’s of London, UK as an underwriter in the casualty insurance and treaty reinsurance markets for Aspen Re and Catlin Syndicate.

John Soughan

Insurance Product Manager

John Soughan is Resilience’s Insurance Product Manager and leads the product development process, working with the underwriting team, broker partners, and the cyber security team to anticipate changing cyber risk and market needs, developing innovative solutions in a fluid market. Soughan holds a B.A. from Miami University and a J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Mike Shannon

Senior - Associate Vice President of Underwriting

Mike Shannon joined Resilience as Associate Vice President of Underwriting in 2020 and previously held roles at AIG and AXA XL, working in the Cyber & Technology E&O division. Shannon is a graduate of Georgia Southern University, where he earned his BS in Finance.

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Kyle Bryant

International Chief Underwriting Officer

Kyle Bryant joins Resilience as International Chief Underwriting Officer. Formerly, Bryant was responsible for Chubb’s Overseas General Insurance where he was responsible for the strategy, development, and financial performance of the Cyber and Technology lines of business in international markets.

Vishaal Hariprasad

CEO

A veteran of both the U.S. Air Force and the cybersecurity industry, Vishaal brings the leadership skills he honed in his years with the NSA to his position as CEO of Resilience, responsible for the strategic direction of the company. Known across the industry as ‘V8’, Vishaal co-founded Resilience in 2017.

Mario Vitale

President

Mario boasts more than 40 years of experience in various senior leadership positions across the insurance industry. His most recent work includes CEO of Vitality Risk, LLC, CEO of Aspen’s Global Insurance operations. Prior to that, he also led Global Corporate, Zurich Financial Services, and Willis North America as CEO.

Michael Phillips

Chief Claims Officer

Michael joins Resilience from Allianz, where he served as Head of Cyber, Media, and Technology Claims for North America. He previously served as a cyber and tech claims leader at Beazley and a senior associate at Clyde & Co LLP. An experienced tech lawyer, his thought leadership has been published by The New Yorker, BuzzFeed, and Bloomberg.

Charles “CJ” Pruzinsky

Chief Underwriting Officer, North America

CJ is Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer for North America at Resilience. Before joining Resilience, CJ led the Northeastern operations of cyber insurer Beazley Group, based in New York. Prior to Beazley, he held senior underwriting positions at American International Group, where his responsibilities included building out AIG’s Midwestern U.S. regional capabilities.

Tom Gamble

EVP and Global Chief Distribution Officer

Tom Gamble, a veteran brokerage, M&A and risk management expert, is Resilience’s Executive Vice President, Global Chief Distribution Officer. Before joining Resilience, Gamble was a National Brokerage Leader for Arch Insurance Group, and previously built and led the carrier’s D&O practice. He also served as President of the Global Mergers & Acquisitions Group for Zurich Insurance, where he built and managed the global M&A group, the first fully integrated underwriting unit for M&A in the world. His career background includes more than 25 years of leading development and growth of specialty lines for large insurance companies.

Dr. Ann Irvine

Chief Data Scientist

Dr. Ann Irvine is a data science and machine learning expert and leader. Prior to joining Resilience, she was the Chief Data Scientist for User and Data Security at Forcepoint, which acquired RedOwl, where she was a Principal Data Scientist and early-stage employee.

Davis Hake

Co-Founder and VP of Policy

Davis has launched strategic initiatives across the U.S. national security community and private sector. Before co-founding Resilience, Davis ran cybersecurity strategy for Palo Alto Networks, served on the National Security Council, and was a lead author of cybersecurity legislation in the U.S. Congress.

Lisa Hill

VP of Marketing

Lisa Hill is the VP of Marketing at Resilience. Prior to joining Resilience she spent nearly 10 years in government service with the Department of Defense where she held posts at the Defense Innovation Unit (formerly Experimental) (DIU), the Office of the Navy Inspector General and at United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM). Hill holds a BA in Political Science from California State University Long Beach, a MA in Public Administration and a MA in Urban Planning from the University of Southern California.

Matt Hall

Co-Founder and VP of Labs

Matt is a renowned cybersecurity software and hardware engineering, specialist. Prior to joining Resilience, he worked at HP Networking, Yahoo!, Spirent, Cisco, and several cybersecurity start-ups, including Mu Dynamics (acquired by Spirent), Morta Security (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), and Anomali.

Gavin Reed

Executive Vice President – Western Region

Gavin Reed joined Resilience in 2021 as EVP Western Region, spending ten years in the London market in various broking and underwriting roles across all financial lines. He began his insurance career at Marsh as a broker before joining Hiscox and then CNA in London.

Killian Brady

Senior Vice President of Underwriting

Killian Brady joined Resilience in 2020 as Vice President after overseeing underwriting roles at AIG, Beazley, and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty dating back to 2011. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan where earned his BA in Political Science and Communications Studies.

Eduard Alpin

Chief Actuary

Eduard Alpin joined Resilience in 2021, bringing experience from various risk management and actuarial positions, most recently as the Director of Cyber Solutions at Verisk Analytics, a data analytics and risk assessment firm. He led the ISO Cyber Rating Plan development and launched the Cyber Data Exchange, a first-of-its-kind global data-sharing platform.

Sean Gremillion

Senior Vice President of Underwriting

Sean Gremillion joined Resilience in 2020 as Vice President of Underwriting and previously held underwriting roles at Ironshore Insurance, Liberty International Underwriters, and Chubb. Gremillion is a graduate of Illinois State University where he earned a BS in Risk Management and Organizational Leadership.

Vic Marchetti

Vice President of Cyber HMO Solutions

Victor Marchetti joined Resilience in 2019 as Customer Success Manager and previously held roles at Marsh and Willis Towers Watson. Marchetti graduated from Lycoming College, where he earned a BA in Finance Management.

Sam Lisi

Insurance Product Director

Sam Lisi joined Resilience in 2019 as Product Director and previously held roles at Beazley and Travelers. Lisi graduated from the University of Connecticut Law School earning a Masters in Intellectual Property & Information Governance.

Samantha Disabella

Associate Vice President of Underwriting

Samantha Disabella joined Resilience in 2020 as the AVP of Underwriting. Disabella previously held roles at XL Catlin and AON as an underwriter and case manager. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut where she earned a BS in Marketing.

Justin Shattuck

Vice President of Security Operations

Justin Shattuck is Vice President of Security Operations at Resilience. He has been a relentless security threat hunter for the last 15 years and has participated in tracking some of the industry’s most notable threat actors while assisting law enforcement agencies. Prior to joining Resilience in 2020, Justin led the development of a number of threat intelligence capabilities at both start-ups and F5 networks where he assisted in the establishment of F5 Labs. Before joining F5 Labs, Justin was responsible for managing product development with F5 Network’s Silverline.

Heather Hughes

Director of Client Engagement

Heather leads client engagement and solutions at Resilience. With over 20 years of experience in risk management, cybersecurity, and HIPAA privacy law, she is well equipped to help organizations come up with innovative solutions for providing a high return on investment for their security controls. Heather most recently served as a Vice President at top security firm Stroz Friedberg, where she managed proactive and reactive cybersecurity engagements including many large-scale ransomware attacks. Heather is a certified Healthcare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner and received her J.D. from the South Texas College of Law.

Raj Shah

Chairman

A seasoned entrepreneur and leader in the national security community, Raj Shah currently serves as the Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder of Resilience. Prior to Resilience, Shah was the Managing Partner of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), reporting directly to the Secretary of Defense. He led DIUx in its efforts to strengthen our Armed Forces through contractual and cultural bridges between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon. Previously, Shah was Senior Director of Strategy at Palo Alto Networks which acquired Morta Security, where he was CEO and Co-Founder. Raj began his business career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. He serves as an F-16 pilot in the Air National Guard and has completed multiple combat tours. Shah holds an AB from Princeton University and an MBA from The Wharton School.

Mike Convertino

Chief Security Officer

Mike has extensive experience leading information security and security product development as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Crowdstrike, F5 Networks and Twitter and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Security Products at F5 Networks. He is a retired and decorated U.S. Air Force as a Colonel specializing in information warfare.

Meet Our Team

Eduard Alpin

Killian Brady

Kyle Bryant

Amy Chang

Samantha Disabella

Mehvish Femia

Tom Gamble

Sean Gremillion

Davis Hake

Matt Hall

Vishaal “V8” Hariprasad

Lisa Hill

Heather Hughes

Dr. Ann Irvine

Harry Langdale

Sam Lisi

Vic Marchetti

Kevin McGowan

Michael McNerney

Hasika Pamunuwa

Michael Phillips

Charles “CJ” Pruzinsky

Gavin Reed

Michael Sayers

Richard Seiersen

Raj Shah

Mike Shannon

Justin Shattuck

John Soughan

Mario Vitale

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