Meet Our Team

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.

CJ is Executive Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer for the US 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.

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.

Alpin joins Resilience bringing experience from a variety of 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.

Gavin Reed joins Resilience as EVP Western Region, spending 10 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.

Harry 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.

Kelly Brown joins Resilience from Beazley in Los Angeles, after moving from Willis Towers Watson in NYC where she was a FINEX Cyber Broker. She is an Associate in Risk Management.

Mario boasts more than 40 years of experience in various senior leadership positions across the insurance industry. His most recent positions include 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.

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.

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.

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 as a senior associate at Clyde & Co LLP. An experienced tech lawyer, his thought leadership has been published by The New Yorker, BuzzFeed, and Bloomberg.

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.

Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder. Former Managing Partner of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx).

Tom Gamble, a veteran brokerage, M&A and risk management expert, is Resilience's Executive Vice President, Global Chief Distribution Officer. Prior to 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.

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.