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Chad Holmes is a cybersecurity strategist with over 20 years of experience helping organizations protect critical systems, enable secure development, and build resilient teams. With deep expertise in healthcare security, application security, and hands-on training, he combines technical insight with business acumen to drive meaningful outcomes. Whether guiding CISOs through strategic decisions or mentoring the next generation of security professionals, Chad is passionate about developing talent and making security a catalyst for innovation.

• Healthcare Security
• IoT/IoMT/ Cyber Physical Systems
• Cybersecurity Training and Cyber Ranges (CTF)
• Team Growth and Reporting
• Threat Intelligence and Education

• Served as strategist across multiple startups and Fortune 500 companies, helping organizations secure complex environments, from IoT-enabled hospitals to global software supply chains
• Consults with startups to support training and community-driven security education and has led product marketing and go-to-market efforts for a variety of products, including application security, IoMT security, third party risk, and threat detection
• Hosted over 100 cyber range events globally and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Science- Computer Science

Chad is an avid hiker, particularly in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He aspires to hike the Grand Canyon rim to rim in the future.