Nick Ford

Nick has been involved in the cybersecurity space before cybersecurity was a thing, starting around the age of 12. Think NetZero dial-up, AOL 3.0, dumpster-diving, and phreaking. Everything a growing boy needs in the 90's. He put his big boy pants on at age 17 and enlisted in the United States Army, serving with the 75th Ranger Regiment as an Assault Team Member and Electronic Warfare Technician, deploying to combat three times in support of the Global War on Terror. After the military, he's held a number of jobs including a police officer who was on the ground during the Boston Marathon Bombings as well as an entrepreneur.

Nick has worked for Raytheon for eight years and is a thought-leader and practitioner in the ICS/OT Cybersecurity space. He leads a team of niche professionals tasked with securely integrating OT into factory floors across the country; systems that support our warfighters.