TRUSTWAVE HOLDINGS - Key Persons


Barry O'Connell

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
  • Member of the Management Team
  • General Manager, EMEA
Barry O'Connell is the General Manager of EMEA regions at Trustwave. Barry has spent more than 20 years leading digital transformation and cybersecurity organizations. He has extensive experience driving multi-million dollar businesses throughout Europe and the United States. Most recently, Barry was EMEA General Manager at DXC. Previously he held a number of executive leadership roles at HPE in areas such as strategic alliances, managed security services and operations.

Craig Rones - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Marketing Officer
  • Member of the Management Team
Craig Rones is the Chief Marketing Officer for Trustwave. He leads the marketing strategy, brand, and demand efforts for the company. Prior to joining Trustwave, Craig held marketing leadership positions at NTT DATA and Dell. Craig has developed award-winning marketing strategies for world-class organizations throughout his 15+ years of experience in IT services. Earlier in his career, Craig lived and worked internationally, providing strategic financial advisory services to clients across a number of industries and continents. Craig has helped companies of all sizes, from start-ups to Fortune 100 global organizations, elevate their presence and positioning in their respective markets while advancing through critical transformation and growth initiatives. Craig utilizes his background and expertise to lead a data-driven, outcomes-focused, and growth-oriented marketing function at Trustwave. Craig is passionate about enabling clients to discover new opportunities and helping them move through their digital transformation journeys securely. Craig holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master in Public Accountancy from The University of Texas at Austin.

Edwin Lim

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
  • Member of the Management Team
  • General Manager, Asia Pacific & Japan
Edwin Lim is General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan, at Trustwave. In this role, Edwin manages the overall business operations in the region. He was previously the Head of Consulting and Professional Services for Asia Pacific and Japan at Trustwave. With more than 20 years of experiences in both telecommunication and IT security industry, Edwin has held several key roles from consultancy, engineering and product management to sales, marketing and business development, with a solid track record in driving sales productivity and implementing transformational changes. Previously, Edwin was the Director Cyber Security for Asia Pacific in NEC Asia Pacific. Prior to NEC Asia Pacific, he was the Vice President, Cyber Security for Quann Asia Pacific (formally known as e-Cop); Head of SME Products in StarHub; Senior Manager for OEM and Online Services, Asia Pacific Region, at Trend Micro; Channel & Marketing Director, Southeast Asia & India, at IBM Internet Security Systems; and Assistant Vice President, Regional Operations at Pacific Internet Ltd. Edwin graduated from University of New South Wales, Australia with a BSc in Computer Science.

Eric Harmon - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Non - Independent Director
  • Member of the Trustwave Board of Directors
Eric Harmon is a member of the Trustwave Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer at Trustwave. Eric brings more than 20 years of experience in technology services and enterprise sales. He has been a General Manager focused on driving transformational change to accelerate revenue growth and profitability. Most recently, he served as strategic advisor to SecureTrust, a former division of Trustwave. Eric was previously Executive Vice President of Operations at DXC Technology where he was responsible for its $25 billion offering portfolio, including strategy, development, sales, delivery and overall financial performance. In addition, he oversaw the Chief Technology Office, Global Solutioning and Performance Management functions. He held a similar position at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company holding several leadership positions in its technology and enterprise sales practices. He holds a Juris Doctor degree and bachelor's degree in accounting and economics from Georgetown University.

George Tomic

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Chief Technology Officer & Engineering
  • Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering
George Tomic is Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering at Trustwave. George joined Trustwave from McAfee where he served as Vice President Management & Cloud Platform Engineering leading the platform development of ePolicy Orchestrator, McAfee Agent, Data Exchange Layer (DXL) and McAfee Global Threat Intelligence cloud. Prior to McAfee, George was Vice President Global Engineering and CyberThreat Intelligence - DXC Security Services at DXC Technology where he led the architecture, design and development of the company's CyberThreat Intelligence program. George also served as Vice President Managed Security Services & Global Enterprise Security Services Engineering at Hewlett Packard Enterprise leading the managed security services business and global engineering for the Enterprise Security Services division. Prior to Hewlett Packard Enterprise, George held several leadership roles at Symantec where he led the Cyber Security Engineering group as well as the Symantec cloud platform engineering. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Calgary.

Howard Hughes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • General Manager of the Americas
  • General Manager, Americas
Howard Hughes is the General Manager of the Americas at Trustwave. Howard most recently served as Senior Vice President, Offering General Manager Workplace and Mobility at DXC Technology. During his time at DXC, and before that HPE, Howard led all of the companies' major transformation programs, including some of the industry's largest cloud and security migrations. He was the Executive Sponsor for two of the largest secure workplace and cloud programs globally. At HPE as the GM for the EMEA business, he drove significant growth across cloud, cyber and application modernization. Notably, Howard drove the fastest-growing managed security business in HPE covering services and consulting and led a new approach for transitioning and onboarding clients with contracts exceeding $200M. Prior to joining HPE, Howard held a number of senior leadership roles leading major program delivery, start-up and turnaround. He started his career as an officer in the British Army, where he led teams delivering secure tactical and strategic communications in support of operations. Howard continues to contribute to the Armed Forces through work with charities focused on homelessness and addiction in the veteran's community.

Jason Whyte

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • General Manager for Pacific
Jason Whyte is General Manager for Pacific at Trustwave, with overall business management responsibilities for that region. In his 25+ year career in information security, Jason has held senior leadership roles across multiple lines of business serving global enterprises and federal government with teams spanning the globe. He has been responsible for multi-million dollar businesses that have encompassed strategy and innovation, managed security services, professional services, advisory services and the development of new solution offerings to address market demand for security specific requirements. He has held previous Asia Pacific leadership roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Verizon and more.

Jeann Low

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Non - Independent Director
  • Board Member of the Governing Board of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
  • Member of the Trustwave Board of Directors
  • Singtel in 1998 As Group Financial Controller
Jeann Low is a member of the Trustwave Board of Directors. She is also Group Chief Corporate Officer at Singtel. She is responsible for the Group's corporate functions including mergers and acquisitions, corporate communications, legal, regulatory, risk management and procurement. Prior to this role, she was Group Chief Financial Officer for seven years. Jeann joined Singtel in 1998 as Group Financial Controller and has held several management roles including Executive Vice President of Strategic Investments and CFO of Optus. Jeann is a board member of the Governing Board of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. She is also a Director of Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS) and Intouch Holdings Public Company Limited. Jeann holds an Honours Degree in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Joel Smith - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Management Team
Joel Smith is General Counsel at Trustwave, where he is responsible for managing the company's global legal and regulatory compliance affairs. Prior to joining Trustwave, Joel served in several legal management roles for Generac Holdings, the world's largest manufacturer of consumer backup power solutions, primarily focused on building sustainable international compliance and governance systems. Joel holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a bachelor's degree from Butler University.

Marco Pereira

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Senior Vice President, Strategy and Transformation
Marco Pereira is Senior Vice President, Strategy and Transformation at Trustwave. Marco brings more than 23 years of leadership and hands-on experience in cybersecurity, with vast international experience from working in 10 different countries across 4 continents to lead the delivery of large-scale IT and cybersecurity transformation projects (up to 1 Billion USD). Prior to Trustwave, Marco was the Global Head of Strategy, Operations and Product Management at DXC. Marco was responsible globally for the security vision, strategy, operations, P&L and portfolio of the entire cybersecurity business, including security consulting and Managed Security Services (MSS). Marco holds several industry-leading security certifications including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor. Marco has a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Information Systems and Computer Engineering, as well as a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA).

Mike Nawrocki

Job Titles:
  • Chief Revenue Officer
  • Member of the Management Team
Mike Nawrocki is the Chief Revenue Officer for Trustwave, responsible for all aspects of revenue growth and performance. Mike provides leadership to the worldwide sales and partner organization. Mike brings 25 years of experience building and scaling world-class software and services sales organizations, building channel partnerships, and driving global growth at both private and leading public companies. He previously served as Vice President, North American Cyber Security Sales at Capgemini and was responsible for the sales of their full portfolio of cyber offerings and managed services. He also spearheaded the integration of the sales, pre-sales, sales operations and inside sales teams from Leidos Cyber when they were acquired by Capgemini. Prior to Capgemini and Leidos, Mike directed the global go-to-market strategy and sales execution of Lockheed Martin's commercial cyber business as their Vice President, Global Sales. Mike holds a bachelor's degree in Finance and Administration from Northeastern University.

Neil Manna - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Management Team
Neil Manna is the Chief Financial Officer for Trustwave. Neil brings more than 25 years of accounting, finance and operational experience in technology businesses ranging from start-ups to Fortune 200 companies to the role. Neil most recently served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at DXC Technology. During his five years at DXC, Neil was a member of the CEO global leadership team and played an integral role in the merger of Computer Science Corporation (CSC) with the Enterprise Services (ES) division of HPE to form DXC. In addition to being involved in many other M&A initiatives, he also led the spin-off of DXC's public sector business into a new public company, Perspecta. Neil previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting at CA Technologies, where he led a major transformation of the company's global accounting function. Neil has more than 25 years of accounting, finance and operational experience in technology businesses ranging from start-ups to Fortune 200 companies.

Oriana Vogel - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Member of the Management Team
Oriana Vogel is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Trustwave. She is responsible for the company's global human capital and for optimizing Trustwave's talent and culture. Prior to Trustwave, Oriana served as a top human resources leader at Discover Financial Services. She led all Business Partners and Talent Centers of Excellence and set up Discover's first-ever HRIS and Shared Services function. Oriana has also held senior human resources leadership roles at Amazon and American Express.  Oriana has a proven ability to drive value through large-scale transformation initiatives and to create agile and talent-rich organizations. Her extensive background and strong leadership skills ensure Trustwave cultivates a performance culture. Oriana holds a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and a Master's in Business Administration from Harvard University.  She lives with her family in Wilmette, IL

Rob Stitch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Consulting & Professional Services
  • Senior Vice President of Worldwide Consulting and Professional Services
Rob Stitch is Senior Vice President of Worldwide Consulting and Professional Services at Trustwave. Rob has a proven track record spanning more than 25 years building world-class consulting and professional services practices. Previously, he was Vice President and Global Lead for Security Consulting at DXC. He also held leadership positions at EDS, HPE, Vistorm and other technology companies.

Sachin Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Non - Independent Director
  • Member of the Trustwave Board of Directors
Sachin Gupta is a member of the Trustwave Board of Directors. He is also MD, Strategic Portfolio at Singtel. He joined Singtel in 2021 to lead Group Strategy and Portfolio Restructuring initiatives. Sachin has more than 20 years of experience in capital markets & corporate advisory across Asian TMT space. He has advised managements in the areas of strategy, business development and M&A. He was the top-rated Asian telecoms equity analyst for many years with coverage spanning all of Asia and ANZ. He worked at JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Nomura, before setting up his own advisory business, New Street Capital Asia, which was sold to Delta Partners in 2018. Sachin serves on the Board of Directors of Amobee Inc., and several other Singtel subsidiaries. He holds a Bachelor of Economics & Finance (HONS) from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Spencer Ingram

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Senior Vice President of Operations
Spencer Ingram, Senior Vice President, Operations, drives strategy for Trustwave customer experience and systems and processes that support the overall global business. Spencer previously served in managed security services (MSS) leadership positions at IBM and Secureworks, where he led global teams across security engineering, operations, security information and event management (SIEM), and service desk and vulnerability management to provide service delivery to thousands of global clients, representing hundreds of millions in annualized subscription revenue. At Secureworks, Spencer drove the significant expansion of gross margin and served as a key operational lead during the company's initial public offering (IPO).

Stuart C. Harvey - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Independent Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chairman, CEO and President of Ceridian Corporation
Stuart C. Harvey, Jr. is Chairman of the Board and an Independent Director of Trustwave. He also serves as Chairman of the Trustwave Executive Committee. Since 2018, he has served as the Chairman of Paysafe Group, a multinational payments company. From 2018-2019, he served in the role of Executive Chairman of Wageworks, Inc., a NYSE-listed consumer directed benefits company that was sold to HealthEquity Inc. for $2.1 billion. Earlier he was the president and Chief Operating Officer of Piper Jaffray Companies. In this role, he led the operations of the firm's global investment banking, equities, public finance, fixed income and asset management businesses. Stuart rejoined Piper Jaffray in 2015 as a partner in its merchant banking group, having previously served as a managing director at Piper Jaffray in its investment banking group from 1993 to 2003. From 2003 to 2010, Stuart was with Elavon Global Acquiring Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, becoming president in 2005 and CEO in 2008, where he had global responsibility for the business, including leading its international expansion efforts. In 2010, Stuart became the chairman, CEO and president of Ceridian Corporation, a provider of human capital management software and services. In 2013, he became the chairman and CEO of Comdata, Inc., a subsidiary that was split off by Ceridian that managed fleet and corporate card payments and services, while continuing to serve as executive chairman of Ceridian. During his tenure at Ceridian, Stuart directed Ceridian's acquisition of Dayforce Corp. in 2012, and the sale of Comdata, Inc. to Fleetcor Technologies, Inc. for $3.45 billion in 2014. Stuart holds a bachelor's degree from Saint John's University, a Juris Doctorate from The George Washington University Law School and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Tom Powledge

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Chief Products Officer & Managed Security Services
  • Chief Products Officer and Senior Vice President of Managed Security Services
Tom Powledge is Chief Products Officer and Senior Vice President of Managed Security Services at Trustwave. He is responsible for product management and product marketing with a focus on driving innovation and growth for industry-leading Trustwave products and services across all regions. Tom has an extensive background leading technology businesses with annual sales ranging from $100 million to $1+ billion. He has a proven ability to generate rapid, double-digit growth and achieve net margin targets. Most recently, Tom was Chief Product Officer at TeleSign. Previously, he held roles as Vice President at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Cisco. He also spent 18 years at Symantec, where he was the product strategist behind Symantec/Norton growth from $70 million to $1.7 billion. He has a bachelor's degree in Law and Society from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and he attended the general management program at Harvard Business School Executive Education.

William Woo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Non - Independent Director
  • Member of the Trustwave Board of Directors
William Woo is a member of the Trustwave Board of Directors. He is also Group Chief Information Officer at Singtel. William was the Managing Director of Enterprise Data and Managed Services and Managing Director of Cyber Security at Group Enterprise. He joined Singtel in 2011 from Xchanging PLC, where he was Managing Director for the Southeast Asia region. Prior to that, William spent 20 years at EDS and had held various senior management roles which included Managing Director of Southeast Asia & India and Vice President, Global Service Delivery of Asia, responsible for leading the Information Technology Outsourcing, Business Process Outsourcing and Applications service delivery across the Asia region. He started his career with the National Computer Board. William graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computing (Distinction) from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and holds an Executive MBA from the National University of Singapore.