Richard
J.B. Campbell
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Securiant, Inc.
Richard
Campbell is founder and CEO of Securiant, Inc., an Atlanta
based network security company. Richard’s unique work
experience involving technology, people and processes led
him to develop and perfect a model for infrastructure security
based on the principle of ‘Security Though Change
Management’. This model currently serves as the basis
for products and services provided by Securiant.
During
his 15 year-career Richard has drawn on his expertise as
an information security consultant, disaster recovery expert
and turnaround agent to build a reputation as the Point
Man for information security breaches.
Before
founding Securiant Richard served as Vice President of Technical
Operations of Atlanta-based NetZee, Inc. a provider of Internet
Banking products to community banks and credit unions. Richard
first worked for NetZee as a disaster recovery and security
expert after the company suffered a severe network breach
in July 2001. As a result of the dramatic increase in overall
performance and security he was invited to join NetZee as
Vice President of Technical Operations within weeks of his
arrival. He was tasked to rebuild the company’s operations
infrastructure, reconstruct its security infrastructure
and take leadership of an operations environment which served
more than 500,000 Internet banking users. In this role he
managed 20 employees, a budget of $1.5+ million, was responsible
for security, networking, business continuity, disaster
recovery and documentation, and acted as the primary technical
interface with all state and federal agencies. In 2002 Certegy,
Inc. acquired NetZee, now Certegy E-Banking Services, for
$10.4 million.
Before
joining NetZee Richard was Director of Data Networking for
ProAct Technologies, a provider of advanced open software
solutions, serving as the senior technical manager for a
team of network engineers managing a Cisco- and Checkpoint-based
network. Prior to that Richard owned and ran three Internet
services and security consulting firms and worked as an
independent consultant for The American Cancer Society,
BellSouth Mobility, Coca-Cola Company, Home Banc and Sun
Trust Bank.
Richard
has been a leading advocate for information security for
the small and medium-sized enterprise. His business philosophy
is built on the belief that technology should enhance core
business processes rather than replace them. In 2002 he
founded the Atlanta Chapter of the SNORT User Group, a nationwide
discussion group for open source network intrusion detection
systems that provide an affordable alternative to expensive
commercial products. He developed a Secure Network Architecture
Reference Model to help companies with mid-sized IT departments
simplify the process of security. Richard is also the author
of several white papers including ‘Infrastructure
Security -The Continuous Journey.’
His
superior technical acumen stems from a skill set that encompasses
the most basic level of IT hardware expertise to the most
complex and difficult of security projects and is based
on his years of hands-on experience as a programmer, systems
engineer, senior network engineer and security engineer.
In March 2003 Richard was short-listed as a Showcase Nominee
Finalist for the Information Security Executive of the Year
in Georgia Award, which recognizes information security
pioneers who have made a lasting contribution to the business
community and economy. In February 2007 he received the
Summit Heritage Award from the Information Technology Senior
Management Forum (ITSMF) for his thought leadership and
contributions to the industry.
He
has served as the Chair of the Minority Technology Council
of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and sits
on the Technology Advisory Board of the United Way of Metropolitan
Atlanta, served on the 2003 Georgia Technology Celebration
Steering Committee and presided as a featured panelist in
the MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta where he assessed start
up companies and offered insight and guidance for those
seeking funding. Richard been featured in the Atlanta Business
Chronicle, Black Enterprise, Government Technology, TechLinks,
Black Engineer, and named Catalyst of the Week by Catalyst
Magazine.
He
is a member of the Technology Association of Georgia, the
Computer Security Institute (CSI) and the Information Systems
Security Association (ISSA). He is CCSE, and CCSA certified.
At
age 19, Richard left Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia
where he had started a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer
Science to begin his career with IBM in Austin, Texas.
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