BEAMSEC
Advisory Board
Meet Advisory Board
Guiding Innovation, Shaping Resilience
BeamSec’s Advisory Board brings together industry leaders and experts who guide our mission with strategic insights and innovation. Their expertise drives our commitment to delivering cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions and global resilience.
Advisory Board
Cate Richards
Director, Federal Programs, Sonatype
Cate Richards
Cate Richards is the Director of Federal Programs at Sonatype, Inc., a leader in Software Supply Chain Security solutions. She also serves as an advisory member for the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Subcommittee on Systems Software Integration and holds an appointment as a Faculty Scholar at the University of Florida, supporting her NSPE initiatives.
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Marc Kassis
IT Software & SaaS, Cybersecurity
Marc Kassis
Marc Kassis is a seasoned executive with extensive expertise in IT software, SaaS, cybersecurity, and professional services. Notably, he has driven the establishment of transformative cybersecurity practices in the Middle East, such as creating Atos’s regional cybersecurity practice, which became a benchmark for consulting services.
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Sherri Sklar
Chief Revenue Officer for multiple B2B Tech and SaaS
Sherri Sklar
Sherri is an Advisor at Edison Partners, a Growth Equity firm and a seasoned GTM strategic advisor and Chief Revenue Officer for multiple B2B Tech and SaaS companies. Sherri partners with Boards, CEOs, and executive leaders to help them build, scale and optimize their sales, marketing and customer success teams.
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Shikhar Kwatra
Partner Solutions Architect at OpenAI
Shikhar Kwatra
Shikhar Kwatra is a Partner Solutions Architect at OpenAI, where he guides global teams in building and scaling advanced AI solutions. With over 12 years of industry experience—from his start as a founding engineer at mLabs to roles at IBM, Amazon, and now OpenAI—he has developed deep expertise across the technology stack.
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