CSA Staff

Jim Reavis

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, CSA

For over 30 years, Jim Reavis has worked in cybersecurity industry as an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, technologist and business strategist. Jim’s innovative thinking about emerging trends have been published and presented widely throughout the industry and have influenced many.
Jim launched Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) in 2009 and has led its global growth and position as among the most vital cybersecurity communities worldwide. Under...

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Illena Armstrong

President, CSA

Illena Armstrong is a long-time international media and business development leader who, with the help of the talented teams she has managed over the years, successfully built and maintained a wide range of award-winning, digitally-driven multimedia, intelligence/research, and educational offerings serving targeted audiences. Along with her current role as President of CSA, she serves as a Fellow with the International Association of Certif...

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Daniele Catteddu

Chief Technology Officer, CSA

Daniele Catteddu is an information security and risk management practitioner, technologies expert and privacy evangelist with over 15 of experience. He worked in several senior roles both in the private and public sector. He is member of various national and international security expert groups and committees on cyber-security and privacy, keynote speaker at several conferences and author of numerous studies and papers on risk management, ...

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Troy Leach

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), CSA

Troy Leach has spent more than 25 years advocating for the advancement of responsible, safe technology to improve the quality of living and parity for all.

As the Chief Strategy Officer, Mr. Leach supports Cloud Security Alliance's corporate strategy and ongoing mission to provide new and relevant cloud security awareness, education, research, programs and membership participation. Mr. Leach specifically focuses on external engageme...

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Luciano (J.R.) Santos

Chief Customer Officer, CSA

J.R. Santos serves as the Chief Customer Officer for the Cloud Security Alliance. In this role, J.R. serves as a CSA Member advocate, partnering with leaders across all business units to transform the member experience and ensure that members are the center of every business decision. J.R. leads the Experience Services organization that includes the CSA Membership and Sales team, who work collaboratively to promote a consistent experience f...

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Courtney Stiven

Vice President of Global Marketing, CSA

Courtney Stiven serves as the Vice President of Global Marketing for the Cloud Security Alliance. With over 15 years of experience in IT industry marketing, Courtney excels at translating complex technical information into digestible content for audiences of all levels. Her diverse background in corporate events, B2B communication, demand generation, digital marketing and campaign management paved the way for her to lead a team of global ma...

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Jeffrey Westcott, CPA

Chief Financial Officer, CSA

Jeffrey Westcott’s career spans over thirty years. It began in banking and securities, then as an entrepreneur with start-ups for another ten. He has worked with established companies in the Seattle area since 2010. He is the Chief Financial Officer of the Cloud Security Alliance, and has been with the CSA since 2014. He received his BS (Accounting) from the University of Scranton, his MBA (Finance) from the University of Pittsburgh, and i...

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John Yeoh

Global Vice President of Research, CSA

With over 15 years of experience in research and technology, John excels at executive-level leadership, relationship management, and strategy development. He is a published author, technologist, and researcher with areas of expertise in cybersecurity, cloud computing, information security, and next generation technology (IoT, Big Data, SecaaS, Quantum). John specializes in risk management, third party assessment, GRC, data protection, incid...

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Judith Bagwell

Training Project Manager, CSA

Judy Bagwell began her career in the legal field, where she developed strong skills in administration and project management. The shift to technology was driven by an interest in tech solutions and enhanced by studies in software development.

After gaining an understanding of CSA's mission, values, and processes in a support role, Judy moved into the position of Training Project Manager. In this role, she combines her administrative a...

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John DiMaria

Director of Operations Excellence, CSA

John DiMaria; CSSBB, HISP, MHISP, AMBCI, CERP is the Director of Operations Excellence and Research Fellow with the Cloud Security Alliance. He has 40 years of experience in Standards and management System Development, including Information Systems, Business Continuity, and Quality. John was one of the innovators and co-founders of the CSA STAR programs Open Certification Framework for cloud providers and developed the first certification s...

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Erik Johnson

Cloud Security Specialist & Senior Research Analyst, CSA

Worked for the Federal Reserve for many years and volunteered with the CSA with a focus on CCM/CAIQ V4, specifically the STA domain, and developing a comprehensive framework and guidance for defining and managing the cloud shared security responsibility model (SSRM).

I recently retired from the Federal Reserve and am now consulting with the CSA as a Senior Research Analyst with a focus on Zero Trust and Financial Services.

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Adriano Sverko

Technical Writer, CSA

Senior tech enthusiast with a career spanning over 30 years in IT. My diverse background in IT applications and infrastructure began with an interest in participating in tech startups, grew up with training international business consultants on ERP and CRM, and matured working with Fortune 500 clients. I have focused on software development, healthcare, and manufacturing. My expertise extends to ITSM/ITIL, tech training and tutoring to adul...

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