Founder & Translator
I founded Red Opal Risk to help organizations safeguard what matters most, the trust of their customers and donors. Trust is the foundation that enables organizations to fulfill their mission. Customers and donors expect safeguards for their data and your business, which is why I translate complex cyber noise into actionable insights, empowering you to make clear, strategic business decisions with cyber risk in mind.
Early in my 18+ year career, I could pinpoint technical vulnerabilities everywhere, but struggled to convey their strategic impact to executive leadership. Realizing that technical expertise alone isn't enough, I spent years mastering risk communication and executive storytelling. Today, I partner with leadership teams to transform complex security challenges into clear, actionable strategies that protect business growth, strengthen stakeholder trust, and advance core organizational missions.
As a regular speaker at regional and national industry conferences, I present on building resilient security cultures, combating modern cybercrime, and navigating risk with clarity and executive authority.
Beyond strategic advisory work, I am deeply committed to mentoring and leadership development. True success means empowering your internal team to build resilience, communicate effectively, and maintain unwavering trust with your constituents.
You’re competing against a multi-trillion-dollar cybercrime industry, whether you realize it or not. Red Opal rejects abstract security narratives in favor of commercial reality. We engineer board-defensible resilience to protect your margins, cash flow, and operations from the underground businesses targeting your growth.
Independence
Advisory with no hidden agenda. Because we sell no software licenses, our evaluation of your internal team and third-party vendors is 100% objective, candid, and aligned with leadership’s best interests.
Candor
Direct, plain-English guidance that cuts through technical posturing and corporate complacency. We tell executive leadership exactly where the organization is exposed, what an incident will cost, and what must be fixed first.
Pragmatism
Grounded solutions built for real-world operations and budgets. We maximize the security features in the tools you already own before ever recommending new capital expenditures or software procurement.