Ann Barron-DiCamillo is Partner and Chief Technology Officer at Strategic Cyber Ventures (SCV). Due to the evolving cyber landscape resulting from changing approaches adversaries take to circumvent cybersecurity measures, Ms. Barron-DiCamillo leverages her expertise gained from 18 years in information technology development and cybersecurity operations to identify emerging technologies that fulfill capability gaps as they are created in the dynamic environment of the internet.
Prior to joining SCV, Ms. Barron-DiCamillo was the Director of the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) where she led DHS’s 24X7 cyber operations center responding to major cyber intrusions and other relevant incidents, analyzing associated threats, and sharing the resulting critical cybersecurity information with trusted partners around the world.
She has held positions in Departments of Defense, Commerce and in US Congress. Outside of government, Ms. Barron-DiCamillo has experience working with system integration firms in software development and applications development.
Ms. Barron-DiCamillo most recently was selected by FCW Magazine as a 2016 Top Fed 100 award winner. She is the 2016 recipient of the Technology Champion Award by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. In 2016 and in 2015 she was named “Top 10 Women Power Players in IT Security” by SC Magazine and in 2015 “Top 10 Women Cyber Guardians You Should Know” by NextGov. She is a graduate of Baylor University and earned her Master of Science Degree in Information Systems from American University. She completed Harvard University Kennedy School’s Senior Executive Fellows program and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 2003. She is currently an Adjunct Professor at American University Kogod Business School teaching graduate/undergraduate level courses on Cybersecurity, Risk Management and Governance.