Phil Quade

Phil joined Evolution after serving five years as Chief Information Security Officer at Fortinet. He led strategy for the Operational Technology Critical Infrastructure business practice, advised business and government executives and was board Chairman of the company’s United States Federal subsidiary.

Prior to Fortinet, Phil spent over thirty-three years as a long-time executive at the National Security Agency. At the NSA, Phil lead diverse assignments such as the creation and execution of highly-disruptive technical and operational worldwide capabilities within the guidelines of the President, Congress, and Courts; formation and execution of forward-leaning national security strategies and policies at the White House, and; day-to-day operations of the national security organization responsible for the worldwide protection of classified information, generation of nuclear command and control codes, and production of the nation’s and our allies’ cryptographic keys. Other assignments included United States Cyber Command; the United States Senate; the Director of National Intelligence, and a special CIA/Pentagon joint technology and operations center.