Leadership

STEVE ANDERSON

Mr. Anderson is the co-founder, Executive Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer of Lofty Perch. With more than 25 years of experience in executive and corporate management leadership, Mr. Anderson leads the Lofty Perch in the areas of strategic investments, marketing, and emerging markets. Mr. Anderson’s leadership skills and early insight into the evolution of the information technology market led to the success of many global ventures including Duplium, Rydev, CCBS, and Anderson Media, a world leader in electronic media development. Since its inception in 2005, Mr. Anderson has overseen all of the major Lofty Perch strategic successes including the expansion into U.S. markets, the solidification of international partner agreements, and all strategic resource acquisitions. Mr. Anderson’s commitment to professionalism and dedication to customer needs drives Lofty Perch’s focus on delivering quality solutions which properly fit the immediate and long-term requirements of all Lofty Perch customers.

MARK FABRO

As President and Chief Security Scientist, Mark Fabro brings almost 20 years of information security business and thought leadership to Lofty Perch. As a recognized expert in developing cyber security strategies to empower business, he specializes in the development of strategic sector-specific cyber solutions for industrial and critical national assets. Known best for his role in defining cyber attack methods and threat vectors for critical infrastructure (CI) and key resource (KR) systems, he has worked on keystone security projects that include the White House National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the DHS Control System Security Program Recommended Practice committee, the National Response Plan, and the post-Katrina Industrial Control Systems Secure Rehabilitation Program, Mr. Fabro has authored numerous practices for the DHS Control Systems Security Program and various intelligence agencies around the world. Previously, he has been part of the senior leadership teams at many leading security firms including Guardent/Verisign, American Management Systems, Secure Computing Corporation, and BearingPoints elite Security and Identity Management Practice.

In 2004, Consulting Magazine recognized him as one of the “25 Most Influential Consultants in the World” for his work in critical infrastructure protection and cyber security education.

MARK ZANOTTI

As VP Engineering and CTO, Mark Zanotti brings more than 10 years of security engineering and development experience within key critical infrastructure sectors. Within Lofty Perch, Mr. Zanotti leads the engineering and assessment efforts for the SCADA and control systems practice, and is part of Lofty Perch’s core training team. His expertise spans both the private and public domains, and he has been instrumental in providing support to both law enforcement and government SCADA security initiatives. As a technologist, Mr. Zanotti provides extensive expertise to both transportation and energy sector clients, and has previously built ETL devices for SCADA specific security attacks. Prior to joining Lofty Perch, Mark was involved in several major infrastructure initiatives, as well as being the lead engineer for security threat reduction at BMO’s infrastructure projects team.

ED GORSKI

As the Senior Systems/Security Engineer, Mr. Gorski leads the Lofty Perch initiatives for the research and development of industry standards and emerging technology. He has over 30+ years experience in the application of innovative computing applications in industry and government, and his cross-industry experience includes nuclear power generation, electrical component manufacturing, oil & gas refining, primary metals manufacturing, among others. His background includes application of computing solutions for manufacturing, engineering, front-office applications, and others. Mr. Gorski worked for Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Cutler-Hammer, Stone & Webster, Science Applications International Corp., Tennessee Valley Authority and for Lockheed-Martin, Bechtel, and Battelle as a contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy.

His extensive background in the area of computer security in these environments propelled his development of a security framework for industrial control systems at the Idaho National Laboratory and now licensed to Lofty Perch. The self-assessment tool “Control System Cyber Security Self-Assessment Tool” or CS2SAT for short is a unique application for determination of a company’s security posture in their control system environment. CS2SAT utilizes both generic and specific computing security standards to not only identify the requirements but also provide “graded” solutions to vulnerabilities associated with this complex environment. He prototyped this tool at large Water/Waste Water utilities, Electrical Transmission Companies, Government operations, and other organizations that utilize control systems that could be vulnerable to insider and outsider attack. CS2SAT is currently being upgraded by the Idaho National Laboratory to further enhance its application across a wide-range of industry and government organizations.