Rob Fannon

About Rob Fannon

As a cyber defense and security operations focused executive, I have led strategic and operational development of both private and public-sector organizations, held public-sector CISO and CIO roles, and held private-sector vCISO roles for clients with revenue ranging from $50M to $2.1B. I have managed $57M budgets and grown teams of over 300 high-performing members across 4 continents in 24x7x365 operations supporting 800+ companies in 80+ countries spanning 6 continents and producing $450M in revenue.MY AREAS OF FOCUS: LEADERSHIP: Leading technology teams spanning the globe in 24x7x365 operations TEAM BUILDING: Turning average teams into high-performing impact generators OPERATIONS AND EXECUTION: Reducing complexity and risk to increase security, efficiency, effectiveness STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT: Operationalizing NIST, ISO 27001, and MITRE frameworks TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE: In-depth understanding of geo-political threat landscape, cyber kill chain, OSI model, endpoints, network protocolsMY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Engineered the merger of enterprise-level cyber security teams from 4 different companies Led cyber defense and security operations across 6 continents Managed operations for the Navy\'s $15B Global Network Enterprise - the entire navy.mil domain Got paid to break (and then fix)$4B of information technologies for the US Navy Built IT and security infrastructure supporting nation building and free elections in AfghanistanEDUCATION:• MS, Information Leadership, National Defense University• MS, Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School• BS, Computer Science, US Naval AcademyCERTIFICATIONS:• CISSP, GIAC, ITIL, CISOMORE ABOUT ME:Private-Sector (Corporate) Career• Over 20 years of experience working within cyber security operations, cyber defense, security, technology• Deep experience leading cross-functional continuous improvement, process improvement, automation• Trusted mentor, coach, teacher, consultant, advisor, vCISOPublic-Sector (Naval) Career• Over 5 years leading teams in the US Cyber Command global operational organization• Regional CISO and CIO• Qualified as an Information Warfare Officer, Naval Flight Officer, Surface Warfare OfficerPersonal• I recharge outside: Hiking, Biking, Backpacking, Running, Boy Scouts, Astronomy• Mentor, Coach, Father, Husband• Critical thinker and a life-long learner

Experience

1. SVP, Head of Cybersecurity Engineering and Architecture

   LPL Financial

   Jun 2025 — Present · Fort Mill, SC, US

Education

• Naval Postgraduate School

  Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

  2014

• U.S. Naval War College

  Joint Professional Military Education (JPME I), Military Joint Operations Planning and Strategy

  2010

• United States Naval Academy

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

• College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University

  Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Certificate Program, College of Information and Cyberspace

  2017

• College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University

  Master of Science (M.S.) - Information Leadership in Cybersecurity, College of Information and Cyberspace

  2018

Skills

• Computer Security
• Leadership
• Information Assurance
• Information Security
• Management
• Information Technology
• Network Security
• Risk Management
• Incident Management
• Project Management
• Cyber Risk Analysis
• Computer Science
• Cybersecurity
• Certification & Accreditation
• Computer Network Operations
• Computer Network Defense
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Ids & Ips
• Vulnerability Management
• Operational Test & Evaluation
• National Security
• Penetration Testing
• Incident Response
• Continuity of Operations
• Itil V3
• Cryptography
• Pki
• Public Key Cryptography
• C4isr
• Fisma
• Event Management
• Change Management
• Cyber Law
• Security Clearance
• Operational Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Risk Assessment
• Government
• Virtualization
• IT Security Operations