Spirion’s leadership team consists of globally recognized experts in cybersecurity, data privacy, and electronic commerce. With a wealth of knowledge and decades of collective experience, our team shares a common mission: safeguarding what matters most.
Kevin Coppins
President & Chief Executive Officer
As Chief Executive Officer at Spirion, Kevin leads a team of passionate data privacy professionals driven daily to “Protect What Matters Most” for their customers, colleagues and communities. A Kevin quote often heard throughout the organization, “We don’t just want happy customers, we want successful ones” which is his way of helping his team to cut through the noise of ineffectual activity and instead focus their energies on business impact.
Kevin gets things done with a track record of growth, leadership, and achievement. Prior to joining Spirion Kevin held senior executive roles at enterprise security, networking and SaaS companies including Alcatel Lucent, EasyVista, Meru Networks and Novell.
Raised in Rochester, New York he holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Penn State, an MBA from Loyola University New Orleans and an CPD from The Wharton School of Business. He serves on several advisory boards and volunteers whenever possible throughout his Community.
Kevin, his wife CeCe and his two children call sunny Tampa home. His spare time is filled with kids activities, playing guitar, traveling with his family and enjoying all that Florida has to offer.
Chris Swango
Chief Financial Officer
Chris is a seasoned finance leader with 35+ years’ experience spanning corporate and public accounting. His expertise in GAAP accounting, financial statements, operational finance, HR, and staff leadership enriches Spirion. He previously held CFO positions at BrightBytes, Inc. (acquired by Google) and Think Through Math (acquired by a major SaaS competitor). Chris also contributed to executive roles at Chicago Title Company within a Fortune 500 conglomerate, following a 12-year tenure in public accounting.
Tom Palomaki
Chief Customer Officer
Bio: Tom Palomaki returns to Spirion team as the Chief Customer Officer (CCO), bringing a wealth of experience in leading customer-facing functions across the technology sector.
In his role as CCO, Tom is dedicated to driving our strategic vision for Customer Success, Professional Services, and Delivery/Implementation. He will work closely with Sales, Marketing, and Product teams to ensure a seamless and exceptional customer journey, fostering long-term growth and enhancing customer satisfaction.
With a successful track record that includes roles such as Chief Revenue Officer at CyberMaxx and Area VP Sales for Flexera, Tom is known for his ability to build and coach high-performance teams that prioritize customer success. His extensive career also includes significant tenures at Novell, where he spent 18 years, and Meru Networks, which was later acquired by Fortinet.
Missi Carmen
Chief Marketing Officer
Missi Carmen is Spirion’s Chief Marketing Officer with over two decades of experience driving the Her team drives strategic business development initiatives, and is responsible for pipeline generation, revenue operations, digital marketing, communications and social media, brand development, partner relationship development, and enhanced customer service initiatives.
Before joining Spirion, Missi’s career revolved around marketing and sales alignment, deeply rooted in operational process enhancements. She successfully transformed and optimized operations for notable BPO enterprises and SaaS organizations, including Concentrix, Foundever, OPSWAT, Rock Content, ion Interactive, and M&T Bank.
She holds an Masters in IT from UMGC and a Bachelors in Marketing Communications from the University of Baltimore. Missi resides in Boca Raton with her husband, daughter, and two dogs.
Ryan Tully
Chief Product Officer
As Spirion’s Chief Product Officer, Ryan brings over a decade of dedicated experience in the realms of security, compliance, and data governance. Ryan leads the team with an overarching vision, strategic direction, and tactical execution to successfully launch and expand the organization’s products across new and established markets.
Ryan’s journey within the technology landscape has been marked by leadership tenures in prominent Product Management roles, spanning multiple innovative SaaS and traditional software enterprises. These include his impactful contributions at WireWheel, Stealthbits Technologies, Quest Software, and Metalogix software, where he played pivotal roles in shaping the trajectory of these organizations and driving product excellence to new heights.
Carrie Roberts
Senior Vice President, Global Sales
Bio: Carrie has over 25 years of experience, leading, developing and executing global sales and channel strategy. Carrie’s background includes many areas of Cyber Security including Data security and Privacy, Email, Identity Access Management, and Threat Detection. At Spirion she is responsible for driving sales revenue and leading sales operations.
Christopher Hudson
SVP, People & Corporate Operations
As SVP of People and Corporate Operations, Christopher brings a people-focused approach with a strong emphasis on cultivating a culture that drives business performance and corporate governance. His role includes developing organizational leaders and guiding human behaviors that align with core values. At Spirion, he manages the People, IT and Security functions, along with Corporate Administration. Christopher is proud to share that in early 2024, Spirion was honored with a Top Workplace Award, reflecting their commitment to creating an exceptional workplace culture.
Prior to joining Spirion, Christopher served as the Head of People for a private-equity backed, procurement software start-up that was successfully acquired by a SaaS competitor in 2022. With 20 years of experience, he has a rich background working with private and public companies, leading enterprise SaaS initiatives across multiple industries. His career has spanned the U.S., Europe, Canada, India, Brazil, and Malaysia, and he has had the pleasure of living in both Ireland and France.
Christopher is certified by the Society for Human Resource Management in the U.S. and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland. He holds a bachelor’s degree in French from Old Dominion University and a Level 9 postgraduate diploma in Arts in Human Resource Management from the National College of Ireland (Dublin).
Currently residing in St. Petersburg, Florida, with his husband, Christopher enjoys traveling in their RV, visiting theme parks, and Harry Potter trivia. His dedication to continuous learning and engagement with dynamic HR communities underscores his commitment to bringing value to the organization. Christopher goes beyond the traditional HR business partner role by leveraging strong commercial, financial, and strategic acumen, tying business performance (revenue and operations) to the human behaviors that underpin them.
Board of Directors
Todd Feinman
CO-FOUNDER
Driven by extensive technology experience, Feinman co-founded Spirion in 2006. Over his 11 years as CEO, he grew the customer base to over 1,000 organizations and helped win multiple industry awards. Today, he is in charge of leading product vision and corporate strategy. As an industry leader, Feinman has appeared in several major news outlets, including CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and Good Morning America. He authored Microsoft’s book on securing Windows, as well as several textbooks. Prior to co-founding Spirion, Feinman was a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers in security and privacy, a Product Manager for Microsoft in the enterprise server group, and CIO of an energy retailer. Feinman holds a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
David Goldman
CO-FOUNDER
Goldman had acquired extensive experience in technology development — from strategy to support — when he co-founded Spirion. Since 2006, he has led the organization, and headed up product vision, strategy, management, delivery, quality, and support. Today, he is responsible for the company’s technology vision, product strategy, and R&D initiatives. Prior to his founding role at Spirion, Goldman was a Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the information security consulting group, where he helped solve complex problems for Fortune 50 customers. In his role as an industry leader, he has written numerous white papers and articles, and presented at industry conferences and international symposia. Goldman has a BS in Computer Science from Washington University, St. Louis.
Jeff Vail
Board Chairman
Jeff Vail is an Operating Partner with The Riverside Company and current serves as Chairman of the Board for Spirion. Jeff is former CEO of Wavestone US (formerly WGroup, Inc.) an IT strategy consultancy. Prior to WGroup, Jeff was Chief Commercial Officer for Quintiq, a supply chain planning software firm (acquired by Dassault Systemes). Jeff’s work experiences also include, SVP of Global Corporate Marketing at Unify (formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications), VP of Enterprise Marketing at SAP Americas, and General Manager of Infrastructure Solutions at Unisys. Jeff lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia and he holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Stetson University.
Marci McCarthy
Board Member
Marci McCarthy is the CEO and President of T.E.N., an information security executive networking and relationship-marketing firm. With more than 20 years of business management and entrepreneurial experience, McCarthy founded T.E.N.’s flagship program, the Information Security Executive® of the Year (ISE®) Program Series, which is lauded by the IT industry as the premier recognition and networking program for security professionals in the U.S. and Canada and celebrated its ten-year anniversary in 2020.
McCarthy is also a member of the Board of Directors for the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals (ICMCP), and was previously a member of their Strategic Advisory Board since its founding. She partnered with the ICMCP to create “The Marci McCarthy Cybersecurity Certification Scholarship Program,” which provides $5,000 over a two-year period to help talented women and minority students advance into cybersecurity and obtain their Security+ Professional Certification via CompTIA. Six deserving individuals have been awarded this scholarship to date.
McCarthy has been a guest lecturer, speaker, and moderator at national conferences such as the ISE® Executive Forum and Award Program Series, ISSA Local Chapter and International Conferences, and more, speaking on cybersecurity, women in technology/security/business, STEAM, entrepreneurism, and leadership topics.
Alan Peyrat
Board Member
Mr. Alan Peyrat started at Riverside in 2007. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Peyrat was a Principal at Apax Partners, where he served on deal teams and portfolio company boards with a focus on the technology and telecommunications sectors. Previously, Mr. Peyrat helped found Telephia, where he served as Director of Sales and Director of Engineering and Operations. He has also worked at the Mayfield Fund, A.T. Kearny, and Public Financial Management, Inc. Mr. Peyrat holds a BS in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and both an MBA and an MA in Education from Stanford University.
Pieter De Leenheer
Board Member
Pieter De Leenheer is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and computer scientist. He is Chief Technology Officer at 1upHealth. Previously, Pieter founded Collibra, a unicorn software venture, that spun off from his data governance research lab at VUB university. Pieter writes, teaches and advises on computing and management aspects of data innovation. He serves as expert to several national governments and the European Commission. Pieter has held academic positions across the globe, including Harvard Business School, Columbia University and San Diego Supercomputer Center. He lives in New York City with his wife and three daughters.
Marshall Heilman
Board Member
Marshall’s deep experience in understanding the origin, impact and aftermath of security incidents involving sensitive data ties directly to Spirion’s mission of protecting what matters most. His military background and experience working consulting, intelligence, and R&D engineering, combined with executive roles at Mandiant (now Google) provide the type of actionable deep insights coupled with business understanding our customers are looking for. Organizations need to protect their most sensitive asset – their data, and Spirion is step one of that protection. Marshall shares that belief. The challenge in front of organizations and Spirion is large and will require a broad network of security providers and proven processes. Marshall’s experience combines both, and we’re thrilled to have his leadership on our Board.
Marshall Heilman is the Mandiant Global CTO (now part of Google) and a Google engineering executive. He has more than 20 years of experience in cyber security, including 16 at Mandiant, holding executive leadership and technical roles. During his tenure at Mandiant he helped lead and develop the world renown consulting and threat intelligence capabilities. Specifically, he led high performing threat research, threat system development, and malware analysis teams; the managed detection and response (MDR) business; and global Incident Response and Red Team operations for Consulting. He has personally led hundreds of incident response engagements to many damaging and public breaches. He also serves as an advisor to pre-IPO stage companies and venture capital firms. Prior to Mandiant, Marshall served in the United States Marine Corps where he specialized in networking and information security operations. He holds an MBA from ASU and a B.S. in CIS from UMGC.
