Title
Chief Executive Officer
Company
CyberProof
Bio
Tony Velleca is the Chief Information Security Officer at UST Global and Chief Executive Officer of CyberEdge, a UST Global company. As the visionary leader behind the innovative cyber solutions, Tony is driving the rapid growth of CyberEdge and leveraging its capabilities to keep UST Global on the forefront of security. Prior to his role as CISO, Tony was the Chief Information Officer of UST Global for ten years, responsible for information technology, communications and security services for global operations spanning more than 26 countries. Tony was selected by ComputerWorld as one of 2010’s Premier 100 IT Leaders for driving positive change and innovation through technology. In addition to his role as CIO, Tony was also responsible for strategic partnerships. The most successful partners are new, innovative technology that offer potentially disruptive capabilities. To be in a position to recommend these capabilities to clients, UST Global often implements their technology before recommending them to clients. Prior to his role as CIO, Tony was responsible for Global Services. In this role, he implemented the “Think, Plan, Build, Verify and Run” service framework, aligned the major service offerings to this framework, and created new services to address future market demand such as application modernization, requirements visualization, mobile, social and advanced analytics. He also pioneered an innovative leadership development program called the personal brand and thought leadership project. As a result of this program, many innovative service offerings were created ahead of their time giving UST Global a first mover advantage around mobile, social, “software as a service” and advanced analytics. Prior to his role as VP of Global Services, Tony was responsible for creating Global Relationship Management. A key part of UST Global’s differentiation is “fewer clients - more attention". This team of former CIOs and senior Consultants ensures that UST Global is consistently offering value to our clients and has been a key contributor to UST Global’s perfect client retention and industry and leading growth. Tony has been with UST Global since 2000. Prior to joining UST Global, Tony was a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer at huddle247.com, which PC Magazine had rated among the top virtual workspace solutions in 2000. Prior to huddle247.com, he worked for Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) and Rolls-Royce, Inc. where he spent most of his career in conceptual design and optimization of propulsion systems for next generation commercial and military aircraft. Tony holds a BS degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA (Honors) from University of California, Irvine.