Management

Security Innovation is guided by professionals who are heralded pioneers, expert practitioners and seasoned veterans in the software security and quality industry.

EDWARD A. ADAMS - President & CEO

Ed Adams is a seasoned software executive with successful leadership experience in various-sized organizations that serve the IT security and quality assurance industries.

As CEO, Mr. Adams applies his information security and business skills, as well as his pervasive industry experience in the Application Quality space, to direct software security experts in helping organizations understand the risks in their software systems and developing programs to mitigate those risks. His organization has delivered high-quality risk solutions to the most recognizable companies in the world including Microsoft, IBM, Visa, Fedex, ING, Sony, Nationwide and HP.

Mr. Adams is the founder and business owner of the Application Security Industry Consortium, Inc., an association of industry technologists and leaders establishing and defining cross-industry application security guidance and metrics. He is on the board of the National Association of Information Security Groups (NAISG).

No stranger to the podium, Mr. Adams has presented to thousands at numerous seminars, software industry conferences, and private companies. He has contributed written and oral commentary for business and technology media outlets such as New England Cable News, CSO Magazine, SC Magazine, CIO Update, Investors Business Daily, Optimize and CFO Magazine. Mr. Adams is in the process of writing a book titled “Information Security Management: Survival Guide”, which will be published by Wiley & Sons and is due out in November 2009. He maintains a blog with CSO Magazine, is a columnist for CIO Update and can be followed on Twitter.

Topics of interest on which Mr. Adams has spoken:

• Considering IT security from a contextual standpoint; What security means to [my] business
• Assessing risks and vulnerabilities in an enterprise
• Marrying security with risk management frameworks
• Integrating security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Creating a security-aware organization: effective techniques for training and awareness programs
• Measuring/assessing security investments
• Understanding the leadership, staffing and ownership of security in an organization

Mr. Adams earned his MBA degree with honors from Boston College and has B.A. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and English Literature from the University of Massachusetts.
 

JASON TAYLOR - Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Taylor leads the strategic direction for all technology initiatives and manages world-class development teams for the company's product lines.   He has spent his career focused on application development and testing with a primary focus on application security. His unrivaled understanding of application behavior provided the impetus for Security Innovation’s industry pioneering fault injection tool, Holodeck Enterprise Edition, and critical enhancements to the company’s internal testing and development tools. Mr. Taylor was the visionary and designer of the Company’s “Creating Secure Code” methodology and course which has been taught to several of the world's largest technology organizations.

Prior to joining Security Innovation, Mr. Taylor served as test architect, security lead and development manager at Microsoft for various releases of Internet Explorer and Windows. He was the first member of the Internet Explorer security test team, and as the security team lead, he grew it from a solitary operation to the leading application security test team at Microsoft. Later, he built the Test Model Toolkit which became the standard model-based testing tool at Microsoft, winning a Best Practice Award along the way.

Mr. Taylor is an external reviewer, contributor and primary author for Microsoft patterns & practices security guidance. He has  published several whitepapers including “Web Services Risk Assessment and Recommendations” and  “Security Threats: Risks, Protection & Limitations" for CIO Update. He is co-author of "Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server"  and “Improving Web Services Security” with J.D. Meier of Microsoft. Mr. Taylor received his C.S. degree from Montana State University.
 

PETER JENNEY - Vice President of Products

Mr. Jenney brings more than 20 years of high-tech experience to Security Innovation where he leads all product management and strategic vision for the firms cutting edge security testing and guidance products.  He works closely with Security Innovation's senior management, engineering and business development teams, as well as the company’s business partners to identify new opportunities that will further diversify the Company’s product portfolio and penetrate the security market.

Prior to joining Security Innovation as a full-time employee, Mr. Jenney worked with the Company as a consultant on product planning and development for Holodeck and other internal service tools. Previously, Mr. Jenney served as director of product management & strategy at such companies as Rational Software, Dataware, Ipswitch and Legato, where he successfully rolled out world-class products and managed technology relationships with industry leaders such as Cisco, IBM and Microsoft. Mr. Jenney received his B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts.
 

STEPHANIE AZNOIAN - Vice President of Finance and Accounting

Ms. Aznoian joined Security Innovation in 2005, taking the financial reins of a growing company with an international presence and complex accounting and finance needs. She has managed all facets of company finances, from real estate to tax planning, from contract negotiation and administration to Human Resources and audit performance.

Prior to joining Security Innovation, Ms. Aznoian held positions at Wellesley Companies, Inc., LION Bioscience Research, Inc., and The Timberland Company. Aside from her professional accomplishments, Ms. Aznoian is very active in the her community, teaching Accounting in an adult education program, serving on the boards of a number of charitable organizations and acting as Treasurer for professional organizations.

Ms. Aznoian earned her BS in Accounting from Bentley College, and her Masters Degree in Taxation with distinguished honors from Northeastern University.