Our Leadership Team

Ed Adams is a software quality and security expert with over 20 years of experience in the field. He served as a member of the Security Innovation Board of Directors since its inception in 2002 and took over as CEO in 2003.

Before his work at Security Innovation, Ed held senior management positions at Rational Software, Lionbridge, Ipswitch, and MathSoft. He was also an engineer for the US Army and Foster-Miller earlier in his career.

Ed is a Ponemon Institute Research Fellow, Privacy by Design Ambassador by the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Forbes Technology Council Member, and recipient of multiple SC Magazine’s Reboot Leadership Awards. He sits on the board of Cyversity, a non-profit committed to advancing minorities in the field of cyber security, and is a BoSTEM Advisory Committee member.

Ed has presented to tens of thousands of security professionals at reputable industry events such as RSA Conference (the US and Asia), Ponemon Institute’s RIM Renaissance, Connected Security Expo, Mozilla’s Privacy Lab, Allstate CyberCon, Applied Materials Global Technology Conference, Insperity Security Conference, Levi Strauss Cybersecurity Conference, and others. He has contributed commentary for The Associated Press, CSO Magazine, Forbes.com, SC Magazine, Boston Globe, CIO Update, Wall Street Reporter, Cyber Defense Magazine, Investors Business Daily, and CFO Magazine. He also is the host of Ed TALKS, a monthly panel that debates risk-based approaches to securing software and its ecosystem.

Ed graduated from UMass Lowell with Mechanical Engineering and English Literature degrees and earned his MBA with honors from Boston College.

Fun Fact: Ed is obsessed with The Princess Bride, horse racing, Boston Sports, and the color orange.

Ms. Martin has 15 years of experience in external and internal audit and financial analysis. She has worked for companies including PWC, KPMG, and COLAS. Julie also has 5 years working for Bureau Veritas, most recently as Corporate Finance Manager based in Paris, France. As Head of Finance, Julie manages all aspects of operational accounting, payroll, treasury, and accounts receivable. She also monitors the legal corporate activities (creation of subsidiaries, liquidation, capital operations) and participates in external growth operations, budgeting, and financial planning. Julie is responsible for analysis of financial performance and governance interface with Bureau Veritas Group.

She has Master’s degree in management from Paris-Dauphine University and a law degree from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

Fun fact: Julie speaks French, English, and Spanish languages and also has proficiency in Mandarin.

Fueled by his passion for practices that make software more secure, Zak leads the company’s Security Services organization to deliver world-class security assessments for Amazon, Microsoft, and other notable brands. He has extensive experience in software development, application penetration testing, and IT security.

As an avid participant in the secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) space, Zak has performed research on security maturity models such as BSIMM, as well as contributed to the OpenSAMM benchmarking initiative. Zak is also passionate about information security mentorship. He is a guest lecturer for the University of Washington and revamped the company’s internship program to increase opportunities for novice security engineers. Before joining Security Innovation, Zak worked at Leviathan, Microsoft, and Raytheon in a variety of security and engineering roles.

Zak earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington, and a master’s degree in Security Informatics from Johns Hopkins University. He has also completed Ph.D. coursework at the University of Washington.

Fun Fact: Zak has owned over 100 cats in his life. He currently only has three long-haired cats, and yes, he is constantly cleaning up fur.

Ms. DiSalvo is responsible for cultivating Security Innovation’s workforce culture, employee wellness and talent management.  She has been a Human Resources Practitioner and has worked at various levels throughout her career as an Administrator, Recruiter, Account Manager, Generalist and Business Partner/Consultant. She has also worked in Corporate Human Resources as well as in Staffing Agencies across industries to include Healthcare, Engineering Consulting, Chemical and Semiconductor Manufacturing, Software, Technology and Higher Education.

Dina earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Salve Regina University in Newport, RI and a Human Resources Management Certificate from Bentley University. She is currently pursuing her PHR Certification through the HRCI (Human Resources Certification Institute).

Fun Fact: Dina is a proud mother of two adult children who reside in the Boston area while she now resides in rural town in southwest New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region.

Aditya is responsible for Security Innovation’s Asia Pacific and Middle East business, leveraging a versatile cybersecurity career that spans two decades. This includes developing and marketing solutions to meet emerging market needs and successful delivery to clients.

Aditya’s interest in security began at Florida Tech, where he researched model-based and state-based testing, fault-injection, and fuzzing techniques as part of his Bachelor’s degree. He joined Security Innovation in 2003, working as a software developer, security instructor/lecturer, and penetration tester. In 2010, he returned to India to found and operate Redfort InfoSec, which Security Innovation later acquired in 2015.

With a B.S. in Software Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology, Aditya has presented at conferences and corporate workshops and has lectured at universities.

His latest obsession is with cybersecurity risk management.

Fun Fact: Ady’s fascination with apocalyptical themes only came to light when his better half noticed a pattern in his preference for movies, books, and art.

Mr. Berry is a proven sales professional with over two decades of direct sales experience in the high-tech industry. He leverages both his account management and technical expertise to lead the company’s field sales organization, setting go-to-market strategies and providing expert mentorship.

For the past 20 years, Mr. Berry has worked in the software quality and security industry. This experience provides him valuable insight for informed selling in the software security space. Before Security Innovation, Mr. Berry spent 4 years as a BDD with the VeriTest business unit of Lionbridge. At VeriTest, Mr. Berry was a dedicated account executive for Microsoft, responsible for nurturing the relationship and working closely with varying business units in need of software testing services. During his tenure there, he oversaw all RFPs and SOW proposal responses and grew revenue by almost 250%. Before VeriTest, Jeff was a Global Accounts Manager at Segue Software, responsible for Segue’s enterprise software solution strategic accounts including IBM, Intel, and AT&T Wireless.
Mr. Berry earned a B.A. in International Business at the University of California, Davis.

Fun fact: Jeff is active in charitable causes and makes an annual family trip to Mexico to build houses for impoverished people in low-income areas.