From Cisco Live 2024 Melbourne – KB On The Go | Tom Gillis, SVP and General Manager, Security Business Group, AJ Shipley, Vice President, Product Management, Threat Detection & Response, and Tom Casey, Senior Vice President and GM, Products & Technolog...

In this episode, KB is joined by Tom Gillis, SVP and General Manager, Security Business Group, AJ Shipley, Vice President, Product Management, Threat Detection & Response, and Tom Casey, Senior Vice President and GM, Products & Technology, Splunk, a Cisco company on the ground at Cisco Live 2024 in Melbourne. Together they dive into critical topics such as Cisco’s innovative HyperShield solution for patch management, Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk, and how they plan to integrate and enhance their products.

Tom Gillis SVP and General Manager, Security Business Group

Tom Gillis is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Cisco Security Business Group (SBG). A respected security industry leader with strong executive management skills and in-depth knowledge of the challenges surrounding secure enterprise computing, Tom is responsible for the company’s global security business to fundamentally simplify the security experience.

Prior to Cisco, Tom was the SVP/GM of the Network and Advanced Security Business Group at VMware, where he led the endpoint, networking, load balancing and network security businesses. He was also the CEO/co-founder of Bracket Computing which was acquired by VMware.

Before Bracket Computing, Tom was the GM of the Security Technology Group at Cisco where he led the company’s businesses for security management, appliances, applications, and endpoint services. Tom was also part of the founding team at IronPort Systems and served as senior vice president of marketing when the company was acquired by Cisco. Under his guidance, IronPort grew an average of 100 percent year-on-year for seven years. During his tenure, IronPort rose to become the leading provider of antispam, antivirus, and antimalware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000.

Tom has also worked at iBEAM Broadcasting, Silicon Graphics, and Boston Consulting Group in various technical and leadership roles. He is also a noted advisor to startups and venture capital companies and is a member of several boards of directors.

Tom holds an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with an M.S.E.E. degree from Northwestern University and a B.S.E.E. from Tufts University.

AJ Shipley Vice President, Product Management, Threat Detection & Response

Think big. Start small. Move fast. These three values drive AJ Shipley, Vice President, Product, Threat Detection & Response at Cisco Security Business Group. In this role, AJ is responsible for Extended Detection and Response (Cisco SecureX, Advanced Malware Protection), Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (Kenna Security), Endpoint Detection and Response (Cisco Secure Endpoint), Network Detection and Response (Cisco Secure Analytics, Talos), and Cisco Secure Email.

A dedicated product executive, AJ is passionate about creating phenomenal products that solve customers’ acute cyber-security business problems. He is equally enthusiastic about building and nurturing winning teams. That combination boded well in his previous position leading Cisco’s Customer Experience (CX) product management team, where he was responsible for managing the technical support team and offers aligned to Cisco’s security and collaboration product portfolios.

Having experienced both the trenches and the board room, AJ leverages his diverse background to inform his career journey and that of others. Prior to joining Cisco, AJ served as Vice President of Product Management for Palo Alto Networks Cloud Delivered Security Subscriptions, leading successful launches that he credits to the strength of the individuals and teams committed to those customer outcomes.

AJ has led various disciplines at multiple public and private companies — all honing his purpose and passion for developing the best pr...