We Make Security Possible
Our mission is to make security possible. By combining the power of a Security Operations Platform–ReliaQuest GreyMatter, with security expertise, our customers have increased visibility, the ability to confidently automate across the security lifecycle, and effectively measure and manage risk for continuous improvement.
Building the Best Platform for Security Confidence
ReliaQuest exists to Make Security Possible, allowing security teams to detect, contain and respond to threats within minutes—anytime, anywhere. Our GreyMatter platform empowers enterprise security teams to leverage their current or future technology stack to drive greater visibility and automation without the need to centralize data or standardize tools. Built on over a decade of experience, ReliaQuest is the only cybersecurity technology company at scale, at the enterprise, that provides optionality and modularity—making the customer the platform.
Security is a Team Sport
Our Values
We communicate actions to succeed. We prioritize, meet, and exceed expectations.
We keep our eyes on the prize. We commit to the path. We block out the noise. We win at all costs.
We evolve to overcome. We embrace change. We see all challenges as opportunities.
We volunteer our strengths. When we see something, we do something about it. We are all in.
A Mindset Like No Other in the Industry.
Many companies tout their cultures; at ReliaQuest, we share a mindset. We focus on four values every day to make security possible: being accountable, helpful, adaptable, and focused. These values drive development of our platform, relationships with our customers and partners, and further the ReliaQuest promise of security confidence across our customers and our own teams.
No Show Dogs
Amazing people, culture, and training opportunities. We have a diverse workforce filled with multi-disciplined experts. Great place to work if you are looking for a challenge. There is always a new project or client in the pipeline.
One thing's for sure – you'll definitely grow and improve here. The company goes out of its way to reward those who are committed and work hard with many amazing opportunities, training, and more.
We don't have a culture at ReliaQuest—we have a mindset. How you think impacts how you feel, and how you feel impacts how you perform. Everything revolves around our four values: accountability, being helpful, being focused, and being adaptable.
Make It Possible
Make It Possible reflects our focus on bringing cyber security awareness to our communities and enabling the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.
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Meet Our Leadership
Brian Murphy
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Brian Murphy is the founder and CEO of ReliaQuest, the force multiplier of security operations and one of the largest and fastest growing companies in the global cybersecurity market. Murphy has grown ReliaQuest from a boot-strapped startup to high-growth unicorn with a valuation of over $1 billion, over 1,200 global team members, and over $350 million dollars in growth equity with firms such as FTV Capital and KKR Growth. Murphy has received numerous accolades for his leadership, entrepreneurship, and community engagement.
Colin O'Connor
President of Field Operations
Colin O'Connor, President of Field Operations at ReliaQuest, is responsible for all revenue operations of the company. Over the past 13 years with ReliaQuest, he has played a key role in nearly every area of the company, helping to architect and enhance ReliaQuest's solutions for its customer base of Fortune 1000 companies. Colin is an active member of the technology and information security community and has held roles with the Tampa Bay Technology Forum, ISSA, BSides, and InfaGard. As a result of his rapid growth trajectory and broad impact across cybersecurity, he recently received Florida State University's College of Business Recent Alumni Achievement Award.
Brian Foster
President of Product and Technical Operations
With more than 30 years of experience leading high-performance teams across information security brands, Brian Foster is responsible for overseeing all areas of the company's product management, including product design and user experience. He currently serves as a strategic advisor to Awingu, a provider of unified workspace software. Prior to joining ReliaQuest, Foster was Chief Product Officer at MobileIron, where he helped reposition the company to focus on Zero Trust. He also founded a startup in the identity management space and held various senior product leadership roles with Neustar, Damballa, McAfee and Symantec.
Scott Dussault
Chief Financial Officer
Scott Dussault is the Chief Financial Officer at ReliaQuest, overseeing all accounting, finance, audit and tax functions. With a 25-year career in corporate accounting and finance, Scott brings extensive experience from both public and private markets. He has held numerous finance leadership roles in high-growth technology companies, such as CFO at Workhuman, a human capital management software provider. He also held CFO and COO positions at Nasuni, a leading cloud file services company. Additionally, he was EVP and CFO at Demandware, an enterprise cloud commerce provider, and held significant roles at Archivas, an enterprise-class cloud storage system, and StorageNetworks, a leading storage services company.
Joe Partlow
Chief Technology Officer
Joe Partlow is the CTO of ReliaQuest, a leading Information Security services provider and is currently involved with new product initiatives along with research and development efforts. Joe has been involved in the Information Security field for over 20 years, in both the defensive side and offensive capabilities. Current projects and interests include data ingestion/analytics at scale, DFIR, threat intelligence & Hunting, security metrics & automation and machine learning. Joe has experience in many business verticals including retail, healthcare, financial, state/local government and the Department of Defense. He is also a regular speaker and contributor at security conferences, groups and associations. Joe has a degree in Computer Information Systems and holds many industry-specific certifications.
Regina Marrow
CIO and Executive Vice President of Operations
Regina Marrow is the CIO and Executive Vice President of Operations for ReliaQuest. She is responsible for the company's global internal systems, infrastructure and technology initiatives for scaling internal platforms and deriving data driven insights to keep pace with company growth and geographic expansion. Marrow has more than 20 years of experience in IT, having previously served as the CIO at ConnectWise, a multi-billion dollar global software company and as the Executive Director over IT for the North American operating unit for Gerdau, a multi-billion dollar steel manufacturer.
Regina earned a Bachelor of Science in finance from the University of Central Florida and is a recognized Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). She also has certifications in Change Management and Risk Management and is involved with the local Boys & Girls Club of Tampa Bay.
Greg Farrell
Executive Vice President of Finance
Greg Farrell is the Executive Vice President of Finance at ReliaQuest, where he oversees all corporate internal and external accounting and financial reporting activities. Since joining ReliaQuest in November 2016, Greg has guided the company through significant growth, including two capital raises and three acquisitions. In 2019, he was a Tampa Bay Business Journal CFO of the Year Honoree in recognition of his work at ReliaQuest. Farrell began his career in Audit and Assurance at PwC after graduating from Florida State University, where he received his BA in Finance and Accounting as well as his Master's in Accounting.
Jason Pfeiffer
Chief Strategy Officer
Jason Pfeiffer, Chief Strategy Officer for ReliaQuest, is responsible for strategic initiatives across the organization, ensuring alignment with the company's vision and market needs. Jason joined ReliaQuest in 2016, and has held various roles leading the Incident Response team, the Security Operations organization, and the Product Management team.
Prior to joining ReliaQuest, Jason spent his career building and leading world-class cyber security programs for global businesses, including Lockheed Martin and PwC. He earned his B.S. in Management Information Systems (MIS) from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and his M.S. in Technology Management from RPI. Jason also holds several industry certifications including the CISSP, ISSAP, CISM and C/EH and in 2015 he was awarded the Senior Information Security Professional of the Year by ISC2.
Laura Tanner
Chief People Officer
As Chief People Officer, Laura oversees ReliaQuest's People Business Partners and human resources functions. Laura joined ReliaQuest in 2019 to help advise on employment and corporate matters. Since that time, she has played a major role in ReliaQuest's international expansion into Europe and India and has supported global teammates with country-specific policies and employment contracts. She has also supported recruiting and helped to integrate employees of acquired companies into ReliaQuest's global teams.
Kim Hill
Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Communications
Kim Hill is a communications leader with experience in higher education, business and media. As Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Communications at ReliaQuest, Kim manages strategic priorities for ReliaQuest CEO Brian Murphy, in addition to executive communications, internal communications, corporate PR and community partnerships. She previously served as Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Communications at the University of South Florida. She has a Bachelor's of Science in journalism from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of South Florida.
Laurie Morylak
Chief Marketing Officer
Laurie Morylak is the Chief Marketing Officer at ReliaQuest, where she leads the global marketing teams, including field and channel marketing, demand generation, product marketing, content strategy, analyst relations, creative, social media, and tech PR. With over 15 years of experience, Morylak's focus has been on creating exceptional and innovative customer experiences that drive scale and growth while leading teams to achieve pivotal company outcomes and revenue targets. Before joining ReliaQuest, she led field marketing and events for LogRhythm, a SIEM software provider, and Penton, an information services company acquired by the Informa Group in 2016.
Mike McPherson
SVP of Technical Operations
Mike McPherson, Senior Vice President of Technical Operations, leads ReliaQuest's global technical operations team. Prior to joining ReliaQuest, McPherson most recently served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Tampa Field Office at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In this role, he led the field office's 600-person workforce for all cyber, national security, and criminal investigations across Central Florida. McPherson has more than 20 years of experience, which includes serving as the FBI's Counterterrorism Division chief of operations for the domestic and international terrorism program.
Derin 'Dmac' McMains
Director Of Mental Performance
Derin McMains is a former professional baseball player and manager, now Director of Mental Performance at ReliaQuest. McMains has spent the last decade-plus training athletes, executives and other high performers using mental performance principles to take their game to the next level. He's built out mental performance programs for the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, and the University of Notre Dame.
Jody Keeling
General Counsel
Jody Keeling is General Counsel at ReliaQuest. With over a decade of experience, Jody has overseen ReliaQuest's legal function since joining the company in 2017. In 2020, he was a Tampa Bay Business Journal Top Corporate Counsel of the Year Honoree. He previously served as Senior Commercial Counsel at iQor, a digital transformation and customer experience technology firm. He began his career as an associate at Holland & Knight LLP in Tampa. Jody holds a B.A., M.A., J.D., and LLM from the University of Florida.

Brian Murphy
Board Member
Brian Murphy is founder and CEO of ReliaQuest, the force multiplier of security operations and one of the largest and fastest growing companies in the global cybersecurity market. Murphy has grown ReliaQuest from a boot-strapped startup to high-growth unicorn with a valuation of over $1 billion, over 1,000+ team members and over $350 million in growth equity with firms such as FTV Capital and KKR Growth.

Dave Welsh
Board Member
Dave Welsh joined KKR in 2016 and is the Head of the Tech Growth Strategy and Next Generation Technology ("NGT") Funds. He serves on the NGT Investment Committee and the NGT Valuation Committee. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Five9, OneStream and ReliaQuest. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Welsh was a Partner with Adams Street Partners, where he focused on technology growth equity investments.

Stephen Shanley
Board Member
Stephen Shanley is a Partner in KKR's London office and head of KKR's Tech Growth business in Europe. He joined KKR in 2014 and has been involved in the firm's investments in ReliaQuest, KnowBe4, Darktrace, OutSystems, Wolt, Qonto, and more. Mr. Shanley holds a BS and a BSC from Santa Clara University.

Mike Burkland
Board Member
Mike Burkland is the chairman of the board and former president and CEO at Five9, a cloud contact center solution provider. Through Burkland's leadership, Five9 has increased its revenue by 50x and increased its valuation by 700x to over 10 billion, becoming one of the largest and fastest growing providers of cloud contact center software.

John Spiliotis
Board Member
John Spiliotis brings more than 35 years of technology Sales and GTM leadership experience across multiple industries. His most recent operating role was at Palo Alto Networks from 2013-2017, where he was responsible for driving the company's direct and indirect sales in the Americas across all customer segments, growing the business from $300m to $1.8B.

John Fernandez
Board Member
John Fernandez brings 25+ years of experience working with high-growth software companies. Most recently, John spent 10 years at ForgeRock, an identity management platform for enterprises, where he took the company public (NYSE: FORG) and subsequently sold the company to Thoma Bravo. Currently, John is an advisor to Auditoria.ai and serves as Audit Committee chair to ReliaQuest.

Kara Wilson
Board Member
With more than 25 years of experience in driving go-to-market strategies for both large and medium companies and hyper growth startups, Kara Wilson has played an integral role in growing some of the most influential technology companies, including Okta, FireEye, Rubrik, and Cisco. She also currently serves as a board member for a number of companies including Paychex, KnowBe4, OneStream, and OutSystems in conjunction with her Senior Advisor role at KKR & Co.

Patrick Devine
Board Member
Patrick Devine joined KKR in 2017 and is a member of the tech growth equity team, focusing on investments in Europe and the Americas. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Devine was with Guidepost Growth Equity in Boston. He holds a B.A. in Economics and Classics, cum laude, from Tufts University.

Kyle Griswold
Board Member
Kyle has been a growth equity investor at FTV Capital for over 15 years and leads investments in enterprise technology & services, financial services and payments & transaction processing. In 2020 and 2021, Kyle was named a Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investor by GrowthCap. He also sits on the Trinity College Board of Fellows.

Mark Hatfield
Board Member
Mark is a Founder and General Partner of Ten Eleven Ventures, the industry's original venture capital fund focused solely on investing in cybersecurity. Since its founding in 2015, Ten Eleven has invested in 40+ companies and raised three funds. Prior to founding Ten Eleven, Mark was a partner at Fairhaven Capital and Managing Director for Motorola Ventures.

Paul Shoukry
Board Member
Paul Shoukry is CEO and a board member of Raymond James Financial, Inc., a leading diversified financial services company. He previously served as president from 2024-2025 and served as the firm's CFO from 2020 to 2024. Paul graduated magna cum laude with Bachelor and Master degrees of Accountancy from The University of Georgia. He earned an MBA with honors from Columbia University.

Bradley Brown
Board Member
Bradley Brown joined KKR in 2018 and is a Managing Director on the Technology industry team within the firm's Americas Private Equity platform. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Alludo, Barracuda, Cloudera, Ensono, Omnissa, OneStream, Optiv, and ReliaQuest. Mr. Brown holds a B.S. from MIT and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Kirk Lepke
Board Member
Kirk Lepke is a Partner at EQT where he leads software and technology investments for the Growth Fund and is a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to EQT, he was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he helped to build the growth equity business across Europe and Israel. Kirk holds a BA in Entrepreneurship and Technology Management from Brown University.
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