Kimberly Getgen, Partner, Trust Catalyst

Kimberly Getgen, Trust Catalyst’s founder and principal has over 12 years of results-driven, high-tech marketing experience. She has been responsible for creating the go-to-market business planning, positioning, product messaging and launch strategies during her employment at a number of high-tech industry leaders including RSA Security – The Security Division of EMC and Sendmail. In 2003, she created the messaging and positioning strategy for Reconnex, a high-tech company in the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) market Getgen co-founded which was acquired by McAfee.

In 2007, Getgen built Trust Catalyst as a strategic marketing services and research firm allowing high-tech and information security companies to find their competitive advantage and unique voice for the products they are selling. She is thorough, focused and experienced but most importantly passionate about delivering meaningful and honest marketing messages to the high-tech audience.

As a recognized subject matter expert on trust and security topics ranging from online fraud, identity theft and data protection to governance, risk and compliance strategies, Kim has appeared in print, TV and radio sharing her understanding of the security issues today’s global corporations face. She speaks often at the RSA Conference and published a series of articles on Perspective on Data Breach for Information Security magazine (June and September, 2010). She received her Masters degree from Oxford University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wake Forest University.