August 23, 2019 -- Mission Secure, Inc. (MSi), an industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity company, announced the appointment of Don Ward to the executive leadership team as Senior Vice President of Global Services. Don will lead all aspects of Mission Secure's client delivery including MSi Platform deployment and support, cyber advisory services, cyber risk assessments and ongoing client experience management.
In addition to leading MSi's global services department, Don contributes technology leadership experience with more than 20 years in cybersecurity, IT and data networking. He's built, grown and led service departments in early-stage, high-growth and Fortune 50 technology companies, expertly blending technical, account management, client development and executive leadership skills.
Don's held various senior management and business development roles at high-growth technology companies as well as industry leaders like HP and Cisco Systems. Earlier in his career, Don built and led the global services team at TippingPoint from pre-revenue through their high-growth years and served on the senior leadership team during the TippingPoint acquisition by 3Com (now owned by HP). At TippingPoint, Don was the Director of Systems Engineering, VP of Sales and Marketing and Senior Director/VP of Technical Field Operations.
Don is based out of Mission Secure's Houston office, joining past TippingPoint Head of Product, Paul Arceneaux, who serves as MSi's Vice President of Product Development.
Mission Secure's patented MSi Platform provides a plug-and-play hardware-software solution that protects the critical industrial assets against cyber attacks and disruptions. From Level 0 field devices to controllers and HMIs, components are monitored from a single platform.