Our Team

Kelly White is the co-founder and CEO of RiskRecon, a company that enables dramatically better third-party security risk management outcomes. Prior to founding RiskRecon, Kelly held various enterprise security roles, including CISO and Director of Information Security for financial services companies. Kelly was also practice manager and senior security consultant for CyberTrust and Ernst & Young.

Eric has accrued almost 20 years of experience in building global sales and service delivery organizations at high-growth software, SaaS, and info security companies. Eric ran global sales and services at Trusteer (acquired by IBM), a global leader in anti-malware and fraud prevention solutions for the financial services industry. Prior to that, he held various roles at Imprivata, which provides secure workflow and identity management solutions to the healthcare industry. Eric is an active participant, past speaker, and Board Observer at FS-ISAC. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in Business Administration from MIT Sloan.

Michael has over 20 years of experience in IT Audit, Information Security, and Fraud Prevention, including more than 8 years in dealing with big security data. Prior to joining RiskRecon, Michael served as Senior Vice President for Data Science and Analytics for Zions Bancorporation, and in that role, he was responsible for driving the strategy of the company’s security data warehouse and overseeing the security analytics and fraud prevention departments. Michael’s 20-year tenure at Zions Bancorporation included multiple executive leadership positions. During that time, he directed a team that designed a Risk Assessment App tracking over 600 corporate applications. Michael is a frequent presenter at security and fraud conferences and holds a master’s degree in Business Administration.

Peter Kobs brings more than 20 years of B2B sales experience to his role at RiskRecon. Before joining RiskRecon, Kobs served as the CRO for FireMon from 2016 - 2018, was the Vice President of Global Accounts at CommVault since April 2015, and prior to that held the title Vice President of America Sales at the same company.

Throughout his career, Mr. Kobs has led high-performance sales organizations at B2B enterprise companies including McAfee, Pedestal Software, KVS, Informatica, Allaire and Platinum Technology. Mr. Kobs holds a B.A in political science from Loyola University Chicago.

Jesse began his career at Zions Bancorporation, where he worked as a Software Developer for seven years before being promoted to a Senior Information Security Engineer position. He was in that role for four years until he became Principal Developer, Data Science & Analytics, a position he held for more than three years. Jesse received a bachelor of science degree in Computer Information Systems from Florida Institute of Technology.

Samantha Murphy is Vice President of Global Client Success for RiskRecon.  Samantha brings 20+ years of experience in cybersecurity, building and running world-class client success teams and programs to support global clients. She is passionate about helping clients maximize the value they see from the investment they’ve made with RiskRecon. Before joining RiskRecon, Samantha has led client success teams at companies such as McAfee, Trend Micro, CMO Software and Digital Shadows.

Chris has over 20 years of experience in operations management, information technology, and business development working across a broad range of industries. Prior to joining RiskRecon, Chris served as the Vice President of Operations and Client Management for Career Step (now Carrus), and in that role, he was responsible for providing overall leadership, strategic direction and allocation of resources of the Operations, Account Management and Customer Service B2B and B2C teams. Prior to Career Step, Chris was the President of Facility Management Engineering in St. George, Utah providing technology and consulting solutions in the facility management market. Chris joined RiskRecon in 2019 and brings his expertise to oversee the company’s Operations department and support the company's clients, products, customer base, and employees. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Technology with an emphasis in Computer Science.

As a Cybersecurity expert, Neal has been focused on protecting digital assets of large financial companies over the last 15+ years.  Neal has acted in CISO and Director level roles to implement effective security programs and governance at these institutions. Neal has also spent time in engineering and architecture roles that have contributed to a strong understanding of "what works" at all levels of a security organization. Neal is currently focused on delivering objective security assessments that empower organizations to build effective risk management of critical 3rd party relationships.