Quiessence is a transcendent leader whose creative strategies and execution has helped build impactful and innovative teams in the Cybersecurity industry. With 17 years of experience spanning private and public sector, she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her work. Quiessence is an educator at heart, and lends her inspirational and unique teaching style to a large body of students at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, as an adjunct professor.
Quiessence’s leadership, in her role as Deputy CISO for the City of New York yielded the first of its kind centralized Threat Management program for a municipality. As an impact player, she enjoys working towards big missions with amazing people.
Quiessence has been recognized as “Best of New York” by City Tech Foundation, published in “Women Know Cyber: 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime”, “Tribe of Hackers: Blue Team Edition”, “97 Things Every Information Security Professional Should Know”, and awarded Security Team of the Year for public sector by FireEye.
Her personal motto is “Polished Exterior, Techie Interior”.