Greg Dunne, Managing Partner

For over fifteen years, Greg has led global sales for high-tech companies, leading teams as they introduced next-generation products to the marketplace. He and his teams have been responsible for identifying market demand, creating go-to-market strategies and assembling talented teams of sales and business professionals around the globe to execute on those plans.

Greg has held top sales and business development positions for a number of information security companies, focusing on technologies such as smart cards, biometrics, cryptography, source code analysis and intrusion detection. During his tenure he has established world-wide sales teams, set up the sales infrastructure and directed sales operations for companies including Telequip Corporation, nCipher Ltd, Ounce Labs and Intrusic. At nCipher he was part of the team that led a successful IPO in October, 2000.

Greg's industry expertise and leadership was recognized in 2002 when he was named Vice President of Marketing and Communications on the International Board of Directors of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). During his two year term, Dunne was responsible for managing effective communication with over 13,000 members in 89 countries around the world as well as security professionals and industry thought leaders outside of ISSA membership. He has also been asked to speak at many global security industry conferences and was invited to address the United Nations in 2004 on the importance of technology in emerging economies.

Greg holds a BS in Mathematics and Economics from the University of New Hampshire and has several certificates and licenses from the insurance and securities industries.

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Chris Foran, Senior Partner

Chris has over fifteen years of sales, business development and general management experience, encompassing a range of products and markets including Enterprise Software, telecommunications and Information Security.

He has built several teams including direct, channel and inside sales groups, mainly for early stage companies during times of tremendous growth. Chris has a passion for building and mentoring sales and channel teams and maximizing their potential for revenue generation and career growth.

Most recently, Chris was a member of the senior sales team at Elemental Security. Prior to Elemental, he served various roles in channel and direct sales management, including Vice President of North American Sales at nCipher, Inc. Chris was also Director of North American Channel Sales at Omtool, Ltd., an enterprise software vendor in the telecom market. He has also held senior roles in channel, OEM and direct sales in the imaging and signal processing space. His "Get it done" mentality has consistently made him a top revenue producer and favorite manager in every company in which he has worked.

Chris is currently acting VP of Sales and General Manager for several information security services and enterprise software companies. As a founding member of the Mansfield Sales Partners' team, Chris is responsible for communications with C-level enterprise clients, world-wide sales channels and CEOs of many vendor companies around the globe.

Chris holds a B.S. in Marketing from Northeastern University and has completed certifications in various sales and management training programs such as Miller-Heiman and Fred Pryor.

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Jennifer Hunt, Vice President

As Vice President, Jennifer has been responsible for increasing productivity and efficiency, as well as developing processes to assist in maximizing the performance of the Mansfield Sales Partners team and key clients. She has brought with her a diverse range of skills from Operations Manager and Sales Operations Manager positions at companies including Intrusic, Ounce Labs, nCipher and Integratech Solutions. At Mansfield, and while acting in previous roles, Jennifer has created and enforced travel policies and procedures, cultivated and maintained project plans and developed and managed CRM systems.

Jennifer's attention-to-detail has been an essential component in her ability to successfully manage events, facilitate contract negotiations and build and manage relationships with key partners and clients.

Her keen eye for growth potential is evident as she continues to expand the Marketing and Event/Program Management facets of Mansfield Sales Partners. Jennifer has been able to draw on previous Sales experience to consistently produce successful results with Sponsorship Sales programs, frequently managing them hand-in-hand with events.

Jennifer's solid relationship with vendors, clients and her team makes her the go-to person for many Mansfield projects.

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Jim Hansen, Managing Director

Jim has over twenty-two years experience in sales, operations and executive management primarily focused in information security. His eleven years as a federal agent provided the opportunity to work a variety of highly publicized cases both in the United States and globally. Jim specializes in helping early to mid-stage companies develop revenue though services and product sales, build effective sales organizations and manage explosive growth.

Most recently, Jim was one of the founders and the Chief Operating Officer of Mandiant, an information security start-up focused on incident response and computer forensics. Jim he drove corporate strategy, initial revenue development and delivery, as well as building the sales program, resulting in an average of 90% revenue annual revenue growth over four years.

He has held executive and management positions in sales and consulting organizations; to include building a multi-million dollar consulting practice and serving as the Vice President of both sales and professional services groups. His efforts have been focused on incident response, computer forensics, electronic evidence discovery, network security and law enforcement / intelligence support at Trident Data Systems (acquired by Veridian), Foundstone and Oakley Networks. Jim's last Law Enforcement position was serving as the Deputy Director of Computer Crime Investigations for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. In this role, Jim provided oversight and onsite investigation into the penetration of the Department of Defense's systems around the globe. He appeared as an expert witness in both the United States and the United Kingdom on highly publicized cases. Jim's field experience includes numerous undercover operations in counter-narcotics and specialized operations as a part of the national surveillance team.

Jim holds a B.S. in computer Science from St. Michaels College and is a regular presenter and guest lecturer on proactive information security and incident response. He is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of computer forensics and investigations and has been a speaker at numerous industry forums and a visiting lecturer at the National Defense University and The Department of Defense Security Institute. Jim authored a chapter in Hacker Challenge, and articles in Information Security Magazine. He has held government security clearances at the Top Secret and higher levels.

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