Kevin Mandia
Kevin Mandia is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Board of FireEye, a
global cyber security company that protects organizations from cyber attacks. FireEye’s
customers include over 200 of the Fortune 500 and major government organizations
around the world. As CEO, he helps organizations prepare for and respond to cyber
attacks. His experience gained serving on the front lines of major cyber security
incidents is routinely requested by corporate directors, executives, and government
officials who face serious cyber security challenges.
He was previously President of FireEye from February 2015 until June 2016. Kevin joined FireEye as
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in December 2013, when FireEye acquired Mandiant,
the company he founded in 2004. As Mandiant’s CEO, he grew a profitable, self-funded organization to
approximately 500 employees and over $100M in revenue. FireEye acquired Mandiant for approximately
$1 billion.
Mandia began his career in the United States Air Force. He served as a computer security officer in the
7th Communications Group at the Pentagon, and later as a special agent in the Air Force Office of
Special Investigations (AFOSI), where he worked as a cybercrime investigator.
In the private sector, Mandia served as a director in the security consulting divisions of Sytex (Lockheed
Martin) and Foundstone (McAfee). In these roles, he helped organizations address information security
challenges including incident response, computer forensics, law enforcement support, counterintelligence
and litigation support.
Mandia has co-authored two books on responding to security breaches, Incident Response: Performing
Computer Forensics (McGraw-Hill, 2003) and Incident Response: Investigating Computer
Crime (McGraw-Hill, 2001). He provides regular commentary and analysis on cyber security issues for
national print and broadcast media, including NBC News, CBS, NPR, Fox News, CNN, The New York
Times and The Wall Street Journal and has been profiled on the cover of Fortune magazine. He has
testified as an expert in U.S. federal court, and has also provided testimony in hearings before the U.S.
House and Senate intelligence committees. In 2013, he was recognized by Foreign Policy as a Leading
Global Thinker.
Mandia has taught advanced graduate classes on cyber security at both the George Washington
University and Carnegie Mellon University. He has also developed specialized cyber security curricula for
organizations including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Attorney’s Office, United
States Secret Service, the United States Air Force and other U.S. government agencies.
Mandia holds a bachelor of science in computer science from Lafayette College and a Master of Science
degree in forensic science from the George Washington University. He completed the three-year Harvard
Business School Owner/President Management Program in February of 2013. In 2011, he was named
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Greater Washington area.