LEADERSHIP

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at Unit 221B

May Chen-Contino

Chief Executive Officer

Lance James

Chief Innovations Officer

Lance James is a highly experienced information security specialist with over 25 years in the field. He has a programming, network security, digital forensics, malware research, cryptography, counterintelligence, and executive leadership background.

Allison Nixon

Chief Research Officer

Allison’s well-known for her original threat research in the areas of DDoS attribution, cybercrime attribution, and criminal communities. She has been a prolific background source for numerous investigations and articles that focus on the post-breach issue of “who dunnit?“.

Mark Rasch

Chief Legal Officer

Formerly an FBI Prosecutor, Mark created the United States Department of Justice Computer Crime Unit, which included the development of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and its’ cyber forensics practices.

Ben Coon

Chief Intelligence Officer

Ben Coon is a veteran intelligence expert and Chief Intelligence Officer at Unit 221B, leveraging decades of public and private sector experience—from U.S. Army signals intelligence to pioneering telecom security—to lead investigations that disrupt emerging digital threats.