As CEO, Mr. Fox operates from a wide range of previous experiences including elements of strategy, marketing, sales, and delivery to help develop the company. Steve’s high performance work ethic provides a track record of success in technical security as well as information security program development. He holds a Master's Degree from George Washington University and a Bachelor's Degree from University of Missouri, along with a variety of industry certifications. A subject matter expert and professional speaker, Mr. Fox brings unique insight about the risks organizations face from malicious hackers. Steve speaks regularly at conferences and training events nationally, and has been interviewed in media publications ranging from The Huffington Post to The Wall Street Journal's SmartMoney.

As President of Security Pursuit, Mr. Ahlerich is a versatile cybersecurity technologist with over 15 years of industry experience and leadership role expertise in the areas of security solutions development, operations, and consulting services. Jeff possesses a strong enthusiasm for cybersecurity advocacy, a talent for enterprise risk & security assessment, and excels at facilitating practical technology solutions to meet compliance driven and/or security best practice objectives. He has individually performed and/or managed several hundred individual security assessments for banking, financial services, insurance, retail, healthcare, energy, higher education, local, state and federal government clientele.

As Chief Technology Officer, Mr Kelso has over 25 years experience in computer forensics, engineering and software technology. A graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Robert holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in aerospace engineering and astrodynamics. Robert has testified in both District and Federal court as an expert witness in computer forensics and has been appointed a “special master” by the court. Robert is an adjunct instructor at University of Denver teaching computer forensics at the master’s level. Robert has published numerous articles including “Moving to Secure The Image – Valuable Data May Be Overwritten Forever” published in Law Week August 2007.

Robert holds multiple computer forensics certifications including EnCE, CHFI, ACE, and AME. These certifications emphasize the use of forensics tools, procedures, and analytical techniques necessary to defensibly collect, analyze, and produce electronic information in a court of law. Robert also holds a number of forensics certifications in leading collection and analysis software and tools include ACE, AME, EnCE and more.

As Chief Revenue Officer, Mr. Ballard identifies market needs, helps create practical solutions, and manages client relationships. Ken has been in the industry for 20 years, helping clients solve their most difficult cybersecurity challenges. Ken always takes a client-first approach, regardless of the outcome. Living in Colorado for 40 years, graduating from University of Denver, Ken has made Colorado his home and is dedicated to making Colorado organizations more secure.

Chief Operating Officer, Mr Schmidt has over a decade of experience in computer forensics and programming. From the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the University of Denver College of Engineering, Chris is a certified EnCE and CHFI computer forensics investigator and is NACSE certified in several engineering technologies. Chris has testified in both District and Federal court as well as for the Colorado Supreme Court. He is a regular guest instructor in electronic discovery and computer forensics at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Denver’s Regis University, and Arapahoe Community College.

Chris is a former board member of the Westwood College Program Advisory Committee for their degree program. Chris has also developed and overseen our mobile forensics division and uses his considerable knowledge and experience to solve complex issues for our clients. Chris published an article on forensics in divorce cases entitled “Seeking What Your Spouse Hides”, published in Fresh Magazine July 2008.

As Director of Business Development, Ken manages multiple aspects of Security Pursuit’s growth including, sales, account management and most enjoyably building relationships within the market.  For the past 26 years Ken has had the privilege of listening to and serving a wide variety of clients in diverse industries to build technical solutions that uniquely fit their environment.   Raised in Colorado, Ken enjoys all that the back country has to offer, spending time with his two sons and forever wondering how he became the shortest of the three.

With  over 25 years  of  experience  in  many  facets  of  computer  operations  management  that provide comprehensive insights into IT  aspects on many levels, Mr. O’Connell has held technical and leadership roles in multiple IT disciplines covering enterprise computing, systems administration   and   security   operations;   inclusive   of   infrastructure   security   and   system tools,  enterprise  resource  planning  and  active  directory/exchange.

Today,  he  oversees  and delivers  our  Security  Monitoring / Managed  Security  Service  and  our  Incident  Response Readiness / Cyber Alliance Program.

Mr. O’Connell has worked in both the private and government sector, primarily focused on IT Security for the last 15 years. Having worked at the Department of Homeland Security’s Security Operations  Center,  he  specialized  in  internal  and  perimeter  network  security.  Working  with Small and Midsized businesses  and  municipalities as  of  late,  he  has  been  able  to  apply  his administrative and technical   knowledge   to those organizations to  improve on  their  overall security visibility and posture.