Gadalia Montoya Weinberg O'BryanFounder

United States - Denver Metropolitan Area

Senior technology leader, experienced operator, founder and investor, specializing in using security and data technologies to transform business, impact mission, and create change in the world.

Gadalia is the founder and CEO of Dapple Security, a cybersecurity company that offers trailblazing digital identity products.

Gadalia served as a cryptomathematician at the National Security Agency (NSA) for nearly a decade where she led large-scale security and cryptographic evaluations, including innovations in cryptographic algorithms, authentication, biometrics, and random number generators. She also led production data ecosystems that are now referenced by programs throughout the U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Gadalia left the Federal Government to join the private sector as an executive at a Big Data/AI software startup where she built a profitable consulting practice that funded the growth of the company and where she helped lead to a successful exit. She then joined the National Audubon Society and built a data and analytics team, practice, and enterprise infrastructure that furthers wildlife conservation mission impact and the business processes that support it.

Gadalia places immense value on fostering entrepreneurship and interest in STEM fields, focusing on increasing equity and representation in technology and using technology and data for good.

Specialties:
Guiding companies to seize opportunities
Building strong, results-driven teams
Driving revenue
Digital Transformation
Security in Depth
Cryptography
Production data architectures
Financial performance and P&L management
Addressing gender and race inequities in tech
Data-driven strategic decisions
Consumer Privacy
Data Ethics
Finding needles in haystacks
Connecting the dots
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)
Public Speaking
Delivering world-class technology solutions on time and exceeding expectations