About

An accomplished enterprise management advisor and technology professional, Nick serves on the Board of Directors for the 501(c)(3) non-profit National Child Protection Task Force, a rapid-response task force locating missing children, identifying predators, and fortifying law enforcement’s ability to tackle complex crimes against society’s most vulnerable; and as an advisor to the 501(c)(3) non-profit Sightline Security, which gives non-profits a roadmap to operationalize their cybersecurity.

The author of many books, Nick is founder of EPSD, Inc, a decision-enablement advisory built for senior leadership at technology-dependent organizations. EPSD is a board-level advisory firm that assesses the systems leaders rely on to make decisions, diagnoses structural failures, and clears the path to execution of executive intent.

Prior to EPSD, Nick was EVP of Strategy and Professional Services at Evertas Professional Services.

From 2021 to 2023, Nick served as VP of the Software Assurance Practice at Trail of Bits, and from 2019 to 2021 as Chief Security Officer at Paxos Trust Company (where he once soothed reporters on CNN at the start of the pandemic that companies are ready for remote work).

From 2018 to 2020, Nick served as Director of Cyber Intelligence and Investigations at the NYPD Intelligence Bureau, where he helped the department understand how it investigates online, and how Cyber Enabled crime affects New Yorkers.

In 2005 he founded the information security practice at industry analyst firm 451 Research (now S&P Global Market Intelligence), where he served until 2009 as 451’s Vice President, Research Operations.

Before retiring in 2025, Nick served for 15 years in various roles as a law enforcement officer and executive.