Asset intelligence and action for the U.S. Federal government

Joe Diamond is Chief Executive Officer at Axonius, the asset intelligence platform powering security operations and exposure management — including for U.S. Federal agencies through Axonius Federal Systems (AFS), a FedRAMP Moderate Certified, FOCI-mitigated company. Joe oversees all aspects of business operations and strategy, having previously served as Interim CEO, President, and Chief Marketing Officer. As President, he unified the Go-to-Market organization — spanning Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success — driving record growth across commercial and federal markets. Joe brings 20+ years of cybersecurity and enterprise technology experience, including VP of Global Demand Marketing at Okta, where he helped scale the company from $100M to $2.2B in revenue. He holds a degree from California State University, Northridge.

Essye Miller is a former CIO and CISO for the Department of Defense. She has more than 35 years of governance in executive roles across the DoD, US Army, and US Air Force. She led the DoD’s strategy for the $49B IT arm of the DoD, and established the Cloud Computing Office. As CISO, she led the DoD’s $8B Cybersecurity Program including coordinating defense-wide cybersecurity across federal agencies, private-sector defense organizations, and international coalition partners.

Renee Wynn is a strategic Independent Board Director and a former CIO and C-level Officer with 30+ years of diverse governance experience, notably, at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As the CIO at NASA, she provided strategic direction and governance for NASA’s global enterprise IT services, overseeing 11 CIOs at 11 U.S. centers, and a $2B IT portfolio for the $22.6B independent US federal space agency, supporting over 65,000 NASA employees and contractors globally.

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Robert J. Skinner brings over 25 years of experience in leading cyber defense initiatives and digital modernization programs across the U.S. government. He most recently served as the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), where he managed a global network with nearly 19,000 service members, civilians and contractors who plan, develop, deliver and operate joint, interoperable command and control capabilities and defend an enterprise infrastructure in more than 42 countries. Previously he was the Director of Command, Control, Communications and Cyber at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

Jared Vichengrad is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Axonius Federal Systems, where he leads the company’s dedicated public sector organization focused on protecting the mission of the U.S. Government. In this role, he is responsible for setting strategy and driving execution and growth across the U.S. public sector market.

Mr. Vichengrad brings more than 25 years of leadership experience across public sector and enterprise organizations. He is recognized for building and leading high-performing teams, delivering innovative solutions aligned to complex mission requirements, and providing deep federal and state, local, and education (SLED) domain expertise in support of government and education customers.

Melinda Rogers joined Microsoft in June 2025 as Partner for Customer Voice, Office 365 Enterprise and Cloud, with a focus on federal civilian, intelligence, defense, and defense industrial base sectors. Previously, she served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the U.S. Department of Justice, following her tenure as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Melinda also brings extensive private-sector experience, including roles in consumer products marketing at Procter & Gamble, and financial services leadership as Assistant Vice President at Equifax for Fraud Prevention and Identity Verification Solutions, and at NationsBank for Commercial Real Estate Lending. She holds an MBA from Emory University and a Bachelor of Science from George Mason University.