Education: M.A., Management Information Systems, B.S., Computer Science, B.A., Political Science

Wendi leads the new and expanded Unit 42, which
includes former Crypsis security consultants and
members of the original Palo Alto Networks threat
researcher group (the original Unit 42). The combined
team helps organizations tackle the most complex
cyberthreats — from ransomware to state-sponsored
Espionage.

She joined Palo Alto Networks from IBM, where she led
the global X-Force incident response, threat intelligence,
incident command, and cyber range teams. She
previously held executive level positions in the
professional services organizations of CrowdStrike and
Mandiant.

She began her career as a Special Agent conducting
computer crime investigations with the Air Force Office
of Special Investigations.

Wendi regularly meets with executive leadership teams
and boards to advise them on strengthening their
security programs to address their most-pressing threats.
She is a frequent speaker at high-profile technical
conferences and has taught graduate-level computer
science and cyber security courses at Carnegie Mellon.