Leadership

Meet the people behind Workforce Intelligence

We focus on providing cybersecurity professionals and companies with the expertise, information, tools, and services they need to maximize career success, job satisfaction, team performance, diversity, and retention.

Deidre Diamond

Founder and CEO

Deidre Diamond, Founder and CEO of CyberSN
Founder & CEO
The Team

Our Leadership

The experts who guide our strategy, grow our community, and drive results for clients every day.

Erik Ligda

Erik Ligda

Chief Operating Officer

Erik Ligda serves as the Chief Operating Officer at CyberSN, where he leads the evolution of the company's Cyber Workforce Optimization services and SaaS platform. As a lead architect behind CyberSN's Workforce Intelligence platform and its supporting taxonomy, Erik drives the development of data-driven insights that help organizations visualize, optimize, and mature their cybersecurity and IT teams. With a unique blend of technical, operational, and product expertise, Erik oversees CyberSN's service delivery, technology roadmap, and workforce intelligence initiatives—ensuring that clients gain clarity into how talent is utilized, where risks exist, and how to strategically align their people to business outcomes. Before joining CyberSN, Erik worked as a cybersecurity expert for a U.S. government contractor, where he provided technical leadership in securing mission-critical systems. Today, he channels that experience into building scalable solutions that transform how organizations understand and manage their cyber workforce. Erik is passionate about redefining how the world experiences cybersecurity work—bridging the gap between data, people, and purpose to advance both workforce resilience and operational excellence.

Debby Maggio

Debby Maggio

EVP of Finance & HR

Debby came to CyberSN with 20+ years of back office experience in the staffing services industry. She loves what she does and works hard to keep CyberSN's employees and clients satisfied and enriched while simultaneously ensuring the company is protected and compliant. Debby joined CyberSN in 2016 and adores being in business with this amazing group of colleagues. Debby recently moved back to California after two decades in the Boston area and is rediscovering her love of hiking and exploring the outdoors. She's busy juggling many life roles, but mom is her favorite title. Debby graduated from CSUSB and was very happy to put her Womens' Studies minor to work by getting CyberSN certified as a Woman Owned Business in 2021.

Travis Monson

Travis Monson

Director

Travis has been with CyberSN since 2017 where he has worked closely with security leaders on finding and placing cybersecurity talent. He manages and trains a team of recruiters on how to find and represent cybersecurity professionals. Travis has volunteered and supported cybersecurity conferences including Day of Shecurity, ShellCon, Secure Diversity, and BSidesSF. He graduated from Golden Gate University with a BS in Business Administration and Management. Outside of work, he is a food tour guide of San Francisco's Ferry Building and Mission District. He writes about San Francisco for local news sources including SFGATE, for whom he wrote an article on walking every street of San Francisco. Travis is also an Eagle Scout and loves to explore the outdoors.

Dawn Saenz

Dawn Saenz

Director

Dawn was the first hire at CyberSN to be a part of our CEO's vision and this great cybersecurity community she's grown to love. Dawn is an avid ballet dancer and dog lover.

Michaela Helms

Michaela Helms

Senior Recruiter

Michaela graduated from Appalachian State University with a B.S. in Political Science with a concentration in Pre-Professional Legal Studies. Originally, she planned to attend law school after graduation, but after working in Civil Litigation she realized her aspirations were more aligned with those found in the staffing industry. She joined CyberSN in 2021 where she discovered her love for cybersecurity, and hasn't looked back since!

Advisors

Executive Advisors

Senior leaders who extend our advisory capabilities across security strategy, technology, and workforce transformation.

Dom Glavach

Dom Glavach

Chief Security and Technology Officer

Mr. Glavach is CyberSN's Chief Security and Technology Officer leading all cybersecurity strategy, policy, IT operations, security engineering, security operations, data privacy, and cyber threat detection. He is on the forefront of CyberSN's platform taxonomy research and development, serves as a trusted cyber advisor, subject matter expert to strategic clients, cybersecurity and strategic diligence advisor for Private Equity clients in support of mergers and acquisitions. Prior to CyberSN, Mr. Glavach spent twenty years working with Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) where he served as the Chief Information Security Officer and Research Fellow. He played a critical role in the company's cyber risk management, providing cyber technical leadership and subject matter expertise to commercial and government clients. Mr. Glavach served as member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Cyber Committee, chairing a subcommittee on Vehicle and Embedded Systems Cyber Security, with an exceptional background and expertise in cyber risk management as well as specializing in cyber attack methods and countermeasures, cyber forensics and incident response. He has presented on cloud forensics, cyber adversaries and advanced persistent threats to a wide range of public and government audiences including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA).

Hiram Machado

Hiram Machado

IT SME

Hiram Machado is a senior executive leader specializing in organization and technology transformation, with deep hands-on experience across all areas of information technology — from datacenter and application development to enterprise platforms. As an Executive Advisor to CyberSN, Hiram brings a distinctive blend of strategic vision and operational execution, helping organizations align technology investments with measurable business outcomes. Throughout his career spanning retail, logistics, insurance, financial services, and banking, Hiram has been recognized for envisioning and implementing complex business strategies through optimal technology solutions. He has a proven track record of building financially beneficial staffing models that drive value creation and lean run-rates, and of creating stakeholder services grounded in continuous improvement and risk-based performance frameworks. A consistent advocate for people-first leadership, Hiram develops high-performing teams by emphasizing open communication, critical thinking, and a shared commitment to excellence across all levels of the organization.

Shawn Valle

Shawn Valle

Fractional CISO & Strategic Advisor

Shawn Valle is a Fractional CISO and Strategic Advisor with deep expertise supporting fixed and growth-stage companies in building security programs that satisfy customers, auditors, and boards—without slowing business delivery. As an Executive Advisor to CyberSN, Shawn brings executive and board-level security leadership to the table, assisting organizations in aligning their security strategy directly to business goals. His advisory work spans risk assessment, gap analysis, and remediation roadmaps—elevating security programs from reactive compliance exercises to proactive, board-ready functions. Shawn is especially skilled in customer, auditor, and regulatory reporting, helping companies demonstrate security maturity to key stakeholders. His hands-on approach to team building and security vendor management ensures that organizations have the right people, tools, and processes in place—supporting long-term workforce resilience and operational excellence.

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