Earl Crane

Earl Crane

Co-Founder and CEO, Emergent Network Defense

Dr. Earl Crane, Co-Founder and CEO of Emergent Network Defense, has advised the President of the United States as the Director for Federal Cybersecurity Policy on the White House National Security Council, Wall Street executives, and multiple Fortune 100 corporations on their cyber defensive strategies. Earl led the implementation of the Department of Homeland Security's information security strategy and has taught hundreds of cybersecurity masters students and executives through Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College and CISO Certificate program.

He earned his Ph.D. from George Washington University, a Masters of Information System Management at Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.