As Nuspire's CSPO and SecOps leader, John Ayers is responsible for organizational leadership specific to technology and security innovation, operations and threat intelligence. Ayers ensures the alignment of business and managed security product strategy across all domains of information networking and security.
Prior to joining Nuspire, Ayers was the Vice President of Product Management at Netsursion. He focused on proprietary software and product development of next generation cybersecurity solutions and SD-WAN. Ayers served as the Senior Director of Product Management for Global Enterprise Security Services at Level 3 and previously worked at Qwest and CenturyLink. In addition, Ayers served as a U.S. Army police officer and in federal law enforcement with special training in conflict resolutions and closed protection.
Ayers currently serves on product advisory councils for FireEYE, Palo Alto, Sophos, Cisco, Intel-McAfee and Symantec.