Richard Ranade

Richard is a multifaceted professional whose skill set spans a remarkable array of disciplines. His unique expertise includes specific skills relevant to the U.S. Intelligence Community (Counterintelligence, Counterespionage, Insider Threat, Investigations and so forth), risk management (strategic and operational), systems engineering, business analysis, security (cyber and physical), network engineering, data analytics and research. Richard has achieved significant success in these areas, setting him apart as a versatile and innovative leader in his field.

As a seasoned risk practitioner, Richard’s core competencies include leading and executing activities to mitigate potential or real-time threats. His expertise encompasses safeguarding against espionage, insider threats, sabotage, and international terrorist activities. Richard is adept at detecting, deterring, neutralizing, and protecting against threats by analyzing adversarial capabilities, intent, and tradecraft. Richard is also proficient at leading, developing, and implementing risk management strategies, policies, and frameworks that align with strategic goals while proactively identifying and mitigating threats.

Richard currently works in a senior risk and security capacity within the public sector, where he leads risk and technical programs and manages teams of risk, technology, and security practitioners to deny adversarial entities from achieving their operational objectives. He also serves as a Lecturer at Columbia University, teaching in two master’s programs, the Enterprise Risk Management program and the Technology Management program, covering subjects related to risk management (value-based enterprise risk management, quantitative and financial modeling, cyber risk management) and technology management (digital transformation, emerging technologies). Richard has contributed to the development of the Enterprise Risk Management program’s Cyber Risk Management course and serves as the lead developer for the Technology Management program’s Digital Transformation course.

Richard’s experience spans many industries including Finance/Banking, Technology, Engineering, Pharmaceuticals, Academia, National Security and the U.S. Intelligence Community. Within the U.S. Intelligence Community, Richard has served in wide-ranging roles and operated as an Intelligence Officer/Counterintelligence Special Agent. Prior to his roles within the Intelligence Community, Richard worked in various professional roles within fortune 100 companies, where he has identified and successfully enacted productive change at a strategic level.