Our members and clients can be assured that they are in safe and trusting hands as the leadership team comes from a strong cybersecurity background.
Our Leadership
COMMITTED, EXPERIENCED & HUMBLE
Those Who Lead Consortium Share a Vision of a Community That Helps IT Professionals & Organizations
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Who We Are
LARRY PFEIFER
Founder
With over 26 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity, Larry Pfeifer is recognized as a leader in helping people and organizations to solve their IT and security-related issues. As a proud New Jersey native, Larry joined the Navy in 1993 and started a career in IT. After serving his country, he held positions at Widener University, Nortel, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, BlueCoat Systems, and CrowdStrike. Working as an end-user, manager, engineer, sales engineer, account manager, and sales manager has given Larry a 360-degree view of all sides of IT.
Larry started Consortium with one goal—helping people. His altruistic views came from organizing a feeding the homeless program in Camden, NJ. From there, he founded Consortium Networks as an avenue to continue to help its members, partners and others.
Larry resides in southern New Jersey and is active in his community, charities and family.
T. RYAN KENNEDY
Chief Operating Officer
Ryan Kennedy serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Consortium Networks where he focuses on building out the company’s Operations, Business, and People strategies.
Previously, as Director of Strategy at Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS), Ryan was responsible for developing the firm’s growth strategy, building the team and infrastructure, and delivering a lasting culture and leadership development program. From 2006-2013, Ryan served at the FBI, where he was responsible for designing and implementing the FBI’s enterprise strategic management system. During this time, Ryan was a major architect of the Bureau-wide effort to improve and transform its intelligence processes and capabilities, both nationally and locally within 56 field offices, impacting everything from cyber operations to criminal investigations to better performance management.
Ryan holds a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Boston College. Ryan received the Director’s Award for Intelligence Analysis (2009) for his leadership in moving the FBI toward an intelligence-driven organization. Although a Boston-area native, Ryan now calls Alexandria, VA home where he lives with his wife and two sons.
NATE UNGEROTT
Chief Executive Officer
Nate Ungerott has over 20 years of experience growing and scaling solution providers in cybersecurity. Nate currently serves as CEO of Consortium Networks, where he is responsible for the strategic direction and scaling of the organization, GTM, solution development, and business operations.
Prior to Consortium Networks, Nate spent over 16 years at Optiv, a cybersecurity advisory and solutions integrator, where he was most recently Executive Vice President of Sales. In addition to sales and executive leadership roles at Optiv, Nate led Corporate Development and Mergers and Acquisitions, playing an integral role in helping scale the company from $50m to over $3.5B.
Nate also serves as a board member and treasurer at Kateswell, a non-profit focused on assisting cancer patients in Ohio during their treatment journey.
ANDREW BARNETT
Chief Technology Officer
Andrew Barnett is the Chief Technology Officer at Consortium Networks, where he drives the technological vision and execution for the company.
Prior to joining Consortium Networks, Andrew served as the Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Service Integrators at Qualys, where he revitalized partner strategies and go-to-market approaches. Before that, he served as a Senior Manager at Deloitte, leading IT risk and security management consulting services for Fortune 500 clients and pioneering breach and attack simulation solutions.
His career journey also includes impactful roles such as Vice President of Business Development at Verodin (now Mandiant Security), Senior Director of Portfolio Programs at Optiv, and network infrastructure roles at esteemed companies like McKesson and News Corp.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University. He now resides in San Antonio, Texas with his family.