Thomas E. Noonan
Thomas E. “Tom” Noonan is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Internet Security Systems, Inc., which was recently acquired by IBM for $1.5 billion. Noonan and Chris Klaus launched ISS in 1994 to commercialize and develop a premier network security management company. Under Noonan’s leadership, ISS revenue soared from startup to nearly $400 million dollars in its first decade. The company grew to more than 2000 employees, with operations in more than 36 countries.
Noonan was recently recognized with the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the RSA Security conference, the world’s largest conference dedicated to information security. In 2002, President Bush appointed Noonan to serve on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), a White House homeland defense initiative that protects information systems critical to the nation's infrastructure. Noonan holds a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech and a business degree from Harvard University. He also is a member of the College of Computing Advisory Board.