Food & Agriculture · Zoos & Aquariums

Cybersecurity that speaks
your language—not IT's.

Whether you're protecting the food system or the animals in your care, I help operational leaders understand and prepare for cyber-physical risks—without the jargon.

"I came from your world. Zoo commissaries. Food production floors. OT/ICS systems. Cybersecurity came after all of that—built on top of worlds I already knew."

Kristin King, AnzenSage

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20+ years

Cybersecurity experience in operational environments

VP, Food & Agriculture
Cybersecurity

CSAFI

Bites & Bytes Podcast

~20,000 downloads · 130 countries · Award-winning

Securing What Feeds Us

Wiley · Forthcoming Autumn 2026

The gap most facilities don't know they have

You have an emergency plan.
It probably doesn't cover the failure most likely to happen.

When technology fails in a food facility or an animal care environment, it's not always obvious whether it's a mechanical breakdown or a cyber incident. Most teams don't know the difference. Most emergency plans don't address it either.

That gap between your operational reality and your cyber preparedness is exactly where I work.

For

Food &
Agriculture

When JBS went down, processing halted for days. Your facility has the same dependencies.

Cold chain failures don't give you days to recover. They give you hours before spoilage and recalls.

FDA FSMA is asking increasingly pointed questions about your digital controls and cyber resilience.

Your processing equipment runs on OT/ICS systems. Most cybersecurity consultants have never seen one in person. I have, I came from that world.

See how I help food & ag →

For

Zoos &
Aquariums

Life support system failures give you hours (not days) before animal welfare is at risk.

Since January 2022, your USDA contingency plan is required, and most don't cover cyber-caused failures.

When access controls fail during an incident, it's not just an IT problem, it's a public and animal safety crisis.

See how I help zoos & aquariums →

Why work with me

I came from your world.
Most consultants didn't.

My path into cybersecurity wasn't through a data center or a government agency. It went through environmental management, zoo commissaries and gorilla research, food and CPG production, and OT/ICS systems, the industrial controls that run the facilities you manage every day.

Most cybersecurity consultants have never stood on a processing floor, worried about an HVAC failure in an animal habitat, or tried to explain a PLC to someone who just wants to know why the line stopped. I have. All of it.

I came to cybersecurity to protect the worlds I already understood. That's a different starting point, and it shows in how I work.

From zoo commissaries to food production floors

IT → Environmental management → zoo commissary & gorilla research → food & CPG production. I didn't learn your world from a textbook; I worked in it.

Deep OT/ICS background

Industrial control systems are the backbone of food processing and animal care facilities. I came from that operational world; understanding how these systems actually run before learning how to secure them.

VP, Food & Agriculture Cybersecurity at CSAFI

Active in the policy and standards conversation shaping how the food and agriculture sector understands and manages cyber risk.

Author & podcast host

Writing Securing What Feeds Us: Cybersecurity in Food and Agriculture (Wiley, September 2026) the first book of its kind. Hosting Bites & Bytes Podcast, an award-winning podcast with over 20,000 listeners in 130 countries.

Working together

It usually starts with a single conversation.

01

A conversation

We talk about your operations, your systems, and what keeps you up at night. No jargon, no sales pitch—just a real conversation about where you are and what you need.

02

We walk your reality

I learn how your facility actually works—not how the org chart says it should. We identify your real dependencies, the systems you can't afford to lose, and where the gaps are.

03

A plan that actually works

You get clear, actionable guidance your team can use—in plain language. Not a compliance document that sits on a shelf. Something your people can actually follow when it matters.

Beyond the engagement

The conversations shaping this field—and the resources coming from it

Forthcoming · Autumn 2026

Securing What Feeds Us

Published by Wiley

The first book of its kind—written for food and agriculture operators, not IT departments. A practical guide to understanding and preparing for cyber-physical risks in the systems that feed us.

Available Autumn 2026 · Wiley

Award-winning podcast

Bites & Bytes

~20,000 downloads · 130 countries

Conversations at the intersection of food systems, animal care, and technology. Guests include farmers, zoo directors, facility managers, and the people shaping how these industries approach risk.

Listen wherever you get podcasts

Ready to have a real conversation?

You don't need a formal RFP, a procurement process, or a budget approved before we talk. Most conversations start with a question—something you've been wondering about but weren't sure who to ask.

I'm that person. Send me a note.

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