Christy Coffey is the Director of Business Development and Communities Evangelist for ThreatConnect. Christy has worked in the information technology industry for 25 years. After spending 15 years with EDS (now HP) designing and building systems for Fortune 100 customers, Christy applied her technical background to business relationship management across the telecom, defense, and security industries. She has served as a Client Services Director for a start-up and the Security Management Program Director for a large not-for-profit industry association. Christy holds a degree in Computer Science, and is working toward an MBA with a concentration in Cyber Security from the University of Dallas. Professional achievements include two Computerworld Honors Laureate Awards, a General Motors President’s Award, and has been awarded a patent for software developed while at Verizon. She has been married to her high school sweetheart for 25 years, has a son, daughter, two dogs and calls Texas home.