Management

As Managing Partner of Reliant Security, Richard Newman is responsible for the Company's day-to-day operations, as well as its strategic direction.  A technologist at heart, Richard has more than sixteen years of experience in applications and infrastructure.  A lead party in five successful start-ups, along with extensive experience consulting to numerous Retailers, he is adept at working with both small and large organizations.  His technical expertise extends to LANs, WANS, voice and data systems, wireless networks, enterprise storage and SANs, enterprise server platforms, legacy environments, and information security.  In addition to network and systems design, Richard has worked extensively creating software applications and brings a disciplined approach to Reliant’s product development efforts.  Richard graduated in 1991 from Columbia University in New York City.

Mark Weiner (CISSP, QSA) is Managing Partner of Reliant Security. He has worked with a number of Retailers, Payment Processors and Card Brands in support of their PCI compliance needs and has been a featured speaker at National Retail Federation and PCI Standards Council events. Mark has over 15 years of experience in Information Technology. Most recently, he served as Vice President and Global Practice Manager of the Security Practice for SAVVIS, Inc, the world’s largest web hosting provider. Through SAVVIS and its predecessor companies, Exodus and Cable & Wireless America, Mark held a variety of executive roles in Sales, Professional Services, Product Development and Operations. He was an early pioneer in driving practical, cost-effective implementations of security policy and compliance requirements. An engineer by trade, Mark has BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering. Mark also earned an MBA from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.