Alan LeFort is currently the Managing Director for TELUS Security Labs, a research group focused on helping more than 50 of the world’s leading security companies identify and eradicate critical threats and vulnerabilities. In that capacity, he advises several top security companies, providing guidance on marketing and product strategy. Additionally, he heads a product management team at TELUS for security products and services which include managed services, technology integration and professional services.
Alan’s career has been one of dueling contrasts, shifting back and forth between business and technology. As a result, Alan has held senior roles in sales, marketing, strategy, consulting and product management. Alan’s varied interests also extend geographically and organizationally, having worked for a software startup in Canada, a real-estate company in Texas, the Mexican foreign service, and the Mexican Institute for Technological Research.
With such a diverse background, its no surprise that Alan likes to teach. He has taught several security courses, from a business and technical perspective at the professional learning centre of the University of Toronto’s faculty of Information Studies. In keeping with a desire to foster knowledge, Alan co-founded the Rotman-TELUS Study on IT Security Practices. As a result is often-cited by the media as an authority on the topic of the business value of security.
Alan studied Computer science at York University, Obtained his BA in Finance from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX and is currently pursuing his EMBA at the Rotman School of Management.
