Nicolas M. Chaillan Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Ask Sage is a Secure & Extensible Multi-modal Generative AI platform that specializes in enabling secure access to Generative AI models for both government and commercial teams. With a wide range of use cases, from coding to cybersecurity, compliance, contracting, acquisition, data analysis and more.Ask Sage is built on cutting-edge Generative AI technologies such as Azure OpenAI (Gov) GPT 3.5 and 4, Mistral, LLMA3, Claude 3, Cohere, Google Gemini, and several open-source LLMs.Ask Sage also supports OpenAI Whisper, hosted on Azure Gov, enabling Speech to Text capabilities on videos and audio files and DALL-E v3 enabling image generation. This addition makes Ask Sage a complete multi modal platform and allows for the transcription and analysis of spoken language content in almost any language.The platform's data ingest and training are model-agnostic, ensuring secure training of proprietary data without ingesting it into the models. This approach allows Ask Sage to implement data-centric security and label data on a per-user basis, sharing labels with team members as needed and preventing data spillage while enabling zero-trust security.Ask Sage can ingest custom data (up to CUI/FOUO), connect to APIs, and access data lakes for real-time insights, delivering human-like responses to assist teams with labor-intensive tasks and enabling them to focus on strategic initiatives. The platform offers a multi-tenant option starting at $30/mo/user and can also be deployed on dedicated or air-gapped enclaves with open-source LLMs.For enterprises, Ask Sage can be leveraged for $90/mo for 2M Ask Sage tokens and be spread among users with a minimum of 500K tokens per user.Over 13,000 government teams and 2,500 companies have benefited from Ask Sage's capabilities,Users have measured a velocity increase of their work from 10 to 35X on average!

New York, Ny, Us

In 2008, established this highly successful worldwide corporation, AFTER-MOUSE.COM, a company specialized in the development of innovative solutions, including multi touch, wearables and motion recognition business applications.- Opened 13 offices in 10 countries within 6 months,- Assessed legal and market compliance requirements across 10 countries,- Developed and sold over 180 custom software products totaling over $15 million dollars,- Brought the collaborative touch table concept to life with deployments in over 10 verticals including retail, hospitality, healthcare, and more.- Sold solutions in over 40 countries,- Led international teams across 10 countries, and- Built strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Intel , 3M, Google and Samsung.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Milpitas, California, Us

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

Palo Alto, California, Us

Paris, Île-De-France, Fr

Albuquerque, New Mexico, Us

EC-Council Global Advisory Board for C|ASE (Certified Application Security Engineer). C|ASE is EC-Council's comprehensive certification program for Application Security. Your inputs as a Board member would be instrumental in helping us in spreading unbiased and relevant information to the professionals responsible for manning Application Security of the organizations, citizens and nations.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, Us

EC-Council Review Board Member for CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker). The Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v10) program is a trusted and respected ethical hacking training Program that any information security professional will need. Since its inception in 2003, the Certified Ethical Hacker has been the absolute choice of the industry globally.

San Francisco, California, Us

Burlington, Massachusetts, Us

Palo Alto, California, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Prevent Breach brings strategic technical expertise helping organizations with their digital transformation and DevSecOps adoption. - Created and sold an online gap analysis solution to help organizations assess their cybersecurity and DevOps posture mapped to Cyber.gov, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and DevOps best practices. - Built the first Graph Database solution to provide continuous visibility across organizations siloes, including cybersecurity, compliance, legal, asset management and business data.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Join Nic Chaillan on LinkedIn and YouTube live to discuss cybersecurity, #devsecops and software innovation on Tuesday with various guest speakers!Register now at https://inthenicoftime.tv

Etobicoke, Ontario, Ca

Vienna, Virginia, Us

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Berkeley, California, Us

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Ashburn, Virginia, Us

Menlo Park, California, Us

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Mr. Nicolas Chaillan was appointed as the first Air Force and Space Force Chief Software Officer, under Dr. William Roper, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Arlington, Virginia. He was also the co-lead for the Department of Defense Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative with the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer. As the Air Force’s senior software czar, Mr. Chaillan was responsible for enabling Air Force programs in the transition to Agile and DevSecOps to establish force-wide DevSecOps capabilities and best practices, including continuous Authority to Operate processes and faster streamlined technology adoption.Served as USAF Focal Point for Software, DevSecOps, Cloud and Cybersecurity related impediments and enablers – Digital AF enabler.Check out the CSO website at https://software.af.mil!Facilitated the implementation and adoption of innovative software best practices, cybersecurity solutions, AI and ML technologies across acquisition community.Coordinated policy efforts across DoD as Co-lead for DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative with the DoD Chief Information Officer.Mission Statement: Make the Digital Air Force a reality by supporting our Airmen with Software Enterprise Capabilities while removing impediments to DevSecOps and IT innovation.

Washington, Dc, Us

Founded the DoD Enterprise DevSevOps initiative with DoD CIO to help DoD Programs move to DevSecOps. Brought over 24 pathfinders/pilots across DoD Services including business, cyber, C2 and weapon systems.

Washington, Dc, Us

Joined the Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense as Special Advisor to Ms. Lord, Undersecretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, and founded the DoD Enterprise DevSecOps initiative (joint program A&S and DoD CIO) to create the DoD Enterprise DevSecOps platform.- Developed a turnkey, scalable DevSecOps platform that can be deployed across DoD Programs for weapons and business systems.- Developed technical requirements to enable DevSecOps for the entire department.- Advised on policy, contractual and procurement changes to facilitate adoption of Agile methodologies and DevSecOps. - Consolidated requirements across the U.S Air Force, Army, Navy, DISA and DARPA to enable rapid adoption of DevSecOps. - Built DoD’s first side-car container security stack for Kubernetes to ensure automated cybersecurity and compliance across all DevSecOps deployments. - Provided expertise and guidance with Cloud and Cybersecurity.

Founded Touch Ordering, LLC in 2016, the world leading solution for interactive table ordering for restaurants, bars, casinos and nightclubs.

Boston, Ma, Us

Latest Contributions to Forbes:- The Two Biggest Disruptions To Cybersecurity Since The Invention Of The Firewall- Why Some GDPR Requirements Can Be Eye-Opening After All- Why Is The CIO's Role Rapidly Shifting?

Foster City, Ca, Us

Joined to transition our the Cybersecurity gap analysis product (part of Prevent Breach) which was acquired by Qualys in 2018.Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a pioneer and leading provider of cybersecurity and compliance solutions with over 10,300 customers in more than 130 countries, including a majority of each of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. - Integrated the gap analysis product into the Qualys platform allowing CIOs and CISOs to identify and prioritize their cybersecurity gaps and comprehensively grade their cybersecurity posture.- Adapted the existing Qualys Cloud Platform to create the Qualys Gov Platform dedicated to Public Sector. - Leveraged the new gap analysis assessment to introduce Qualys to federal CIOs and CISOs by bringing tangible value to their IT teams at no cost. - Drafted RFP responses and introduced the Qualys product to DHS CDM, NASA SWEP, DoD Jedi, DISA ACAS, and more. - Established strategic partnerships with federal system integrators, delivery partners and resellers including ManTech, Accenture, NDS, Carahsoft and more. - Built and led a team of several Qualys employees and contractors. - Assessed the Qualys Cloud platform to create necessary features for the federal market.

Washington, Dc, Us

Joined DHS S&T in October of 2016 as Chief Architect for Cyber.gov and designed the first Zero trust implementation in USG.- Designed a holistic cybersecurity architecture with over 36 capabilities that mitigate modern threats by leveraging best practices and implementable solutions with minimal impact to workforce efficiency for the entire .Gov domain. - Designed a turnkey asset management process to assess Agencies’ cyber posture and gather software and hardware inventories. - Authored key publications for Cyber.gov. - Led three teams across National Labs and DHS with over 30 PhD experts. - Assessed cybersecurity gaps and threats for Federal and State Agencies. - Provided strategic input to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework revision and the new National Strategy for Aviation Security.- Gathered best practices and recommendations across National Labs, private sector companies, and Federal Agencies. - Secured engagement of private sector companies, such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, to support the .Gov cybersecurity architecture and provide critical solutions as a service to DHS. With 80% of critical infrastructure managed by government authorities, I was asked by the Administration to adapt and leverage the Cyber.gov cybersecurity architecture to improve our cybersecurity posture. - Oversaw all Cybersecurity Preparedness Programs as part of the new National Cyber Resilience Initiative. - Helped with the adoption of DevOps and Agile methodologies.- Created the National Cyber Resilient Architecture, focused on Critical Infrastructure Systems, to help State, Local, Tribal and Territory Partners significantly improve their Cybersecurity posture. - Developed advanced training videos and implementation guidance for 14 core capabilities, including Software Defined Perimeter, Network Segmentation, and Application Isolation among others. - Solved significant FISMA related issues and fixed over 800,000 software critical vulnerabilities within weeks.

Since 2014, served as the Chairman of the Board of Holding AKT, a software incubator whose goal is to provide innovation and nascent tech solutions in the IT sector.- Developed and managed relationships with founders, partners, and other stakeholders,- Provided leadership for reviewing annual budgets, audit reports, and material business decisions,- Responsibly stewarded legal and fiduciary responsibilities,- Coordinated annual performance evaluation to review outcomes and metrics for evaluating impact, as well as led regular assessments of performance and effectiveness using defined metrics, and- Planed, presided over, and facilitated board and committee meetings to ensure that board resolutions were carried out.

Provided tailored cybersecurity services and solutions to Fortune 500 companies and other corporations.- Responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of a strategic, comprehensive enterprise-wide information security and risk management program to ensure the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information owned, controlled or processed by our clients,- Provided network and endpoint defense services, assessment and penetration testing of IT systems, 24x7 monitoring and incident response,- encryption services for higher-sensitivity data, forensics, and security consulting for IT projects.- Developed cyber security policies and participated in several cyber security conferences,- Supervised a team of security consultants and led the development and implementation of a global IT security strategy and staffing plan to meet the needs of our clients,- Deployed cyber security solutions in organizations of various sizes,- Advised and assisted C-Level executives with their cyber security policies, compliance requirements and risk assessments,- Led project delivery within tight time-frames using cutting-edge technologies,- Provided guidance and management of capital and operating budgets, and strategic direction of the team to ensure a fit with the overall mission,- Ensured compliance with federal and state laws, while providing leadership, oversight and maintenance of the IT policies,- Oversaw IT-related risk and information security management policies and plans to ensure alignment with IT security and information assurance goals and priorities, and- Developed a Governance Risk and Compliance Cloud-based solution to provide complete 360° visibility compliance to our clients.

Washington, Dc, Us

Co-founded Wait List Ordering, a white labeled mobile software solution designed to manage a restaurants wait list and reservations.- Leveraged two software patents,- Built the entire solution from the ground-up, and- Piloted the solution at several key locations.The solution was bundled with anyGuest.com in October 2016.

In 2013, founded anyGuest.com, a multifaceted mobile and online guest ordering application for hotels, resorts, casinos, stadiums and golf courses.- Created business plan and marketing strategy,- Researched markets to identify best fits,- Developed solution's road-map and project plan,- Managed development and sales teams,- Developed a complete Point of Sale integration middleware, a world premiere at the time, and- Deployed the solution in over 100 locations, including Atlantis , Hyatt, Accor and others.

Washington, Dc, Us

Founded Nesting Partners, a 360° incubator that takes a disciplined approach to transforming innovative ideas, based on patents, into successful businesses.- Built a unique incubation model that covers the full life cycle of a business - from prototyping to strategic product development, to marketplace through to seeing the business to exit.- Assessed and selected patent portfolios from over 50 portfolios received per week,- Operated and managed our portfolio companies by providing leadership, “at cost” development, design, marketing and even sales support,- Increased development speed, effectiveness and efficiency,- Took ideas from patent to product to market to exit through a streamlined process in less than 6 months, and- Led a global sales force comprised of carefully selected and enduring partnerships.

New York, New York, Us

Sold in September 2014 to a confidential strategic buyer with a 20X return on investment.In 2014, founded PublishMenu.com, a menu publishing and SEO company for local dining establishments and eventually extended its service to local SMBs. - Assessed competition,- Built business plan and project management plan, and- Developed the entire solution within 2 months.

SOFTAKT was a website solutions company dedicated to small businesses and online e-commerce companies with a particular focus on e-commerce cybersecurity.- Created more than 1,000 institutional and e-commerce websites and serviced notable French market players at the time including: FNAIM.fr, LaMaisonDuGlobe.com, Uranie-Astronomie.fr, Vente-en-Or.com, among others,- Led teams in Paris, Lyon and Marseille,- Built a complete e-commerce solution from the ground-up,- Integrated with dozens of e-commerce payment processing partners, and- Created two of the world first payment processing solutions for two leading French Banks.

AKT was a leader in development of cyber security software for corporations in France. AKT grew rapidly and developed more than 2,000 solutions and complex security algorithms.- Seamlessly coordinated and collaborated with clients and third-party partners,- Responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of a strategic, comprehensive enterprise information security and risk management program to ensure the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information owned, controlled or processed by our clients,- Directed a team of security consultants and led the development and implementation of a global IT security strategy and staffing plan to meet the needs of our clients,- Ensured compliance with French laws, while providing leadership, oversight and maintenance of the IT policies,- Oversaw IT-related risk and information security management policies and plans to ensure alignment with IT security and information assurance goals and priorities, and- Drove strategic planning and developed innovative direction.

When Chaillan was 15, he became one of France's youngest entrepreneurs by creating the first hosting company for shared servers, WorldAKT.The company merged with AKT, in 2000.