West Virginia’s cybersecurity leadership spans state government, higher education, healthcare, and consulting. The leaders in this feature are working across very different environments, from securing statewide government systems and university infrastructure to protecting healthcare operations and advising organizations on penetration testing, threat intelligence, and enterprise defense. Together, their backgrounds reflect the mix of public-sector responsibility, operational resilience, and hands-on security expertise shaping cybersecurity leadership in West Virginia.
Leroy J. Amos — Chief Information Security Officer, West Virginia Office of Technology
Leroy J. Amos is Chief Information Security Officer for the West Virginia Office of Technology, where he directs cybersecurity enterprise services across more than 40,000 state government endpoints. His current role covers vulnerability management, security awareness, cyber monitoring, network and endpoint protections, incident response, digital forensics, and technology risk governance, while also bringing him into election security operations, local government coordination, and statewide stakeholder engagement. His career with the state stretches back more than two decades through manager and information security officer roles, giving him long-standing experience in security operations, incident management, third-party engagements, awareness training, and governance across West Virginia’s executive branch.
Aaron Barbour — Chief Information Security Officer, West Virginia University Medicine
Aaron Barbour serves as Chief Information Security Officer at West Virginia University Medicine, where he leads cybersecurity strategy for a health system that includes 28 hospitals and 750 ambulatory clinics. His work centers on healthcare cybersecurity, compliance, security program development, incident response, security operations, and third-party risk governance, with an emphasis on aligning technical strategy with clinical and operational needs. Before stepping into the chief information security officer role, he managed technical services at the organization, overseeing networking, incident response, telemedicine and video conferencing, infrastructure onboarding for new hospitals and clinics, and a large portfolio of strategic projects, following earlier IT leadership roles at VCU Health and Pamunkey Regional Jail.
Jon Cutler — Associate Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Marshall University
Jon Cutler serves as associate chief information officer and chief information security officer at Marshall University, where he holds university-wide responsibility for information security while also helping lead the broader information technology organization. His role includes shaping information security strategy, developing policies and best practices, directing training and awareness programs, leading risk assessment and compliance work, and coordinating cross-functional IT efforts in support of university objectives. His long tenure at Marshall also includes leadership roles in systems administration, help desk operations, and application systems, giving him a deep institutional background across infrastructure, disaster recovery, budgeting, operational planning, and enterprise technology management.
Tony Schliesser — Chief Information Security Officer, Alpha Technologies Inc.
Tony Schliesser is chief information security officer at Alpha Technologies Inc., bringing a background that combines security leadership, consulting, internet infrastructure, and software architecture. Alongside his current role, he has led EZWV Technologies as owner and chief engineer and previously ran Green Valley Consulting, where he focused on helping clients protect their systems and data. Earlier roles at Citynet, Cornerstone Technology Group, and EZNET Total Access reflect a long history in network operations, hosting, engineering, and technology leadership, while his work building and securely developing software at HME Recovery adds application and product security experience to his profile.
Rob Dixon — Senior Security Consultant, CISO Global
Rob Dixon built his career in cybersecurity through incident management, intrusion detection, host and network forensics, policy and standards development, awareness training, and penetration testing before moving into consulting leadership roles. Earlier in his career, he served in West Virginia state security roles including cyber security operations manager for the executive branch, where he coordinated incident detection, response, and management activities, led the computer security incident response and forensic services functions, and supported the state’s auditing and assessment efforts. He later moved through senior consulting and threat intelligence roles at Accuvant, Optiv, DirectDefense, Advantage Technology, and Uber before becoming a senior security consultant at CISO Global, where he focuses on enterprise penetration testing, wireless, network, web application, and social engineering assessments.
Kelly Doyle — Director, Cyber Services, Pueo Business Solutions LLC
Kelly Doyle brings a deeply technical cybersecurity background shaped by offensive security, red teaming, security architecture, and large-scale engineering leadership. Before joining Pueo Business Solutions as director of cyber services, he held security architecture and offensive research roles at Shutterfly, IT Veterans, Spry Methods, Secure Mission Solutions, CGI, and other organizations, working across penetration testing, malware analysis, incident response, wireless security, threat detection, and advanced government-focused cyber programs. His experience also includes leadership of Federal Bureau of Investigation red and blue teams, offensive security work for the United States Marine Corps, and earlier military intelligence roles, giving him a background that spans both strategic program delivery and highly technical adversarial security operations.
Cybersecurity Leadership Across Government, Universities, Healthcare, and Advisory Work
West Virginia’s cybersecurity leadership includes professionals securing statewide services, protecting healthcare operations, leading university security strategy, and advising organizations on offensive security and incident readiness. Their backgrounds show how cyber leadership in the state is shaped by a combination of public service, regulated environments, infrastructure stewardship, and deep technical experience across both operational defense and strategic risk management.
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