Mr. Young has deep cybersecurity expertise and experience in national security and emergency preparedness.
Mr. Young was previously the Executive Vice President – Business Development, Strategy and Ventures of Microsoft Corp. from 2020-2025. From 2017 to 2020, he was the Chief Executive Officer of McAfee, LLC, one of the world’s leading independent cybersecurity companies. Prior to that, Mr. Young was a Senior Vice President and General Manager at Intel Security Group, where he led the initiative to spin out McAfee, LLC. Previously, he led cybersecurity efforts at Cisco, RSA (a division of Dell EMC) and AOL LLC. Mr. Young also led end-user computing at VMware and co-founded the company Cyveillance.
Mr. Young is currently a member of the board of directors and member of the HR and Compensation Committee of Qualcomm Incorporated. Mr. Young is a former member of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency Cybersecurity Advisory Committee and a former member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He is a former director for the nonprofit Cyber Threat Alliance and a former member of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University. Previously, Mr. Young served as a member of the board of directors of Snap Inc. and Rapid7, Inc. Mr. Young received his Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and his Master of Business Administration from Harvard University.