Myrna Soto

Myrna is the Founder and CEO of Apogee Executive Advisors. Apogee Executive Advisors is a boutique advisory firm focused on providing strategic consulting in the areas of Technology Risk, Cybersecurity, Technology integrations, Digital Transformations and Enterprise Risk Management. The firm’s work is specific to Executive Leaders and Boards (Public & Private). In this capacity, she also serves as a Strategic Advisor and on the Advisory Boards of multiple privately held organizations. She is a frequently sought-after speaker on Governance, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Technology Integrations, AI, and financial oversight topics. She is a faculty member of NACD and has also served as an expert speaker for the Diligent Institute.

She previously served as the Chief Strategy and Trust Officer for Forcepoint (a technology provider for enterprises and the federal government). Myrna led strategy around product development, market fit, and elevation of brand recognition of the organization’s product portfolio. She was part of the executive team that led the transaction deal team that successfully spun out the company from the Parent organization (Raytheon) to a growth private equity firm.

Myrna served as COO of Digital Hands via an investment interest. Digital Hands was an award-winning managed security service provider (MSSP), and Managed Technology Services provider focused on providing world-class Cybersecurity, and IT operations to customers and partners. She was responsible for Security Operations, Service Delivery, Global Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, and HR. Myrna was responsible for the funding of the company’s first capital round, growing top-line revenue, and developing a world-class team prior to her engagement completion.

Myrna serves on the Boards of CMS Energy/Consumers Energy (NYSE: CMS), Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE), TriNet (NYSE: TNET) and Popular Inc. which operates under the brand names of Banco Popular, and Popular Bank (NASDAQ: BPOP). She is recognized as a Governance and Board Leadership Fellow by the National Association of Corp Directors (NACD). Within her public Board service, she serves on a variety of committees including, Audit, Risk, and Compensation committees. She serves as the Nomination & Governance Committee Chair for CMS Energy. In addition to her public board service, Myrna serves on the Board of Delinea, a privately held Cybersecurity Technology Provider, on the Board of privately held Headspace Health, on the Board of Vectra.ai, a privately held cybersecurity and AI technology provider, as well as Huntress, a privately held cybersecurity technology and services provider. Myrna is also an advisor for ThreatConnect and a Senior Investment Advisor TPG Global.