Gideon is an American of Ghanaian descent with over two decades of impactful experience in Management Consulting, Finance, and Technology across continents. He is a Board Member of WAG, Iron City Data and an Executive Committee Member of the Brown Annual Fund Executive Committee at Brown University. He is the Founder of Gideon Goldmann, LLC, a Wall Street advisory and emerging market/Sub-Saharan Africa-focused investment bank, through which he successfully led the financing of projects and trade-finance deals across Sub-Saharan Africa. He also served as a consultant on various power projects. Gideon plays key roles in the tech space. He was CTO (Chief Technology Officer) at Simply Pay (a FinTech firm). Under the MBO Partners Contract, he was an ITGC SOX Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Chicago, Illinois), an IA Cyber Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Orlando, Florida), and a Risk Acceptance Controls Analyst at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (New York, NY). He also served as an IA Cyber Risk Senior Associate III at Grant Thornton LLP (New York City, NY), an IA & IT Auditor at Deloitte LLP via Artech LLC, and a Technology Risk Auditor at EY (Ernst & Young LLP), New York, NY under the Software Specialists (SSi) contract. Additionally, he was a ClearPath contractor and Lead Financial Technology Risk Auditor at EY (New York, NY). Gideon also worked as a Senior Internal Auditor at NYRA (New York Racing Association), a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant at Stealth ISS Group for Atos SE (Europe), an IT Internal Auditor at Munich Reinsurance Americas via Robert Half, and a Cybersecurity Consultant at Prudential Financial through Infinetix. Gideon has various cyber or technology certifications such as CISM, CDPSE, CRISC, CISA, CGEIT etc. Gideon holds a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Business and Management from the University of Derby (UK), an MBA from Cornell University’s SC Johnson Graduate School of Management, and a Master of Professional Studies from Cornell University’s ILR School. He also earned a Master of Science in Technology Leadership from Brown University, jointly offered by the Brown University School of Professional Studies and the Brown University School of Engineering. He is happily married and the proud father of five sons.