Chris Hoff is VP of Strategy & Planning at Juniper Networks' Security Business Unit, previously serving as chief security architect, responsible for worldwide security solutions architecture, customer advocacy, and field enablement.

He was previously director of cloud & virtualization solutions at Cisco Systems where he focused on virtualization and cloud computing security, spending most of his time interacting with global enterprises and service providers, governments, and the defense and intelligence communities.

Prior to Cisco, he was Unisys Corporation’s chief security architect, served as Crossbeam Systems' chief security strategist, was the CISO and director of enterprise security at a $25 billion financial services company and was founder/CTO of a national security consultancy amongst other startup endeavors.