Paul Connelly
Former CISO at HCA Healthcare & The White House
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Paul Connelly joined Brighton Park Capital as a Senior Advisor in October of 2023. Paul built the first cybersecurity programs at two of the world’s highest risk organizations – the White House and HCA Healthcare (one of the largest healthcare providers in the U.S.) and led those programs for a combined 28 years in CISO roles. In-between those roles, he spent six years building a cybersecurity consulting practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Throughout, Paul has been a developer of people, with thirty-four team members selected for CISO positions. Paul is currently a Technical Advisor to the board of the U.S. Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network and Executive in Residence for Cybersecurity Programs at Belmont University.
Paul has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Food and Resource Economics from The University of Florida.
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