Upcoming Summits
James B. Johnson has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director since he joined our company in 2004. Prior to joining us, Mr. Johnson spent 27 years at Intel Corporation, where he served as Vice President of the Internet Service Operation and Director of Marketing for the Internet and Communications Group. He also co-founded and served as General Manager of Intel’s PC Enhancement Division, its retail products group. Mr. Johnson holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Jason Kaufman brings to The Chertoff Group over twelve years of investment banking and private equity investing experience, exclusively focused on middle market defense and government services companies. During his career, he has advised on over 50 merger, acquisition, private placement, and corporate divestiture transactions worth over $2.5 billion in deal value. He has advised and closed transactions with many of the leading firms in the defense and government services market, including AECOM Technology Corporation, BAE Systems, The Boeing Company, CSC Corporation, Honeywell International, Lockheed Martin, ManTech International, NCI Information Systems, Raytheon Company, and Veritas Capital.
At The Chertoff Group, Jason provides M&A advisory services to the firm’s clients to assist them in achieving their strategic objectives. Prior to joining The Chertoff Group, Jason was a Senior Vice President at BB&T Capital Markets | Windsor Group. He began his career with Jefferies Quarterdeck.
Mr. Kaufman received a MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, and a BS from Georgetown University.
Areas of Focus:
Hartford
June 17, 2025
Finance
June 24, 2025
Pittsburgh
June 24, 2025
St. Louis
June 25, 2025
Raleigh
July 15, 2025
DC Metro
July 17, 2025
Detroit
August 19, 2025
OWASP AppSec
August 20, 2025
Vancouver
August 20, 2025
Portland
August 26, 2025
Critical Infrastructure
August 26, 2025
Minneapolis
September 9, 2025
Chicago
September 10, 2025
Atlanta
September 19, 2025
Philadelphia
September 25, 2025
Columbus
September 30, 2025
Network Security
September 30, 2025
San Diego
September 30, 2025
Silicon Valley
October 8, 2025
Charlotte
October 9, 2025
Boston
October 16, 2025
Scottsdale
October 17, 2025
Dallas/Plano
October 21, 2025
Ransomware
October 29, 2025
Seattle/Bellevue
October 30, 2025
Houston
November 6, 2025
Identity & Access
November 11, 2025
New York
November 18, 2025
Nationwide
November 19, 2025
Los Angeles
November 20, 2025
Jacksonville
December 4, 2025
Finance
December 9, 2025
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