Helen Yu 

Founder & CEO Tigon Advisory, Director Keenfolks, Verras Capital

Helen Yu is the founder and CEO of Tigon Advisory Corp, Vice Chair of Global Cybersecurity Association and Host of CXO Spice. As a Board Director, Helen brings a unique perspective to the board room, combining deep technology thought leadership, cybersecurity risk management, go-to-market strategy to deliver thoughtful questions and insights that help drive informed decisions. She helps CEOs achieve multibillion-dollar revenue growth and record profitability from start-ups to global titans like Oracle and Adobe. She is named as a Top 30 global thought leader in AI, Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation. She’s a board director at KeenFolks and Verras Capital. She’s spoken at IRM, SXSW, TiECon, Money20/20, FinTech Summit and NAMIC. An avid adventurer who trekked to Mt. Everest base camp and ice-climbed glaciers, her book Ascend Your Start-up: Conquer the 5 Disconnects to Accelerate Growth won wall street journal best seller in addition to first place in business category at New York book festival and firebird award.