Karl Kispert
Chief Growth Officer
Karl is a cybersecurity and business growth executive with more than three decades of experience across executive leadership, sales and business development, cybersecurity consulting, and managed services. A former Chief Information Security Officer, he understands compliance and security from both the buyer’s and the provider’s side. At Elevate Consult, he connects business development, strategic accounts, partnerships, and service delivery to build a scalable growth engine for the firm.
Experience & Impact:
Karl has built and led cybersecurity and technology risk practices across consulting, managed services, and enterprise environments. As Director and Chief Information Security Officer at Sarnoff Corporation, he ran the company’s computer, physical, and government security programs across 14 domestic and international sites. As Global Solutions Director at Jefferson Wells, he held global responsibility for a $93 million technology risk practice with more than 400 delivery team members. As President and CEO of Infoaxis, he led the company through a cybersecurity and managed services growth phase, nearly doubling revenue year over year and reducing overdue accounts receivable from 47 percent to 7 percent.
He has also opened new markets and built sales organizations at firms including Aujas and Churchill & Harriman, closing multimillion dollar engagements with Fortune 500 clients.
The Executive Development Program
Certified Ziglar Legacy Trainer
Motivation, inspiration, and coaching.
B.S. in Criminal Justice
From the University of Scranton.