Strider Names Former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency George C. Barnes as Advisor
Salt Lake City, UT (April 8, 2025) – Strider Technologies, Inc. the leading provider of strategic intelligence, today announced that George C. Barnes, former Deputy Director of the U.S. National Security Agency, is joining the company as an Advisor. In this role, Barnes will support Strider’s efforts to enhance its strategic intelligence capabilities to meet the growing demands of organizational leaders navigating this new geopolitical environment.
“George is an incredibly experienced and well-respected leader within the American intelligence community, and we are honored to have him join the Strider team,” said Greg Levesque, CEO and Co-Founder of Strider Technologies. “He understands the importance of speed from insight to action—and the need to make those decisions with confidence. We look forward to collaborating as we develop new capabilities and tools to counter state-sponsored threats, safeguard critical assets, and secure innovation.”
“The global battle for superiority across technology and talent extends well beyond government, threatening organizations across industry and academia on an unprecedented scale,” said Barnes. “Strider is answering the bell—delivering strategic intelligence and developing new technologies that enable organizations to not just survive but thrive in this environment. I am proud to join Strider at this critical moment when their cutting-edge intelligence capabilities are sorely needed here in the U.S. and around the world.”
George Barnes served as the Deputy Director and civilian leader of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) from 2017 to 2023 where he oversaw strategy execution, policy creation, and operations.
His tenure as Deputy Director was the culmination of a 36-year career at NSA. Previously, he held numerous technical and organizational leadership roles spanning intelligence collection operations, intelligence target analysis, foreign liaison and industrial partnership management, workforce support, and global enterprise governance.
Today, Mr. Barnes is a Partner at Red Cell Partners, where he serves as the President of the firm’s cybersecurity practice. Mr. Barnes is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. In 2020, he was honored as a Distinguished Alumni by the University of Maryland’s College of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
About Strider
Strider is the leading strategic intelligence company empowering organizations to secure and advance their technology and innovation. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology alongside proprietary methodologies, Strider transforms publicly available data into critical insights. This increased intelligence enables organizations to proactively address and respond to risks associated with state-sponsored intellectual property theft, targeted talent acquisition, and third-party partners. Strider has operations in 15 countries around the globe with offices in Salt Lake City, Washington, DC, London, and Tokyo.
