Our Board

Throughout her impressive and diverse career, Stacey Caster has earned a reputation for being a forward-thinking leader, business consultant, executive coach, and workshop facilitator. Possessing an innate understanding of people, businesses, and systems that she has continued to develop throughout her 25+ year career, Stacey has been recognized for her innovative approach to organizational structure, management, and leadership development.  

At the core of her work, she was responsible for increasing the value and performance of senior leaders, c-level executives, organizations, and teams and delivering the necessary support to help businesses run smoothly.  

Stacey is an accomplished and well-respected speaker, consultant, and engaging business coach.  She’s also an accomplished business leader specializing in technology and business operations, Stacey is constantly driven to transform obstacles into opportunities and challenges into possibilities for her clients.  

Chosen by LA Weekly as one of the “Top 10 Leadership Coaches to Watch”

* RISE Mentor of the year
* ICF Certified Executive Coach
* Certified Master Facilitator 
* Genos Emotional Intelligence Certified Practitioner

stacey@csadetroit.org

Ranu Parmar is currently the Chief Product Security Officer at Hitachi Energy. She has over 20 years of experience in IT and Enterprise security, risk management, and application security for cloud computing solutions in the banking and energy sectors dedicated to critical infrastructure protection.

Ranu has led and specializes in the risk and compliance team, including NERC-CIP standards in the energy sector. Her cybersecurity risk and compliance experience includes policy-driven automation and driving visibility for asset protection, Security Operations, Audit and Compliance reporting, and Securing industrial Products, Systems, and Services.

Ranu is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional with a Master of Science in Information Assurance from Eastern Michigan University

Ranu is one of the Co-Founders of the CSA Detroit Chapter and Women Security Alliance (Womsa.org)

ranu@csadetroit.org

Smruti Shah is the Director of Risk, Compliance and Delivery Division, for the State of Michigan's Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB). Shah implemented the Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) platform for the state of Michigan and manages risk and compliance for all 20 departments, through the GRC tool.

Ms. Shah brings extensive experience in privacy and security and risk management, within both private and public sectors. Prior to joining DTMB, Smruti served for 14 years, as the Privacy and Security Officer for Michigan Department of Treasury and established the security program within the Department of Treasury. Further, Shah interacted with the IRS, Social Security Administration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Customs and other federal and local units of the government.

Shah holds a bachelor’s in business administration and has certifications as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

smruti@csadetroit.org

Jaime Martinez has been a technology professional since 1985. He has worked in countless roles and technologies over the years affording him rich experience in Cybersecurity and IT Management. He presently is employed by General Dynamics Land Systems and leads teams of software developers providing safe and secure code within military vehicles for the war fighters. Within Cybersecurity he has specialties in Disaster Recovery, Vulnerability Management, IT Audit, Security Policy Development, Security Infrastructure and more.

He is also employed as an adjunct professor at several universities and colleges where he teaches IT and Cybersecurity courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. He participates in various formal mentor programs, mentoring students, aspiring professionals, and veterans entering the civilian workforce. As an educator and mentor, he is a well-known entity as over the years, he has taught thousands of students and mentored hundreds.

He volunteers as a reserve police officer since 2012. He presently serves with the rank of R/Sergeant with the Oakland County Sheriff Department. He possesses a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and a master’s degree from Walsh College. He possesses numerous certifications including the CISSP, CISA, CISM, CMMI, CDPSE and PMP.

jaime@csadetroit.org

Erin is a Major Account Sales Executive at Palo Alto Networks, with over 10 years of experience in the cyber security industry. She and her husband returned to their native Detroit in 2021 with their two daughters after living 12 years in Chicago. Before working her way into this industry, she spent 10 years traveling internationally as an export sales manager for a medical manufacturer. Erin enjoys helping large organizations build resilience, protect data and prevent threats. By joining the board of the CSA, she wants to help build a community in the Detroit area that brings practitioners, leaders and students together to educate each other on ever-evolving technologies. Staying ahead of the adversaries is a team sport.

erin@csadetroit.org

Born and raised in Chicago, Kirk has called Michigan home for over 20 years. An MSU

Spartan, father of 3 and travel enthusiast, Kirk joins the CSA with 25+ years of sales

experience, concentrating on meeting the Cybersecurity needs of his clients for over 10 years. Kirk has built his career on fostering strong, transparent, honest relationships with both clients and partners alike, as is evidenced by his belief that we are all fighting the same battles, making collaboration and mind share core tenets in the overall success of cyber security practices.

kirk@csadetroit.org