Umer Khan

Umer Khan is the Vice President of Information Technology and Security at SpaceX, a company that designs, manufactures, and launches the world's most advanced rockets and spacecraft. His role is to deliver technology and provide security to enable a business comprised of rocket scientists and engineers, full-scale USA-based manufacturing, and mission-critical launch, control, and recovery. Umer is also a partner of Mentors Fund, a seed stage venture fund investing in tech startups transforming traditional verticals.

Umer has served as an author, editor, and reviewer for several technical publications related to networking, security, and UNIX, and his "Cisco Security Specialist’s Guide to PIX Firewalls" book became a best-seller in the industry. He holds 25 professional certifications, and has filed for three US patents.

Umer received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Illinois Tech and his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.