Phil Celestini is Chief Security and Risk Officer at Syniverse. In this role, he leads security and risk management across the company, including adopting new technologies and building industry awareness of critical threats and opportunities arising from such areas as the Internet of Things and 5G. Phil's career spans more than 35 years across government, law enforcement and the military: from 1992 to 2018, he served as Special Agent in the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he was most recently Special Agent in Charge in Washington, D.C., and also served as the FBI's senior representative to the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command. Previously, Phil served as an intelligence operations officer in the US Air Force. He received his bachelor's degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy and holds a master's degree in public safety leadership.