Hunter ELY

Hunter Ely

SLED Field Strategist
Research universities

Hunter Ely serves as the SLED Field Strategist within the SLED Programs
Office
Hunter has served in operational, tactical, and strategic roles within major
research universities as well as health science centers.
Over the past 20 years, Hunter has held positions within networking,
infrastructure, and security organizations including cyber forensics, sales
engineering, and leadership positions.
Hunter comes to Palo Alto Networks with seven years as a Chief
Information Security Officer (CISO) at Tulane University focusing on
reducing risk, on driving down TCO, and on building out a cross-functional
security organization.
Hunter’s experience includes working with law enforcement, medical
centers, colleges, and other constituencies to build robust and thoughtful
security solutions to complex problems.