Executive Profile: Tiffany Jones of Symantec
Tiffany Jones
Tiffany Jones is director of Public Sector Strategy and Programs for Symantec. In this position, she is responsible for the company’s North American government relations. She oversees the company’s relationships with federal customers as well as Business Software Alliance, ITAA and other trade associations.
Before joining Symantec in 2003, Jones was deputy chief of staff of the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board in January 2002. Here, she was responsible for Government Affairs, Public Affairs, Cybersecurity Education and Awareness programs, and industry outreach, along with all of her deputy chief of staff responsibilities. She was also a part of coordinating the town hall events for the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace dialogue and was involved in the drafting of the document.
Earlier in her career, Jones served in the Coast Guard, her most recent assignment belonging with Coast Guard Congressional Affairs, where she served as a liaison for the Coast Guard and Department of Transportation. She was also executive officer aboard the cutter GRAND ISLE and deck watch officer and assistant operations officer aboard the cutter JUNIPER before that position.
Jones graduated from the Coast Guard Academy.
Her military awards include a Coast Guard Commendation Medal, two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, several Commandant’s Letter of Commendation Ribbons, the Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation award, Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation award, six Special Operations Ribbons, the Sea Service Ribbon and other unit citations.
[...] Tiffany Jones joined Symantec Corporation eight and half years ago to stand up its office in Washington, D.C., and the government relations public policy and government relations team, which she ran for about seven years. More recently, she become director of Public Sector Strategy and Programs teams. In her role, she manages Symantec’s relationships with the major systems integrators and the company’s program’s business, capture and proposal management function and business development teams. Prior to Symantec, Jones was a Coast Guard officer, with her most recent assignment belonging with Coast Guard Congressional Affairs. Other assignments include Ops officer on a ship out of Newport, R.I.; executive officer of a patrol boat out of Gloucester, Mass.; and deputy chief of staff for Richard Clarke in the White House. As deputy chief of staff, Jones was part of standing up the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and Cybersecurity Office, as well as releasing the President’s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. [...]