TNN is a boutique enterprise software sales consultancy for startups and mature IT companies introducing new software products, especially in cybersecurity, mobility, and quantum augmented with AI. It was founded in Texas in 2006 by industry veteran Simon Hartley and today focuses on the Washington DC metro / DMV (DC, Maryland, and Virginia) area, covering local, national, and global government and enterprise organizations.
Simon Hartley leads cybersecurity transformation and go-to-market (GTM) at IBM Consulting for national critical infrastructure clients. Key focus areas are AI-driven security and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) readiness. He takes new cybersecurity capabilities from pilot and proof-of-concept (PoC) to enterprise scale.
He brings 15+ years of business development and GTM experience in regulated verticals, including defense, intelligence, federal, financial services, energy, telecom, and automotive/manufacturing. Before IBM, he led North American PQC for critical infrastructure at Quantinuum, spanning quantum-hardened communications for defense, smart-meter protection, and financial-sector migration standards.
Earlier, he launched the altOS secure-mobility platform at CIS Secure (CIS Mobile), hardened iPhones, Macs, and Galaxy smartphones for the Pentagon, and helped lead the largest secure mobile program in the US government. He co-founded RunSafe Security and held leadership roles at Kaprica Security (acquired by Samsung), Capgemini, HP, and Red Hat.
His Purdue DTech doctoral research examines why organizations delay adopting complex security technologies, using PQC as the critical case and AI to reduce adoption frictions.
CISSP | BS Physics | MS Law & Cybersecurity | MBA | Published author and public speaker | Top 25 thought leader
Member of InfraGard - a partnership between the FBI and members of the private sector for the protection of US Critical Infrastructure.
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- Maryland JKD Martial Arts
- "I have always been captivated by innovation and its capacity to make our lives, organizations, and communities better. Beyond that, in cybersecurity, it's about maintaining trust and keeping everyone safe and secure."
- "In launching new products, prospecting for gold isn't about furiously digging just everywhere, it's focusing on likely sites such as reefs or riverbeds. For a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), this translates into a laser-like focus on which problem are you solving for which customer group and then demonstrating the value add that you bring."
- "Thank you, Jackie, our girls, friends, colleagues, and teachers. Thank you to the giver behind each gift, and to the one giver behind all that I receive." (from draft doctoral thesis)