Cynthia Hetherington is a strategic business leader and cybersecurity expert with over 25 years of experience advising Fortune 500 executives and boards on corporate intelligence, risk management, and data privacy. Her entrepreneurial career spans founding and scaling multiple successful organizations while maintaining consistent growth and profitability through rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscapes and regulatory environments.

As CEO and Founder of Hetherington Group since 1999, Cynthia has built a market-leading investigative intelligence firm from inception to over $5M in annual revenue with 30+ employees, maintaining 20% year-over-year growth. She develops comprehensive risk management frameworks for Fortune 500 clients, helping C-suite executives and boards identify and mitigate global threats across cybersecurity, employment, data compliance, reputational damage, corporate security, and intellectual property. Cynthia pioneered innovative investigative due diligence methodologies that combine traditional corporate intelligence with advanced cyber intelligence, enabling clients to make critical decisions in high-stakes mergers, acquisitions, and investment opportunities. Integral to all her work, Cynthia builds and maintains key relationships across government agencies, law enforcement, regulatory bodies, and corporate security departments.

Cynthia received a Master of Science Management with a focus on Management of Information Systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, a Master of Library Science from Rutgers University, a Bachelor of Science in Philosophy from Montclair State University, and an Associate of Arts from Bergen Community College. 

Rocky is the Founder and CEO of the NoW of Work, a business transformation firm dedicated to building naturally innovative and agile teams that can thrive in exponential times. He combines more than a decade of senior leadership experience in large organizations with ten years in startup technology, shaping what he believes is the essential cultural and operational DNA required for modern companies to remain relevant and competitive.

In recent years, Rocky and his team have delivered AI strategy, training, and coaching to hundreds of AI Champions and organizations across every sector in North America. Prior to founding the NoW of Work, he served as Vice President and Head of Corporate Innovation at the BC Tech Association. Rocky is also a three-time tech startup founder, with one successful exit.