About Manifest

Daniel Bardenstein is the CEO and co-founder of Manifest. Prior to co-founding the company, Daniel served as the Chief of Tech Strategy at CISA, where he drove technology modernization and OT/ICS strategy across the agency, and led the development of the Cybersecurity Performance Goals. At the Defense Digital Service, he led cybersecurity programs across the Department of Defense, including securing the COVID-19 vaccines and the Hack the Pentagon program. Before joining the U.S. government, Daniel directed product teams at Exabeam and Palantir developing cybersecurity and data analysis platforms.

Marc Frankel is a co-founder of Manifest, board member and strategic advisory. Prior to co-founding the company, Marc held leadership positions at Expanse (acquired by Palo Alto Networks) and Palantir.  He holds degrees in International Security from The Fletcher School and in Russian Studies from Colgate University, and was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.

Rick is VP, Information Security at Centene Corporation and CISO of their Medicaid healthplan based in Charlotte, NC.  

In his prior role, Rick worked as Virtual CISO supporting international companies. During that time Rick educated corporate boards, developed and matured security programs, and created the curriculum for a Cybersecurity Master’s degree program for an International University.

Rick is a frequent speaker at cybersecurity conferences such as RSA, Secureworld, and FutureCon, and guest on numerous cybersecurity podcasts, including The CyberWire Hashtable, CISO Series, Google Cloud, and The Rsnake Show. He on the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) CXO Trust Advisory Council, and the Boards of his local Charlotte ISC2 and CSA Chapters.  He works with several Venture Capital and go-to-market firms reviewing security technology, as well as on the Board of Advisors for several startups. 

Rick is a member of the CIS Critical Security Controls editorial panel, and was a lead author on Version 8 of the Controls.  Rick has a Cybersecurity YouTube channel where he recorded an overview of changes to each of the 18 new CIS CSC v8 Controls, an has recent Keynotes and other videos on cybersecurity topics. 

Rick has alternated between being a cybersecurity management consultant and CISO throughout his 25+ year cybersecurity career, and has led many ethical hacking, incident response and forensics, and risk management teams. 

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Jim Langevin has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to Public Service. He was first elected to public office in 1985 as a Delegate to Rhode Island’s Constitutional Convention where he served as Secretary. In 1988 he was elected to the Rhode Island General Assembly where he served for 6 years. In 1994 he was elected Rhode Island Secretary of State. In 2001 he was elected to the US House of Representatives where he served for 11 terms. He was a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, where he was the Chairman of the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, and served as Senior Member on the House Committee on Homeland Security.

A national leader on cybersecurity, Langevin served on the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, co-founded the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus to increase awareness around the issue, and co-chaired the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency. He currently serves as The Distinguished Chair for the Institute for Cyber and Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College, a Strategic Advisor for Paladin Capital Group in Washington, DC and as a Policy Ambassador for the National Organization on Disabilities.

Janelle Romano serves as the Vice President of Cyberspace Operations for CACI, where she is  reponsible for the National Security and Innovative Solutions cyberspace strategy and the execution of a comprehensive cyber portfolio of products and services. Before joining CACI, Janelle was a member of the Senior Executive Service at the National Security Agency where she held various technical and leadership positions across the Cybersecurity, Operations, Capabilities, and Research Directorates. In addition to the Intelligence Community, Janelle also held leadership roles within a Defense Department technology office under USD. She serves on several boards of directors, including a leading commercial software company, a non-profit focused on cultivating the next generation of national security leadership and cyber talent, and a large, regional financial institution. Janelle holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Valparaiso University and an MS in Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

Internationally recognized for leading the global Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) movement, Dr. Allan Friedman transformed SBOM from a niche idea into a widely adopted pillar of cybersecurity policy and practice. Over his decade in public service, he has held senior roles at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), where he built and led groundbreaking efforts on SBOM, coordinated vulnerability disclosure, and IoT security.  His work shaped technical standards across sectors, and helped drive cybersecurity transparency policies in the European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act, and national strategies in Japan, India, and Korea, among others. By partnering with governments and advising global corporations and startups on building trust and resilience into the systems that matter most, Allan Friedman has built the relationships with relevant stakeholders that have forged the modern supply chain community around innovation to address real needs .

Before his time in federal government, he spent over a decade as a researcher and technologist, holding positions at Harvard University’s Computer Science department, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Brookings Institution, and George Washington University’s Engineering School. He was an early leader in research on the economics of security, and is the co-author of Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press), a popular and accessible guide to the global cyber landscape.

He holds a degree in computer science from Swarthmore College and a PhD in public policy from Harvard University. He remains a cheerful instigator of progress.