Chief Marketing Officer
Neal Hartsell is Chief Marketing Officer at Gradient Cyber, a managed extended detection and response (MXDR) provider serving mid-market U.S. organizations, including schools. Neal has spent 20+ years in cybersecurity, following two decades in telecom and data communications. At Gradient Cyber, he leads marketing and go-to-market strategy and authors much of the company's technical content on how Quorum AI, its AI-native MXDR platform, detects and responds to threats. Neal speaks regularly on how lean IT teams can get enterprise-grade detection and response. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from NC State University and an MBA from UNC Chapel Hill.
