Brad Rager

CEO & Founder Crux

Brad is the founder & CEO of Crux, the first talent platform for cybersecurity.

He is a seasoned business executive with nearly 20 years of experience in consulting, strategy execution and marketing. Before founding Crux, Brad Rager led strategy and marketing for Optiv Security where he served as Chief of Staff, Senior Vice President, Strategic Execution responsible for setting the company's growth and transformation agenda.

Brad was Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at Bemis Company (now Amcor), where he ran a portion of the North American packaging business. In his time at Bemis, he also ran marketing and corporate strategy.

Prior to Bemis, Rager was a principal with Boston Consulting Group, where he spent 10 years working with clients from a variety of industries to drive growth and transformation agendas.

Rager earned a MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and has a degree in finance and political science from the University of Notre Dame. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.