ETSec Leadership
ETSec is guided by a team of strong and highly experienced executive leaders with deep roots in security technologies and business management. Their deep domain expertise, years of experience and outstanding visionary capabilities provide the solid foundation for ETSec's holistic approach to keeping today's organizations safely ahead of the security curve.

Executive Biographies

Susan DiBiase Lutz, Founder & CEO

As Founder and CEO of ETSec, Susan Lutz is keenly aware of the dangerous gap between technological advancement and information security. She founded ETSec to be both an evangelistic organization providing the most relevant and timely security advice, and a highly focused partner in helping organizations develop an effective security posture. Her vision is further bolstered by a passion to secure our nation by protecting its information.

Ms. Lutz brings nearly a quarter century of multidisciplinary experience in strategic selling, marketing, strategy planning, profit and loss, and technology solution implementation to ETSec. Her expertise in global systems integration and her extensive experience in telecom have been in demand around the world - including Singapore, the Philippines, London and New York.

Prior to founding ETSec, Ms. Lutz held numerous sales, marketing and executive management roles in several high-profile organizations. Ms. Lutz launched her career with RCA America as an engineer, quickly moving up the ranks to Marketing professional. She then went on join Cable & Wireless Company, bringing in several multi-million dollar contracts. From there, she held a series of executive-level positions with firms in the burgeoning markets of Southeast Asia, where she was instrumental in successfully orchestrating a $100 MM telecom merger between three major industry players. Ms. Lutz returned to the States in early 1996 to help launch a new GE Capital business unit that garnered more than $35 million contract value within its first year of operations.

Susan left GE Capital to help co-found and build SecureIT, an early pioneer firm in the evolution to secure enterprise computing. Here Ms. Lutz herself generated 90% of the company's revenue base, driving SecureIT's rapid success and culminating in SecureIT's acquisition by VeriSign Corporation. Susan was retained as a key leader in the transition that followed, holding several key executive positions over the next five years. In these roles she helped drive the business to $150 MM in revenue and build its practice up to 200 consultants.

Ms. Lutz' global technology background is enhanced by a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and ongoing graduate business education. She frequently presents on secure computing issues to various organizations, and is an active member in professional industry organizations including: ISSA, CSI, New Jersey Tech Council, and the Women in Technology Forum. Ms. Lutz can be reached directly by email at sdlutz@etsec.com.

Salvatore F. Barabuscio, Vice President Operations
In his roll as V.P. of Operations, Mr. Barabuscio brings over 25 years of expertise in strategic planning, finance, customer relations, personal management and logistical support to the ETSec Family.

Mr. Barabuscio is a graduate of Cabrini College and holds degrees in both History and Philosophy. He has served as Director of Operations for De Lang Landen Financial Services Corp. After leaving De Lang Landen he joined Canon Financial Services, Inc., the captive leasing company of Canon USA where he held the position of Director of Asset Management. In this roll, he was charged with the management of the company’s $1.3 Billion in assets. Throughout his career, Sal has participated in a variety of senior-management duties. In addition, Sal has held the positions of Vice President of Operations with Fleet Leasing Corp. and Director of Accounts Receivable for Eaton Financial Corporation/AT&T Leasing Services.