Shannon Wilkinson

Shannon Wilkinson spent 12 years overseas working for the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations building mission critical software platforms. She co-founded Axiom Cyber Solutions with her husband, Troy, in 2015 and served as President until selling to private equity in 2019. In September 2019, she and Troy co-founded Tego Cyber Inc, a cybersecurity threat correlation company and she currently serves on the Board. Today, Shannon is the CIO & CISO for an automotive conglomerate headquartered in Las Vegas.

Shannon is an advocate for girls in STEM, and mentors young girls on their career paths.

She is a graduate of UNLV with a Bachelor's in Management Information Systems and earned her Master’s in Information Systems Management from the University of Phoenix.

Shannon has been honored with awards for Champion in Security for Inclusion, the Las Vegas Women in Technology – Cybersecurity, Las Vegas Women in Technology Entrepreneur, as well as appeared in the MyVEGAS Magazine Top 100 Women of Las Vegas several times.

In addition to writing “Prompted, Not Present”, Shannon is the author of “Ripping Off the Hoodie: Encouraging the Next Generation of STEM Girls” which became an Amazon #1 Best Seller and focuses on closing the gender gap within STEM fields and bringing more diversity into the industry.

Shannon and Troy are the proud parents of three daughters, all of which love technology and video games, a French bulldog named Hufflepuff, and a pink axolotl named Pearl.