Profile

Exiger is revolutionizing the way corporations, government agencies and banks navigate risk and compliance in their third-parties, supply chains and customers through its software and tech-enabled solutions.

Exiger’s mission is to make the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed.

Visit www.exiger.com.

Key Products

Exiger develops and delivers AI solutions that empower the public and private sectors to illuminate, orchestrate and secure their supply chains against third party and supply chain risk. Exiger offers customers a full suite of software solutions, including Supply Chain Explorer (single-click due diligence), SDX (supply chain visibility tool), Insight 3PM (AI risk management workflow), ExploreRx (pharma supply chain transparency), Ion Channel (software supply chain risk management), XSB (parts intelligence), aDolus (SBOM generator) and Versed AI (multi-tier visibility). These tools are powered by Exiger’s award-winning, proprietary AI research engine DDIQ and seamlessly integrated within 1Exiger—a single sign-on, intuitive, and comprehensive supply chain UX.

Key Executives

Brandon Daniels, CEO

Brandon Daniels is the CEO at Exiger, where he’s pioneering the development and scaling of innovative AI applications to solve complex supply chain challenges for Fortune 500 companies and 50+ customers across government agencies and the Defense Industrial Base. The seasoned tech executive has been tapped by the world’s most influential organizations to resolve high-profile crises, navigate complicated risk environments, and respond to urgent business problems with cutting-edge technology – from the mid-2000s financial markets regulatory overhaul to supply chain management for the COVID-19 Joint Acquisition Task Force. Prior to Exiger, Brandon served as President of Clutch Group and Vice President of CPA Global. Throughout his career, he has appeared in virtually every major business outlet, including CNBC, Fox Business, Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Brendan Galla, Chief Product Officer

Brendan Galla is the Chief Product Officer at Exiger, where he’s translating critical needs in the supply chain market into cutting-edge AI solutions that can be deployed across the private and public sectors. Brendan leads the development of technology products that are scalable, differentiated and cost-effective. Named a Top 25 RegTech Executive by The Financial Technology Report, Brendan has been at Exiger for nearly a decade and has been instrumental in the evolution of its product offering. Prior to Exiger, Brendan served as Senior Director of Product Management at SiteCompli. He also held leadership positions at Kroll and Alacra.

Cameron Holt, President, Government Solutions

Retired U.S. Air Force Major General Cameron Holt is the President of Exiger Government Solutions, where he’s leading the scaling and deployment of Exiger’s AI solutions across the U.S. Federal Government and Defense Industrial Base to protect the nation’s most important supply chains. General Holt completed an exemplary 32 years of military service, including four years as Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting) for the Air Force and Space Force, where he oversaw a global contracting portfolio valued in excess of $825 Billion and 8,000+ contracting professionals worldwide, executing the full range of operational, enterprise sourcing and major weapons systems contracting worldwide. He sits on the Board of Directors of the National Contract Management Association and the American Society of Military Comptrollers’ Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System Reform Task Force.

Carrie Wibben, President

Carrie Wibben is the President of Exiger. She leads strategic go-to-market and engagement across Exiger’s most critical accounts and oversees Exiger Government Solutions. Honored with the National Defense Industrial Association’s Dr. Desmond G. Newman Award for Supply Chain Excellence,she brings extensive military and government experience and was instrumental in securing Exiger’s $74 million GSA contract and FedRAMP Moderate and Impact Level 4 accreditation. Wibben served as the Deputy Director of DCSA and Principal Deputy for Counterintelligence, Security and Law Enforcement at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. She’s held senior positions at OMB and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. A West Point graduate, she served as a U.S. Army Officer and was the first woman to serve as Commander of the Guard for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Clewin McPherson, CISO

Clewin McPherson is Exiger’s Chief Information Security Officer, where he works at the frontlines to safeguard Exiger’s clients’ and business infrastructure. He leads a team of world class security engineers, governance professionals and technical experts to ensure IT security and infrastructure resilience across the organization. Recognized for his cybersecurity expertise by Worlds Leaders, Clewin brings extensive IT experience and previously served as Information Security Manager for Ernst & Young’s IT Advisory Services.

Eli Cherkasky, COO

Eli Cherkasky is the COO of Exiger, where he’s behind the organization’s unique ability to scale and continuously improve its business operations. Eli has led several key internal improvement and evolution initiatives to invest in product innovation, growth and talent. Eli is responsible for global operations, including managing business costs, product roll-out, sales enablement, change management and post-acquisition integrations. Prior to Exiger, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, where he worked in the Rackets Bureau prosecuting high-profile cases. Eli spent two years as an Associate in KPMG’s Forensic Practice.

Jon Goldman, President, Commercial Business

Jon Goldman is the President of Exiger’s Commercial Business, where he oversees the organization’s entire commercial market segment, leading strategy, operations and execution. Jon is responsible for ensuring that Exiger’s commercial teams bring disruptive and impactful AI to solve commercial market supply chain crises. Jon brings more than 20 years of senior business leadership experience to the organization. Prior to Exiger, he served as Vice President of Corporate Development for ISN. Throughout his career, he has held senior roles at KeyPoint Government Solutions, Altegrity, Labat-Anderson, and Philips Healthcare.

Kody Gurfein, CMO

Kody Gurfein is the Chief Marketing Officer at Exiger, where she leads marketing that powers revenue growth, educates commercial and government stakeholders on critical supply chain issues, and transforms the way the market thinks about risk management and AI. She joined Exiger nearly a decade ago to launch the organization’s marketing function and held various roles before becoming the organization’s first CMO. During her tenure, she founded and now chairs Exiger WINs (Women’s Initiative Networks) and has partnered with global NGOs. The STEVIE Award-Winning “Marketing Executive of the Year” is a member of both the Forbes Communications Council and Chief.

Matt Hibbard, CFO

Matt Hibbard is the CFO at Exiger, where he directs the organization’s short- and long-term financial strategy. From driving ARR growth to optimizing profitability to support the organization’s global expansion, Matt is a vital partner to Exiger’s CEO and Board. A seasoned business operator, he has extensive experience leading high-growth SaaS businesses – both public and private – through buyouts, equity and debt capital raises, and IPOs. Matt previously served as CFO of Welltok, Lifesize, Distill Networks and Xoom, as well as Controller for OpenTable.

Customer Insights

Exiger’s case studies, which detail how customers have successfully leveraged Exiger’s software to transform their organizations and safeguard their operations, are available on the company’s website at: https://www.exiger.com/perspectives/

The industry-specific page also spotlights positive reviews from Exiger customers, such as: 

“Exiger represents the gold standard in corporate compliance and integrity assurance.” – Draft Kings, CEO

“Insight 3PM is a mainstay of our program. Everyone with whom I have worked over the course of this relationship has provided great customer service to ensure we have what we need to be able to move forward as efficiently as possible.” – Regional Ethics and Compliance Officer and Corporate Counsel for the Americas and Europe

“Exiger has met every requirement form the government and is continually looking to improve the relationship and find ways to accommodate the government’s needs.” – U.S. Federal Government Client

“Exiger has been a valuable partner…and understands the need to ensure the security of our supply chain. They offer a valuable service that meets all of our current needs and have anticipated our future needs and continuously develop and hone their product to exceed expectations.” – U.S. Federal Government Client

“We picked Exiger to design and review elements of our program because you have the deepest FCC bench of anyone on the street.” – Leading Global Payments Processor, Global Head of Financial Crimes

Intelligence Analyst at Fortune 500 Multinational Tech Corporation:

“The DDIQ Explorer tools are incredibly valuable resources enabling our team to obtain detailed insight into a company’s shipping footprint and cyber profile [ … ] the commerce tool informs our analysis and enables our team to deliver results to our customers on a consistent basis.”

“We were able to change the game on supply chain using commercially available tools, and one of them for the trusted capital program is called Exiger DDIQ.” – Acquisition CISO at the U.S. DoD

“I love the solution and love the team. If every company was doing what Exiger was doing, the counterfeit business would be out of business. They are trusted partners in a very challenging field.” – Energy Focused Government Agency

“What [Exiger] brings to the table is a best of breed solution that looks at all the data they have, builds simple Al reports for their performance metrics, and emphasizes ease of use and comprehensiveness in a way that is better than others.” – Former Sales Leader, major SCRM player

“my team was tasked with identifying high-impact vendors in a specific region. exiger’s supply chain explorer quickly gave us visibility not only into risk with direct suppliers, but also allowed us to work into the nth-tiers. given the quick turnaround time of the request, exiger’s tool proved invaluable to providing a timely and thorough answer to our stakeholders.”

“Our business intelligence compliance team continues to implement risk-based due diligence of selected direct suppliers via our third-party risk management platform, Exiger, to better understand its modern slavery risk profile. Exiger has been designed to assess potential human rights risks by applying weighting and scoring methodology against universally recognized human rights risk indices.” – Quantas

“The COVID-19 pandemic taught us that managing third-party relationships according to their criticality and risks has never been more vital to a healthy supply chain. As more frequent and challenging disruptions are expected in the future, focusing on continuous innovation and enhancing operations is paramount to our success and necessary to maintain a competitive advantage in an increasingly competitive marketplace.” – Alfio Difranco, J.D., CTPRP, Director, Supply Chain Northwell

“By implementing advanced technologies, we’ll gain the capability to dynamically segment our vendor population into risk tiers, while also leveraging NLP and AI assisted deep web searching that will bring greater insight into our supply chain, and ongoing monitoring of critical suppliers.” – Jessica Olphie, MPA, CMRP, VP, Supply Chain, Northwel

Investors

In December, Exiger entered into a definitive agreement through which it received a majority investment from funds managed by global investment firm The Carlyle Group, global software investor Insight Partners and global growth equity firm JMI. The landmark partnership, which was covered extensively in the media, enables Exiger to continue investing in its award-winning product portfolio of AI solutions that are used in critical applications across government and commercial markets (Read).

Corporate Responsibility

Exiger’s leadership is deeply committed to the mission of making the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed. This mission is ingrained in the organization’s culture, influencing everything from hiring practices to product development. The result is a team driven by a shared purpose, focused on making a meaningful impact on both customers and the broader global community.

The product, sales and delivery teams at Exiger are focused on empowering customers and putting their hard work in the spotlight:

• Contributing to customer’s media profile (Revlon’s Deputy Chief Compliance Officer).


• Supporting a customer’s industry leading book on software supply chain security.


• Providing the tech behind programs in Gartner’s Supply Chain Top 25.


• Providing the tech cited in 17+ corporate public statements on ending modern slavery. 


• Launching a leadership network and forum with ProcureTech.

Championing its customers, marketing launched its first-ever brand campaign in 2024:

• “Save the Day” portrays supply chain professionals in relatable work settings and explains how seemingly ordinary employees are actually making an enormous difference in the world. 


• Customer superheros were displayed around the world across print + digital (WSJ + Politico), Dulles Airport, Gartner flagship supply chain conferences in Barcelona and the U.S. including :15 second commercial spots.


• It surpassed WSJ industry benchmarks, garnering 2M+ impressions in its first month – and was activated at Gartner’s Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™, complete with custom superhero caricature drawings and take-home coloring books.

Exiger’s talent and culture team is laying the groundwork to carry the organization’s mission forward  into the future: 

• Exiger partnered with the Institute for American Apprenticeship to launch the first Department of Labor-registered apprenticeship program for supply chain professionals.


• Exiger maintains several inclusive career sponsorships / programs, including MENTOR, Department of Defense SkillBridge, and Pivotal Venture’s BreakThrough Tech internship program for women in technology and STEM fields.


• Exiger founded the Women’s Initiative Network, an initiative to close the gender gap in tech and STEM fields, and Exiger Cares, the organization’s community service initiative.

And the leadership team cultivates high-level partnerships to lend Exiger’s AI to help solve of society’s biggest challenges: 

• Exiger sponsors Slave-Free Alliance, a nonprofit helping organizations eliminate exploitation from their supply chains, and Hope for Justice, a charity preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society. It also works with Anti-Slavery Collective as well as other NGOs dedicated to stamping out modern slavery.


• Exiger’s technology has been used in investigations, has substantiated allegations and flagged instances of human rights abuses.