Our SIP Team
Your Dedicated C-Level Resources

Lynn Terwoerds, MA
- Twenty-five years as a technology thought leader and cybersecurity risk strategist for large multi-nationals, who is applying next-gen standards to integrating the business agenda, customer criticality, and tech transformation.
- Former Executive Director, Executive Women’s Forum on Information Security, Risk and Privacy.
- Senior Director, Audit and Risk, for Oracle’s Global Healthcare Business Unit, leading a global team responsible for the Unit’s passing the annual external HIPAA audit.
Improved the compliance posture of an acquired startup whose clinical trial solution was being used by large pharmaceuticals; orchestrated external customer audits of the Unit’s healthcare data and controls; instituted a mature incident response program; and closed security-privacy control deficiencies with acquired companies. - At Barclays PLC in London, head of Global Security Architecture, Standards, and Engineering – focusing on global cybersecurity-IT risk management, large security program implementation, and regulatory compliance.
Managed an £8.5M budget, overseeing managers across the U.K., Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Aligned security standards to ISO27001; led a £500K identity and access management project that included piloting a SOX application recertification tool. - As Senior Security Strategist during ten years at Microsoft, involved at the forefront of global security incident response and crisis management as part of the early Microsoft Security Response Center; contributed to the inaugural Trustworthy Computing group.
Program Manager, Security Response Center, addressing their largest incidents with Blaster, Sasser, Code Red, and Nimda; represented Microsoft at the IT-ISAC, and a sub-committee of the POTUS National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (DoD Top Secret security clearance). - Former Member, The President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
- Board Director, First Fed (FNWB); Advisory Board for CONTAINN (cloud security and compliance); Chair, Northwest Maritime Center; Founding/Advisory Board Member, Executive Women’s Forum.
- Founding Member, Cloud Security Alliance and Member, Cyber Future Foundation.
- Early recipient of the NACD Directorship Certification.
- M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia
- B.A., University of Toledo

Richard Dluhy, B.Sc.
- Thirty-five years of executive leadership across operations, sales, and marketing — spanning large global enterprises, mid-market growth companies, and early-stage ventures. Proven track record of accelerating revenue and building organizations that scale.
Lead-by-example executive with mature, trusted C-suite and Board relationships network. Combines leadership education with measurable, hands-on execution to deliver predictable business outcomes and lasting organizational capability across operations, sales, and marketing functions.
Champion of sales and operational automation through AI and low-code/no-code solutions: Modernizes business processes, reduces revenue cycle friction, and positions clients to competitively thrive in dramatically evolving markets. - Deep expertise in cybersecurity, GRC, and AI-driven transformation — guiding vendor and partner relationships across risk management, compliance, and next-generation technology solutions.
- Founder and Principal of his own firm, delivering hands-on boutique consulting including as a SIP partner in the ValueRISE growth and GTM program, sales process design, ideal customer profiling, and predictable revenue generation through direct and channel sales.
- Enterprise commercial expertise from experience at industry leaders IBM, SAP, Computer Associates, and Keane Consulting. Led C-suite and Board level strategic initiatives in security, risk management, asset management, and technology transformation.
- Former Vice President, Sales and Marketing, in full-time and fractional roles.
Architect of high-impact channel and partner programs. Established a strategic IBM partner framework (sell to, sell through, sell with) that culminated in IBM Tivoli acquiring the software company. Developed third-party partner ecosystems with SAP, IBM, and CA to accelerate MRR and annual recurring revenue growth. - Trusted growth advisor to Managed Service Providers, MSSPs, and Systems Integrators.
Strategic connector for technology vendors, C-level management services, and operational risk management solutions through a curated global ecosystem. - Strategic Advisor for M&A positioning and growth readiness.
Partnered with early-stage and scaling businesses to sharpen their market position, optimize operations, and prepare for merger, acquisition, or investment milestones. - Completed and delivered sales training and methodologies: Miller Heiman, Solution Selling, MEDDIC, Conceptual Selling.
- Former Member, Board of Directors, Chester County SPCA; Horsepower for Life; Designing4Hope; and Team CMMD Foundation.
- Member, Toastmasters International.
- B.Sc., Business Administration and Management, Montclair State University

Andy Sherman, A.B.
- Thirty years of sales leadership across global enterprises, startups, and turnarounds — helping companies accelerate scalable, sustainable growth by aligning Sales Strategy, Story, Messaging, Technology (AI), Process, and People.
- Founder and Principal of his own firm, partnering with SIP in the ValueRISE growth and GTM program, helping clients operationalize their go-to-market strategy involving the design and execution of AI-powered Sales Playbooks, building sales teams, and developing modern infrastructures.
Enables and empowers teams for revenue performance acceleration in the current market context of volatility, disruption, and uncertainty. - Former Consultant, Whitman Transition Advisors, driving growth for its MSP practice via GTM strategies and AI-powered sales enablement services.
- Founding Vice President, NaviSite, initiating and growing revenue to $100M in four years, resulting then in a successful IPO.
Built from scratch, and scaled, a high-performing team to over 100 revenue operations professionals. - Former V.P. of Sales, CEO, and turnaround leader at multiple venture-backed software and services companies, including Webevent and Centerstone Software, driving 2X revenue and strategic growth leading to successful exits.
- Chief Operating Officer, Ntirety, a managed services firm. Drove sales and marketing acceleration, and led operations, to enable a successful acquisition by HOSTING.
Later served as Chief Marketing Officer of HOSTING, a $100M managed services leader. - President and CEO, Centerstone Software, accelerating growth via an overhaul of the GTM strategy, and an advanced product planning and development process, that then led to a successful exit.
Tripled quarterly sales and doubled annual revenue. Guided major agreements, supported by the building of a professional services organization, that doubled the company’s overall business for three successive quarters. - Earlier career included sales roles at IBM and Apple, twice earning a top-performing National Accounts District Manager award and later appointed to the corporate team to drive strategic account initiatives.
- Completed IBM IT services and tech consulting development programs in Sales Training and Methodologies, IBM Needs Satisfaction Selling, Miller Heiman, SPIN Selling, and Solution Selling.
- Recent certifications in Black Belt (BB), Simple Academy; Rhythm Maker Coach, Catipult.ai; and Sales Leader, Sales Xceleration®.
- Founding Board Member and President, Friends of Harold Parker State Forest, supporting conservation and recreation projects.
- A.B., Dartmouth College

Eliza Erskine, MA
- Founder and Principal of her own firm, providing Impact/ESG program design and implementation services to high-growth companies: ESG strategies, carbon footprint analysis, net zero strategy, and B Corp certification conformance.
- Speaker at various industry events, such as Terra.do, 500 Startups, the Consulate General of the Netherlands, and the Connecticut Sustainable Business Council.
- Subject Matter Advisor, Good.Lab; Executive in Residence, The Fashioneering Lab.
- ESG Lead, Kara, focused on supporting venture capital investors and technology companies in streamlining their climate disclosures and ESG reporting processes.
- Business Specialist, Federated Investors, providing operational and development support for local government investment pools valued at $76B.
Created project and test plans for 25 issues annually; produced a statistics dashboard for reporting. - Client Service, Massachusetts Municipal Depository Trust, demonstrating operational and implementation processes for current clients, including participating in business development and project planning.
- Community Business Outreach Coordinator, New Generation Energy, responsible for the local+GREEN program to increase business owner and government engagement.
- At MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International):
As ESG Client Services Associate, conducted training on multiple MSCI products; advanced internal projects while maintaining over 350 relationships.
As ESG Analyst, covered the ESG metrics of approximately 350 small market capitalization companies to evaluate risk exposure, presented developing issues to the ESG Small Cap team, and provided feedback and edits on over 100 company profiles. - M.A., Sustainability and Environment Management, Harvard University (Extension School)
- B.B.A, Questrom School of Business – Entrepreneurial Studies & Business Law, Boston University
“Art’s team works as a partner, not as a vendor of services. They ask the right questions, really understand the business, engage the relationship team, push back when appropriate, and deliver results that are right on target.”
Robert Posten
Co-Chairman, Comanche Holdings, LLC; Former President & Co-Chairman, Landis Strategy & Innovation.
