Collin Hogue-Spears

Collin Hogue-Spears is the Senior Director, DTE, at Black Duck Software, leading FedRAMP authorization and federal cybersecurity compliance. He has 20+ years in technology, including Senior Program Manager for AWS GovCloud, where he protected $3B in public-sector revenue. Quoted in Dark Reading, CSO Online, CPO Magazine, Cybernews, and Hackread on nation-state cyber operations, agentic AI security risks, and software supply chain compromise. His analysis focuses on state-sponsored supply chain campaigns and the governance gaps created by autonomous AI agents with enterprise access. He speaks intermediate Mandarin Chinese and tracks PRC cyber and AI strategy through primary-source government documents. CISSP | CISM | MBA, UMass Amherst