Meet the Expletive: James Shank, Director of Threat Operations

### Executive Summary Expel announced James Shank as its first Director of Threat Operations, highlighting his 15-year cybersecurity career at Team Cymru, his leadership of the rapid-delivery "Madness and Mayhem" team, and his intent to scale threat intelligence to empower SOC teams with better context and responsiveness; the piece is an introductory profile rather than a technical incident report and includes personal anecdotes about travel and food.