Meet the Team

Sagar Pandya

Sagar Pandya is a technology entrepreneur, cybersecurity leader, and former MSP owner with more than 20 years of experience across IT, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and business leadership.

Sagar co founded Middleground Technologies, an IT and cybersecurity services company, and spent nearly 14 years as its CEO. He built and scaled the company across managed IT, cloud, cybersecurity, and related technology services before its acquisition by Ntiva in 2023. He subsequently served as Vice President of AI at Ntiva, leading AI and digital transformation strategy for mid market and enterprise organizations.

As CEO of DrivnCyber, Sagar brings the perspective of someone who has lived the challenges MSPs face when protecting clients, managing cyber risk, responding to security incidents, and navigating the growing connection between cybersecurity and insurance. His experience helps Drivn build solutions around the realities of the MSP environment rather than approaching cyber insurance solely from an insurance perspective.

Sagar leads Drivn's vision of bringing MSP expertise, cybersecurity intelligence, and specialized insurance together to create a more connected approach to managing cyber risk for MSPs and the businesses they protect.

Tim Padgett

Tim Padgett is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, and business development leader with more than 30 years of experience helping companies strengthen their brands, build relationships, and create new opportunities for growth.

Tim is the founder of Pepper Group, a B2B marketing agency he established in 1994. Over three decades, he has worked with organizations ranging from emerging businesses to Fortune 1000 companies, helping leadership teams develop strategies around positioning, lead generation, branding, sales growth, and market expansion. His work has also included relationships with private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

As Chief Revenue Officer at DrivnCyber, Tim focuses on business development, strategic partnerships, and go to market growth. He works closely with MSP leaders and industry partners to identify opportunities where cybersecurity, insurance, and risk management can work together more effectively.

Tim brings a relationship driven approach to growth, helping Drivn turn its differentiated cyber insurance model into meaningful partnerships and a scalable path to market.

Robert “Bob” Frick

Robert “Bob” Frick brings more than 30 years of Property and Casualty insurance experience to DrivnCyber, with deep expertise in commercial insurance, risk management, large retention programs, and captive insurance strategies.

Throughout his career, Bob has held leadership and client advisory roles with major insurance organizations including Marsh, Willis, and Gallagher. He also spent more than 20 years as a principal and Chief Operations Officer of R&R Benefits/Risk Management. His entrepreneurial experience includes owning and selling an insurance brokerage and starting and successfully selling a reinsurance company.

At DrivnCyber, Bob brings the insurance industry perspective to a team built around connecting cybersecurity, MSP operations, and insurance more effectively. His experience helps guide carrier strategy, risk structure, insurance operations, and the development of scalable approaches designed to better align coverage with the real world risks businesses and their MSP partners face.

Emilio Abdala, PhD

Emilio Abdala is a marketing strategist, educator, and business advisor with more than 25 years of experience helping organizations understand their markets, strengthen their positioning, and build relationships that drive growth.

At DrivnCyber, Emilio focuses on market development, MSP engagement, and education. He helps translate complex cyber insurance and risk concepts into clear, relevant messaging that helps MSP leaders better understand the connection between cybersecurity, client risk, and insurance.

Emilio brings extensive experience in marketing strategy, research, business development, and B2B relationship building. He has held leadership roles with organizations including Nielsen and has advised businesses across a wide range of industries. He also teaches marketing and business courses at the university level.

At DrivnCyber, his focus is simple: help build awareness, educate the market, develop meaningful MSP relationships, and turn those relationships into a scalable growth channel.