Training

Ron Ross

Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Ross specializes in information security, systems security engineering and risk management. He leads NIST's Federal Information Security Management Act Implementation Project, which includes the development of key security standards and guidelines for the federal government and critical information infrastructure. Ross also leads the Joint Task Force, an interagency partnership with the Department of Defense, Office of the Director National Intelligence, the U.S. Intelligence Community and the Committee on National Security Systems, with responsibility for developing the Unified Information Security Framework for the federal government and its contractors. In addition to his responsibilities at NIST, Ross supports the U.S. State Department in the international outreach program for information security and critical infrastructure protection. Ross has lectured at many universities across the country and has received numerous private sector cybersecurity awards.

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Dave Martin

Senior Director, Product Management - Threat Response, Open Systems

Dave Martin brings to Open Systems more than 20 years of experience with IT security and networking technologies in a variety of engineering, product marketing, product management and business development roles. He currently serves as the Senior Director, Product Management - Threat Response responsible for market positioning, product strategy and feature definition for Open Systems' global extended detection and response services.

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Chip Mason

Lead, Mainframe Security Product Management, Broadcom

Chip Mason has over 20 years of experience in the software industry. Chip leads strategy and product definition for Mainframe Security products in CA Broadcom. In this capacity, Chip works to guide integration and product development toward delivering valuable Security solutions, as well as acting as a subject matter expert assisting customers to ensure security and compliance. Chip has experience across many areas of Enterprise IT, including Security Management, Software Development, Service Management, and Event Management. Chip is certified in Scaled Agile Framework and ITIL.

Chip resides in Raleigh, NC where he enjoys his family and photography.

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Henk van Achterberg

Security Strategist, Symantec Enterprise Division | Broadcom

Henk van Achterberg is Symantec's Technical Architect for Zero Trust. His mission is to educate organisations about Zero Trust and to make sure their sensitive data is not accessed by compromised accounts, thus protecting their key corporate assets from potential breach. With technologies such as Symantec Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Secure Access Cloud (SDP), Symantec's leading Data Loss Prevention and Web Security Services, Henk guides customers towards Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) ensuring secure access to apps, data and services anywhere, any time. Henk is dedicated to implementing modern security strategies for customers who require immediate and uninterrupted access to critical resources, no matter where they are located,

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Chase Cunningham

CSO Ericom Software

Prior to Forrester Research, Chase was the director of cyber threat intelligence with Armor, where he designed and managed the cloud security and intelligence engine for their enterprise customers. A retired US Navy chief with more than 20 years' experience in cyberforensic and cyberanalytic operations, Chase has past operations experience, stemming from time spent in work centers within the NSA, CIA, FBI, and other government agencies. In those roles, he helped clients operationalize security controls; install and leverage encryption and analytic systems; and grow and optimize their security operations command systems and centers

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David Brancato

Director of Technical Marketing, Venafi

Dave has over 20 years of experience in cyber security as a hands-on practitioner in various roles including systems engineer, threat and risk manager and technical product manager, including extensive experience designing and deploying cryptographic infrastructure.

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Michael Thelander

Director of Product Strategies, Venafi

Michael has a 20-year history in product marketing and product management, with a focus over the last seven years on cybersecurity. He held senior product marketing and product management roles at security leader Tripwire, and has other career highlights that include co-founding a successful startup and receiving patents for network technology. He loves to educate markets, tell stories that demonstrate value, play music, and on occasion fly small airplanes into active volcanoes.

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Rich Thompson

VP, Global Sales Engineering, BlackBerry

Prior to joining BlackBerry, Rich has 25+ years of experience in security. This includes 21 years leading security efforts at the regional and national level in the retail industry, and 5+ years leading Sales Engineering and Professional Services efforts in the enterprise software industry.

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Togai Andrews

CISO, Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Chief Information Security Officer with proven history of building and advancing Cyber Security programs. He utilizes his experience in achieving risk reduction and minimizing the cyber threat landscape to ensure that people, processes and technologies are working together to enable the business/mission.

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Sujeet Bambawale

CISO, 7-Eleven

Prior to joining 7-Eleven, Bambawale spent five years at NetApp and over 10 years with Intuit after working with the information security and risk management teams at Ernst & Young and KMPG. He also led enterprise security at LifeLock, which was acquired by Symantec's Consumer Business Unit shortly after. Prior to joining the state of Delaware, Adote led FMC Inc.'s global IT cybersecurity team for six years. He was responsible for the security of a complex, 90-site international manufacturing and corporate network.

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Shehzad Merchant

Chief Technology Officer, Gigamon

Merchant serves as Chief Technology Officer of Gigamon, bringing more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry. He has a strong background in cyber security, networking and communications. His current areas of focus include cyber defense modeling, policy, as well as security in the world of connected devices. Merchant is the author of several networking, communications and security patents, and is a speaker and panelist at various industry events.

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Stephane Estevez

EMEA Product Marketing Director, IT Markets, Splunk

IT Operation Evangelist, Stéphane Estevez has over 20 years of product marketing experience in IT, across companies ranging from large multinationals to internet start-ups. Before joining Splunk, he was Backup & Disaster Recovery Product Marketing Manager at Quantum. Prior to this, he was EMEA Product Marketing Manager at NTT, a leading IT services and hosting company. In this role, he was responsible for launching and managing NTT Virtualization and Cloud offerings. Stéphane holds a Master's degree in Marketing and an MBA from ESG, one of the largest business schools in Paris.

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Dr Shane Shook

Fmr. Managing Director, PwC; Venture Consultant, ForgePoint Capital

Dr. Shane Shook

Fmr. Managing/Director at PwC, LEGC, & KPMG; Venture Consultant, ForgePoint Capital

Dr. Shane Shook is a recognized author, trainer and expert witness in cybercrime investigations, working with ForgePoint Capital and consulting to Fortune 500 clients across the US, UK and Japan.

Dr. Shook brings more than 30 years of experience in IT/risk management and cybersecurity investigations, including serving in Cryptology with the USAF, and in leadership roles at companies like PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG. He sits on the boards of several companies and is often called to testify on US state and federal administrative matters, and in criminal, class action, and IRS, SEC, EPA, and ITC cases.

Throughout his career, he has contributed to over a dozen patents and in conferences for technical standards definitions on security, communications, and operations continuity. He is a frequent presence in financial industry summits and periodicals concerning computer disaster recovery and application security practices. Dr. Shook holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix and a Phd. in Organization and Management, Communications Technology from Capella University. https://forgepointcap.com/team/shane-shook/

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Lisa Lorenzin

Director, Transformation Strategy, Zscaler

Lisa Lorenzin is Director of Transformation Strategy at Zscaler, specializing in secure access to private applications. She has worked in a variety of Internet-related roles since 1994, with over twenty years of focus on network and information security, and has contributed to open standards for endpoint integrity and network security from the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Lorenzin is currently concentrating on software-defined perimeter / zero-trust architecture and seamless user experience across cloud and mobile environments.

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Jorn Velaers

Vice President IT Infrastructure and Support Services, American Tower

Jorn Velaers brings nearly two decades of IT experience to American Tower, serving as Vice President IT Infrastructure and Support services. Velaers leads worldwide IT infrastructure and support services including physical and cloud data centers, network, storage, database administration, application administration, first-level service desk support, second- and third-tier application support. Velaers acts as the primary IT interface and liaison to corporate and regional IT leadership teams and is responsible for infrastructure strategy and vision, executing a multi-year services road map and budget. Prior to American Tower, Velaers held various roles of increasing responsibility at ARAMARK and was honored with the ARAMARK CIO Award For Excellence. He is fluent in four languages and holds a number of technology licenses and certifications.

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Scott Kern

Vice President, Customer & Technical Solutions HID Global, Identity and Access Management Solutions

Scott has over twenty years of experience implementing PKI-enabled solutions that provide identity and authentication capabilities to meet a wide variety of compliance-driven initiatives. He has worked closely with Fortune 100 and other companies and industry partners to gain the benefits of managed PKI as a Service by reducing complexity and cost while improving security and performance.

Prior to his current role with HID Global, Scott was Vice President of Solutions with HydrantID, a managed PKI service provider which was acquired by HID in 2019. His role included the design and launch of secure vault-based Offline Root Key Generation services which are used by industry leaders in multiple verticals, and the Dedicated Issuing CA product that is a widely used Microsoft CA replacement service.

Scott previously held the position of Lead Architect for Identity at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, where he led the design and development of the Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS) Gateway cloud service. The service platform is used by CVS, Express Scripts and other major pharmacies to sign and validate millions of PKI-based transactions daily. Prior joining Verizon, Scott held similar positions at SAIC, Arcot Systems, BeTrusted and Digital Signature Trust (purchased by IdenTrust in 2002).

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Simon Taylor

Channel Manager, nCipher Security

Simon Taylor has worked in the IT industry for more than 20 years, the last 15 years of which managing distribution and channel. During this time he has gained great insight and understating of what customers need to be secure and what partners need in order to be successful. Taylor has worked in multiple countries from the UK to Australia, Nordics and Baltics to Africa, and is now based in the Middle East. With this he has developed an understanding of local cultures, business practices and customer requirements.

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Sam Curry

Chief Security Officer, Cybereason

Sam Curry currently servers Chief Security Officer for Cybereason. Previously, he served as Chief Technology and Security Officer at Arbor Networks, where he was responsible for the development and implementation of Arbor's technology, security and innovation roadmap. Prior to that role, he spent more than seven years at RSA (the Security Division of EMC) in a variety of senior management positions, including Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Technologist and Senior Vice President of Product Management and Product Marketing. Curry has also held senior roles at Microstrategy, Computer Associates, and McAfee.

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Hank Schless

Sr. Manager of Security Solutions and host of the Endpoint Enigma podcast, Lookout

After working for fintech and database technology companies, Hank has found a home in cybersecurity. Before Lookout, he was the 20th employee at a cloud infrastructure security startup and helped the company grow to over 160 employees. At Lookout, he is a Senior Manager on the Security Solutions team, enabling internal teams and informing the market about the growing need to secure mobile devices as part of their larger security strategy.

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Russell Rice

VP, Product Strategy, Ordr

Russell Rice brings 25 years of experience in the network security industry and is current VP Product Strategy at Ordr. Russell has held senior leadership roles in product management, technical marketing, and engineering in startups and established companies spanning Cisco, Skyport Systems, Global Internet, and Dow Jones. At Cisco, Russell was the executive business leader for network access control (NAC), policy (including the Identity Service Engine / ISE), and remote access products. Russell is an accomplished speaker and his teams were responsible for the Cisco SAFE network security guidelines. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in computer science.

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