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Tom Barsi

Vice President, Business Development, Palo Alto

Tom Barsi is the Vice President of Cortex Ecosystems at Palo Alto Networks. He leads the team responsible for building, developing and managing global routes to market for Cortex, including NextWave channel resellers, global systems integrators, cloud service providers and managed services.

Tom joined Palo Alto Networks via the acquisition of Xpanse, the world’s leading attack surface management platform. Tom joined Xpanse from VMware Carbon Black, where he oversaw business development, global ecosystems and strategic partnerships. Tom has over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity for both public and private organizations building world-class ecosystems and strategic go-to-market partnerships.

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John Dwyer

Head of Research, IBM Security X-Force

John (@TactiKoolSec) is the Head of Research for IBM Security X-Force where he leads a team of security researchers working towards solution development, trend analysis, detection engineering, and integrating partner technologies into X-Force’s ecosystem.

As a researcher within X-Force, John focused his efforts on tracking and modeling adversary operations to develop immersive simulation exercises to help drive improvements in the areas of incident response, threat hunting, and detection engineering. Prior to joining X-Force John was a defensive cyber operations researcher working with the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force to develop and incident response capabilities.

John has spoken at multiple events including Black Hat, SANS Threat Hunting Summits, ISC2 Security Congress, and Fulbright Commission Cybersecurity Exchange.

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Demi Ben-Ari

CTO and Co-founder, Panorays

Demi Ben-Ari is co-founder and CTO at Panorays, which automates, accelerates and scales third-party security management. At Panorays, he is deeply committed to making third-party security management as seamless and as effective as possible. He is also an expert at building communities and networks, both online and offline, and is a recognized Google Developers Expert, is the co-founder of "Big Things."

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Kristina Avrionova

Principal Product Marketing Manager, Rubrik

Kristina Avrionova brings 15+ years experience in driving product awareness and adoption across the hardware and software markets. She is currently a Principal Product Marketing Manager at Rubrik.

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Robert Hamilton

Senior Product Marketing Manager - Data Loss Prevention, Symantec

As Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Data Loss Prevention at Symantec, Robert Hamilton works with security and privacy executives at leading Fortune 500 companies across all industries to help them protect their confidential data. Symantec is the acknowledged market leader in Data Loss Prevention with the only unified solution to discover, monitor, and protect confidential data wherever it is stored or used.

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Kev Johnson

Technical Marketing Architect, Rubrik

Kev is a Technical Marketing Architect at Rubrik, where he builds content like technical white papers, labs, best practices guides, the inevitable blog or two, and speaks at events to help customers unleash the power of Rubrik Security Cloud. Outside of work you'll often find him on the sofa with his pets, out walking in the beautiful English countryside, or trying to justify what he just ate.

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Kim Lambert

Principal Product Marketing Manager, Rubrik

Kim Lambert is a product marketing and business resiliency evangelist with over 16 years of experience in various industry sectors, including cybersecurity, financial services, media, telecom and technology service providers. She has a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Entrepreneurship & Innovative Technology Management from Virginia Tech. At Rubrik, her focus is on data security for Microsoft services including Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure, and disaster recovery for VMware environments.

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Kristina Avrionova

Principal Product Marketing Manager, Rubrik

Kristina Avrionova brings 15+ years experience in driving product awareness and adoption across the hardware and software markets. She is currently a Principal Product Marketing Manager at Rubrik.

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Robert Hamilton

Senior Director of Product Marketing, Rubrik

Robert Hamilton is Senior Director of Product Marketing at Rubrik. He has over 25 years of software, security and storage experience with companies including HP Enterprise, NetApp and Symantec. At Rubrik, he is responsible for the Rubrik Security Cloud portfolio.

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Kev Johnson

Technical Marketing Architect, Rubrik

Kev is a Technical Marketing Architect at Rubrik, where he builds content like technical white papers, labs, best practices guides, the inevitable blog or two, and speaks at events to help customers unleash the power of Rubrik Security Cloud. Outside of work you'll often find him on the sofa with his pets, out walking in the beautiful English countryside, or trying to justify what he just ate.

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Kim Lambert

Principal Product Marketing Manager, Rubrik

Kim Lambert is a product marketing and business resiliency evangelist with over 16 years of experience in various industry sectors, including cybersecurity, financial services, media, telecom and technology service providers. She has a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Entrepreneurship & Innovative Technology Management from Virginia Tech. At Rubrik, her focus is on data security for Microsoft services including Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure, and disaster recovery for VMware environments.

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John Livingston

CEO, Verve Industrial

John leads Verve's mission to protect the world’s infrastructure. He brings 20+ years of experience from McKinsey & Co. advising large companies in strategy and operations. John's committed to helping clients find the lowest cost and simplest solutions for controls, data and ICS security challenges.

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John Livingston

CEO, Verve Industrial

John leads Verve's mission to protect the world’s infrastructure. He brings 20+ years of experience from McKinsey & Co. advising large companies in strategy and operations. John's committed to helping clients find the lowest cost and simplest solutions for controls, data and ICS security challenges.

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Roger Grimes

Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, KnowBe4

Roger Grimes, KnowBe4’s Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, is a 30-year computer security consultant, instructor, holder of dozens of computer certifications and an award-winning author of 13 books and over 1,000 magazine articles on computer security. He now serves as the Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4. He has worked at some of the world’s largest computer security companies, including Foundstone, McAfee and Microsoft. Grimes holds a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University. He was the weekly security columnist for InfoWorld and CSO magazines from 2005-2019.

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Ben Edwards

Partner & Data Scientist | Cyentia Institute

Ben is a security data scientist and partner working for the Cyentia Institute. His research has synthesized complex systems, data science, and security resulting in contributions to multiple security subfields. Prior to joining Cyentia, Ben worked for IBM Research where he both assessed the security of machine learning algorithms and used machine learning to solve security problems. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico and his work has appeared at leading industry and academic venues.

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Masha Sedova

President and Co-Founder | Elevate Security

Masha Sedova is an award-winning people-security expert, speaker, and trainer focused on helping companies transform employees from a vulnerability into a key element of defense. She is the co-founder of Elevate Security delivering the leading employee-risk management platform that provides visibility into employee risk while motivating employees to make better security decisions. Before Elevate, Sedova was a security executive at Salesforce where she built and led the security engagement team focused on improving the security mindset of employees, partners and customers. In addition, she has been a member of the Board of Directors for the National Cyber Security Alliance and regular presenter at conferences such as RSAC, Blackhat, OWASP, and SANS.

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Luke Simonetti

Vice President, Strategic Consulting & Advisory Solutions Lead | Booz Allen Hamilton

Luke Simonetti is a Vice President in Booz Allen’s Commercial Practice and leads the firm’s Cyber Strategy Solutions Group portfolio of capabilities and services. Luke and his team help clients to understand, envision, and achieve their current and future Cybersecurity goals. His portfolio works with the top clients across industries to help them address the tops Cybersecurity issues they face while achieving the business goals the organization desires using an outcome-driven, risk-based approach. Luke is a seasoned professional with a variety of technical and executive level leadership positions in both the Federal and Commercial markets. Prior to joining Booz Allen, Luke was responsible for the Global Security and Risk Management Consulting Practice at Gartner. He has served as an Executive Team advisor, Team leader and experienced information Security subject matter expert, with deep levels of hands-on experience in network security, application security, information protection, business/IT integration, security operations and monitoring, process improvement, risk management, and board of directors/senior executive communications. Luke holds a BS in Information Sciences and Technology from Penn State University and maintains several industry certifications. Including: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and System Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP).

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Lorraine Bellon

Sr. Solutions Marketing Manager, Public Sector

Lorraine Bellon (she/her) is a Senior Solutions Marketing Manager at Cloudflare. Her work focuses on enabling networking and security solutions for larger enterprises in sectors including banking and financial services, government, ecommerce, and gaming, as well as supporting privacy and compliance initiatives in multiple geographies. She has worked extensively in the cyber security space, primarily at Cisco, with specific interests in cloud security, data privacy, and emerging technologies. She is an author, presenter, trainer, volunteer, and mentor for young people interested in the tech industry, especially those from marginalized or non-traditional backgrounds.

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Adi Mukadam

Product Marketing Director, Cloudflare

Adi Mukadam is Solutions Marketing Director at Cloudflare. With 20+ years of network and security experience, Adi has been trusted advisor to global F500 CIO & CISOs to define, develop and execute cloud and digital transformation strategies. His key areas of focus are network and security modernization - secure multi-cloud access, Zero Trust, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE).

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Ed Amoroso

Founder and CEO, TAG Cyber; former Senior Vice President and CISO, AT&T

Dr. Ed Amoroso is currently Chief Executive Officer of TAG Cyber LLC, a global cyber security advisory, training, consulting, and media services company supporting hundreds of companies across the world. Ed recently retired from AT&T after thirty-one years of service, beginning in Unix security R&D at Bell Labs and culminating as Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer of AT&T from 2004 to 2016.

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Chris Griffith

Chief Product Officer, Balbix

Chris Griffith leads product management for Balbix. Chris brings over 15 years as a product, business development and strategy leader in security and technology. Prior to Balbix, Chris led tech alliances for Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) security portfolio. Chris also ran product management for HPE’s Data Security business and drove strategic acquisitions in corporate development. Chris holds an MS from Stanford and a BS from Princeton, both in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA from UCLA Anderson.

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Anil Karmel

Co-Founder and CEO, RegScale

Anil Karmel is the Co-Founder and CEO of RegScale, which delivers freedom from manual, paper-based compliance processes via its continuous compliance automation platform. Formerly, Anil served as the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Deputy Chief Technology Officer. Karmel has been in the IT Industry for over twenty years, working with Fortune 500 companies and governments at the intersection of cloud, cyber security, and compliance. He and his team garnered industry and government accolades, including the SANS National Cyber Security Innovators Award for Cloud Security, InformationWeek 500 Top Government IT Innovators, ACT/IAC Excellence.gov Award and the DOE Secretary's Achievement Award. Anil currently serves as the President of the Cloud Security Alliance's Washington DC Metro Area Chapter (CSA-DC), is a CSA Research Fellow and is a member of the CSA's CxO Trust Advisory Council. Karmel is a nationally recognized speaker and has been featured at numerous IT conferences and webinars.

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Karl Mattson

CISO, Noname Security

Karl is a cybersecurity leader and innovator who serves as the CISO for Noname Security. He has over 25 years experience leading innovative and diverse teams of technology and security professionals in financial services, retail and federal government. Previously, Karl served as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for PennyMac Financial Services and City National Bank. He has a track record of providing CEOs, CTO and investors in cybersecurity on strategies for product, market and customer success.

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Ben Moreland

Managing Security Consultant – GRC Services, GuidePoint Security

Ben Moreland, Managing Security Consultant at GuidePoint Security, began his career in the cyber security industry in 2002 as an Information Dominance Warfare Officer in the United States Navy, serving in both active duty and reserve status. His most recent professional experience includes: (1) leading the information security program for a fortune 500 company, (2) serving as a consultant and auditor to large and small customers in a variety of sectors, and (3) information warfare and signals intelligence within the intelligence community as a uniformed service member. Ben has deep experience in security strategy and program assessments, IT governance, compliance, audit, and risk management.

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Anders Norremo

CEO and Founder of ThirdPartyTrust

Anders Norremo is the CEO and Founder of ThirdPartyTrust. He has 15 years of experience related to information security and technology. His expertise in identifying trends and building solutions has propelled ThirdPartyTrust into solving the industry problem of a vulnerable supply chain.

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Adel Naamneh

VP, Global Strategic Solutions, Checkout.com

Adel is a seasoned payment industry expert with over a decade of experience working with merchants of all sizes and across all verticals worldwide. As the VP of Global Strategic Solutions at Checkout.com, Adel is currently utilizing his extensive knowledge to partner with some of the world's largest businesses, providing innovative solutions, valuable insights, and expertise to empower them to succeed in the digital economy. Before joining Checkout.com, Adel held solutions engineering and consulting positions at iWelcome, Ingenico ePayments, Digital River World Payments and Fujitsu. He has an MBA from IHM Business School.

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Heidi Schwarz

Senior Enterprise Payments Specialist, Checkout.com

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Josh Hankins

Chief Technical Security Officer, America’s | Qualys, Inc.

Josh has 25+ years of experience within the IT field. Since 2006, he’s worked in various roles within the cyber security profession, such as a security architect, analyst, engineer and incident handler. These roles spanned businesses ranging from a Fortune 500 bank, a credit card processor and a global consulting company. Before joining Qualys, Josh served as the Director of Security Operations & Incident Response (~9 years) at a data analytics subsidiary for the 5th largest retailer in the world. From the later part of the 1990s to 2006, he worked as a network engineer (10 years). Josh holds the following industry certifications: CISSP, GIAC GMON & GMOB, ITILv3, PSM1.

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Roger Grimes

Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, KnowBe4

Roger Grimes, KnowBe4’s Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, is a 30-year computer security consultant, instructor, holder of dozens of computer certifications and an award-winning author of 13 books and over 1,000 magazine articles on computer security. He now serves as the Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4. He has worked at some of the world’s largest computer security companies, including Foundstone, McAfee and Microsoft. Grimes holds a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University. He was the weekly security columnist for InfoWorld and CSO magazines from 2005-2019.

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