Rishit Mishra | Manager | PwC | Dallas, Texas, United States | Information Technology | Consulting Background Rishit Mishra is a Manager in the PwC – Digital Risk Solutions practice.; For over 11+ years Rishit has been leading, delivering and managing a diverse range of multinational SAP security and GRC Access Control projects for Fortune 100 clients across various industries. Rishit’s project experiences include: SAP Security Design/Redesign, SAP GRC-AC implementations, SAP Security/GRC Assessments & SAP Security Remediation. Rishit’s experience includes catering to a wide array of clients in the Energy, Industrial Products and Consumer Products industries.

Abbas Shahid Baqir | Managing Director | Student Shelter In Computers | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | Information Technology | Information Technology Services Background Abbas Shahid Baqir is a technology visionary and computer security specialist who thrives on solving complex problems. Abbas is an industry-recognized security expert with over 15 years of hands-on experience. His career is highlighted on starting and creating new companies, organizations and products.; Abbas responded to numerous sophisticated cyber intrusions into corporate networks. Abbas worked with corporate and governmental victims to find and eradicate intrusions in their networks, mitigate data loss, and implement cyber best practices to ensure victim networks were more resilient to attacks. Abbas managed a team of highly skilled Special Agents, Intelligence Analysts, and Forensic Examiners conducting global investigations. Abbas supervised multiple investigations into the compromise of banking and securities trading computer systems. He combined host and network forensics in addition to innovative intelligence operations to identify and neutralize threat actors both domestically and internationally. Abbas has provided cyber expertise to state and local law enforcement on investigations of crimes,;missing children, cyber-bullying, and internal affairs. A certified cyber sec instructor, he developed a cyber-based curriculum and has trained hundreds of law enforcement and private professionals in evidence acquisition, security policy and implementation, breach response and mitigation, hacker methodology, and employee Internet safety.

Brenda Christensen | CEO | Stellar Public Relations, Inc. | Cape Coral, Florida, United States | Public Relations | Security Services Background ; Brenda Christensen is CEO of Stellar Public Relations, a world leader in public relations, investor relations, branding, funding and corporate guidance with direct attributable growth worth over millions of dollars. Ms. Christensen currently serves as an adviser on private boards in North America, and previously served as corporate officer for a publicly held technology company, across multiple continents. She was named “Top 15 in Security PR” by;cybersecurity thought leader, Richard Stiennon, voted “PR SourceCode Top 10 Tech Communicators” by 800 leading journalists and;“Best PR in Tech” by Robert Scoble. In addition, she is listed as a top PR pro to follow on Twitter by Business2Community and HubSpot named her one of the “Most Influential on Facebook.” She was selected The Economist for its prestigious cybersecurity simulation panel, including Richard A. Clarke, chief counter-terrorism advisor under George W. Bush for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. As PR Director for Secure Computing, she orchestrated a successful post-acquisition restructuring, resulting in an eventual acquisition by McAfee. As PR Director at leading antivirus provider Panda Security, her team successfully launched a leading edge artificial intelligence “zero-day attack” solution, resulting in;84,000 media outlet placements and;reaching millions worldwide.

Gail Blount | Owner | Your Marketing Authority | , , United States | | Background

Haitham Ahmed | Teacher and CEO | London Academy Of Online Education | London , London, United Kingdom | Management | Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations Background Haitham is a Director, CEO, Public Speaker, YouTuber , Awards Judge , Career Coach, Executive Coach, Time Management Coach, NLP Trainer, Holistic Marketer, Human Resources Consultant, Instructor, teacher and Manager. Haitham got a Bachelor of Bio-Chemistry from Ain Shams University in Egypt, M.I.B. (Master of International Business ) from the University of Vaasa in Finland and more than 70 diplomas and certificates in English, Finance, Human Resources, Leadership, Management, Neuropsychology, Psychology of Sales, Online Marketing, CBT, NLP, Coaching, Mentoring, Green Six Sigma, lean management, Minitab and others from global Institutes all over the world. Regarded to Awards: Haitham won Runner Up Award for Learner of the year 2017 from Centre Of Excellence and also received Highly Commended Award for Learner of the year 2018 from COE. He was nominated for NLP in Research Award (2019). In 2020, Haitham was nominated for several global awards, such as The English Asian Business Awards, French American Entrepreneurship Awards, Global Excellence Awards, the Entrepreneurship World Cup, the NLP in Education Award, and the NLP in Research Award.; .;

Sandeep Parekh | Control and Automation Engineering | Bechtel | Houston, Texas, United States | Others… Engineering – Automation and Control Systems | Engineering and Technology Background Over sixteen years of experience in project engineering with managing and leading specialized Integrated Control and Safeguarding Systems (Process Control, Process Safety, and Fire & Gas Systems) across most areas of the oil and gas industry. Technical background in renewable energy technology, production, research and development, with over 12 years of Bechtel experience. Served as a Control Systems Engineer on successive multi-billion dollar grassroots LNG projects. Broad experience with refinery, petrochemical and pharmaceutical projects. International experience includes specialized assignments in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Western Australia, along with multiple trips to Western Africa (Angola) and China. Managed and coordinated efforts for Bechtel and Owner teams of 20 + engineers.

Siddharth Ekbote | Staff 2 Engineer | VMware | Palo Alto, California, United States | Product Development | Engineering and Technology Background A seasoned professional with deep experience in building large scale networking and storage systems. Proficient in building, managing and leading cross-functional geographically distributed teams.;Mentoring and tutoring junior members to help them achieve a very high level of productivity and efficiency.;Technology guidance, critical POC executions and strategy presentations;to executive management and external stake holders. Served in big technology corporations including Sun Microsystems and VMware Inc. Also donned multiple hats;at startups in New Zealand and USA.;;;Led the development of cutting edge Wan-Optimization features and successfully demonstrated them in various conferences winning Best of Show Award at VMworld 2014. “Personal” project to analyze information sys-dumps at Silver Peak, resulted in 90% reduction in engineer involvement for RCA in terms of time and effort. Led development on the world’s first Networking Monitoring solution for Encrypted Sonet Networks. Technical Leadership Award for handling largescale sustaining efforts of SUN Solaris Networking Stack. Successfully lead POCs in various challenging customer-IT environments resulting in multi-million dollars sales from those efforts.;Original work leading to two patents granted and multiple pendin.;;Consistently serve as a central point of contact in Engineering for Customers, partners/vendors and other Business Units.

Aakash Chhablani | Associate Director/Manager | Deloitte | San Jose, California, United States | Information Technology | Consulting Background I am Aakash Chhablani. I have been a judge at other categories for Stevie Awards – Consumer Awards, Emerging ; Startup etc. and have extensive experience in judging different categories. Also contributed scholarly articles at leading publications such as International Journal of Management and Engineering. American Journal of ; Computer Architecture. I am a Management Consultant with Deloitte Consulting and have an extensive experience of 10+ years working with CxOs across various TMT and FSI clients. ;

Binny Joshi | Software Engineer | IT | Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States | Information Technology | Information Technology Software Background I am a Lead Software Developer who has over 8+ years of experience of IT-industry in Financial ,eCommerce and Government sector. I have expertise in system architecture and development using Java,; Javascript, Angular JS,MS SQL Server,Mongo DB,Relational and SQL databases, NodeJs, CI/CD DevOps, Design Patterns, JUnit, Selenium and TestCafe studio .etc.

Shankara Narayandas | Lead Secure Applications Developer | Interactive Brokers Group | Greenwich, Connecticut, United States | Product Development | Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance Background Around 15 years of experience as Software Developer/Analyst with expertise in Designing, Developing, Unit Testing and Maintaining N-tier enterprise applications, client/server applications and web applications. Specialist in implementing security sensitive applications requiring profound knowledge of Data and Internet Security especially related to two factor authentication, digital signing/verification and data encryption, networking concepts, advanced database management concepts and design patterns. Ph.D. Computer Science Fall 2003 – Spring 2006, University of Louisiana, Lafayette M.S. Computer Science Fall 2000 – Spring 2003, University of Louisiana, Lafayette B.E. Computer Science and Engineering August 1996 – May 2000, M V S R Engineering College, Osmania University, India

Sanjeev Kumar | SAP Lead Consultant / Solution Architect | GyanSys Inc | Carmel, Indiana, United States | Information Technology | Consulting Background Sanjeev is a senior SAP professional with 15+ years of rich experience in the implementation, operation, and support of business technology. He has lead multi-cultured project teams in different roles providing SAP technology solution expertise and strategic direction. A proven ability in managing and delivering large scale complex Greenfield and Brownfield Implementations, Support and Upgrade SAP projects across multiple industries – Automotive, Energy, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, and Facilities Management Services. Expertise in designing and delivering SAP technology solutions – SAP Data Analytics, BPC, Data Integration and Migration from SAP/Non-SAP systems (BW7.5onHANA, BW4HANA), SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Lumira, SAP BO, S4 Embedded Analytics and ABAP across multi-functional domains – SAP PM, SD, FI, MM, and HR.

Astha Bhatia | Clinical Research Scientist | Bristol Myers Squibb | Summit , New Jersey, United States | Product Development | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services Background I am a dentist (4 years patient care experience in India), and have a Master in public health from a reputed US school. I; work as a clinical research scientist on clinical trials for hematology-oncology indications. A clinical study that I was the lead scientist for, led to FDA and global approval for a new chemo-free regimen for patients of;lymphoma. At present, I am the lead scientist a clinical trial for a novel compound being developed for patients with relapsed Lymphoma. Also, I;featured on an international podcast for COVID 19 which was global hit with multiple viewer reviews. I also worked in a county health department (Bloomfield health department) during my internship while pursuing my MPH, and I worked with the health educator on a childhood obesity project for the community (an area of concern facing the country at this time). I am the marketing head (volunteer position) of an Indian- American cultural society based in NJ. I am interested in being a judge for 17th Annual Info Security PG’s 2021 Global Excellence Awards, and I am confident that based on my vast experience and expertise, I will be able to do great justice to the judgement process.

Sudheer Reddy | Director, Local Safety Management | Bayer | Whippany, New Jersey, United States | Product Development | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services Background I am a Pharmacist with a Master of Public Health. In addition, I am also a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and an Innovation Coach. As a Director at Bayer Healthcare, I am responsible for ensuring patient safety of the pharmaceuticals and over the counter products marketed by the company. In this role, I also lead research and safety assessments of new products the company wishes to bring to the market. In the past few years, I have brought many innovations to our processes at Bayer that were game changers using technology. I am interested in judging 17th Annual Info Security PG’s 2021 Global Excellence Awards. With the above mentioned background, I can certainly help providing my expert opinion in many areas of business such as healthcare, leadership, management, innovation and new technologies. ;

Parameswara Kandregula | Manager Delivery Serivces | Cognizant Technology Solutions | Teaneck , New Jersey, United States | Information Technology | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet Background Senior IT consultant with 15+ years of experience. Hands-on delivery and leadership in Agile Software Development, IT infrastructure, Headless E-commerce, SearchEngines, SEO, Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Automation, DevOps, Middleware, Big Data, Security, Business Analytics and Data Center. Operating Global IT Development, Support and Infrastructure Service delivery. Specialties: Service Oriented Architecture, High Availability Websites, Digital Transformation, Cloud Migration, Global Product Teams, Agile Delivery & Business Development. Supported Customer Industry:- Retail, Energy & Utilities, Logistics, Credit Cards, Banking and Financial Services.

Megha Gupta | Senior Systems Analyst | Starbucks Coffee Company | , , United States | Information Technology | Information Technology Services Background 12+ years of IT experience in Oracle E-Business Suite ERP, Payment Systems & Indirect Procurement Systems. ; Excels at collaborating in a matrixed, cross-functional environment with fluid priorities and building consensus as a thought leader and recognized subject matter expert (SME). Outstanding communication skills, leadership ability & business acumen. ; Solution Designing | Customizations | Configurations | Scalable Solution | Critical Thinking | Business Onboarding Innovative | Continuous Improvement | Performance Management | Integrations

Ananya Bhattacharyya | Principal Product Management Technical | Mastercard | Chesterfield, Missouri, United States | | Background

Manan Shah | Founder & CEO | Avalance Global Solutions Private Limited | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | Information Technology | Security Services Background With over 9 years of experience in cybersecurity, I am part of Microsoft’s top 100 security researchers in the world. Currently, I am the Founder, Director and Chief Executive Officer at Avalance Global Solutions with over 5 offices spread across India, Dubai, and the USA. Prior to Avalance, at the age of 21, I have had the opportunity to solve cybercrime cases for some of the biggest MNC’s in the world, such as Twitter, Yahoo!, Facebook, Nokia, Blackberry, PayPal, Skype, Google, Apple, Microsoft to name a few. In addition to running my company, I am also passionate about traveling, playing video games and also conducting webinars. I have also been invited as a speaker at platforms like TEDx and Infosec.;

Paramaguru Prakash | IT Manager | Boeing Distribution Services Inc. parent company “The Boeing Company” | Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States | Information Technology | Information Technology Services Background Paramaguru Prakash, IT Manager | Boeing Distribution Services Inc. parent company “The Boeing Company”; | Miami, Florida, United States | Information Technology | Industry: Aerospace and Experience: 17 years of IT Services and IT Consulting experience with focus on leading Customer facing applications. As a thought leader with strong IT experience I had leveraged technology to enable Customer-centric innovation. Embraced Agile operating model to Capture more Value and had Improved Positive Customer Experience. Used Data-Driven insights to collaborate with Stakeholders and Cross-Functional teams to drive business growth. Adopted Continuous improvement mindset, improved product quality and reduced Total Cost of Ownership. Enabled Digital Transformation, Business process automation at basic levels to increase seamless integration. Created Value by understanding existing business models, identifying gaps and proposing breakthrough ideas.

Sagar Das | Director, Marketing Analytics | Stamps.com | El Segundo, California, United States | Marketing | Information Technology Software Background Sagar Das is the Director of Marketing Analytics at Stamps.com, the leading provider of Internet- based postage solutions for small businesses and online retailers. He has been working in the field of; Marketing Analytics since 2013 and specializes in Landing Page Optimization, Marketing Mix; Modeling (MMM), and Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) Models. Sagar has a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of ICT,;India and an MBA from the University of Maryland, College Park. During Sagar’s tenure at Stamps.com, he has consistently improved the company’s homepage,; landing pages and registration funnel to optimize conversion rate, perfect customer tracking, and; improve customer experience. He has also led the initiative in building MMM and CLV Models to help; determine the impact of various Marketing initiatives. At Stamps.com, Sagar has perfected a custom; approach to Direct Mail creative testing that gets statistically significant results while minimizing associated risks. His most recent achievements include, conducting a pricing test to maximize subscription fee revenue and successfully launching the new pricing across more than half a million;business customers.

Amit Jambusaria | Senior Engineering Manager | Wayfair | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Management | Engineering and Technology Background I serve as Sr. Engineering Manager at Wayfair. My contributions are at the center of Wayfair’s technology foot-print. I have led multiple front-end engineering teams towards building and optimizing Wayfair.com’s Homepage and Brand pages (more than 15,000 pages) for desktop and mobile, across all geo-locations (Canada, Germany and UK) and all stores – Jossandmain.com, Allmodern.com, Birchlane.com, and Perigold.com. Wayfair’s Homepage and Brand pages serve more than 20 million visitors weekly and account for a substantial portion of Wayfair’s revenue. Additionally, I am directly responsible for launching the Projecthub platform which is relied upon by the entire Wayfair organization with more than 10,000 users. I am reshaping engineering and product development at Wayfair thus generating significant value add in terms of efficiency improvements and cost savings to the company. I am also very passionate about building web applications during my free time.

Sri Raghu Kishore Pusapati | SAP Security Administrator | CSOFT Technologies | , , United States | Information Technology | Information Technology Services Background Sri is an experienced security professional with 16+ Years of IT Industry experience in Security Risk and compliance areas. Sri has worked on enterprise security designs and SOX Compliance for large multinationals across US, Europe and India. He has offered his insights and consulting skills in various areas including Risk management, security operations, security assessment and identity access management.

Amir Moini | Software developer | BMO | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | Background
Pon Ramachandra Moorthy Ramasamy | Key Account Manager | Yokogawa | , , United States | Management | Engineering and Technology Background Moorthy Ramasamy is an Automation Expert with more than fifteen years of hands-on experience in automation industry. Currently, his focus areas are digitalization technique, methods that contributes to value addition and creation in the industry.; He ;blogs about several industrial trends on Automation, AI, Procedural Automation, Robotics, Digital Transformation, Networks, Supply chain, Asset Management, Data Analytics, IIoT,;Wireless communication, and Cybersecurity.; He actively participates and contributes to IEEE researches in his focus areas. Moorthy also contributes to the society by coaching young engineering talents, peer reviewing articles, consulting global engineering projects.

Nishant Srivastava | IAM Architect – Sr. Manager | Cognizant | College Station, Texas, United States | Information Technology | Consulting Background Hi – I am a Sr. Manager and cyber security expert/architect with a decade plus work experience with boutique consulting firms. I live in New Jersey and work in NYC, born in India and lived in Australia in past and proudly call Australia my home. I also hold a masters degree in Information Technology. I also have passion in fashion and is a proud owner and designer for high end women’s fashion line. I launched my brand during SS2018 New York Fashion Week and subsequently in SS2019. This is a new brand in making infused with technology and have successfully garnered interests from consumers media worldwide, however we are keeping our brand etho as upmost important.

Debadip Bandyopadhyay | CMO | Andromeda Digital | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Marketing | Information Technology Services Background Debadip(Deb) Bandyopadhyay is a fore runner in identifying unlimited possibilities of unleashing business potential in any industry or any geography, analyzing market and strategizing marketing & branding plans around it. With a background of engineering degree in Electronics & Communication Debadip possesses over 10 years of experience in all facets of marketing, business development, sales, financial analysis & management. His strength lies in transforming marketing strategy by adopting newer technologies for rapid business growth. Debadip applies his analytical capability for deep market research and his innovative approach in marketing is the key factor behind his success. Followed by pursuing degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering, Debadip accomplished Master of Sciences in Integrated Marketing from New York University, New York, USA and Master of Business Administration in Finance from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, USA. Earned an honorary position of Cyber E Activities from GreenPeace India & USA for creating awareness through social media in the area of nature deforestation, chemical effect and hazards for the planet. Currently Debadip Founder & CEO of Andromeda Digital in USA & India. Along with multi-faced activates, Debadip nurtures newly grown startups with his rich knowledge.

Gaurav Nisar | CEO | Tangelo | Dublin, California, United States | Product Development | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet Background ; Gaurav was an early engineer and leader at Glassdoor. Gaurav helped scale Glassdoor and led core, mobile, engagement and search teams during his 5 year tenure. Gaurav then joined Oh My Green, a YC 2019 top 100 company as their CTO. Gaurav then started Tangelo.ai to build software for field services team and is currently serving as their CEO.

Girish Motwani | Principal Software Engineering Manager | Microsoft Corporation | Sunnyvale, California, United States | Product Development | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet Background Engineering leader with over 16 years of experience in building software solutions, with expertise in;network security, Distributed Systems and computer Networking. I have wide-ranging experience in startups and established companies: cloud infrastructure, networking & security. I currently lead the Azure Firewall Manager team at Microsoft focussed on providing our cloud customers with a centralized management platform for their security deployments in the cloud and beyond.

Mayur Jagtap | Vice President, Software Engineering | J. P. Morgan Chase | Dallas, Texas, United States | Information Technology | Information Technology Software Background I am a technology leader and serving the software industry for last 12 years. I come from Software development background and served Architect and leadership roles within the industry across multiple domains. Cyber Security is one of the critical area I practice in all of my technology deliveries for the business I support. Data Security, Securing REST services/ Micro-services, Cloud Security, User Role access management and many more comes to my mind that I have experience with.

Sonali Aggarwal | senior software engineer | IEEE | Berkeley, California, United States | Information Technology | Consumer Products and Services Background I have an undergrad BE in Computer Science and MS in Computer Science (total 6 years of educational experience). I have 10 years of professional experience . I have been taking on progressive responsibility, having 2 promotions in my career and also managed interns and mentored new employees. Currently I am a Senior Software Engineer at Apple.; 1. Senior Software Engineer at Apple (July 2018 till current) – Worked on Location Services 2. Software Engineer at Google (March 2012 till June 2018) – Worked on Google Search Quality.; 3. Software Engineer at Klout (June 2011 till Jan 2012); – Worked on Social Data Mining Problems. 4. Software Engineer Intern at Yahoo (June 2010 to Sept 2010); 5. Software Engineer at Tejas Networks (August 2008 to March 2019) 6. Software Engineer Intern at Symantec (Jan 2008 to June 2008) ;At Yahoo, in the summer of 2010, I worked on a project titled Characterization of Hadoop Jobs using Unsupervised Learning which got published in IEEE.

Raghunandan Reddy Alugubelli | Senior Data Analyst | H.Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute | Tampa, Florida, United States | Information Technology | Information Technology Services Background Raghunandan is currently working as a senior research data analyst in the department of Collaborative Data Services Core/Malignant Hematology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA. Raghunandan works with large research informatics data pipelines and builds advanced research data analytics platforms to conduct applied research, omics research data analysis & other research data analysis in Multiple Myeloma Cancer. Raghunandan’s research interests include Multiple Myeloma, Cancer Informatics, Biostatistics, Data science, and Machine learning. ; ; Research Interest’s Cancer Informatics, Health Informatics, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Healthcare IT, Databases.

Rahul Reddy Nadikattu | Senior Research Scientist | University of the Cumberlands | San Jose, California, United States | Information Technology | Information Technology Software Background I am working as a Research Scientist as well as an independent researcher. I specialize in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security. My scientific contributions have resulted in numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, presentations, and several awards. I was impressed by the opportunities in Information Technology and decided to start my career in the industry here in the United States.;

Mirza Mohammed Akram Baig | Senior Member of Technical Staff | Illumio | Sunnyvale, California, United States | | Background

Mirza Mohd Ahsen Baig | Senior Product Software Engineer | Apple Inc | Cupertino, California, United States | | Background

Chiranjeevi Aradhya | Sr Software Engineer | Collins Aerospace | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States | | Background
Puneet Kakkar | Oracle ERP Architect | Scientific Games Corporation | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Information Technology | Information Technology Software Background Puneet Kakkar is a certified Enterprise Architect with 17+ years of IT experience product develoment. Puneet started his career with Oracle Corporation as part of their ERP and Database(best selling product throughout North America) development team and later on worked with IBM, Citi Bank and many more to lead major Oracle implementations. He has been speaker at various OATUG platforms and has contributed scholarly articles at leading publications such as International Journal of Management and Engineering, ;American Journal of Computer Architecture. His technical bio is below. Oracle Certified ERP Cloud Architect – Extensive experience in designing and implementing SCM and Financials Cloud, Customer Data Hub , Product Data Hub , Supplier Data Hub, EDQ (Enterprise Data Quality) and integrations with D&B, ERP and non-ERP Applications using OICS and webservices. Technical Expertise: OICS (Oracle Integration Cloud Service), DBCS (Database cloud service), BI admin, Oracle Applications(OA Framework, ADF, Web Services, Forms/Reports, BI Publisher, XML Publisher, SOA, ISG), Oracle Database(SQL, PLSQL, Tuning),Oracle Workflow, JAVA, MSCA and Zebra/ Bartender/Seagull Label printing, REST , SOAP APIs, ORDS, OAUTH 2.0 with JSON , iPAAS (OCI, DelBoomi, Mulesoft) and PAAS(oacle ADF/DBCS). Designed and Developed Custom Single sign on b/w SFDC & Oracle EBS.

Pranav Kumar | Technical Account Manager | Zscaler | San Jose, California, United States | Support | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet Background I a m a CCIE Security (32165) with 16 years of ; experience working with multiple clients in Remote Infrastructure Management which includes Security and CSOC Operations, Pre Sales, Designing, Implementation & Migration, Due Diligence, Transition of Global Clients, pre and post planning of Infrastructure Projects and Project Management. At present I am managing multiple global accounts and their cloud security where I manage projects from support to sales.;

Prashant Tyagi | TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER | Intraedge Inc. | Chandler, Arizona, United States | Information Technology | Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance Background —;;;; Over 20 years of Strong IT industry experience in designing and delivering of cost – effective, high-performance information technology infrastructures and applications to address complex business problems by assessing current capabilities and designing future technology architectures to achieve strategic technology plans that align with the businesses strategic initiatives. —;;;; Hands on experience with Cloud services delivery strategies and strong experience with implementations of Private Cloud Deployment models. —;;;; Extensive knowledge and experience in adopting SAFe, Agile & traditional Waterfall SDLC Project methodologies. —;;;; Extensive qualifications in all facets of project life cycle, from the initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through documentation, implementation, user training and enhancement —;;;; Accomplished servant-leader capable of delivering large-scale software and Web development projects on time and on budget by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching multiple Scrum teams. Expert at driving the adoption and enforcement of Scrum rules, removing impediments and fostering self-management. —;;;; Capable of bringing overwhelming enthusiasm and awareness to projects, applying expert judgment to the removal of impediments, keeping teams focused and delivering success in rapidly evolving and dynamic environments. —;;;; Excellent communicator; Leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams. ;;

Vishal Padhye | CTO | Critical mention inc | Edison, New Jersey, United States | Information Technology | Information Technology Software Background Senior Manager with advanced experience in building and owning relationships with key cloud computing and technology vendors, incident and problem management, and ground-up and restructuring environments in global companies. real-time video compression/streaming over large-scaled distributed networks. Proven work on virtual infrastructure environments using AWS, Open Nebula Open vSwitch, OpenStack Neutron, Cisco, Nexus, and AMQP, Ability to design and manage a tier 4 data center with a distributed world-wide CDN including BGP for tier 1 peering, Master of Science in Management Information Systems, GPA 3.9 and 15+ years work experience.

Puneet Kakkar | Oracle ERP Architect | Scientific Games Corporation | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Information Technology | Engineering and Technology Background Puneet Kakkar is a certified Enterprise Architect with 17+ years of IT experience product develoment. Puneet started his career with Oracle Corporation as part of their ERP and Database(best selling product throughout North America) development team and later on worked with IBM, Citi Bank and many more to lead major Oracle implementations.; He has been speaker at various Oracle OATUG platforms and has contributed scholarly articles at leading publications such as International Journal of Management and Engineering, ;American Journal of Computer Architecture. His technical bio is below. Oracle Certified ERP Cloud Architect – Extensive experience in designing and implementing SCM and Financials Cloud, Customer Data Hub , Product Data Hub , Supplier Data Hub, EDQ (Enterprise Data Quality) and integrations with D&B, ERP and non-ERP Applications using OICS and webservices. Technical Expertise: OICS (Oracle Integration Cloud Service), DBCS (Database cloud service), BI admin, Oracle Applications(OA Framework, ADF, Web Services, Forms/Reports, BI Publisher, XML Publisher, SOA, ISG), Oracle Database(SQL, PLSQL, Tuning),Oracle Workflow, JAVA, MSCA and Zebra/ Bartender/Seagull Label printing, REST , SOAP APIs, ORDS, OAUTH 2.0 with JSON , iPAAS (OCI, DelBoomi, Mulesoft) and PAAS(oacle ADF/DBCS). Designed and Developed Custom Single sign on b/w SFDC & Oracle EBS.

Dr. Tim Nedyalkov | Cyber Security Manager, Infrastructure Middle East | SNC Lavalin | , , United States | Management | Diversified Services Background Dr. Tim Nedyalkov brings over 18 years of multi-industry experience in IT and Cybersecurity across Europe, the USA, Australia, and the Middle East. Dr. Nedyalkov is a Cyber Security Manager at SNC-Lavalin’s Infrastructure business sector in the Middle East.; Dr. Nedyalkov holds a doctorate in Cyber Security/Information Assurance from the University of Fairfax, a master’s in Information Technology Management from the University of Sydney, and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Applied Informatics. His certifications include C|CISO, CISSP, CCSP, CEH, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, CDPSE, ISO 27001 LA, Security+, ITIL, and Agile PM. Dr. Nedyalkov is a frequent speaker and panellist at industry-leading conferences. He is an active contributor to cyber security industry publications and community initiatives. Dr. Nedyalkov is a member of Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM), Australian Information Security Association (AISA), International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2), Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), and International Society of Automation (ISA).; In 2019, Dr. Nedyalkov was nominated for the Cyber Security Professional of the Year Award by the Australian Information Security Association for outstanding leadership, integrity, mentoring, and coaching in the industry.

Ajay Kaushik | Founder & CEO | Panacea Infosec Pvt Ltd | New Delhi – , Delhi, India | Information Technology | Information Technology Services Background Mr. Ajay Kaushik is the Founder & CEO of Panacea InfoSec,;India’s Leading;Information Security Audit firm with twin accreditation by Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council as a PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) and SWIFT-certified firm.;;He is an Information Security Management professional with CISSP, CISM, PCI QSA, PCI 3DS & PCI ASV certifications. In a highly successful career of nearly two decades, he has brought revolutionary practices in Information & Data Security sector which includes bringing transparency and international yardsticks in the form of best practices and methodical procedures. With his expertise in IT security research, consulting and audit, and leadership skills, he has been emphasizing on foolproof Information & Data Security for protection to all stakeholders in the fast-evolving digitalized processes across Industries. Ajay has played a key role in setting up the Indian operation, driving expansion in South East Asia, Middle East and Africa and engaging partners worldwide. Over the past 12 years, he has completed more than 300 formal PCI DSS assessments, readiness assessments and PCI PIN security assessments for multiple level-1 Banks, Card Personalization Bureaus, Payment Gateways, BPOs/KPOs in more than 30 countries.

Saikiran Reddy Subbagari | Senior Programmer Analyst | First Citizens Bank | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | Information Technology | Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance Background I am;a Senior Programmer Analyst works in Financial Domain in the United States. I have 7 plus years of professional experience in Data Warehousing and building complex ETL solutions. My experience varies from ETL technologies ( IBM DataStage/ Microsoft Business Intelligence Stack) to AI technologies (Machine Learning, Python). I hold a Master’s Degree in Management Information Systems. I am passionate about exploring latest cutting-edge technologies especially in BI/ETL, Artificial Intelligence.

Sharada Tyagi | Data Governance Analyst II | Republic Services Inc. | Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | Information Technology | Others… Background My name is Sharada Tyagi and I am a ; Sr. Cloud Data Engineer with over thirteen plus years of experience ;in building, maintaining and supporting data frameworks for enterprise data activities. ;I have;in-depth knowledge and experience working in the role of Sr Cloud Data Engineer helping the company build their modern data architecture platform proof of concept in building a data lake,MPP cloud data warehousing solution for ingestion, storage, access and consumption of the new and existing data in cloud. My past experiences include working in the role of a Sr. Business Intelligence Data Analyst drawing business insights from data through complex analysis, data mining, and visualization with respect to descriptive analysis and predictive analysis. I also worked as a Sr. Technical Business Analyst/Product Owner in supporting the business and the management with their various new initiatives and software application development using both waterfall and agile methodologies. ;I am also ;AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate; and an ;AWS CP Professional; ;My specialization is in the area of Business Intelligence, Big Data and Emerging Technologies, Data Warehousing, Business Processes and Workflow Analysis Managing Enterprise Systems, Information Security and Controls, Information Enabled Decision Modelling, IT Services and Project Management.

Craig Kensek | CMO | it-harvest | san mateo, California, United States | Marketing | Background My roles in marketing as Director or Senior Product Marketing Manager has encompassed the complete product mix, content creation, events, training, pricing, analyst and public relations, go to market (GTM) and product launch activities. (over 50,000 post views on LinkedIn last year.) You can be both strategic and tactical.; I have over 15 years of experience in Silicon Valley. Recieived my BS from Stanford University and have an MBA from Northwestern University (Kellogg)
Freddy Ouzan | VP, Security Research | Nyotron | Santa Clara, California, United States | Others… Security Research | Security Software Background A self-taught researcher and an executive leader with strong hands-on skills and vast;experience in building and managing teams of security professionals and technology experts.;Author of ransomwiz.gg and lover of butter croissants.​​​​​​​

Gerrit Rindermann | CTO | Lambs | Santa Monica, California, United States | | Background

Ramesh Kumbum | Sr IT manager | Yash Technologies | fishers, , United States | | Background

Moiz Neemuchwala | Chief Transformation Officer | Rite Hite Corporation | Fishers, Indiana, United States | | Background

Tasjia Reddy | Director | World Education Community | DURBAN NORTH, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Social Media/Digital | Media & Entertainment Background Tash Reddy is a multi-award winning social engineer, entrepreneur, writer, film/ radio producer and host as well as a sought after motivational speaker. She has worked tirelessly to uplift and positively impact communities through changing negative mindsets and stereotypes. She was recently awarded an honorary doctorate endorsed by Mother Theresa in India. She is also the founder of the community celebrated NGO #IAM. Reddy is currently the Mrs Commonwealth SA CHARITY 2019 /2020 as well as the Founder of the #IAM AWARDS which celebrates individuals who have shown COURAGE (OVERCOMING ABUSE), RESILIENCE (CANCER WARRIORS), POWER (ENTREPRENEURS) , STRENGTH (TURNING PAIN INTO PURPOSE) AND ALL THINGS POSSIBLE AIMED AT AWARDING YOUTH WHO EXCEL IN VARIOUS FIELDS. Reddy is also the Ambassador of Peace INSPAD, Amnesty International Representative, Volunteer at International Human Rights Commission, WHO CERTIFIED, South African Ambassador for My Body is My Body and an Immunity Community Ambassador for COVID19. She is also affiliated with the UN endorsed Organization Hind Foundation in India and a member of many empowerment organisations around the world. She heads World Education Community – South Africa as well as owns Electrotech Electrical SA and the I AM GROUP

Geir Christian Karlsen | CEO | AppsCo Inc | St Louis, Missouri | United States | Security Software
Geir is a serial entrepreneur from Norway that has created several technology companies in Norway, USA, Slovakia and Serbia, with an industrial exit in HR software. His specialty is in business software, technology outsourcing and Cyber Security with more than 20 years of experience in the technology field. Trough his cyber security company headquartered in St, Louis , USA he is also a member of World Economic Forum, Tech for integrity initiative and has won several international prices. Geir has also a former sports athlete career in Ice hockey with 3 bronze medals on senior level in the Norwegian Championship. Through his ankle injury that ended his top league ice hockey career at age 25, he helped NISO, the player union in soccer, ice hockey and handball, to build information and communication structures. Through this, he was elected into the Board of FIFPRO Foundation, which managed the sports rights for the world’s football (soccer) players in over 50 member counties.

Veda Prakash Vaddadi | SAP Architect & Subject Matter Expert, Delivery Lead | Microsoft /Accenture | Frisco, Texas | United States

Anne Coyle | Director, US Communications | HCL Technologies | New York, New York | United States

Abbas Shahid Baqir | Managing Director | Student Shelter In Computers | Lahore, Punjab | Pakistan | Education and Training
Abbas Shahid Baqir is a technology visionary and computer security specialist who thrives on solving complex problems. Abbas is an industry-recognized security expert with over 15 years of hands-on experience. His career is highlighted on starting and creating new companies, organizations and products. He loves creating new entities and discovering creative ways of solving complex problems.  Abbas responded to numerous sophisticated cyber intrusions into corporate networks. Abbas worked with corporate and governmental victims to find and eradicate intrusions in their networks, mitigate data loss, and implement cyber best practices to ensure victim networks were more resilient to attacks. Abbas managed a team of highly skilled Special Agents, Intelligence Analysts, and Forensic Examiners conducting global investigations. Criminal and National Security Hackers repeatedly target telecommunication infrastructure for the purpose of financial gain or hostile intelligence gathering. Abbas worked closely with partners in the telecommunication industry to identify malware and hacking techniques responsible for the breaches, locate the individuals responsible, and secure the victims against additional loss. Abbas supervised multiple investigations into the compromise of banking and securities trading computer systems. He combined host and network forensics in addition to innovative intelligence operations to identify and neutralize threat actors both domestically and internationally.  

Hemant Garg | Executive Director, Mobile Engineering | JPMorgan Chase | San Francisco, California | United States

Deependra Kushwaha | VICE PRESIDENT | BNP Paribas | edison, New Jersey | United States | Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance
Deependra is a Vice President and heading US Basel III for Global large bank. He is results oriented and dynamic leader with great acumen for business, ability to build team cohesion and inspire individuals to strive towards even higher levels of achievement. He has rich experience of risk and regulatory working on a critical role with some of the biggest financial institutions across the globe (US, Europe, Asia pacific and India). He has led multiple credit risk and regulatory capital related engagements and proven track record of success in working cross functional teams including the risk, finance, regulatory reporting and IT functions. He has exceptional client relationship, advisory services, management skills, and the ability to relate and interface easily with all levels in a business.

Vinod Kannan | Senior Cyber Security Consultant | Ernst and Young | Dallas, Texas | United States 
I am a senior cyber security consultant with a strong application development experience. I have been in application development and security space for more than 18 years now. I work with Ernst and Young (EY) and as part of my Job I advise Directors and above in our client companies in setting up secure application development (SDLC) lifecycles. I am currently involved in defining and developing a secure application development program for the pharmaceutical giant – Merck.  

My past experiences include working with the companies like JPMC, Bank of America and HPE, where I have been playing the critical role as a Senior application security consultant. I was part of the core group that implemented the Application Security program for JP Morgan chase. As part of that role I was responsible in guiding development community in secure design, development and coding practices. I have led the third-party risk assessment program in HPE and later with Microfocus international after the spin and merge of their software business, during which I have reviewed multitude of products from different vendors.

I have certifications like CISSP, CRISC and a Sun certified enterprise architect for JAVA, which basically span between application security and development.

Anil Garg | | 1966 | Naperville, Illinois | United States

Sandeep Kashyap | Sr Business Development Manager | Amazon Web Services | Seattle, Washington | United States | Information Technology Services
I am an experienced technology product management professional, with extensive international experience spanning industry leading products and passion for how technology can drive business efficiency and improved decision making. Proven track record of delivering industry transforming products like Creative Cloud, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Answers, Storage Foundation Products at Veritas. Experienced in building motivated, empowered, and high performing teams. Energized by the challenge to identify and create new business opportunities by solving core consumer and customer needs. PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE • Customer Experience led Product development for digital transformation products • Developing Product Roadmap, Cross Sell/Upgrade/Upsell strategies and Go To Market Plans • Recommend models of inorganic growth and acquisition strategies for faster go-to-market plans • Strong technical background and experience in cloud related technologies. • Expertise in building subscription related products, financial and e-commerce products • Product Development & Engineering, Product Support and Escalation Management • Management of Partner Eco System and Alliances with strategic OEM and Channel partners • Helped setup Analytics platform from scratch to ensure product decisions and goals were metric oriented. 

Deependra Kushwaha | VP- Head of US Basel III | BNP Paribas | , New Jersey | United States | Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance
Deependra is a Vice President and heading US Basel III Reporting for Global large bank. He is results oriented and dynamic leader with great acumen for business, ability to build team cohesion and inspire individuals to strive towards even higher levels of achievement. He has rich experience of risk and regulatory working on a critical role with some of the biggest financial institutions across the globe (US, Europe, Asia pacific and India). He has led multiple credit risk and regulatory capital related engagements and proven track record of success in working cross functional teams including the risk, finance, regulatory reporting and IT functions. He has exceptional client relationship, advisory services, management skills, and the ability to relate and interface easily with all levels in a business.  

Rajeev Bamra | Vice President | Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) | New York, New York | United States | Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance
Rajeev is a Vice President, heading strategy and business management, at Moody’s Investor Services (MIS). He leads market research and scan for development of new opportunities, within Analytics Tools & Solutions function of MIS, that particularly relate to Blockchain and digital assets along with other emerging technologies.

Umang Doshi | Director – Global Cybersecurity Program | Umang Doshi Consulting | United States | Information Technology Software
Experienced Director of Cyber Security with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Skilled in Enterprise Risk Management, Management, Sales Presentations, Technical Writing, and Return on Investment Analysis. Strong information technology professional with a Master of Science – MS focused in Management Information Systems, Enterprise strategy, security governance and risk. 

Bruno Moraes | Sr. Solutions Engineer | Amdocs | Burlington, Ontario | Canada | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet | 
➤ Extensive experience working for software and technology vendors, delivering pre-sales, implementation and professional services to clients in North America, EMEA and LATAM. ➤ Responsible for all the technical aspects of the Sales process – RFx, Statement of Work (SOW), Solution Design, Proof of Concept (PoC), customer relationship and pre-sales presentation/demo – for prospects in the finance, media, publishing and telecom verticals. ➤ Experienced in Pre-Sales, Implementation, Project Management, Business Analysis and Solutions Design, coming from hands-on Development and Support background. ➤ Specialized in functional processes and technical integration of SaaS applications such as CMS, OTT, CRM, ERP, Billing & Payments. ➤ Solid technical background as a Software Engineer with advanced UNIX, Network and Database skills, combined with strong business acumen and extensive customer relationship experience.

Chizoba Onuoha | Information Risk Manager | Shell Petroleum Development Company | Lagos, | Nigeria | Information Technology Services
Certified Information Risk Manager (CISA, CISM, ISO27001, ITIL) with 20+ years hands-on experience in various fields of Information Technology. Works with Shell Royal Dutch Company for 23 years. Currently resonsible for IT Risk advisory, assessments, IT Controls and Audits. (Provides insights through identification and communication of sound and reliable risks and cyber threat scenarios, through trusted advice on controls areas and discussion on residual risks. Conducts high quality information risk assessments and implements controls on IT Projects  [Business Impact Assessments, Legal and Regulatory Assessments, Privacy Impact assessments, etc], in line with Industry standard IT control frameworks). Seasoned project manager and Certified ITIL Service Manager. Managed contracts of over $15M and have managed a team of over 60+ staff. Member of ISACA and SheLeadsTech

Bertrand Fernandes | Electrical Engineer | Schlumberger | Houston, Texas | United States | Engineering and Technology
Electrical Engineer specializing in design, integration of AC, DC variable speed drive systems, power distribution and control equipment for land drilling rigs in the oil and gas industry. Also, experienced in development of wireline data logging cables, failure & corrosion analysis, magnetic methods for nondestructive testing/evaluation of structural steel and finite element modeling. Most recent experience in • Power distribution and control equipment for land drilling rigs • Implementation of variable frequency drives for drilling and artificial lift applications • Wireline data logging cable design (fiber optic, high power & hybrid) • Failure and field performance evaluation, metallographic studies Ph.D. research involved the implementation of a prototype magnetic field sensor system for nondestructive evaluation of structural steel in concrete box-beam bridges. This was the outcome of Master’s thesis in obtaining a proof-of-concept for magnetic field sensing to evaluate level of corrosion in steel embedded in concrete. It involved design, fabrication, lab testing and field evaluation of a magnetic field sensor device for NDT of structural steel. Also, developed a CAD model for corrosion estimation in steel strands using magnetic field. Worked for about three years on these projects funded by the U.S. DoT and Ohio DoT leading to several publications.

Harsha Nagaraju | Sr Product Marketing Manager, Security | VMware | Fremont, California | United States | Security Software
Harsha is a product and strategy focused leader with experience launching successful products and building partnerships. Brings a wide breadth of domain experience including security, semiconductor, IoT and cloud. Harsha is a public speaker and has published articles in IEEE and other global journals. He has a Masters in Computer Engineering from Drexel University and an MBA from UC Berkeley.

Ashwin” Kesavarapu Bapeshwar | Director, IT Governance, Risk, Compliance and Services | Pharmavite LLC | West Hills, California | United States | Consumer Products and Services
Responsible for directing Corporate IT Governance, Risk and Compliance and CIT Service. Directs staff in the development and implementation of Corporate IT governance processes based on industry standards and best practices.  Collaborates with cross functional teams and negotiates with senior stakeholders to standardize and institutionalize Corporate IT system processes and documentation. Using expertise on ERP/ JD Edwards, experience in Consumer Packaged Goods, directs controls and management of corporate systems services. Leads large and small IT projects, and portfolio management in support of the company’s strategic IT/business goals and federally-mandated requirements.  Provide training, mentoring, and support to project/process teams and stakeholders to overcome resistance to change and implement processes consistently.  Leads audit administration efforts, including continuous improvement of all CIT domain matrices, adherence to Procedural & Configuration Manuals, and coordination of all new audit requirements and/or new applications designated in scope.  Enforce all compliance activities to ensure appropriate execution.

Vamshi Krishna Reddy Hardageri | Sr. Manager, Big Data Platform Engineering Operations | Walmart | San Jose, California | United States | Information Technology Services
Engineering leader with 12+ years of total experience. Expertise in building world class Site/service reliability engineering and devops teams. Experience in designing and implementing complex hybrid business solution using cutting edge and conventional technologies. Experience in 

Kirby Wadsworth | CMO | illusive networks | NEW YORK, New York | United States | Security Software

Scott Gordon | CMO | Pulse Secure | San JOse, California | United States | Security Software
Scott Gordon (CISSP) is the Chief Marketing Officer at Pulse Secure, responsible for global marketing strategy, communications, operations, channel and sales enablement. He possesses over 20 years’ experience contributing to information security at innovative startups and large organizations. Previously, Scott was CMO at RiskIQ and ForeScout (FSCT).  He has also held executive and management roles at AccelOps (acq by Fortinet), Protego (acquired by Cisco), Axent (acquired by Symantec) and McAfee.

Rudolph Araujo | | Awake Security | Santa Clara, California | United States | Security Services
Rudolph leads Awake’s marketing team and is responsible for all aspects of positioning, messaging, demand generation, communications, and related activities. Prior to Awake, Rudolph ran the globally-distributed product marketing team at FireEye. Previously, he helped lead the company’s Incident Response practice at FireEye Labs, where he worked with customers to help them respond to breaches. Before FireEye, Rudolph led security consulting teams at Foundstone and McAfee. He earned a degree in computer engineering from Goa University and a master’s from Carnegie Mellon University.

Roberto Medrano | CEO | Beach View | Manhattan Beach, California | United States | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet
Roberto is an executive in the technology fields of cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain, IoT, middleware, API security, microservices, DevOps, software, SaaS, cloud, SOA/API management & enterprise architecture. Roberto has been an executive at five public companies and in a board position of 14 that have been acquired. He is CEO Beachview, GM HP Software, CEO Polivec, President Finjan, EVP Akana, Sun Microsystems, Advisor, Board Member, TopCMO.  He has experience with Fortune 100 companies on digital transformation initiatives using mobile, SaaS, on-premises or cloud hybrid products. Other Accolades: • Ranked (2014) as #12 of top 250 CMOs in the world, “The 100 most influential Hispanics in the US”, “The 100 Most Influential Latinos of Silicon Valley” • Served in more than 20 company/advisory boards: Arcot (Acquired CA), Aventail (Acquired SonicWall/Dell), Encentuate (Acquired IBM), Netscaler (Acquired Citrix), Bigfix (Acquired IBM), AirZip (Acquired Willow Tech), Confluent (acquired Oblix/Oracle), PivX (IPO 2004), Sand Hill IT Security (reverse IPO EdgeWave), JackBe (acquired SoftwareAG), Guidance Software (proxy fight) • Former GM HP Software, CEO PoliVec, President Finjan (FNJN), EVP Akana, VP Milkyway (IPO 1996) firewall pioneer, VP Avnet (AVT) and executive Sun Microsystems. • UCLA MBA, MIT MSEE and USC BSEE 

Yaron Kassner | CTO & Co-Founder | Silverfort | Tel Aviv-Jaffa, | Israel | Security Software

John Trest | Chief Learning Officer | Inspired eLearning | San Antonio, Texas | United States | Education and Training | John is responsible for leading the development of Inspired eLearning’s award-winning library of content, from the solid instructional design to the high-quality multimedia production. He has been a member of Inspired’s team since 2009 and has over 20 years of experience in creating and delivering eLearning courses for a broad variety of industries and subjects. He’s passionate about creating quality eLearning content that is both engaging and impactful. 
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Gail Blount | Owner | Your Marketing Authority | , | United States | | 
Kristin Albano | Public Relations Specialist | Axis Communications | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | United States

David MacLeod | Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Enterprise CISO | Welltok | Denver, Colorado | United States | Information Technology Software
David MacLeod serves as senior vice president, chief information officer and chief information security officer at Welltok. Over the last 4 decades, he has been progressively responsible for information technology and organizational leadership in Systems Architecture & Engineering, Applications Design and Development, Systems Design and Integration, Data Center Operations, Information Protection & Assurance, Strategic Out/Alternative Sourcing, Contracting & Negotiations and Vendor Relationship Management areas. He is continuously seeking executive opportunities to lead the delivery of solutions that provide marketplace differentiation and operational acuity of the highest quality and value, by driving the convergence of emerging business and technical trends and delivering information out of the computer room and into the hands of customers. MacLeod is a Fellow of HIMSS, and has been published in the HIMSS Journal. 

Laura Casselman | CEO | JVZoo | Oviedo, Florida | United States | Information Technology Services
Laura Casselman is the CEO of JVZoo, an online software solution that allows sellers to create an instant affiliate program for their products on blogs, websites, and online forums.JVZoo has been ranked by Inc. Magazine for both 2016 and 2017 on the Inc. 5000 – the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.  Laura has 17 years of experience in growing sales and revenue, improving customer service, and aggressively controlling expenses in competitive markets.  Laura has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, and StartUps.co. What Laura enjoys most is fostering a culture where employees thrive and value teamwork.

Mary Jade Chiang | Communications Manager | Cisco Systems, Inc. | San Jose, California | United States | Information Technology Hardware
Effective communication is the lynchpin of every business. It connects the message to the people to build culture and foster unity — and that’s what I do. As the Communications lead, I manage internal and executive communications for the IT organization that supports Data Center Networking. With over eight years of experience, I have implemented communication strategies that promote program vision and align to core business objectives that keep employees and stakeholders engaged, informed, and excited about the products and services they offer.

Raj Badhwar | SVP, CISO | Voya Financial Inc | Windsor, Connecticut | United States | Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance

Vivek Narismhan Suryanarayanan | Corporate Strategy and Operations | NIO | San Jose, California | United States | Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics
Vivek is an award-winning technologist turned business strategist  with 12 years of leadership experience in the tech industry ranging from semi-conductors and telecommunication to electric automotive domains with expertise in product commercialization, partnership engagement and new business development. He is currently a corporate development leader at an Electric Vehicle Startup ,NIO Inc., driving the Go to Market strategy for the Americas and has a penchant for finding clarity in ambiguity and heavy subscriber to disruptive innovation.   Vivek holds Master’s Degree in  Electrical Engineering from USC and an MBA from U.C Berkeley. 

Adam Cason | Director of Product Marketing | Futurex | Bulverde, Texas | United States | Information Technology Hardware
Adam Cason, Director of Product Marketing at Futurex, is responsible for the company’s virtually-driven content marketing initiatives, technical documentation portfolio, and engagement strategy for customer and partner relationships. In this role, Mr. Cason works closely with executive audiences around the world, focusing on the growth of Futurex’s thought leadership within the overall field of cybersecurity. He holds a strong technical background and deep knowledge of enterprise-class cryptographic ecosystems, having originally joined Futurex as a Solutions Architect.

Michael DeNapoli | Senior Solution Architect | Cymulate, LTD. | New York, New York | United States | Security Software
A seasoned cybersecurity professional with nearly 20 years’ experience in the technology world, Mike has consulted with companies from mom and pop shops to Fortune 100 enterprise organizations on Business Continuity Planning, Cloud Transformation, Identity and Access Managment, and Cybersecurity issues.

Rambabu Gujjula | Director | PayPal | San Jose, California | United States | Information Technology Software
Working as a Director of Data Development and Operations at PayPal managing an org of 130 people with varied technical and business landscapes. Have 15+ years of experience around the globe (USA, UK, India) with expertise in High Technology solutions, product management, data management, delivering business critical solutions. Have a Computer Science & Engineering and Executive MBA Berkeley degree (2019 graduating).

Justin Hall, Partner @ Voxus, Inc. | Tacoma, Washington, USA

Justin Hall has been doing technology PR and marketing for almost 20 years. He has extensive experience in the networking, security, and cloud services. He’s helped define company and product messaging for over 100 companies, and regularly ghost writes thought-leadership content for organizations and their executives.

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Ilia Kolochenko, CEO & Founder @ High-Tech Bridge | Geneva, Switzerland

Ilia is a Swiss application security expert and entrepreneur. Starting his career as a penetration tester, he founded High-Tech Bridge to incarnate his application security ideas. Ilia invented the concept of hybrid security assessment for web applications that was globally launched in 2014 under ImmuniWeb® brand. Afterwards, Ilia designed and managed implementation of numerous machine learning technologies for ImmuniWeb. Ilia holds a BS (Hons.) in Mathematics and Computer Science, and is currently performing his Master of Legal Studies degree at Washington University in St. Louis. His military service took place in Swiss artillery troops. Ilia is a contributing writer for CSO, SC Magazine UK, Dark Reading and Forbes, mainly writing about cybercrime and application security. He is also a member of the Forbes Technology Council. In 2016 he received “Forum des 100” award – 12th annual award for one hundred entrepreneurs, politicians and personalities who build the French speaking part of Switzerland. In 2017 Ilia was named a “Thought Leader” by SC Media Reboot Awards.

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Mukesh Marodia, Director of Product Management @ Informatica | Hyderabad, Telangana, India

As Director of Product Management of Informatica Data Security Group, Mukesh leads the product strategy and execution for Informatica’ s Data-centric Security, Test Data Management, and Data Archiving product lines. He has worked in enterprise software for 20 years, and previously served in Open Text, Virtusa-Polaris, Synygy and Motorola in various roles including product management, professional services and sales.

Mukesh drive product vision, strategy, and roadmap across the three product lines (Data Centric Security, Test Data Management, Data Archive) expanding the addressable market with new cloud-based offerings, big data and unstructured and semi-structured data solutions, as well as vertical-focused solutions for telco and healthcare.

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Jayendra Viswanathan, Project Manager @ Mphasis Limited | Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

JA result-focused Technical project manager near 20 years of IT experience. 10+ Years of software development/Application support/Product support/Production support. With over 8 years of Project/Program Management/PMO Experience. Good Coordinator with Outstanding record of delivering solutions on time and within budget. Management background include managing service delivery for multinational clients, leading teams, developing and managing budgets, contracts agreement, monitoring project standards for deliverable. Exposure to program management. Currently working for Mphasis Limited in Chennai India.

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Haniel Rose, Founder @ Iggi | Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Technology Product business professional with the start up enthusiast zeal and product leadership qualities.

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Samvel Gevorgyan, CEO @ Cyber Gates | Yerevan, Armenia

Samvel Gevorgyan has been in IT industry since 2006 with his contribution to IT management and security. He studied in India, Singapore and Moscow, and has PhD degree in Cyber Security. Currently Samvel is the CEO and Founder of “CYBER GATES” company. The company managed to earn five international awards and is considered the best Cybersecurity company in region.

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Yoni Heilbronn, Chief Marketing Officer @ Argus Cyber Security | Tel Aviv, Israel

Yoni Heilbronn serves as CMO at Argus. Yoni brings a wealth of experience in marketing, business development, strategy and acquisitions. Prior to joining Argus Yoni held various senior positions in leading High-Tech companies, including NICE Systems, SuperDerivatives, Plasan, and Olista. Yoni also served a decade in leadership roles in the IDF’s 8200 cyber intelligence unit, and currently serves as a board member of its alumni association. Mr. Heilbronn holds a BA in Political Science and History, Magna Cum Laude, Tel-Aviv University.

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Michael Greene, CxO @ PasswordPing | Boulder, Colorado, USA

Michael Greene, is currently an officer and member of the executive leadership team at PasswordPing. Prior to PasswordPing, Mike was the Chairman of the Board and ChiefExecutive Officer at ID Watchdog Inc; where Mike was responsible for developing a multi-award winning company and product – and delivering triple digit growth rates culminating in an acquisition by Equifax. Prior to ID Watchdog Mike served in various executive leadership roles in a number of Data security companies; including Webroot Software and PC Tools Software. At Webroot, he was recruited to develop and launch its first enterprise product. During his tenure, he helped grow product annual revenue from $3M to$100M. At PC Tools, Mike served as Vice President of Product Strategy and Business Development and led it into an acquisition by Symantec. Mike has filed for and holds several patents relate to data security; and has been honored with numerous industry awards – most recently being recognized as a Thought Leader by SC Magazine.

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Sreenivas Tatti, Principal Consultant @ Ayrus Inc. | Naperville, Illinois, USA

Sreenivas is a seasoned energy professional with over 14-year career in business consulting and analytics with deep knowledge and expertise in end-to-end energy trading and risk management solutions. He has extensive experience advising clients to plan, facilitate, develop and implement but not limited to Natural Gas, Power, Crude and Refined products trading operations and possess sound understanding of business core processes, risk management, regulatory requirements, technology developments and IT environments. He has led the team through strong consulting engagements helping energy clients in ETRM implementations, IT strategy, IT development, Business alignment, Exchange integration and transformation management. Sreenivas is a well recognized subject matter expert in the de-regulated ISO markets with exceptional integrity and a record of improving business operations systems. He has experience with the implementations of Open Link Right angle, Endur and Allegro. Sreenivas holds a Bachelor of Computer Engineering degree from University of Pune, India.

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Shomiron Das Gupta, Founder and CEO @ Netmonastery Network Security Pvt Ltd | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Shomiron Das Gupta, the founder and CEO of Netmonastery, is a highly experienced Intrusion Analyst, and has been building threat detection systems for more than a decade. He has the experience of building detection strategies for the most advanced security operations centers in the world. Having founded NETMONASTERY (NM) at the end of 2002, he set out to deliver quality attack detection products and services to all its customers. Over the years he has worked intensively on, DDoS mitigation, Traffic Anomaly, Collaborative Detection Systems, Trace Tools, Big Data, Real-time FishBowling, Multi-layer Correlation, Reporting Technologies, Audit Systems, Frameworks, Parallel Processing and Measurable Security.
Specializing in areas such as Intrusion Analysis, Threat Intelligence, SIEM, DDoS Defense Strategies, Intrusion Prevention, Incident Handling, Multi-layer Correlation and Big Data, he has spoken at numerous conferences such as the DSCI Best Practices Meet, NULLCON and was interviewed at the prestigious RSA Conference too.

Outside work he is a trained mountaineer with expedition experience in the high Himalayas.

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Mehdi Hassan, Principal Consultant @ Wipro Limited | Painted Post, New York, USA

Mehdi Hassan is an IT Leader & Cyber Security Evangelist with 19+ years of international experience with multinational firms – PwC US, Wipro Limited and CMC Limited. He has experience working with many Fortune 500 customers. He has developed extensive Strategic Leadership, General & Project Management, Cyber Security Architecture and Business Development skills within a variety of business industries including Finance, Insurance, Telecom, Retail, Manufacturing and Healthcare across USA, Asia, Europe, Australia and Latin America. He has helped customers with IT Strategy, Solution Roadmap, Business/IT Alignment, Program Plan, Cyber security Implementation, Consulting and Solution Architecture & Design. He holds a Bachelor degree in Computer Science and Engineering.

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Revant Kapoor, Software Engineer @ Pinterest |San Francisco, California, USA

Revant Kapoor is an Entrepreneurial Engineer currently working on the Growth team at Pinterest [200M+ monthly active users], where he leads the user retention effort. Previously he was a founding engineer at Highlight, a startup which got acquired by Pinterest. Before that he was at Zynga where he was a founding engineer on Cityville, one of Zynga’s largest game [100M+ monthly active users] where he was also granted 2 patents. 

He is passionate about Startups, Artificial intelligence and large scale Distributed Systems. At Pinterest he is currently building machine learning pipelines to predict churn and help users get relevant content.

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Sourav Mukherjee, Database Administrator @ Capgemini America |Buffalo Grove, Illinois, USA

Sourav Mukherjee is a Senior Database Administrator and Architect based out of Chicago. He has more than 12 years of experience working with Microsoft SQL Server Database Platform. His work focuses on Microsoft SQL Server started with SQL Server 2000. Being a Consultant, he has worked with different Chicago based client projects. He has helped many companies in designing and maintaining their high availability solutions and providing query performance tuning to improve the overall SQL Server performance. He is passionate about SQL Server Database and the related community and contributing to articles in different SQL Server Public sites and Forums helping the members. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science followed by a master’s degree in Project Management. Currently pursuing Ph.D. In Information Technology. He is an MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) certified since 2017, MCP, MCTS, MCDBA, MCITP, TOGAF, Prince2, PMP, and ITIL Certified. He writes articles and blogs on Scholarly journals and other social media platforms.

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Pratik Thanki, Senior Manager – Energy Trading and Risk Management @ Sapient Corporation | Houston, Texas, USA

Pratik is an innovative leader with 12 plus years of experience in Energy and Finance industries. As a delivery lead, he has led several large programs for multiple organizations, such as investment banks, utilities, oil/gas majors and LNG companies. He possesses an elite Energy Risk Professional (ERP) certification. With the use of strong domain knowledge in Natural Gas, LNG, Oil & Refined Products, Power including trading, hedging and valuation, he has collaborated with other industry leaders in the space and delivered high value business and IT transformation programs involving globally distributed delivery teams.

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Kelly Kish, Director of Marketing @ DirectDefense, Inc. | Englewood, Colorado, USA

As Director of Marketing, Kelly Kish brings extensive experience in driving both product, channel and corporate marketing programs in technology. Before DirectDefense, Kelly held marketing positions at a number of marketingleading technology companies, including FireEye, Elo Touch Solutions, SonicWALL and GE Energy. Kelly holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma

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Amit Bareket, CEO & Co-Founder @ Safer Social Ltd. – parent company of SaferVPN & Perimeter 81 | Tel Aviv, Israel

Amit Bareket is the CEO and Co-Founder of leading VPN provider, SaferVPN, and next-gen secure network access service, Perimeter 81. He is a cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in system architecture and software development. 

Amit has authored 7 patents issued by the USPTO for storage, mobile applications and user interface. Prior to co-founding SaferVPN and Perimeter 81, Amit worked as a Software Engineer for major enterprises including IBM XIV Storage and BigBand Networks. He graduated Cum Laude with a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Economics from Tel Aviv University and served in the Israel Defense Force’s elite intelligence unit.

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Nancy Wu, Head of Sales & Support @ Skystem | New York, NY USA

Nancy Wu has spent most of her career working in, consulting for, and auditing various accounting departments’ financial close process for public and private organizations ($200 Million to $4 Billion), including banks and credit unions.

Her published work around leveraging user behavior to design internal controls is archived in the Cornell University Library. Ms. Wu is also the author of a whitepaper that discusses management standards around balance sheet reconciliation process.

She is the subject matter expert on a webinar program that draws 300 to 500 signups each month on topics ranging from internal controls over financial reporting, to month-end close infrastructure, to Finance tone at the top.

Ms. Wu currently leads sales and customer success for SkyStem, a technology company that offers month-end close and reconciliation automation for mid-market companies in banking, healthcare, retail and various other industries.

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Yossi Appleboum, CEO @ Sepio Systems | Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

With more than 25 years of experience in Security and Networking, Mr. Appleboum brings unique vision on Cyber Security. In the early 90’s, Mr. Appleboum joined the Israeli Army Intelligence and served as a team leader focusing on development of Network Security Systems. Later, Mr. Appleboum was a co-founder of WebSilicon which focused on security systems. Mr. Appleboum was involved in design and implementation of more than 250 systems for government agencies, integrators and vendors. In 2013, WebSilicon was acquired by Magal (NASDAQ: MAGS), one of the world’s largest physical security integration companies. After the acquisition, Mr. Appleboum served as the CTO for Cyber Security of Senstar Inc., the North American division of Magal. As the CTO for Cyber Security, Mr. Appleboum was instrumental in all phases of the development of the Cyber Security Systems, that converge physical and logical security in a manner that brings a new level of cyber security to the market. In 2016, Mr. Appleboum co-founded Sepio Systems, a Cyber Security startup company that brings a new approach for defending supply chains against cyber-attacks. Mr. Appleboum serves as the CEO of the US company, responsible for North American operations.

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Olga Khamilova, Marketing Coordinator @ Swiss Post Solutions Ltd. (Vietnam) | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

With more than 25 years of experience in Security and Networking, Mr. Appleboum brings unique vision on Cyber Security. In the early 90’s, Mr. Appleboum joined the Israeli Army Intelligence and served as a team leader focusing on development of Network Security Systems. Later, Mr. Appleboum was a co-founder of WebSilicon which focused on security systems. Mr. Appleboum was involved in design and implementation of more than 250 systems for government agencies, integrators and vendors. In 2013, WebSilicon was acquired by Magal (NASDAQ: MAGS), one of the world’s largest physical security integration companies. After the acquisition, Mr. Appleboum served as the CTO for Cyber Security of Senstar Inc., the North American division of Magal. As the CTO for Cyber Security, Mr. Appleboum was instrumental in all phases of the development of the Cyber Security Systems, that converge physical and logical security in a manner that brings a new level of cyber security to the market. In 2016, Mr. Appleboum co-founded Sepio Systems, a Cyber Security startup company that brings a new approach for defending supply chains against cyber-attacks. Mr. Appleboum serves as the CEO of the US company, responsible for North American operations.

Other achievements: Certificate of Technological University for the Best Business idea (PostVenture,2015), Best employee of the year (SPS Vietnam,2017), ExtraMile Award (SPS Vietnam,2017)

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Doshia Stewart, Director, Corporate Brand & Marketing @ Allegion | Carmel, Indiana, USA

Marketing leader, specializing in international brand management and strategic and M&A communications, and B2B and B2C marketing programs. Responsible for corporate brand strategy, digital marketing and innovation and tech thought leadership.

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Pablo de la Riva, CEO & Founder @ buguroo | Carmel, Indiana, USA

Pablo founded his first company when he was 21. He had previously been in charge of more than 200 technical team members when he was CTO at Écija, leading different divisions, such as an ethical hacking team, antifraud, managed security and others. After 5 years leading the company in Spain, he is starting to ramp up the project internationally.

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Tyler Shields, VP Strategy @ Signal Sciences | Cary, North Carolina, USA

Built and ran security products and services companies including Veracode, @Stake and Signal Sciences. Masters dergree in computer science and an MBA from University of North Carolina. Board advisor to multiple security startups and established companies. For analyst for Forrester Research covering Mobile, Application and IoT security markets.

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