Speakers

As Founder and President of KirkpatrickPrice, Joseph Kirkpatrick knows that people avoid security audits, yet it’s a very important part of an overall strategy to prepare for cybersecurity and compliance threats. Joseph has delivered almost 20,000 cybersecurity and compliance audit reports by educating, empowering, and inspiring clients to navigate the complex maze of IT standards and regulatory requirements. He holds the CPA, CISSP, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, and QSA certifications.

Patrick Guay is a cybersecurity speaker, and influencer working closely with CISOs of fortune 500 companies globally to shape their cybersecurity strategies and technology stacks. Prior to joining Pentera as SVP, Americas Sales, Patrick held several senior leadership roles over the past 20 years with successful high-growth companies such as Voltaire (acquired by Mellanox, today NVDA), Anbolt (acquired by AAPL), and Excelero. 

MASTER OF CEREMONY

Luis has over 30 years in the private and public sectors, both as a consumer and a provider of specialized services in the areas of security consulting, investigations, executive protection, emergency response, and intelligence. Former US Marine Corps Captain and Counterintelligence Officer. He currently serves as Vice President at Allied Universal’s Risk Advisory and Consulting Services Division.

MODERATOR: Cybersecurity in the Crosshairs: Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Combatting Cyber Terrorism in an Increasingly Complex Threat Landscape

Angela is the Managing Principal and Founder of Elevate. She is a multifaceted business and technology professional with over twenty years of professional experience in assurance, cyber risk, regulatory compliance, and privacy. The mission of Elevate is to help companies prepare for compliance auditing and defend client profits by implementing strong Information Security and Privacy controls and programs, as well as providing top Cyber talent for clients in need of staff augmentation.
Angela holds several certifications in IT and Cyber Security and has a double degree in Accounting and Management Information Systems.

Joe Toste is the founder, CEO, and podcaster for TechTables. In the Public Sector, Joe is known for his ability to “make CIO’s look great” while spotlighting the issues that CIOs and technology leaders care about most. What began as a small endeavor at a conference grew into a passion for sharing the community’s stories of success, challenges, and reflections. Joe also coaches basketball and lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his family. He is often referred to as “The Podcast Guy!” at public sector conferences.

Prior to his new role at Qwiet AI, Chris spent 14 years at Nielsen, 6 as Nielsen’s Chief Information Security Officer. He had the unique responsibility of greenfielding a modern, cloud-first security program for Nielsen’s global businesses. Chris focused on strategic planning, aligning security objectives with business objectives, scaling product security by empowering engineering teams and implementing cyber capabilities that support Nielsen’s digital and cloud transformations.

Gary is a passionate technologist who loves leading-edge ideas and methods to help drive business outcomes. Prior to Sysdig, he was a Team Lead at Docker focused on SecDevOps and the Director of Architecture at VeriStor where he led a team helping clients large and small solve technology problems.

Robet Grillo is Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Florida International University and leads a division of more than 300 IT professionals, along with a culturally-diverse leadership team. Recently recognized one of the top 100 most influential Hispanic Professionals in IT by HITEC in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Carlos has more than 30 years of progressive experience in the control systems and telecommunications field. Carlos’ history includes positions such as Principal Systems Engineer, Senior ICS Cybersecurity Consultant, Solutions Architect and Technical Account Manager and Principal Solutions Architect around the world. Carlos has been actively involved in several brown and green field industrial control systems projects in Manufacturing, mining and Oil and Gas, from the concept definition to the commissioning stages of the projects. Carlos has spent the last 6 years of his career operationalizing cybersecurity Solutions focusing on industrial networks.

Cristian Rodriguez is a cybersecurity advisor with 18+ years of experience working with financial services, academics, state & local and various federal agencies. He specializes in assisting executives with technical and business challenges related to implementing new cyber technologies and policies. He has worked at CrowdStrike for the past 8 years and contributed to white papers on compliance standards and led an initiative to secure local government and healthcare facility systems.

Justin helps service providers build services around Sevco Asset Intelligence platform. He previously worked at VMware Carbon Black, L-3 Communications, and with the US Marine Corps, and was a contractor for the US Air Force as a Cyber Intelligence Analyst. Justin holds a Master’s Degree in Homeland Security/Information Security and Forensics from Penn State University. In his free time, he enjoys sports and spending time with his family.

Alex Babar leads product marketing at Brinqa, a hyper-growth cybersecurity company that supports companies in orchestrating their entire cyber risk lifecycle. Prior, Alex ran product marketing at Bessemer-backed Legit Security and held product marketing and product management roles at Ping Identity. Outside of geeking out on B2B SaaS, Alex is a lifelong tennis player and a budding “pragmatic home cook” based out of Austin, Texas.

Chris Usserman is a subject matter expert and Director of Security Architecture at Infoblox, with over 32 years of experience in the U.S. Intelligence Community. He helps clients in the public sector and U.S. government to improve their cybersecurity programs by incorporating cyber business intelligence. Chris has held leadership roles at iSIGHT Partners and Lockheed Martin and served in the U.S. Air Force. He speaks at domestic and international conferences on building more effective cybersecurity programs.

Ron Nixon is an experienced IT and Cybersecurity leader with over 30 years of expertise. He currently works as a CTO and CISO for Cohesity, supporting sales, engineering and product development on the East Coast. He previously held leadership roles at Polyverse and General Dynamics Information Technology where he advised on cybersecurity and communications for the Army, DoD Agencies, and corporate level executives.

Over her 20 years of experience in the field of information and network security, Helvetiella Longorias’s innovation and leadership have played a critical role in the development and enhancement of FIU’s network. Ms. Longoria is an advocate for spreading cybersecurity awareness, and truly believes that cybersecurity is a shared responsibility.

Julie O’Brien holds more than 25 years of experience in driving go-to-market strategies for large enterprise, mid-sized, and startup companies. She’s held marketing leadership roles with some of the tech industry’s most influential companies including Nutanix, Box, and Cisco. Prior to joining Dazz as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), she was the CMO of cybersecurity company AttackIQ. Julie is a board member of non-profit Workforce Opportunity Services, an advisor to privately-held Influitive, and community volunteer of the Neighbor Brigade. She graduated from Bentley University in Waltham, MA with a BA/MBA.

Michelle Jackman brings a diverse perspective from her experience as a leader and technical expert over the past 2 decades. She has recently joined Palo Alto Networks as a technical leader, focused on cloud security. She was previously at Microsoft where she was a Security Global Black Belt and Director of Customer Success. She has led technical teams in presales, headed up a consulting practice at a partner, managed enterprise architecture/networking teams for energy companies, and served as director for an entire IT organization for the FAA. 

Chris “BigBiz” Brown is a seasoned instructor and consultant with a passion for training and tactical level infosec consulting. He is currently an InfoSec SME and DoD Academy Instructor for Focal-Point Federal/CDW, specializing in cyber protection and mission defense team training. Prior to joining Corelight, he provided training and professional services for organizations such as Elastic, Exabeam, LogRhythm, Mandiant & FireEye, and more. Chris also has hands-on experience as an Info/Cyber Security Analyst, Threat Hunter, Incident Responder, and Cyber Adversarial Pursuit specialist. 

Lawrence is a cybersecurity strategist with 25 years of experience across private, public, and academic sectors, currently managing Miami-Dade County’s Security Architecture, Risk and Compliance, and Incident Response teams. He specializes in aligning Critical Infrastructure Security and implementing prescriptive security controls for projects such as nuclear plant control systems, elections security, and Smart City initiatives. Lawrence is also skilled in leading risk assessments and holds multiple cybersecurity certifications. He is committed to giving back to the South Florida community.

Paul Martini holds over 230 patents in cloud cybersecurity and is a trusted expert on Zero Trust, a modern cybersecurity architecture designed to prevent ransomware, breaches and data loss by making all applications private. Paul has been recognized for his leadership and innovation, receiving the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and being named one of Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs. Paul has also been published in many scientific journals, including the Journal of Foundations in Computer Science and the Journal of Analytical Biochemistry. Paul is co-founder, CEO and Co-Chair of iboss, a leading Zero Trust cloud security company which protects organizations globally from breaches and data loss.