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Lisa Plaggemier

Executive Director, National Cybersecurity Alliance

Lisa Plaggemier is Interim Executive Director at the National Cybersecurity Alliance. Lisa is a trailblazer in security awareness and education, and is a prominent security influencer with a proven track record of engaging and empowering businesses and their employees to protect themselves and their data. Lisa has held executive roles with the Ford Motor Company, CDK Global, InfoSec and MediaPRO, and is a frequent speaker at major events including RSA, Gartner and SANS. She is a University of Michigan graduate (Go Blue!) and while she wasn’t born in Austin, Texas, she got there as fast as she could.

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Theo Zafirakos

CISO, Professional Services Lead, Fortra’s Terranova Security

Theo is an experienced CISO, trusted cyber security advisor, and expert in security awareness strategy, governance, privacy, and more. He works with security leaders worldwide to help identify, evaluate, and manage security awareness strategies that align with their organizational objectives. He’s also responsible for internal cyber security policies and awareness initiatives at Terranova Security. Theo leads the Professional Services team in the implementation and execution of personalized security awareness training campaigns. He also helps organizations assess their security awareness training program's success with actionable metrics that facilitate long-term optimization and growth. Before joining Terranova Security, Theo spent 20 years at Canadian National Railway (CN), a leading North American transportation and logistics. In his role as CISO, he was responsible for the information security and governance strategy. Theo regularly speaks about security awareness and phishing simulation training at in-person and virtual industry events. He lives in Montreal, QC, and enjoys traveling, cooking, board games, and spending time with his family.

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Anand Sridharan

Senior Manager, Security Engineering, Snowflake

Anand has over two decades of deep technical experience with the last 7 years focused in the Security domain. At Snowflake, Anand heads the Enterprise Application Security function within the larger Corporate Security organization. Anand and his team drive initiatives across 3 key pillars - SaaS Security, Cloud Security and DevSecOps. Prior to Snowflake, Anand spent 5 years in the AWS Security Assurance organization, where he and his team drove AWS-wide Security, Compliance and Privacy initiatives. Anand holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Mississippi and an MBA from The George Washington University.

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Brad Williams

Senior Security Engineer, Snowflake

The majority of Brad’s 9 years in the cyber security industry has been focused on implementing & securing cloud architectures across highly regulated industries. As a graduate of SANS Institute's Cloud Security graduate program, his exposure to best practices across all three major cloud providers has uniquely positioned him to help leadership make informed decisions while navigating the challenges unique to being a Cloud-First enterprise. In his role at Snowflake, he has also worked to expand the use cases for Snowflake Cybersecurity workloads by engaging with security vendors to help build connected applications that reduce security data silos for the enterprise.

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Joe Nicastro

Field CTO, Legit Security

Joe Nicastro is a seasoned cybersecurity expert with over a decade of experience in the field, specializing in application security for the past five years. With a diverse background working at industry-leading companies, including Toshiba, Veracode, Sonatype, Apiiro, and Legit Security, Joe has honed his skills and knowledge in securing digital landscapes. In addition to his professional journey, Joe has a passion for sharing his expertise and mentoring the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. In this capacity, Joe has spent several years as an instructor at a cybersecurity boot camp, imparting invaluable knowledge to aspiring security enthusiasts, as well as playing an active role in fostering industry collaboration and knowledge-sharing as a key contributor to the OWASP chapter in Kansas City.

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Kolby Weisenburger

Solutions Engineering Director, Legit Security

Kolby Weisenburger leads the global solutions engineering team at Legit Security, where she focuses on contextualizing software vulnerabilities for developers to CISOs alike. Prior to Legit, Kolby led the enterprise and strategic SE functions at Snyk, was a product manager within the ETL/DevOps EdTech space, and, once upon a time, identified exoplanets orbiting single and binary star systems. Outside of developer and security advocacy, you can usually find Kolby finishing a puzzle, visiting the latest and greatest brewery, or rewatching Top Gun with her 20-pound cat (who thinks he's a dog), Goose.

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James McQuiggan

Security Awareness Advocate, KnowBe4

James McQuiggan is a Security Awareness Advocate for KnowBe4. Prior to joining KnowBe4, McQuiggan worked for Siemens for 18 years where he was responsible for various roles, including Product & Solution Security Officer for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. In addition to his work at Siemens, McQuiggan is also a part-time faculty professor at Valencia College in the Engineering, Computer Programming & Technology Division.

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Andrew Kopcienski

Principal Analyst, Mandiant Intelligence

Andrew Kopcienski is a principal analyst for the Mandiant Communications Center, with ten years experience in cyber intelligence.

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Eric Van Woerden

Senior Manager, Network Security, Palo Alto Networks Americas

Eric Van Woerden is a Senior Manager within Palo Alto Networks' Network Security product group. His primary focus is helping customers achieve Zero Trust across all vulnerable environments by leveraging a consolidated, AI-powered Network Security platform. Since beginning his cybersecurity career in 2012, Eric spends most of his time collaborating with customers and partners to ensure Palo Alto Networks delivers solutions that solve real customer problems. Previous to joining Palo Alto Networks, Eric was part of Microsoft IT's Infosec organization and has been working in technology for over 20 years.

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Pankaj Goyal

Director of Research, FAIR Institute

Pankaj Goyal is the Director of Research at the FAIR Institute. He is responsible for driving the research agenda for the Institute. He led the AI business at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where his team built some of the most powerful AI systems and applications in the world for both federal and commercial entities. Pankaj has also spent time at McKinsey & Company in the High Tech Practice. Pankaj is embedded into the startup community. He is an angel investor and founded a startup in the mobile technology space. He has written a best-selling book, 'Before You Start Up'. Pankaj lives in Houston and invites you to connect with him on LinkedIn for continued conversations.

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Omar Khawaja

VP, Field CISO at Databricks

Omar is VP, Field CISO at Databricks and former CISO at Highmark Health. He also serves on the boards of HITRUST, The FAIR Institute, and Leadership Pittsburgh; he also serves as an advisor to a half dozen tech firms and as faculty for the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) program at Carnegie Mellon University. For his dedication and focus on cyber resilience, he has been covered by the Wall Street Journal, SANS, Forrester, Gartner, NACD, Reuters, HIMSS, CSO Magazine, CMU, and others. Omar is passionate about people, community, frameworks, communication, and measurement.

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Jackie Lebo

Risk Advisor, Safe Security

Meet Jacqueline Lebo, a seasoned Risk Advisory Professional known for her exceptional ability to steer organizations through turbulent waters and safeguard their operations. With a career marked by hands-on experience in risk assessment, compliance, and internal auditing, and most recently, enabling companies to manage their GenAI risk. Jacqueline is a trusted advisor to her clients, which include one of the largest social media companies in the world, with a focus on building the metaverse as well as Fortune 500 companies in healthcare, data infrastructure, technology, retail, and banking.

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Pete Chestna

CISO, Checkmarx North America

Pete Chestna serves as the CISO of North America at Checkmarx, where he provides customers and prospects with practical advice for building successful application security programs. Bringing more than 15 years of direct AppSec practitioner experience, Pete has held roles ranging from developer and development leader to his most recent position as the Global Head of AppSec for the Bank of Montreal.

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Eitan Worcel

Co-founder and CEO, Mobb

Eitan Worcel is the co-founder and CEO of Mobb, the recent Black Hat StartUp Spotlight winner. He is an application security expert with more than 15 years of experience as a developer, product management leader, and now business leader. Throughout his career, Eitan has worked with numerous companies to help them detect security issues and is now on a mission to help make those findings actionable with trusted automated vulnerability remediation. In the past, in his spare time, Eitan used to be a long-distance runner and participated in a few marathons, including the Red Rock Canyon Marathon, and even did an ultra marathon. Now, since starting Mobb, he simply doesn't have spare time...

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Omer Yoachimik

Senior Product Manager, Cloudflare

Omer Yoachimik has over 13 years of experience in Cyber Security from enterprise, start-up, and military backgrounds. He started his career in the Israeli Military Intelligence reaching Lieutenant rank and focusing on tactical cybertech for special forces. Omer is based out of London, where he has been leading Cloudflare’s industry-leading DDoS protection service for almost 4 years.

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Jeremy Grant

Managing Director, Technology Business Strategy, Venable, LLP & Coordinator, Better Identity Coalition

Jeremy Grant was the founding leader of the National Program Office for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and senior executive adviser for identity management at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He led the White House’s initiative to catalyze a marketplace of secure, easy-to-use, privacy-enhancing identity solutions for online services through government and private sector partnerships. Grant is now managing director of technology business strategy for Venable.

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Resha Chheda

VP of Product Marketing & Analyst Relations, Safe Security

Resha is a seasoned product marketing leader with over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity. She has expertise in a wide range of security technologies, including ATT&CK MITRE, CASB, NGFW, SSO, federation, and more. As a product marketing leader, Resha drives go-to-market strategies and develops sales enablement programs and marketing collateral. She is also leading Safe’s Analyst Relations and is skilled at identifying market trends, customer needs, and developing new business ideas to address those needs. Under Resha's aegis, Safe Security has continued gaining market traction and mindshare within cybersecurity.

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James Lam

President, James Lam & Associates & Board Director, FAIR Institute

James C. Lam is a board director, management consultant, and best-selling author. He is President of James Lam & Associates, a risk management consulting firm that serves clients across all industry sectors. As a board director, James currently serves as an independent director and audit committee member of World Gold Trust Services and WGC USA Asset Management. He is also a board director of the FAIR Institute. Previously, James served as a board director, chair of the risk oversight committee, and member of the audit committee of E*TRADE Financial and E*TRADE Bank. James has been recognized in the NACD Directorship 100 by the National Association of Corporate Directors, Lifetime Achievement Award by Shared Assessments, Risk Manager of the Year by the Global Association of Risk Professionals, and “100 Most Influential People in Finance” by Treasury & Risk Management magazine.

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Nicola (Nick) Sanna

President, Safe Security

Nicola (Nick) Sanna is President of Safe Security, the category leader in cyber risk quantification and management software, a board member of the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) and a member of the cyber risk and corporate governance working group at the World Economic Forum. Nick is also the Founder of the FAIR Institute, a 15,000 members research-driven not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline of cyber and operational risk management through education, standards and collaboration, that was named one of the 3 most influential industry organizations of the last 30 years. Nick is fluent in 5 languages and received a master's degree in Economics from the University of Rome La Sapienza.

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Pedro (Rui) Cunha

CISO, Timestamp SGS

Brought onboard of the Information Security World at mid-2001, started his path by transposing and adopting the "recently published" best practices of BS 17799:2000 into normal day operations, along with other subjects such as fraud detection and analytics and revenue assurance for a Portuguese mobile operator. With background in Computer engineering, Cunha have been having roles as a consultant, as internal security team member and, more recently, as CISO on a Portuguese bank, part of a multinational French bank. In between relevant experience on the Insurance market and on the telecom industry have also enriched his horizons and perspectives.

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Tom Field

Senior Vice President, Editorial, ISMG

Field is responsible for all of ISMG's 28 global media properties and its team of journalists. He also helped to develop and lead ISMG's award-winning summit series that has brought together security practitioners and industry influencers from around the world, as well as ISMG's series of exclusive executive roundtables.

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Sergio Gramaca

Chief Inspector, Fraud Risk Inspection and Monitoring, Novo Banco

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Filipe Lousa

Global Data Protection Officer, Getronics

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Pedro Vieira

IT & innovation Director, Águas do Porto, EM

Since 2009, Pedro Vieira e Moreira has been with Águas do Porto, the municipal water utility that manages the city's full urban water cycle. He has also been, for the past 4 years, Assistant Professor in Project Management at ISEP Polytechnic of Porto School of Engineering, and also co-founder and chief strategist of a startup. Since 2015, he has been assigned as Director of IT & Innovation Department. He is responsible for the major IT revolution inside Águas do Porto, by transforming the way technology is provided for workers and clients, as part of a broader strategy, in order to accelerate the pace of change needed in the utilities sector, assisting the decision-making process and thus the strategy choices of decision makers. He's leading the transformation into a smart utility and intelligent city accelerator, using innovation as mean to achieve it, and defines a change management direction that must be implemented across the organization, considering the multiple stakeholders involved and the effort that should be asked to the affected people and the processes that must be adapted into new realities.

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