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George Tubin

Director of Product Marketing, Cynet

George Tubin is the Director of Product Marketing at Cynet and a recognized expert in cybercrime prevention. He was previously VP of Marketing at Socure where he delivered thought leadership and insights to leading technology providers on business strategies, technologies, cybersecurity.

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Daniel Lee

Vice President of Sales, APJ, Cato Networks

Lee manages Cato Networks' overall business operations in the APJ region. He has more than 27 years of experience in building and growing businesses from the ground up, developing sales strategies and leading successful APJ sales organizations. Prior to Cato Networks, Lee spent more than two decades in the enterprise mobility, networking, security, cloud-based video collaboration industries, holding several APJ leadership positions at Nokia/Check Point Software, TippingPoint, Rapid7, and Lifesize.

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Dave Martin

Senior Director, Product Management - Threat Response, Open Systems

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

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Thomas Hill

CIO, Live Oak Bank

With more than 20 years of IT and security experience, Thomas has spent the majority of his career working in senior IT, Risk, and Security positions in technology and financial service institutions. As CISO, Thomas leads Live Oak's technology risk management and security operations. He provides leadership for developing and implementing technology and security initiatives that support the mission, vision, and long-term objectives of Live Oak Bank. Thomas holds a BS in Business Administration and an MBA with a specialty focus in Management of Information Systems and Security from Saint Leo University. He also holds several industry IT and security certifications, including CISSP, CIPT, and CISM.

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Avi Shau

CEO and Co-Founder, Orca Security

Avi has more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity. Prior to co-founding Orca Security, Avi was the chief technologist at Check Point Software Technologies and held key positions within Unit 8200, the Israeli NSA. While at Check Point, he built and scaled cybersecurity solutions that continue to protect tens of thousands of organizations to this day. Avi believes that cybersecurity products should always support the organization and not the other way around.

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Thomas Malta

Head of Identity and Access Management, Navy Federal Credit Union

Tom Malta's extensive career in Financial Services Technology and Cyber Security started 25+ years ago as a hands-on developer building and supporting front office trading systems for many of the top Wall St. Brokerages and Investment Banks. Shortly after moving to Goldman Sachs in 2000, he landed in Cyber Security and has been there ever since focused on building and executing Global Cyber Security Solutions. Over the past 20+ years he's led many successful IAM Programs utilizing custom build as well as off the shelf technology supporting internal, external, customer, and 3rd party/cloud identities alike.

Tom is currently the Head of IAM at Navy Federal Credit Union where he is responsible for design, development, and execution of cyber technology solutions to support the overall IAM Strategy. The team is currently focused on the firm's transformation of both workforce and member (aka customer IAM) to drive more automation, agile development, and improve the effectiveness of existing IAM and Cyber Security Controls.

As a recognized Subject Matter Expert in IAM, Tom spends a lot of his time giving back to the industry through board representations, speaking engagements, and contributing to research papers. His passion for the space is unparalleled, and enjoys staying current with emerging technologies such as biometrics, AI, ML, and next generation customer authentication solutions such as blockchain.

Prior to Navy Federal, Tom held similar Managing Director / Executive IT roles at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BNYMellon, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Synchrony Financial, and Brown Brothers Harriman. Mr. Malta is also a Board Member of the Identity Defined Security Alliance,  an active participant of various IAM Customer Advisory Board's, and a distinguished Ponemon Fellow

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Sami Laine

Principal Security Architect, Okta

Sami Laine is Principal Security Architect at Okta. Over the last two decades, Sami has helped many of the world's largest enterprises, financial institutions, and public sector organizations protect against fraud, malware, threats, and data breaches. At Okta he helps companies embrace identity as the new security perimeter.

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Justin Fier

Director of Cyber Intelligence and Analytics, Darktrace

Justin Fier is one of the US's leading cyber intelligence experts, and holds the position of Director for Cyber Intelligence & Analytics at Darktrace. His insights on cyber security and artificial intelligence have been widely reported in leading media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Washington Post, and VICELAND. With over 10 years of experience in cyber defense, Fier has supported various elements in the US intelligence community, holding mission-critical security roles with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems and Abraxas. He is also a highly-skilled technical specialist, and works with Darktrace's strategic global customers on threat analysis, defensive cyber operations, protecting IoT, and machine learning.

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Homayun Yaqub

Senior Director of Strategy, Forcepoint

Homayun Yaqub is Forcepoint's Global Security Strategist. In this role, he partners with executives across various industries to architect and deliver tenable strategies addressing core business issues to reduce risk exposure and better protect their data and people assets. Homayun brings more than 25 years of security experience in the U.S. military, government, and private sector to Forcepoint.

Prior to joining, Homayun led multiple security initiatives at JPMorgan Chase & Company. As an independent consultant, Homayun advised Global 1000 companies on strategies to better manage risk and enhance their security posture. He was also a founding member of The MASY Group, a global security and risk consulting firm.

Homayun held multiple leadership and executive roles in the Department of Defense and U.S. Intelligence Community with his last role serving as the DCS Deputy Director at the Defense Intelligence Agency. Homayun began his career as a U.S. Army Officer.

Homayun holds a Masters in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University, and a Bachelors in International Business rom James Madison University. He is a board member of the Homaira Rahman Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to creating sustainable opportunities for Afghanistan's orphans.

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Mark Ostrowski

Head of Engineering for the East, US, Check Point

Mark has over 20 years' experience in IT security and has helped design and support some of the largest security environments in the country. As Head of Engineering for the US East at Check Point Software, Mark provides thought leadership for the IT security industry outlining the current threat landscape and helping organizations understand how they can pro-actively mitigate and manage risk.

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Joe Martinez

CISO, Aon

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Steven Hunt

Senior Analyst, Aite Group

Steve Hunt is a senior analyst on Aite Group's Cybersecurity team. A speaker, advisor, and most of all a teacher, Mr. Hunt has been a strategic advisor to worldwide leaders of business and government. He has assisted more than 400 global organizations to optimize success in IT, security, and leadership, and his primary goals are to identify major opportunities that can either dramatically reduce costs or generate new income streams in the shortest possible time. Mr. Hunt has appeared as an analyst on CNBC, Fox News, CNN, and other news programs. His analysis has appeared in The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Businessweek, and other global publications. Mr. Hunt was inducted into the Cyber Security Industry Hall of Fame and founded the Communities of Excellence, and CSO Magazine presented him with the "Industry Visionary" Compass Award. He has earned CPP and CISSP certifications, attended Elizabethtown College, and was a graduate fellow at the University of Chicago. Mr. Hunt's diverse background lends a fresh perspective on business and society.

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Ginger Armbruster

Chief Privacy Officer, City of Seattle

As the City of Seattle's Chief Privacy Officer, Ginger Armbruster leads a team of privacy specialists in the execution of the City's Privacy Program, following a principles-based approach to the City's management of the public's personal and sensitive information. Prior to this role, she worked for Microsoft on an international team of privacy specialists to resolve issues associated with multi-million-dollar marketing initiatives. Before moving into privacy, she spent the first 20 years of her career working in sales and marketing for Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Johnson & Johnson, as well as several medical technology startup companies.

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Sadia Mirza

Attorney, Cybersecurity, Information Governance and Privacy Practice Group, Troutman Pepper

Sadia Mirza is part of the Cybersecurity, Information Governance and Privacy practice group at Troutman Sanders, and is also part of the Financial Services Litigation practice group. She provides strategic privacy compliance counseling, and defends, counsels and represents companies on matters relating to data privacy, data use, and incident response and investigation, with an eye towards helping clients avoid litigation. Additionally, she has experience with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), as well as various other laws concerning privacy and cybersecurity. Mirza's in-house background allows her to understand the issues and concerns clients have and guide them toward resolution in a clear and efficient way. She has worked with clients from a variety of industries, including financial institutions, consumer reporting agencies, insurance companies, healthcare providers, and data and analytics providers. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mirza worked for JPMorgan Chase and Washington Mutual Bank. Her ongoing interest in the financial services industry led her to pursue an LL.M. in banking and finance after graduating from law school.

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Randy Sabett

Special Counsel, Cyber/Data/Privacy Practice Group, Cooley LLP

A former NSA crypto-engineer, Sabett brings to Cooley LLP his extensive experience in data security, privacy, licensing and IP. Sabett has managed numerous data breach responses involving major retailers, financial and healthcare organizations, and on-line service providers. He served on the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency and has been recognized as a leader in privacy and data security in the 2007-2014 editions of Chambers USA. Sabett is a member of the board for the Georgetown Cybersecurity Law Institute and the Northern Virginia chapter of ISSA. He also is a frequent lecturer and author, and has appeared on or been quoted by a variety of national media sources.

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Kim Green

Sr. Director IT Security and Compliance, Rodan and Fields

Kim has served in several executive and senior-level IT and InfoSec roles, and as an advisor and investor to several security and healthcare companies. With over 25 years' experience in both private and public healthcare sectors, Kim has consulted federal and state government healthcare agencies and private companies on security and privacy best practices.

Kim routinely speaks internationally on security and privacy topics. In 2013, she spoke to members of the European Commission in Brussels on behalf of the COCIR European Trade Association providing recommendations for GDPR.

Kim studied computer software engineering and computer science at Brandeis University and Cal Lutheran University. She also served in the United States Army and was awarded the Army Achievement Medal for her exemplary service

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Kevin Murphy

Former CISO, City of Seattle

Kevin was the VP of Cybersecurity Operations and Governance at IOActive.com, a retired US Air Force intelligence officer, and the former Director of Windows Security Architecture at Microsoft with over 25 years of experience in threat intelligence and information security. Kevin holds the CISM, CISSP, and CGEIT security certifications.

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Jim Weaver

CIO, Washington State

Jim Weaver was appointed Director and State CIO for Washington Technology Solutions in December 2018. Jim has over 32 years of experience in the IT industry, having served in varying management and technical positions, most notably as the Commonwealth of PA's Chief Technology Officer, as well as Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer for the commonwealth's Departments of Human Services, Aging and Insurance.

During his tenure, he had responsibility for planning, directing, and evaluating Commonwealth IT operations and was a key contributor for the IT shared services transformation effort to align technology staff and services into functional matrix-based teams. In his agency roles, Jim was responsible for planning, directing and evaluating the IT operations of the three agencies, which included mainframe and distributed systems platforms, data base design and application/software development, telecommunications, IT security and business intelligence.

Jim has proven expertise with successful large scale modernization efforts with an enterprise approach to technology and information security management - many of these efforts have been nationally recognized by NASCIO (2008, 2013, and 2014) and Computerworld Honors (2010 and 2013). Jim holds numerous ITIL certifications and earned his Certified Government Chief Information Officer qualification from Harrisburg University. Jim is also an active member of the armed forces serving in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard with over 33 years' experience in personnel information management systems.

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Kelvin Coleman

Executive Director, National Cyber Security Alliance

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Fredrik Forslund

Vice President, Enterprise & Cloud Erasure Solutions, Blancco

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General Gregory Touhill, Retired

First US CISO & President, Appgate Federal

Greg Touhill is one of the nation's premier cybersecurity and information technology senior executives. A highly experienced leader of large, complex, diverse and global cybersecurity and information technology operations, Touhill was selected by President Obama as the US government's first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). His other civilian government service includes duties as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications in the US Department of Homeland Security and as Director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, where he led national programs to protect the United States and its critical infrastructure. Touhill is a retired Air Force general officer, a highly-decorated combat leader, an accomplished author, a former American diplomat, and a senior executive with documented high levels of success on the battlefield and in the boardroom.

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Selim Aissi

SVP & CISO, Ellie Mae

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