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Anthony Goodier

Senior Security Consultant, BlackBerry

Anthony manages and mentors a team of cyber security consultants at BlackBerry. He joined the BlackBerry team though its acquisition of Encription, a UK based cyber security consultancy, where he started his career in cyber security. Anthony plans and performs a wide variety of security engagements including penetration tests, code reviews, Automotive, IoT, SCADA/ICS , social engineering and red team engagements.

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James McDowell

Director, BlackBerry Cybersecurity Consulting

James is an experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in cybersecurity and information security. He is responsible for working with clients to develop robust approaches to cyber security defences. James is currently engaged in large projects in the automotive and marine spaces and often delivers talks on areas such as security planning, IoT security and GDPR legislation.

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Christine DeFazio

Content Marketing Manager, IBM Trusteer

Christine DeFazio serves as Worldwide Content Marketing Manger for Trusteer, IBM Security. She has over 10 years of marketing experience across various industries including technology, telecommunications, and education. Prior to joining IBM, Christine worked with leading SaaS start-ups in the Atlanta tech scene.

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Erich Kron

Security Awareness Advocate, KnowBe4

Erich Kron, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, is a veteran information security professional with over 20 years' experience in the medical, aerospace manufacturing and defense fields. He is the former security manager for the 2nd Regional Cyber Center-Western Hemisphere and holds CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, MCITP and ITIL v3 certifications, among others. He has managed the technical integration and functional testing of multi-million-dollar enterprise level technology projects within the Department of Defense, as well as large military security programs. Erich has worked with information security professionals around the world to provide the tools, training and educational opportunities to succeed in the InfoSec industry.

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Denyette DePierro

VP & Senior Counsel - Center for Payments & Cybersecurity, American Bankers Association

DePierro joined the American Bankers Association in March 2008. Prior to joining the ABA, DePierro was Legislative Counsel of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) in Washington, D.C., and the California Independent Bankers in Newport Beach, Calif. At the ABA, DePierro focuses on the state, federal and international regulation of technology, cybersecurity, privacy, data security and emerging trends in banking, including fintech, blockchain, internet of things (IOT), artificial intelligence and social media.

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David Pollino

Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Bank of the West

Pollino is responsible for fraud prevention oversight and education at the bank. Pollino was recently named a top ten influencer by Bank Information Security. Prior to joining Bank of the West, Pollino served in senior fraud prevention positions for Wells Fargo, Washington Mutual, and Charles Schwab. During his career, Pollino has also worked as an information security consultant at @stake and UUNET advising Fortune 100 companies on information security issues. Pollino is the author of RSA Press: Wireless security, The Hacker's Challenge Books 1, 2 and 3, and Hacking Exposed: Wireless. Pollino currently contributes to the Bank of the West blog.

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David Houlding

Principal Healthcare Program Manager, Microsoft

David Houlding currently serves as Principal Healthcare Program Manager at Microsoft. Prior to that, he was the director of healthcare privacy and security at Intel Health and Life Sciences, where he led Intel HLS blockchain initiatives worldwide. He also led the Intel Healthcare Security Readiness Program, a worldwide open industry collaboration with over 150 HLS organizations participating across 9 countries and over 40 partners working to scale the program globally.

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Tom Kellermann

Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Carbon Black

Prior to joining Carbon Black, Tom was the CEO and founder of Strategic Cyber Ventures. On January 19, 2017 Tom was appointed the Wilson Center's Global Fellow for Cyber Policy in 2017. Tom previously held the positions of Chief Cybersecurity Officer for Trend Micro; Vice President of Security for Core Security and Deputy CISO for the World Bank Treasury. In 2008 Tom was appointed a commissioner on the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th President of the United States. In 2003 he co- authored the Book "Electronic Safety and Soundness: Securing Finance in a New Age.

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Tom Kellermann

Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Carbon Black

Prior to joining Carbon Black, Tom was the CEO and founder of Strategic Cyber Ventures. On January 19, 2017 Tom was appointed the Wilson Center's Global Fellow for Cyber Policy in 2017. Tom previously held the positions of Chief Cybersecurity Officer for Trend Micro; Vice President of Security for Core Security and Deputy CISO for the World Bank Treasury. In 2008 Tom was appointed a commissioner on the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th President of the United States. In 2003 he co- authored the Book "Electronic Safety and Soundness: Securing Finance in a New Age.

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Swarup Selvaraman

Senior Director of Product Management Cloud, Lastline

Selvaraman is the Senior Director of Product Management Cloud at Lastline. He is a security industry veteran having worked at leading security companies such as FireEye and SonicWALL and has expertise on multiple products including cloud security, network security, email security and security platforms for the SOC. He brings a broad security experience and know-how to solve problems as organizations migrate their infrastructure to the cloud.

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Stephen Gates

Edge Security Evangelist & Subject Matter Expert, Oracle Dyn

Stephen brings more than 25 years of computer networking and information security experience to his role at Oracle Dyn. He helps service providers, hosting providers, and enterprises solve their DDoS and web application security problems. He has an extensive background in the deployment and implementation of on-premises and next-generation cloud security solutions.

He has a Master's Degree in Information Security and Technology Management and is in demand as a thought leader and presenter at RSA, Black Hat, SecureWorld, SANs, Infosecurity, IANS, ISSA, InfraGard, ISACA, among other industry events.

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Brian Hussey

VP of Cyber Threat Detection & Response, Trustwave

Brian Hussey currently serves as VP of Cyber Threat Detection & Response for Trustwave. Prior to his current position, he was responsible for leading the Global Incident Response and Readiness team of Trustwave, managing stakeholder relationships. His vast experience in computer forensics and cybercrime investigation includes leading an FBI advanced analysis unit tasked with computer forensics for major crimes, network intrusions, malware analysis, counter-terror and counter-intelligence cyber investigations. Hussey was the primary designer of the FBI's advanced technical analysis training for network intrusion and malware analysis. He has delivered this training for special agents in FBI field offices across the United States, as well as internationally for cyber units within police forces in Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Japan, Germany, Moldova and others.

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Joel de la Garza

Operating Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Joel de la Garza is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz focused on information security. Prior to a16z, he was the chief security officer at Box from 2007 to 2013, Joel was the global head of Threat Management and Cyber Intelligence for Citigroup, where he was responsible for identifying emerging threats and developing both tactical and strategic responses to those threats. Earlier, he ran Security Incident Response for Deutsche Bank. Joel attended Stanford University.

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Kelly White

CEO and Founder (CISSP), RiskRecon

Kelly has nearly 20 years of experience in assessing and defending complex enterprises. Prior to dedicating his full attention to RiskRecon in 2015, White held various enterprise security roles, including CISO and Director of Information Security for financial services companies. White was also practice manager and senior security consultant for CyberTrust and Ernst & Young. White is an active supporter of the security community, a frequent speaker at industry conferences.

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Michelle Dennedy

Chief Privacy Officer, Cisco

Michelle Finneran Dennedy is Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer at Cisco. Throughout her career, she has led security and privacy initiatives, ranging from regulatory compliance, privacy engineering, advocacy and education efforts, and litigation at companies including Cisco, and previously McAfee/Intel Security, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. She founded The iDennedy Project, which seeks to change how people think about information and data, and co-authored The Privacy Engineer's Manifesto: Getting from Policy to Code to QA to Value.

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Robert Waitman

Director, Data Valuation, Cisco

Robert Waitman is a Director in Cisco's Privacy Office, where he specializes in quantifying the business benefits of privacy policy and helping organizations better value and manage their information assets. Over his 16-year career at Cisco, he has helped many organizations improve their use of network-based applications and delivered over $100 million in improvement opportunities. He also led Cisco's Wealth Management Practice, helping drive innovative changes at wealth management firms and gaining media attention for his research findings in The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and American Banker. Previously, Waitman was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company, where he focused on strategy, technology, and payment issues facing financial institutions and authored numerous articles in The McKinsey Quarterly.

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Randy Trzeciak

Director, CERT Insider Threat Center, CMU

Trzeciak heads a team focusing on insider threat research, threat analysis and modeling, assessments and training. He has more than 20 years of experience in software engineering, focusing on database design, development and maintenance. In addition to his role with CERT, he is an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College, Graduate School of Information Systems and Management.

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Malcolm Palmore

Assistant Special Agent in Charge, FBI San Francisco Cyber Division

Palmore serves as the assistant special agent in charge of the San Francisco Cyber Division branch. Previously, he served as a supervisory special agent in the Sacramento division. Palmore entered on duty with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1997. Upon completing new agents training, he was assigned to the Los Angeles division. Palmore subsequently served in the Sacramento division and in the inspection division at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. Palmore earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. Prior to joining the FBI, he served as a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps.

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