Major General Earl Matthews, USAF (Ret), is an award-winning retired Major General of the U.S. Air Force with a successful career influencing the development and application of cybersecurity and information management technology.

Rebecca is CEO of the consultancy Rebecca Herold, LLC, aka The Privacy Professor®, she founded in 2004, and she is also Founder, in 2014, of SIMBUS, LLC Information Security, Privacy & Compliance cloud services.

Julianne Cox is a third-year cybersecurity student at Tennessee Technological University.

Cindy Murphy, M. Sc. is the President of Tetra Defense (formerly Gillware Digital Forensics), a digital forensics, incident response and cyber risk management firm based in Madison, Wisconsin.

With a strong background in IT risk assessments and customer service, Alex oversees all Choice CyberSecurity® risk assessments and company operations.

Kyla is 17 years old and a high school senior from Chicago.

Quiessence is a cybersecurity professional with 12+ years of experience working within the financial industry and most recently in the public sector, where she joined the City of New York as Deputy CISO.

Throughout the past two decades Ms Schroader has been a driving force for innovation in digital forensics.

Mari is the CEO and a founding board member for the Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) and Sr. Security Architect, one of the fastest growing 501c3 non-profit cybersecurity communities dedicated to bringing more women and girls to cyber.

Roselle is the Entrepreneur in Residence at Lytical Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in cybersecurity startups.

 E-Discovery pioneer Mary Mack is Executive Director of ACEDS, the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists. Mary leads ACEDS and its membership with two decades of strong credibility and sound leadership within the e-discovery community. 

Eileen has 20 years experience in Silicon Valley, with the most recent years at Symantec, making cyber security products. She

Elena Elkina is a Co-founder and Partner at Aleada Consulting, where she advises clients on privacy, data protection, and information security issues.

Becky Pinkard, CISO, Aldermore Bank and most recently VP, IT and Intelligence at Digital Shadows, is a renowned practitioner and commentator on the information security sector who has been working in information technology and security since 1996. 

Duchess of Cybersecurity® (Dr. Chanel Suggs) is a subject matter expert on Cyber Security, Forensics, Network Security, Cryptography, Information Assurance, and IT strategy.

Mary Haynes is the Vice President of Network Security Operations at Charter Communications and currently leads the network security program for Charter’

Lisa Jiggetts is the Founder and President of the Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC), one of the fastest growing nonprofits dedicated to women in cybersecurity.

With over 20 years in the Cyber Security industry, Kim has the expertise, connections, and vision to deliver a world-class conference series designed for cutting-edge Cyber Security education and the latest Cyber Security trends.

Monique is Director of Emerging technologies at Syniverse within the CTO Group.

Heading up the FireEye legal, stock administration and privacy teams, Alexa is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary.

Kristin founded the nonprofit Cybercrime SupportNetwork and works with federal, state and local law enforcement and consumer protection agencies to help consumers and small businesses affected by cybercrime.

Kaitlyn works as a Senior Information Security Associate at Tevora and as the Chief Player Ambassador for the National Cyber League.

Tammy Hawkins currently serves as Director of Service Technologies at Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, California. She recently served as Vice President of Cyber & Intelligence Engineering at Mastercard Ireland. Working in IT for over 20 years, Tammy has a depth of knowledge in the security and tech industry including ML/AI fraud detection systems and authentication solutions including mobile application biometrics. Tammy was recently featured in a Silicon Republic top 30 sci-tech leaders article, the Women in Security Podcast, and book Women Know Cyber: 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime. She has spoken at the Dublin Tech Summit (2019), fin:CODE (2019), and EU Cyber Summit (2018). She is a strong proponent of diversity and inclusion.

Lisa Plaggemier is Chief Strategy Officer at MediaPRO, a leading provider of data privacy and security training solutions.

Isabel Muench is an Information Security expert and works for the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

Kathleen Moriarty is a global lead security architect with Dell EMC Office of the CTO, working on technology strategy and standards.

Tiffany Rad is the CEO and founder of Anatrope, Inc., which develops wireless automotive technologies for the security and data analytics industries.

Siobhan Gorman is a Partner in the Washington, DC, office of Brunswick Group, where she concentrates on crisis, cybersecurity, public affairs, and media relations.

Dr. Ambareen Siraj is a professor of Computer Science and the founding director of Tennessee Tech’s Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center (CEROC).

Neira is an independent cybersecurity advisor to organizations of all sizes on payments, fintech, regtech, cybercrime, information security, regulations (e.g. PSD2, GDPR, AML) & digital innovation.

Masha Sedova is the co-founder of Elevate Security delivering the first people-centric security platform that leverages behavioral-science to transform employees into security superhumans.

Kelly Jackson Higgins is an award-winning veteran technology and business journalist with more than two decades of experience.

Lysa Myers is a security researcher for ESET, Vice Chair of CompTIA’s IT Security Community Executive Council, and a frequent contributor to security magazines such as Dark Reading and CSOonline.

Dr. Meg Layton has a Master’s degree in Telecommunications and Computing Management from Polytechnic University in New York and a Doctorate in Information Assurance from the University of Fairfax.

Veronica Valeros is a hacker and researcher from Argentina, currently working in the Civilsphere project at the Czech Technical University. Her work has a strong focus on helping people and involves different areas from wireless and bluetooth privacy to malware, botnets and intrusion analysis. She has presented her research on international conferences such as BlackHat, EkoParty, Botconf and others. She is the co-founder of the MatesLab hackerspace and the Independent Fund for Women in Tech.

Heather Engel is a strategic leader in cyber security innovation through risk-based process management.

Dr. Anita D’Amico is CEO of Code Dx, Inc. which provides solutions that automate the application security management process. She has a Ph.D. in experimental psychology, which she has applied to improving the decision making and performance of cyber security analysts. She is now focused on making it easier for software developers and application security analysts to make software more secure.

Marie Moe is a senior security consultant at mnemonic, and has a PhD in information security. She is currently doing research on the security of her own personal critical infrastructure, an implanted pacemaker that is generating every single beat of her heart.

Sandra is SVP and Head of Global Intelligence at FireEye.

Rick McElroy, Head of Security Strategy for Carbon Black, has 20 years of information security experience educating and advising organizations on reducing their risk posture and tackling tough security challenges. He has held security positions with the U.S. Department of Defense, and in several industries including retail, insurance, entertainment, cloud computing, and higher education.

John Pironti is a risk and security advisor with ISACA and president of IP Architects. He has designed and implemented enterprisewide electronic business solutions, information security programs, and threat and vulnerability management solutions for global clients in a range of industries...

Adam Fletcher, CISM, is the CISO for Blackstone and has worked with global security organizations large and small including McAfee, Nokia, VeriSign, ISS, and Accuvant.

Steve Lodin is the Senior Director of Cyber Security Operations in Corporate Security at Sallie Mae, where he's focused on managing perimeter security, endpoint protection, application security, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence to reduce risk and ensure compliance.

Athena Contos is 12 years old, a seventh grader, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a competitive fencer and she has a derpy German Shepherd named Baxter. Athena has seen firsthand the effects cyberbullying can have and wanted to share some tips for kids and parents.

Parry Aftab is a nationally-recognized digital privacy lawyer and policy advisor to nations, global associations, and networks. She has been given honors from US Congress, the President's Service Award from the Whitehouse, and many more.

Deneen currently serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Product Security Officer for GE Aviation.

Colby DeRodeff is Chief Technology Officer at Verodin, where he is responsible for driving the company’s technology strategy and supporting the rapid expansion of its Security Instrumentation Platform (SIP).

Michael Allgeier is the Director of Critical Infrastructure Security for The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

Jon Inns is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive at Threat Status. He has worked in the Information Security Industry since 2001 and has held a number of consulting, technology, business development and leadership positions throughout his career. 

Mike Fabrico is a security expert that worked for NASDAQ, has 20+ years of industry experience in implementing, architecting, and maintain critical infrastructure networks

Nick Andersen is the CISO for the State of Vermont, where he leads state government efforts pertaining to security and protection of data, security compliance activities, risk reduction, security operations and threat intelligence. 

Richard Stiennon is Chief Research Analyst for IT-Harvest, a firm he founded in 2005, and is a Washington Post best-selling author.

Lisa is VP of NA Pre-Sales Engineering at Exabeam and has years of customer success management experience under her belt.

Mark Weatherford has over 20 years of executive-level security operations leadership experience.

Richard is a serial CISO and respected author. Before he co-founded Soluble.ai in 2019, he held leadership positions at LendingClub and Twilio, among many others.

Dr. Ed Amoroso, current CEO of TAG Cyber LLC, retired from AT&T after 31 years of cybersecurity work. He has been Adjunct Professor of Computer Science for the past 27 years and is the author of six books on cybersecurity.

Helen is the Chief Information Security Officer at The Ohio State University. She is a member of the Enterprise Security team, and oversees Security, Privacy and Disaster Recovery across the university.

MacKenzie is a subject matter expert in compliance and risk management, policy and implementation, and cybersecurity program development. In addition to her extensive experience with analysis and application software security, she is co-founder of the Ms. Greyhat Org, a non-profit dedicated to nurturing female presence in the cybersecurity industry.

Terry Ray is the SVP and former CTO of Imperva, Inc. and has specialized in data security and privacy for over 15 years. He is a frequent speaker for professional security and audit organizations in the Americas and abroad.

William (Bill) Crowell is a Partner at Alsop Louie Partners and independent consultant specializing in information technology, security, and intelligence systems. He has held a series of senior positions at the National Security Agency and was one of Security Magazine's 25 Most Influential People in the Security Industry in 2008.

Raj Samani is a computer security expert working as the Chief Scientist and Fellow for cybersecurity firm McAfee. He has been recognized for his contribution to the computer security industry through numerous awards, including the Infosecurity Europe hall of Fame, PeterSzor award, and many others.

IJay Palansky is a pioneer in IoT litigation. A partner at the law firm Armstrong Teasdale, IJay focuses on litigation and trial of large, complex commercial cases, including consumer class actions and product liability cases.

As VP of Product at Verodin, Mark Bagley brings over two decades of strategic and technical experience across product management, cybersecurity, network engineering, and data center environments.

Greg Martin is the CEO and co-founder of JASK. He is a renowned cybersecurity expert and successful serial entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley.

Tim Waldo, SOC Analyst at Fortified Health Security and former Security Consultant at Leidos holds a degree in Software Engineering and Masters of Science from the University of Phoenix and Lewis University, respectively.

Ulf Lindqvist, Ph.D. manages research and development programs regarding infrastructure security for government and commercial clients.

Malcolm Harkins is responsible for Cylance’s information risk, security, public policy, and customer outreach to help improve understanding of cyber risks.

Dave Ockwell-Jenner is Senior Manager of the Security Threat and Operational Risk Management team at SITA, one of the largest information technology distribution solutions company for air transport.

Ashley Zaya joined Verodin as a Security Analyst on its Behavior Research Team (BRT) in February 2018. Previously, Ashley was the Incident Response Specialist for Boeing's Security Operations Center (SOC).

Dave Bang is the manager for IT Security Architecture working on the Information, Protection, Architecture, and Compliance (IPAC) team for one of the largest plastics, chemicals, and refining companies in the world.