Aaron Levie is Chief Executive Officer, Cofounder at Box, which he launched in 2005 with CFO and cofounder Dylan Smith. He is the visionary behind the Box product and platform strategy, incorporating the best of secure content collaboration with an intuitive user experience suited to the way people work today. Aaron leads the company in its mission to transform the way people and businesses work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. He has served on the Board of Directors since April 2005.

Dr. Allan Friedman is a Senior Advisor and Strategist at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. He coordinates the global cross-sector community efforts around software bill of materials (SBOM), and works to advance its adoption inside the US government. He was previously the Director of Cybersecurity Initiatives at NTIA, leading pioneering work on vulnerability disclosure, SBOM, and other security topics. Prior to joining the Federal government, Friedman spent over a decade as a noted information security and technology policy scholar at Harvard's Computer Science department, the Brookings Institution, and George Washington University's Engineering School. He is the co-author of the popular text "Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know," has a degree in computer science from Swarthmore College and a PhD in public policy from Harvard University.

Ariel Weintraub is Head of Enterprise Cyber Security (CISO) at MassMutual. Ariel joined MassMutual in the fall of 2019 as the Head of Security Operations & Engineering, responsible for the Global Security Operations Center, Security Engineering, Security Intelligence and Identity & Access Management (IAM). Prior to joining MassMutual, Ariel served as Senior Director of Data & Access Security within Cybersecurity Operations at TIAA where she led a three-year business transformation program to position IAM as a digital business enabler. Before working at TIAA, Ariel was Global Head of Vulnerability Management at BNY Mellon and was part of the Threat & Vulnerability Management practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Ariel holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from New York University (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering.  Ariel has a passion for empowering women, especially the next generation of female cybersecurity leaders, and for tackling the cybersecurity workforce shortage.

A seasoned cybersecurity and risk management executive, Chas has designed, implemented, and enhanced information security and technology organizations for more than two decades. Chas has a proven track record as a trusted risk and security advisor to business partners in the Financial Services and Consumer Goods industries.  Chas has also served for several years as an advisor to multiple Board committees and proven experience presenting cybersecurity updates to the Altria’s Board of Directors. 

Throughout his career, Chas has developed and matured multiple high-functioning organizations and programs.  He is committed to advocating for and championing initiatives that focus on diversity and inclusion within the organization he serves, and through local projects and organizations that serve the community.

Chris Bontempo is the Chief Marketing Officer for IBM Americas, where he leads all aspects of Marketing for IBM with direct responsibility for marketing sourced revenue, demand generation and geography marketing professionals across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Chris works with IBM sellers, marketers and ecosystem partners to help clients find the right innovative IBM solutions to solve their digital transformation challenges.

Prior to leading geography marketing, Chris was responsible for IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software Marketing in the Americas, focusing on field and channel marketing and demand generation. He supported multiple business units including IBM Public Cloud, Data & AI, Automation, AI Apps and IBM Security.

He joined IBM in 2005 and has led marketing teams in Market Intelligence, Cloud, and also led Marketing and Offerings for the IBM Security business unit in North America for the past 6 years.

Jason Lee is the Chief Information Security Officer at Zoom with 20 years of experience in technology, with a specialization in information security and operating mission-critical services. He was recently the Senior Vice President of Security Operations at Salesforce where he was accountable for the global organization delivering critical end-to-end security operations to customers and employees.

Prior to Salesforce, he held the position of Principal Director of Security Engineering for the Windows and Devices division in Microsoft with the charter of protecting the online services of Windows Update, XBOX Live, and the Microsoft online store. He was also the Senior Director of Developer Services where he was responsible for the design and management of the mission-critical PKI for all products across Microsoft.

With a decade of experience in the information security industry, John leads strategy for X-Force: a global team of over 500 hackers, researchers, threat intelligence analysts, developers, and incident responders. The team provides clients - from Fortune 100 enterprise companies to small and mid-sized companies – offensive and defensive security services. 

John is a former United States Naval officer, is OSCP-certified and has significant experience in offensive security and threat intelligence. His experience extends across several industries, including finance, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and life sciences, and healthcare.

Koos Lodewijkx is the Chief Information Security Officer for IBM, responsible for all aspects of IT security ranging from enterprise to product and offering security. Until February 2019, he served as the Chief Technology Officer for IBM Security. Previously, he led IBM’s security technical direction as a Chief Technical Officer to the IBM CISO. Koos joined IBM in 2007 with the acquisition of Consul Risk Management, a Netherlands based security software start-up. 

Latha Maripuri is the Chief Information Security Officer for Uber.  She oversees all aspects of cybersecurity and privacy engineering across Uber’s many business lines including mobility, delivery, freight and transit.  She leads a global organization of engineers focused on risk management through automation, secure development and advanced analytics and monitoring.  She has extensive experience in driving tech strategy, market research, product management, engineering, business development and M&A.  She currently sits on the Board of Directors for JupiterOne.

Nick Bradley possesses more than 20 years of physical and cyber security experience. Nick currently manages IBM’s X-Force Incident Command which is a part of IBM Security's X-Force organization. The IBM X-Force Incident Command provides a rapid, unified incident command response structure for confirmed/potential crises that affects organizations globally and requires a response from IBM Security.

Nick has been with IBM for over 14 years functioning in many key roles within the Security division. These roles span from Senior Operations Manager, X-Force Threat Analysis Team Manager, and IT-ISAC Director of Operations. He is one of IBM’s public speakers on security matters and has spoken at multiple conferences, webcasts, and podcasts.

Prior to IBM, Nick worked in many other positions as an analyst and manager. Additionally, he also served in the United States Army as a systems administrator, military policeman, and team lead of an SRT (Special Reaction Team).

As Global Leader for IBM’s Security Strategy Risk & Compliance practice, Randy is responsible for IBM’s Security Strategy portfolio of offerings that includes advising CISO’s and CIO’s on risk management, security strategy, risk quantification, GRC, and supply chain risk management.   Randy has worked with clients worldwide as well provided briefings to US Congress and Australian Parliament on IT Risks, cyber security trends and commercial best practices.  

In addition, Randy was an advisor to the 2000 Sydney Olympics for Crisis Management and is a member of the Ithaca College Cybersecurity Advisory Board.

Rishi Tripathi joined Mount Sinai in 2021 as the Chief Information Security Officer, Prior to Mont Sinai, Rishi was the first Chief Information Security Officer at the National Basketball Association (NBA). Over the course of 5+ years, he developed and implemented the NBA's first global information security strategy to secure sporting events, Replay Center, and digital technology as well as on-premise and cloud systems.

Over his career, Rishi has executed cybersecurity transformations for highly complex environments like SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition), financial, manufacturing, R&D, cloud, broadcast, and arena systems, In addition to the NBA, Rishi has held cybersecurity roles at Citi, Tyco International, and Florida Power & Light.

Rishi holds an MBA in entrepreneurship from Florida International University, a BS in industrial electronics engineering from India, and multiple certifications.

Dr. Sridhar Muppidi is an IBM Fellow and CTO for IBM Security. He is responsible for driving the technical strategy, architecture & research for IBM Security's portfolio of products & services to help clients manage defenses against threats and protect digital assets.

He is a results-oriented technical thought leader with 25 yrs experience in building security products, delivering solution architecture for clients, driving open standards, and leading technical teams. He is one of the industry-recognized technical experts and thought leaders with a proven track record of blending technology vision with business acumen, resulting in innovative security solutions for enterprises' digital transformation journey. In the last ten years, he has been instrumental in building the IBM Security business unit into one of the largest security companies in the world.

He has an MS and a Ph.D. in computer science from Texas A&M University and now serves on TAMU's board of directors. He is an IBM Master inventor with 50+ issued patents.

Jason Keenaghan is the Leader for IBM Security's zero trust strategy.  In this role, he is responsible for defining the vision and delivering IBM's support of zero trust through the combination of technology integrations and services.  With more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, ranging from product management to software architecture and development, Jason collaborates closely with clients and business partners to apply the tenets of zero trust to help enable organizations to achieve secure business outcomes.  Jason holds an MBA from Marist College and a BA in Economics, with a minor in Computer Science, from Boston College.

In his leadership role, Julian helps clients develop their security strategy in the context of the cyber business risk that they face; he has a particular focus on advising boards on the potential business impact of cybersecurity by quantifying cybersecurity risk in financial terms.

Julian is IBM’s executive sponsor for the Charter of Trust, a unique initiative by leading global companies to secure the digital world and a member of the FAIR Institute Industry Advisory Group.

Julian has been assisting governments to raise awareness of the business risk posed by the cyber security threat since 2005 and has lectured both at Oxford University's Said Business School and Centre for Doctoral Training on Cybersecurity, and at Warwick University's MSc Course on Cybersecurity and Management.

Billy O'Brien is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at News Corp.

Prior to joining News Corp, he was Senior Vice President and Business Information Security Officer at Wells Fargo & Co. In this role, he worked closely with the CTO while overseeing critical initiatives and comprehensive cyber risk mitigation for the global technology organization.

Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Billy held a number of cybersecurity positions, including Director and Chief of Staff in Sony’s Global Information Security & Privacy division as well as a management consultant and Director of Operations for the Center for Security & Privacy Solutions at Deloitte & Touche, LLP. He also served as President Bush’s Director of Cybersecurity & Telecom Policy and Vice President Cheney’s Special Assistant for Homeland Security Affairs at the White House, where he provided counsel to senior administration officials on homeland and national security policy issues.

Billy received his MBA from Cornell University’s S.C. Johnson School of Management and BA from the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond.

Stephanie directs editorial strategy and operations for The Trust, the creative consultancy for WSJ | Barron’s Group. Prior to coming to The Trust, Stephanie served as content strategy director for JWT, and worked on a variety of programs for brands including Qualcomm, KPMG and Amplify. During her days as an award-winning journalist, Stephanie was the editor of PC Magazine, driving editorial strategy and operations for the print and digital magazine. She also served as founding editor and SVP of Access Media, a 10-million circulation, weekly tech and lifestyle magazine. She began her career in daily newspapers, as a general assignment reporter, copy editor and deputy city editor in suburban New York.

Will Wilkinson is General Manager of WSJ Pro, a position he has held since Pro’s launch in June 2015. In this role, he is responsible for the development of a premium suite of industry specific content services, combining news, data and events in a single membership platform. Mr. Wilkinson started with Dow Jones in September 2013 as vice president of sales for The Wall Street Journal, overseeing multimedia sales for The Journal and its local language sites, as well as Barron’s and MarketWatch. Prior to joining Dow Jones, he spent 12 years with The Economist Group, where he was managing director, northern Europe, and held a range of sales and marketing roles, with posts in London, New York, Geneva and Frankfurt.    

Chris Meenan the VP of Product Management and Strategy within the IBM Security division. He has over 15 years experience in product management and has been involved in developing, managing, releasing and selling software products for over 25 years. Chris has extensive market, domain and customer knowledge in IT Security, Customer Relationship Management and Telecom OSS solutions. Chris holds a 1st Honors degree in Physics and has a PhD in telecommunications.

Laurene Hummer is a Program Director of Product Management at IBM Security Services. In this role, she defines, designs and delivers Zero Trust Services that help solve our customers’ toughest security challenges. With a background in product marketing, Laurene is passionate for understanding users and connecting with clients. Before that, she learned to solve hard problems while working as a process design engineer in the petroleum and renewable energy industries. Laurene earned a BA in chemical engineering and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 

Charles Henderson is the Global Head of IBM's X-Force. Throughout his career, Charles and the teams he has managed have specialized in incident response, penetration testing, adversary simulation, vulnerability management, and vulnerability research. X-Force’s clients range from the largest on the Fortune lists to small and midsized companies interested in improving their security posture or in need of assistance handling a security incident. 

Charles is also an enthusiastic member of the information security community and an advocate of vulnerability research. He has been a featured speaker at various conferences (including Black Hat, DEFCON, RSA, SOURCE, OWASP AppSec USA and Europe, and SXSW) around the world on various subjects relating to security testing and incident response. He has also appeared on or in CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, CNN, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, USA Today, The Register, SC Magazine, Engadget, eWeek, Reuters, Car & Driver, and various other media outlets.

Chris Klingenspor is Senior Vice President of International Security and Security Risk for Equifax. He is responsible for leading all regional security programs and manages the relationship between the security team and Equifax’s global business operations.

Prior to Equifax, Chris previously worked for Visa, a global leader in digital payments. There he served as Vice President and Head of Information, Governance, Risk, and Compliance, managing IT and cybersecurity initiatives for Visa and its subsidiaries.

Chris previously worked for IBM, one of the largest technology companies in the world. At IBM, he managed IT security, controls, and compliance programs for the company and its new business ventures.

Joshua Brown is vice president and global chief information security officer of H&R Block. In this role, he leads the teams responsible for identifying, tracking and mitigating security risk, ultimately ensuring the company can move quickly and safely to innovate and fulfill its ambitious Block Horizons growth strategy. 

Prior to H&R Block, Brown worked for several different entities within the Omnicom Group of companies, where he established a global infrastructure team to drive technology and security throughout the organization.  His love of teaching and lifelong learning led him to become a mentor for the SANS Institute, the leading authority for information security education. He has been a frequent author and speaker on myriad information security topics, including speaking at the InfoSec World conference, the ISC2 World Congress and being published in Security Current magazine and Enterprise Security magazine. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a master’s degree from Georgetown University.

Ricardo Lafosse is CISO  for Kraft Heinz. Lafosse is responsible for IT risk governance, OT security, incident management, technical disaster recovery, and determining enterprise-wide security policies and procedures. Lafosse regularly presents on security topics at global conferences, including MirCon, ISACA CACS and Secure World. 

Prior to his current role, Lafosse was CISO for Morningstar, where he was responsible for providing strategic information security leadership, implementation and governance for the Information Security Program.

Lafosse has more than 18 years of experience in information security for the government, banking, legal, healthcare and education sectors. Lafosse began his career in information security consulting in finance. 

Lafosse holds a master’s in information assurance from Iowa State University. He also holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designations.

As CISO, Shaun Marion leads McDonald’s global cybersecurity organization and is responsible for overseeing risk management, brand protection, and executing McDonald’s enterprise cybersecurity strategy. With over 20 years in the security industry, Shaun brings a wide breadth of technical leadership and operational expertise to McDonald’s. 

Prior to joining McDonald's, Shaun was the CISO for Republic Services and was also the former CSO for Honeywell, where he was ultimately accountable for cyber, product, and physical security operations. 

Shaun’s responsibilities have ranged from executive protection, guard-force management, corporate investigations, and business continuity, to classified security management, cybersecurity strategy and operations, and incident response. Shaun is active in the cybersecurity startup community where he has advised multiple budding cybersecurity companies, as well as several global venture capital firms. Shaun is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he served for four years.

Chris McCurdy has more than 25 years in the IT Consulting Services Industry, specializing in Information Security and Advisory Services.  Chris has extensive experience working with large enterprise as well as government clients around the world.  As a Managing Partner, Chris has helped large clients on the design, deployment, and ongoing management of their complex Information Technology programs.  Chris has also served as a CIO helping transform a retail automotive group rapidly expand business operations through the use of technology and acquisition.

Mr. McCurdy currently serves as the General Manager and Vice President of Worldwide IBM Security Services.  Chris has been with IBM Security since 2006 through the acquisition of Internet Security Systems.  Chris has grown the IBM Security Business revenue to double digit growth over the past 5 years globally.  Chris works with clients to help reduce cyber risk, support compliance, and drive overall security maturity based upon knowledge of business and threat landscape.  Chris has worked to evolve the Go To Market across IBM in all markets for Security and supported synergy targets with other brands including Cloud and Red Hat.  Chris has worked in a variety of security services roles within the IBM Security Services business unit and consistently demonstrated leadership evidenced by the continued rapid growth of the IBM Security business.  Chris drives the worldwide Go-to-Market strategy for IBM Security and is responsible for managing sales globally.  Chris has served in several positions as he has driven the security business at IBM.  Positions include; Vice President IBM Security Services, Director of North America Security Services, West Region Security Sales Executive, Security Services Leader for Strategic Outsourcing, and Security Services Business Development Leader.  

Prior to joining IBM Chris was a Managing Consultant at several consulting firms including Andersen, International Network Services, and Lucent Technologies.  Chris was also a former CIO at a large retail automotive group located across the United States.  Chris holds a BBA in Information Systems from Baylor University.  Chris has held his certification as a Certified Information Systems Auditor.

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