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Ayelet Biger-Levin

VP Product Marketing, BioCatch

Ayelet is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in the technology and information security industry, with a diverse background in products, R&D, marketing, sales and professional services. At BioCatch, she is focused on helping financial institutions provide seamless and secure digital activities to their customers, by leveraging the power of behavioral biometrics. Prior to joining BioCatch, Ayelet has spent over 10 years at RSA Security in various roles, including Product Management, Product Marketing and Professional Services leadership in both the Fraud and Identity solution areas. Ayelet also held various roles at IBM, focused on innovation. Ayelet has a MSc. in Information Systems Engineering, with a Thesis in Complex Event Processing and is a CISSP with multiple patents in the infosec and fraud detection spaces.

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Gemma Staite

Lead Threat Analyst, BioCatch

Gemma is a Lead Threat Analyst at BioCatch where she works closely with customers to maximise the value they get from their technology investments. Gemma has spent 17 years working in fraud and financial crime roles within the UK banking sector. Prior to joining BioCatch, she led a Fraud Analytics team specialising in Data Analytics for online banking fraud prevention and managed a number of fraud tools, including BioCatch.

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Hank Schless

Sr. Manager of Security Solutions and host of the Endpoint Enigma podcast, Lookout

After working for fintech and database technology companies, Hank has found a home in cybersecurity. Before Lookout, he was the 20th employee at a cloud infrastructure security startup and helped the company grow to over 160 employees. At Lookout, he is a Senior Manager on the Security Solutions team, enabling internal teams and informing the market about the growing need to secure mobile devices as part of their larger security strategy.

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Todd Carroll

Chief Information Security Officer/VP of Cyber Operations, CybelAngel

Todd Carroll joined the CybelAngel in January 2019 as part of their expansion into U.S. markets. Mr. Carroll retired from the FBI in December 2018 after spending over 20 years with the FBI, serving in the Cyber/Counterintelligence, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Operations programs.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Law Enforcement Administration from Western Illinois University and a Master of Science in Cyber Security from University of Maryland, University College in 2012. He also graduated from Carnegie Mellon University CISO Academy in 2017.

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Todd Carroll

Chief Information Security Officer/VP of Cyber Operations, CybelAngel

Todd Carroll joined the CybelAngel in January 2019 as part of their expansion into U.S. markets. Mr. Carroll retired from the FBI in December 2018 after spending over 20 years with the FBI, serving in the Cyber/Counterintelligence, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Operations programs.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Law Enforcement Administration from Western Illinois University and a Master of Science in Cyber Security from University of Maryland, University College in 2012. He also graduated from Carnegie Mellon University CISO Academy in 2017.

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Stephane Estevez

EMEA Product Marketing Director, IT Markets, Splunk

IT Operation Evangelist, Stéphane Estevez has over 20 years of product marketing experience in IT, across companies ranging from large multinationals to internet start-ups. Before joining Splunk, he was Backup & Disaster Recovery Product Marketing Manager at Quantum. Prior to this, he was EMEA Product Marketing Manager at NTT, a leading IT services and hosting company. In this role, he was responsible for launching and managing NTT Virtualization and Cloud offerings. Stéphane holds a Master's degree in Marketing and an MBA from ESG, one of the largest business schools in Paris.

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Paul McKay

Senior Analyst, Forrester

Paul is a senior analyst on the security and risk team. He works with organizations to help them shape and deliver their cybersecurity strategies to support the delivery of their core business vision. Paul's research coverage includes cybersecurity risk ratings solutions, Europe-specific regulation for cybersecurity, CISO and security leadership research, and the European vendor market landscape focused on managed security service providers and consultancies.

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Julian Totzek-Hallhuber

Julian Totzek-Hallhuber, Principal Solutions Architect, Veracode

Julian Totzek-Hallhuber is a Solution Architect at Veracode and a security specialist with over 15 years working IT security. In his various roles he has been responsible for application development, penetration testing and web application security. Julian contributes to several security related articles, and provides his expert opinion at specialist events and trade fairs.

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Dr Shane Shook

Fmr. Managing Director, PwC; Venture Consultant, ForgePoint Capital

Dr. Shane Shook

Fmr. Managing/Director at PwC, LEGC, & KPMG; Venture Consultant, ForgePoint Capital

Dr. Shane Shook is a recognized author, trainer and expert witness in cybercrime investigations, working with ForgePoint Capital and consulting to Fortune 500 clients across the US, UK and Japan.

Dr. Shook brings more than 30 years of experience in IT/risk management and cybersecurity investigations, including serving in Cryptology with the USAF, and in leadership roles at companies like PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG. He sits on the boards of several companies and is often called to testify on US state and federal administrative matters, and in criminal, class action, and IRS, SEC, EPA, and ITC cases.

Throughout his career, he has contributed to over a dozen patents and in conferences for technical standards definitions on security, communications, and operations continuity. He is a frequent presence in financial industry summits and periodicals concerning computer disaster recovery and application security practices. Dr. Shook holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix and a Phd. in Organization and Management, Communications Technology from Capella University. https://forgepointcap.com/team/shane-shook/

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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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Jeff Greene

Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NIST

Greene is the Director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The NCCoE is a collaborative hub where industry, government agencies, and academic institutions work together to identify pressing cybersecurity issues and to develop practical cybersecurity solutions to address them. Prior to joining NIST, Jeff was the Vice President of Global Government Affairs and Policy at Symantec, and served as an appointed member of NIST's Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board from 2015 to 2020. He was also a special government employee at NIST supporting the President's 2016 Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. Before Symantec Jeff worked on both the House and Senate Homeland Security Committee.

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Alissa Abdullah

Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Security Officer, Mastercard

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Scott Jarkoff

Director, Strategic Threat Advisory Group, APJ, Crowdstrike

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Matt Ashburn

National Security Engagement Lead, Authentic8

Former CIA Cyber Security Officer, and National Security CISO at the White House - National Security Engagement Lead, Authentic8

Engagement Lead, focusing on engagement with national security customers. Prior to Authentic8, Matt served as a CIA officer focusing on cyber issues, including a detail serving on the National Security Council as the Chief Information Security Officer and Special Advisor to the National Security Advisor, leading technical expertise, risk reduction strategies, and policy for national security systems.

At CIA, Matt led the technical direction and coordination to stand up an innovative, unified cyber security operations center to fully harness agency authorities, resources, and talents to prevent and respond to advanced cyber threats. He also led the detection watch floor of CIA's cyber incident response team, and has been recognized with a national intelligence award and service ribbon from the Director of National Intelligence and the IC CIO Partnership Award.

Prior to CIA, Matt gained over 10 years of government and private sector experience focusing on intelligence matters and cyber security initiatives at federal agencies and a major financial institution. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia and is a graduate of FBI's Intelligence Basic Course at Quantico, VA. Matt lives in Washington, DC and volunteers as a sworn reserve police officer with the DC Metropolitan Police

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Karl Lankford

Director of Solutions Engineering, EMEA, BeyondTrust

Karl Lankford has been Director of Solutions Engineering, EMEA for BeyondTrust for the last four years. He has acquired a wide-range of security experience and knowledge working with companies during the last 10 years across multiple industries and is a regular speaker at industry conferences.

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Paul Dant

Vice President of Product Management, Digital.ai

Paul is Vice President of Product Management for Digital.ai's security solutions. As a security researcher who has performed offensive security testing of facilities ranging from nuclear energy plants to hospitals, Paul has spent his career helping organizations better understand and address the inherent challenges around making software secure.

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