SecureWorld St. Louis 2022

Andrew Wilder is currently the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Hillenbrand. Prior to this role, he spent 18 years at Nestle where his last role was Regional CISO for Americas, Asia, and Europe. In addition to being a CISO, Andrew is a Board Member and Adjunct Professor at Washington University’s Information Security Executive Education Program. He believes that Cybersecurity should offer usable solutions to meet business needs, in order to be a business enabler. As a leader, he supports the continuous development of his teams while removing roadblocks.

Brian supports a wide variety of business units like Mars Wrigley, Kind, VetSource, and Blue Pearl, to name a few. Prior to joining Mars, Brian spent 20 years with General Electric as the Global DR Leader for GE Capital RE and running their VM program. He spent five years as a board member on the St. Louis Scott/AirForce ISC2 regional chapter and was president for three of those years. Brian is also a member of InfraGard and the St. Louis FBI citizens academy.

Stephen Dougherty has over a decade of investigative experience. His career as a Financial Fraud Investigator in support of the federal government has played a pivotal role in criminal investigations, surrounding cyber-enabled financial crime, money laundering, human trafficking, identity theft, healthcare fraud, embezzlement, tax/government program fraud, dark web crimes, among others. Stephen’s main area of expertise is combatting money laundering in all its forms. Aside from this, Stephen has been proactive in identifying new and future trends in the world of financial crime. Such trends include the cyber security nexus of financial crimes and its ever-growing relationship in major financial crimes such as Business Email Compromise and the rise of the dark web and the use of virtual currency as a vehicle for facilitation of financial crimes. Stephen has been a leader and a mentor to other investigators teaching them how to uncover fraud internally and externally. Stephen is currently an investigator contracted to the U.S. Secret Service’s Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC) in Washington D.C.

I have been with the Secret Service for 20 years and am currently assigned to the St. Louis Field Office where I manage our cyber-enabled financial crime investigations and Gateway Cyber Fraud Task Force (CFTF). CFTFs are the focal point of Secret Service cyber-investigative efforts and were developed to increase the resources, skills, and vision by which state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies partner with prosecutors, private industry and academia to optimize a unified effort to combat cybercrime and enhance cyber-attack responses.

In this role, I coordinate Secret Service-sponsored cybercrime training for our state and local task force officers and direct the joint operations budget that supports task force operations. I’m also responsible for coordinating CFTF outreach events which bring together our law enforcement and public and private sector partners for information sharing and training.

Prior to this assignment, I served on the Presidential Protective Division in Washington, DC. In this capacity, I lead advance teams in building the physical security plans for foreign and domestic trips of the First Family.

Jericho has provided technology and security services within the education, government and healthcare industries for the last 19 years.

His aspiration is to shift the mindsets of people to “Security in Practice”. Which in turn will significantly reduce the distraction of malicious actors so the organization may focus on positive business outcomes.

“Start with People – Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Strength and Knowledge are critical to make an impact”

Cybersecurity professional with over 30 years of experience with the U.S. Naval Service, Federal Civil Service serving in several roles as an IT Specialist, Information Systems Security Program Manager, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Privacy Officer; In the Commercial space with IBM, The Newberry Group and other technology related companies in various roles covering the Program and Project Management, Datacenter operations, Network & Systems Engineering & Integration, Research & Development.
Currently serving as Manager Cybersecurity engineering @Leonardo DRS supporting the U.S. Defense industry in the engineering, integration, testing and delivery of cybersecurity compliant solutions.
Diego is Project Management and CISSP credentialed.

Gina is a Product Marketing Manager at Automox with over 20 years' experience in cybersecurity, endpoint management, and data storage. Gina develops messaging and content that resonates directly with our customers' challenges and is constantly seeking new ways to communicate how technology can make their lives easier.

Roger is a 22-year veteran product manager who specializes in capturing customer and partner concerns, staying abreast of industry trends including regulatory changes, and translating that information into cross-functional development teams to solve the cybersecurity business problems of today and tomorrow. At OpenText Security Solutions, he and his team are focused on quality and efficacy to continuously evolve our Advanced Email Threat Protection and Email Continuity Service solutions, equipping customers and partners with security solutions that are needed in today's continuously evolving threat landscape.

Cybersecurity professional with 20+ years of experience in solutioning and supporting across operations, client delivery, architecture, sales engineering, and management. Focus has been around security services, especially managed services and consulting as delivered from the provider. Experiences in working with clients from all industries and organizational sizes spanning small, medium, and enterprise. Currently, leveraging skills and knowledge as a Senior Security Consultant at Critical Start in support of client pre-sales technical solution and design needs, with an emphasis on Managed Detection and Response services.

Before joining Palo Alto Networks, Askia graduated from MIT with a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering in 2004. Since then, Askia has executed roles as an Account Manager, Sales Engineer, Systems Engineer, and a Consultant. Askia is an IEEE Member, CISSP certified since 2015, and has earned several technical certifications from multiple manufacturers including Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, HPE/Aruba, and Brocade.

As a bootstrapped founder of his consulting company in 2013, Askia led a team that built and secured Next Generation Networks and Zero Trust Networks by integrating multiple technologies for a variety of public and private organizations across the United States.

In his personal time, Askia enjoys spending time with his wife and children, watching or playing sports, and fishing.

After retiring in 2019 with nearly 40 years of industry experience, Doug joined the faculty at Webster University as a fulltime instructor in Webster’s National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD).

Doug is a dedicated teaching professional with demonstrated success in on-line, hybrid and in-person classroom techniques using a variety of delivery modalities. Working to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the cybersecurity space and committed to providing a powerful, transformative student experience. Passionately advancing the next generation of cybersecurity, IT audit and risk management professionals.

He is on the Board of Directors of CyberUp, A St. Louis-based nonprofit organization that focuses on cybersecurity apprenticeships and youth education programs. Doug is also on the Executive Committee of GHECC, the Gateway Higher Education Cybersecurity Consortium. He holds an MBA from Saint Louis University, and is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

With over 25 years of experience in technology, Adam Gates serves as a technical member of Cybereason Sales Engineering Team providing support for customers and partners in North America. Prior to Cybereason, Adam has held various senior system engineering positions and consulting roles at Dell, Microsoft, IBM, Atos, Malwarebytes, and Mimecast. Adam lives in Dallas, TX, with his teenage son and squirrel obsessed Golden Retriever who has 28 dog years in perimeter security experience.

Tim is currently serving as the CISO and IT Operations Manager at Missouri Employers Mutual. He is a seasoned professional with over 25 years’ experience in the Security and IT Operations space. His experience includes roles in the energy sector, consulting, wholesale/retail, and the insurance industry. Tim is a proponent of a defense in depth strategy that starts with a standard that is relevant to your industry. He is active in his local cyber security peer group and in the St Louis Cybersecurity Collaboration Forum.

Morgan is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity strategy, cyberterrorism, national security and intelligence. He currently serves as Chief Security Advisor for SentinelOne, Senior Fellow at The Center for Digital Government, and is the chief technology analyst for Fox News and Fox Business. Morgan's landmark testimony before Congress on Healthcare.gov changed how the government collected personally identifiable information. Previously Morgan was a Senior Advisor in the US State Department Antiterrorism Assistance Program, the Senior Law Enforcement Advisor for the 2012 Republican National Convention, taught behavioral analysis at the National Security Agency and spent a year teaching the FBI how to conduct internet investigations. In addition to 18 years in state and local law enforcement as a highly decorated state trooper and detective, Morgan has developed solutions in defense, justice and intelligence for the largest technology companies in the world including Cisco, SAIC, Unisys and Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs.

Chad Maskill has two decades of experience in consultation and client management. In his current role, Chad reaches out to assist businesses in hardening their environment preventing ransomware and malicious attacks. Chad has devoted his career to implementing client driven solutions, working with everyone from Ford Motor Company, Tesla, Infinity Ward, as well as numerous municipalities throughout the U.S. and countless SMBs. Previously, he worked with local government in designing and sourcing emergency apparatus and can still parallel park a Ladder Truck.

Andrew Wilder is currently the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Hillenbrand. Prior to this role, he spent 18 years at Nestle where his last role was Regional CISO for Americas, Asia, and Europe. In addition to being a CISO, Andrew is a Board Member and Adjunct Professor at Washington University’s Information Security Executive Education Program. He believes that Cybersecurity should offer usable solutions to meet business needs, in order to be a business enabler. As a leader, he supports the continuous development of his teams while removing roadblocks.

Daniel is the Head of Research for Radware’s Threat Intelligence division. He helps produce actionable intelligence to protect against botnet-related threats by working behind the scenes to identify network and application-based vulnerabilities. Daniel brings over ten years of experience to the Radware Threat Intelligence division. Before joining, Daniel was a member of Radware’s Emergency Response Team (ERT-SOC), where he applied his unique expertise and intimate knowledge of threat actors’ tactics, techniques, and procedures to help develop signatures and mitigate attacks proactively for customers.

Luke Babarinde is a Principal Solutions Architect at Imperva with over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity. He is passionate about building effective solutions to assist organizations seeking to holistically address data challenges of which security is critical.

Tommy Todd is Vice President of Security at Code42 with over 20 years of cybersecurity experience, primarily focused on data privacy and data protection strategies. Prior to Code42, Tommy served in security roles at Symantec, Ionic Security, and Optiv, as well as many other firms. Throughout his career, he has acted as a leader, mentor, engineer, architect, and consultant to solve difficult data protection challenges. Tommy is passionate about data—both consumer and commercial—and strives to improve the security posture in organizations he works with.

Montez is Chief Information Security Officer at Navvis Healthcare. With nearly two decades of cybersecurity experience, Montez has worked across numerous industries including healthcare, finance, gaming, and non-profit. Montez also helps shape young minds coming up as the next generation of cybersecurity experts through public speaking and community outreach.

Jeff Wichman has over 20 years of experience in information security, primarily focused on the Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) lifecycle. He has worked hundreds of incident response investigations, from relatively small business email compromises (BEC) to large-scale ransomware incidents.

Brad has been married to his wife Mary for 17 years, and they have three boys: Carter age 15, Sam age 13, and Miles age 11. Brad and his family are an adventurous bunch, having flown and camped all over the US and several other countries as they love to travel and experience other cultures. Brad’s love for travel started when he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1999, where he was stationed in Aviano, Italy, for 3.5 years, and in Sembach, Germany, for 1.5 years. He has over 20 years of experience working in just about every facet of the IT field, and he’s excited to open a new chapter in his career by joining Mimecast as a sales engineer.

Laura Thomson is the vice president of engineering at Fastly, makers of an edge cloud platform. She ended up in this position after a 12-plus-year stint at Mozilla, where she rose through the ranks and ended up as the senior director of engineering for Firefox engineering operations. She also worked as a lecturer at RMIT University and co-founded a web design agency, where she worked for eight years. Laura has written several best-selling software development books and is on the board of trustees at the Internet Society.

Matt Fagala has over 20 years of experience in IT Operations. The majority of his career has been spent working for financial institutions and small to medium sized businesses in the St. Louis region. Like many, his career started at an early age with an interest in computer games and tinkering with computer hardware. After starting his first technical support role in college, he quickly moved on to engineering roles and eventually into cyber security. In recent years his passion has been defending small to midsize organizations and their staff from attacks. Matt believes in both continuous awareness training and an ever evolving layered defense strategy to meet the needs of the quickly evolving attack surface of today's organizations.

Matt is the Director of Security Operations at NTP Cyber Security where he manages the Security Operations Center team. NTP utilizes their custom designed ARGISS platform to offer a range of managed security services to organizations nationwide.

Michelle is the Business Information Security Officer.

Montez is Chief Information Security Officer at Navvis Healthcare. With nearly two decades of cybersecurity experience, Montez has worked across numerous industries including healthcare, finance, gaming, and non-profit. Montez also helps shape young minds coming up as the next generation of cybersecurity experts through public speaking and community outreach.

John Newcomer is currently Senior Vice President of Information Security at CitiBank, a top-10 national mortgage lender. He has eight years of experience in the information security field, with 17 years prior in IT.

Randy Raw is Chief Information Security Officer at Veterans United Home Loans in Columbia, Missouri. He has more than 25 years of experience in both public entities and private industry, having built several Information Security programs from the ground up. He is a proponent of risk-based, layered security measures that utilize both preventative and detective approaches to achieve the right solution for the organization. Randy is a CISSP and is active in the Central Missouri InfoSec community. He has spoken at SecureWorld on many technical topics and turns his focus towards helping others move from the technical trenches to a leadership role.

Kevin Hardcastle, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Washington University in St. Louis, is a member of the CIO Leadership team and serves a key role in University leadership, working closely with senior administration, academic leaders and the campus community. The CISO is responsible for the development and delivery of a holistic information security strategy to optimize the security posture through collaboration with campus-wide resources, facilitate information security governance, advise senior leadership on security direction and direct program functions of risk and incident management, compliance, information security operations, and information security policy development and education.

Rebecca Harness is VP & Chief Information Security Officer for Quickbase. Rebecca has an established 25-year career in information technology with the past twelve years specifically focused on information security and compliance. An accomplished entrepreneur, Rebecca has founded and led two successful technology startups over the course of her career, and serves as President of ISACA St. Louis. Rebecca is an alumnus of Hastings College, holds several technology and security certifications, and recently received a Master of Science in Information Security Engineering (MSISE) from SANS Technology Institute.

Shawn Heckmaster, Chief Information Security Officer for Forrest T. Jones & Company in Kansas City, MO has over 30 years of progressive information technology and security experience. He has worked across multiple private and government sectors, from the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, Black & Veatch and the Jones family of companies. He is experienced in security program establishment and building, with focuses on ISO, FedRAMP, NIST, Insider Threat Program Management and Third Party Vendor Management.

Experienced Cybersecurity leader with over 20 years serving various industries. Background includes leading teams in Information Assurance, Security Operations, Threat & Vulnerability Management and Cybersecurity Consulting.