Speaker Directory
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    Dr. Domingo Castillo, Moderator
    CISO, Miami Dade College

    Dr. Castillo is the Chief Information Security Officer of the Miami Dade College (MDC) since 2020. Founded in 1959, MDC is the second-largest college or university in the United States, and it is the #1 in associated degrees awarded in Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies, and Humanities. Mr. Castillo’s prior roles include Chief Informa...

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    Jeremy Castleman
    Cloud Security Specialist, Check Point Software Technologies

    Jeremy Castleman is the Cloud Security Specialist supporting the Cloud Team for Check Point Software Technologies. Jeremy brings 15 years of experience in technology sales, marketing, business development and cloud migration services in the partner ecosystem. He has worked in multiple countries around the world, in various markets, and across...

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    Moderator: Tracy Caudill
    Chief Commercial Officer, Binary Defense

    As Binary Defense Chief Commercial Officer, Tracy Caudill, brings her experience leading complex cybersecurity engagements and building collaborative teams that create customer value and enable long-lasting partnerships across the customer journey. She is responsible for leading Binary Defense’s marketing, sales and customer success strategy ...

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    Tim Cavanaugh, CISSP-ISSMP, CISM, CRISC
    CISI, Maiden Global Servicing Company, LLC

    Tim has over 20 years' experience in all aspects of Information Technology, spending the last eight years in Information Security roles. He was lead author of a whitepaper on Cyber Insurance for Object Management Group (OMG) and has presented for CSA, (ISC)2, and OMG.

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    Sandra Cavazos
    VP, Product Security and Privacy, Comcast

    Sandra Cavazos serves as VP, Product Security and Privacy at Comcast. She leads Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL), including threat modeling, pen testing, SDL coaching, DevSecOps tooling, security developer training, and executive reporting. Sandra began her career as an engineer at Intel’s largest wafer manufacturing facility, improving qua...

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    Doug Cavit
    CISO, Snohomish County, Washington

    Doug Cavit has been involved in cybersecurity for 30 years as CIO of McAfee and Chief Security Strategist at Microsoft, as well as CISO for two tech startups working on automated cybersecurity in the cloud. He was a major contributor to Microsoft adding anti-malware and several versions of Windows. He has been involved in setting security sta...

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    Brian Cayer
    CISO, Keck Medicine of USC
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    Brian Cederdahl
    Board Director, Membership, Cloud Security Alliance, Delaware Valley Chapter

    Brian has more than 25 years of technology expertise in IT Infrastructure, cybersecurity, semiconductor, and systems sales with Appgate, Rackspace, RealCloud, CoreSite, and Verizon Terremark. He is a graduate of Villanova University with B.S. in Electrical Engineering.

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    Hazel Cerra
    Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service

    Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge (ATSAIC) Hazel Cerra is a twenty-two year veteran with the United States Secret Service. ATSAIC Cerra was assigned to the Former President William Clinton Protective Detail in Chappaqua, NY, where she spent four years traveling around the world in support of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).

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    Parthasarathi Chakraborty
    Director, Security Architecture, Bank of Montreal

    Partha has over 20 years of cyber security leadership experience in financial services industry. An active speaker and panelist in cyber security conferences around the world. Very much passionate about learning new technologies and writing on recent cyber trends. Currently heading up infrastructure security architecture for Bank of Montreal....

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    Kevin Chalk, Moderator
    Sensitive Information Analyst, USAA
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    Lumakar Challa
    IT Director, JBS; Secretary, ISC2 Denver Chapter

    Lumakar Challa is a transformational technical leader who transforms application and database infrastructure for large, complex Global Fortune 500 companies. His greatest talent is creating Trusted Advisor relationships with senior technology, corporate, and business line stakeholders. He defines strategies to deliver savings and improvements...

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    Yuk Fai Chan
    Co-Leader, OWASP Toronto Chapter

    Yuk Fai Chan is Co-Leader of the OWASP Toronto chapter, where he actively promotes software security within the Toronto community. Professionally, Yuk Fai is a Co-Founder at Proack Security Inc., a Toronto-based information security consulting firm. He specializes in application security, penetration testing, threat modelling, security incide...

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    Alpha Chan
    CISO, Technology & Transformation Command, Toronto Police Service

    Alpha Chan is the Chief Information Security Officer for the Toronto Police Service. As a former police Staff Sergeant, his 30 years of innovative investigative experiences include specialized functions that range from surveillance, covert projects, and cyber operations.

    Along with cybersecurity responsibilities, Alpha created Toronto...

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    Elvis M. Chan
    Supervisory Special Agent, Squad CY-1, National Cyber Center, FBI San Francisco

    Elvis Chan is a Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) assigned to FBI San Francisco. SSA Chan manages a squad responsible for investigating national security cyber matters. With 14 years in the Bureau, he is a decorated agent who is recognized within the Intelligence Community as a cyberterrorism expert. SSA Chan was the lead agent on significant c...

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    Gary S. Chan
    SVP & CISO, SSM Health

    Gary S. Chan is System Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at SSM Health, an $11 billion multi-state healthcare system. He has more than two decades of experience leading enterprise security programs, architecting anti-fraud systems for state agencies, advising cybersecurity startups, and serving as President of the FBI St. ...

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    Mary Chaney
    Chairwoman, CEO & President, Minorities in Cybersecurity, Inc.

    Mary N. Chaney, Esq., CISSP, CIPP/US has over 30 years of experience in Information Security, Privacy and Risk Management. She graduated from Xavier University with a B.S.B.A in Information Systems and became a licensed attorney in the State of Texas in 1999 after obtaining her J.D. from Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall School of...

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    Amy Chaney
    SVP, Technology & COO, Citi; President, North Texas ISSA

    Amy Chaney is a recognized security, technology and transformation executive leader with decades of experience in highly sophisticated and evolving financial environments. By architecting innovative ecosystems across cybersecurity, risk management, and evolving technologies, Amy brings deep expertise in identity systems, quantum-resilient arc...

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    James Chang
    Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Cloudflare
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    Tim Chang
    VP, Global Sales Engineering, Imperva
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    Keith Chapman
    Cybersecurity Specialist, Infoscitex Corporation

    Keith has been a team lead for a security operations center, where he was a mentor and an incident response and threat intelligence subject matter expert and facilitated tabletop exercises. He currently works in a GRC role. He has the CISSP and Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst certifications. He also serves as a Cyber Teen Education chai...

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    Brent Chapman
    Chief Information Officer / Chief Information Security Officer , RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation

    Brent Chapman is a successful technology executive with 17 years’ experience and currently serves as Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer of RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation. Mr. Chapman is the senior leader responsible for technology and information security, developing short and long term corporate strat...

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    Shanae Chapman
    Founder, CEO & Managing Director, Nerdy Diva

    Shanae Chapman has secure tech experience from her work at HashiCorp, Boeing, Akamai, MathWorks, Red Hat, and IBM. She is currently the strategic project partner for clients working with the Nerdy Diva team. She leads the areas of business strategy, user research, design, content creation, and training on client projects. She holds degrees fr...

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    Tim Chapman
    Director of Security Assurance, ADP

    Tim Chapman serves as ADP’s Director of Security Assurance, leading a team that provides security assurance to ADP’s North American clients. Prior to ADP, Tim’s expertise includes over 17 years of information security, operational risk management, business management, and process improvement experience. Additionally, Tim has been involved wit...

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    Penny Chase
    Sr. Principal Scientist, MITRE

    Penny Chase is in the Cybersecurity Solutions and Information Technology Technical Centers at The MITRE Corporation. She leads MITRE’s support to FDA on medical device cybersecurity and preparedness and response, and is developing a Common Vulnerability Scoring System rubric tailored to medical devices.

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    Christine Chasse
    Associate Attorney, Spencer Fane LLP
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    Omar Chaudhry
    Chief Engineer of Information Security, Mitre Corp

    Omar Chaudhry is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Systems Engineering at The George Washington University. He is also the Chief Engineer of Information Security at The MITRE Corporation. Omar is a cybersecurity practitioner with almost 15 years of experience in operational security and compliance.

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    Bhavesh Chauhan
    Principal Client Partner, Verizon Enterprise Solutions

    Bhavesh Chauhan is a Principal Client Partner - Security Evangelist within Verizon CTO organization. Previously a Principal in Financial Services and lead the Security Engineering and Professional services for the North East Region of Americas, which includes Enterprise, Government Accreditor, Security Principal, Consultant, Engineer and Arch...

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    John C. Checco
    President, ISSA NY Metro Chapter
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    Randy Cheek
    VP, DarkTrace

    Randy Cheek has over 10 years experience in the enterprise software industry across a number of roles, both commercial and technical. From startups to Fortune 500 companies, he has led teams responsible for key strategic accounts and has consistently led business growth throughout his career. As one of the first members of Darktrace US, he of...

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    Wei Chen Lin
    Cybersecurity Advisor, Region 5, CISA

    Mr. Lin serves as a Cybersecurity Advisor (CSA) in Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI) at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Based in Chicago, IL, Wei Chen supports CISA’s mission of strengthening the security and resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure.
    As a CSA, Mr. Lin conducts various cyber prepare...

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    Jared Cheney
    Senior Vice President of Client Operations, Atmosera

    Jared Cheney excels at delivering a consistent and outstanding customer experience. He oversees networking, computing, storage, application services, monitoring, and a 24x7x365 Technical Assistance Command Center (TACC).

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    Peter Chestna
    CISO of North America, Checkmarx

    Pete Chestna serves as the CISO of North America at Checkmarx, where he provides customers and prospects with practical advice for building successful application security programs. Bringing more than 15 years of direct AppSec practitioner experience, Pete has held roles ranging from developer and development leader to his most recent positio...

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    Aradhna Chetal
    Managing Director, Cloud Security, TIAA
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    Aradhna Chetal, Moderator
    Managing Director, Executive Security, TIAA

    Aradhna serves as a Managing Director Executive – Digital & Cyber Transformations at TIAA, a financial services company, she is responsible for the cloud security DevSecOps for Applications, Data, AI Enterprise vision, strategy, standards, security patterns in a multi-cloud hybrid enterprise. Her expertise spans Cloud Security; IAM, Zero Trus...

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    Jay Chetty
    Cloud Security, Confidential Computing, Intel

    Jay Chetty is a seasoned Cloud Security Architect, responsible for overseeing the end-to-end security of the Intel Developer Cloud, a service offering from Intel. His experience spans multiple projects, where he has skillfully navigated the complexities of cloud-based systems to optimize security. His unwavering dedication and insightful stra...

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    Moderator: Gus Chiarello
    Director, Security Architecture, AccessIT Group

    Gus Chiarello is the Director of Security Architecture and part of the technology consulting leadership team at AccessIT Group (AITG). Gus has over 10 years of experience in risk management and 16 years in IT professional services leading the development of AppSec MDR, MSP, and MSSP service practices. Through leveraging his background in both...

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    Julie Chickillo
    Director of Information Security and Compliance, IQNavigator

    Julie is an information security professional with over 15 years of experience in Information Security Governance, Risk and Compliance, IT Audit and Legal. Julie is currently responsible for developing and executing on the IQN information security strategy and compliance assurance program. IQNavigator is the leading independent technology pro...

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    Ionel Chila
    VP of IT Security & Compliance, Cornerstone Capital Bank
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    Chad Childers, Moderator
    Automotive Solutions Director, Sec eDGE

    Internationally recognized security thought leader. Expert on Threat Modeling, IoT Security, Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment (TARA), Cryptography, Application Security, and Agile Development Security.

    Chad is a voting member of SAE Vehicle Cybersecurity Committee TEVEES18A that shapes the future of automotive security and leading a...

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    Coover Chinoy
    CEO, CISO & Founder, Strategic Security Advisors, LLC
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    Larry Chinski
    Vice President, Global IAM Strategy and Customer Advocacy, One Identity

    Larry Chinski has over 20 years in the Identity and Access Management industry and travels globally to help complex organizations understand emerging trends, the current threat landscape, and how to leverage technology platforms to resolve issues related to cybersecurity as well as operational efficiency.

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    Mario Chiock
    Chief of Staff, Itegriti; CISO & Fellow Emeritus, Schlumberger

    Mario Chiock possesses over 37 years of experience in Oil Field operations, IT, Security, Risk, Privacy and Auditing. Prior to his current role as Schlumberger Fellow, Mario was the CISO at Schlumberger where he was responsible for developing the company’s worldwide, long-term cyber security strategy. He is recognized for his leadership and m...

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    Katherine Chipdey
    Director, Solutions Engineering and Alliances, Automox

    Katherine Chipdey has spent her career in Cybersecurity, consulting on how to simplify our understanding of the threat landscape and building programs for thousands of customers around EDR, SOAR, and MDR. At Automox, she helped build out the Solutions Engineer Team, where she focused on automating IT operations, reducing risk, and bridging t...

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    Girish Chiruvolu
    Director, Information Security Risk Management, Experian

    Dr. Chiruvolu is a CISSP/CISM and has spent several years in the security industry and in particular Finance/e-Commerce and Enterprise industries on cloud/SaaS technologies. He is currently Director Information Security and risk management, and has lead several successful programs on several fronts of Information Security, Risk management and...

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    Alex Chiu
    Threat Researcher, Cisco Systems, Inc.

    Alex is a Threat Researcher for the Talos Group at Cisco Systems, a group that specializes in early-warning intelligence and threat analysis necessary for maintaining a secure network. Much of his time is spent hunting for new and evolving threats and making sure customers are protected from them.

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    Sankarasubramaniam Chockalingam
    Principal Cybersecurity Architect, Cummins Inc.

    Sankar Chockalingam is a seasoned Cybersecurity Architect with more than 20 years of extensive experience designing and implementing cutting-edge security solutions across diverse technologies. His career spans roles in enterprise security architecture, threat management, and regulatory compliance, where he has consistently led initiatives to...

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    Sankarasubramaniam Chockalingam, Moderator
    Principal Cybersecurity Architect, Cummins Inc.

    Sankar Chockalingam is a seasoned Cybersecurity Architect with more than 20 years of extensive experience designing and implementing cutting-edge security solutions across diverse technologies. His career spans roles in enterprise security architecture, threat management, and regulatory compliance, where he has consistently led initiatives to...