Speaker Directory
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    Clark R. Crain
    GRC Consultant, Comp-West, LLC

    I have been a CISSP for more that 19 years, CISM for more that 14, and a CRISC for more that 7. I have worked as a compliance consultant for PCI, HIPAA-HITECH, NERC, NRC and others.

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    Jonathan Cran
    Head of Research , Kenna Security

    Jonathan Cran is an information security expert based in Austin, Texas. He’s a principal at the strategic consulting firm Pentestify, and founder of the the open security intelligence platform, Intrigue. His passion is security assessment, architecting systems to measure and ultimately prevent security incidents. Currently, he’s building a wo...

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    Lynette Crane
    Founder & CEO, Quiet Brilliance Consulting LLC

    Lynette Crane, MA, is a Minneapolis-based mentor to introvert CEOs, an acclaimed national speaker, corporate trainer, executive coach and author, and Founder of Quiet Brilliance Consulting LLC Trained in psychology, she has more than 30 years' experience in her field. Lynette Crane and Quiet Brilliance Consulting help smart companies who are ...

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    Matt Crane
    Director, Schellman Compliance LLC

    Matt Crane, Director at Schellman, oversees PCI DSS assessments for diverse industries, leveraging over a decade of information security expertise. He conducts PCI workshops, speaks at industry events, and collaborates with Fortune 500 companies on compliance challenges, including SWIFT CSCF. Before joining Schellman in 2017, Matt specialized...

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    Torry Crass
    Agency CISO, North Carolina State Board of Elections

    Torry Crass currently serves as the Agency CISO at the North Carolina State Board of Elections and member of the CISO team at Woodstar Labs, a division of Associated Universities, Inc.

    Torry has more than 20 years of experience in the IT field and over 10 years of cybersecurity experience. Prior to joining Woodstar Labs, Torry was a CI...

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    Jim Cratty
    Deputy Regional Director, Region 3, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

    James Cratty currently serves as the Deputy Regional Director within DHS CISA Region 3 In this role, he is responsible for the coordination of critical infrastructure protection via the operational delivery of CISA resources to include training, vulnerability assessments, and efforts between the public and private sector to secure and ensure ...

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    Katie Creaser
    SVP and Cybersecurity Practice Lead, Affect

    Katie is a Sr. Vice President, Cybersecurity Lead at Affect, where she provides counsel to clients that are looking to bring PR and social media into their communications program as part of a thoughtful, holistic strategy. Katie is passionate about helping brands of all shapes and sizes find unique and creative ways to tell their story. She w...

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    David Creed
    VP, Business Development, MSSP & GSI, Armis
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    Joseph Crehan
    Sr. Systems Engineer, Abnormal Security
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    Chase Cresgy
    Sr. Healthcare Cybersecurity Consultant, Crowe LLP

    Chase Cresgy attended IUPUI and graduated with a BS in CIT concentrated in information security. He also holds the Security+ and CySA+ certifications. Information/cybersecurity has always interested Chase, and he believes it will be one of the greatest challenges society faces over the next decade. The world of cybersecurity is a fast, ever-c...

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    Randy Cress
    Assistant County Manager / CIO, Rowan County, NC

    Randy J. Cress is the Assistant County Manager and Chief Information Officer for Rowan County, bringing over two decades of service in enhancing government technology and digital strategies. As CIO since October 2015, he has led the development of a fully virtualized data center and the adoption of cloud services to improve efficiency. His wo...

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    Martyn Crew
    Sr. Director of Product Marketing and Partner Technologies, Gigamon
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    Robert Crisp
    VP, Technical Services, Censys

    Robert Crisp is Vice President of Technical Services at Censys, where he leads global customer-facing engineering teams focused on helping organizations understand and secure their external attack surface. With more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and enterprise networking, Robert specializes in translating complex technical chal...

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    Ben Crocker
    Senior Director of Product Management, Cyberhaven
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    Parker Crook
    Senior Sales Architect, SentinelOne

    Parker Crook has been in the security industry for over 10 years across multiple verticals. He has experience working on both blue and red teams and has been asked to speak at various regional security conferences. Some of his speaking engagements have covered topics such as purple-teaming, wargaming, orchestration, and his own research. Park...

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    Todd Crosley
    Sr. Director, Head of Cloud Sales, Uptycs
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    Taylor Crotty
    Director, Cyber Administration & COO, Information Security, BlackRock

    Taylor M. Crotty leads Cyber Administration at BlackRock, with responsibility for Cyber Diligence, Cyber Governance, Cyber Partnerships, Cyber Training & Awareness including the Firm's cyber resilience initiatives, and Business Management activities across Information Security, including fiscal management, talent management, and strategic pro...

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    Wayne Crowder
    VP of Information Security, Shamrock Trading Corporation
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    Allyn Crowe
    Sr. Security Engineer, Nexum, Inc
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    Katie Crowley
    AVP, eRisk Underwriting, Crum & Forster
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    Patrick Crowley
    CTO/Founder Observable Networks & Professor of CSE, Washington University in St. Louis

    Patrick Crowley is founder and CTO of Observable Networks. He is also professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

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    Marc Crudgington
    VP of IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity, Crane Worldwide Logistics
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    Jeremiah Cruit
    Chief Cyber Security Officer, Bremer Bank

    Jeremiah Cruit has been working in security for the past 20 plus years coving all aspects of security including penetration testing, incident response, infrastructure security and security management. Currently working as Chief Cyber Security Officer at Bremer Bank where he manages the teams that run all aspects of IT security.

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    Melvin Crum
    Computer Scientist - Informatics, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
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    Eddy Cruz
    Chapter President, Evergreen InfraGard
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    Gerardo Cruz
    Electrical Engineer, Security Consultant

    Gerardo is an Electrical Engineer and security consultant.

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    Jamey Cummings
    Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry

    Jamey Cummings co-leads Korn Ferry’s Global Cybersecurity Practice, where he advises organizations on the recruitment, assessment, development, and retention of security & risk management leaders. Prior to his career in executive search, he was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and served as a US Navy SEAL officer.

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    Dr. Chase Cunningham
    Zero Trust and Cyber Warfare Expert, Thought Leader, Speaker, Podcaster, and Author, Akeyless
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    Dr. Margaret Cunningham
    Technical Director, Security & AI Strategy, Darktrace

    Dr. Margaret Cunningham is the Technical Director, Security & AI Strategy at Darktrace, where she advises on AI security strategy, innovation, data security, and risk governance. She provides technical and strategic guidance to ensure enterprise security solutions evolve in response to emerging threats and customer needs. In this role she col...

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    Phil Curran
    CISO & CPO, Cooper University Health Care

    Phil Curran has more than 25 years of experience in information security and privacy in the military, government and private sectors. As the Chief Information Assurance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer at Cooper University Health Care in Camden NJ, he is responsible for managing governance and regulatory compliance, risk assessment and manag...

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    Sam Curry
    VP & CISO in Residence, Zscaler

    Sam Curry, VP & CISO in Residence, Sam Curry is a 30-year veteran of the cybersecurity industry. He began his career in signals and cryptanalysis and was the first employee at Signal 9 Solutions, a small start-up that invented the personal firewall, executed the first commercial implementation of Blowfish, and devised early stealthy (symmetri...

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    Steve Curtis
    Chief Cyber Business Officer, CYGNVS

    Steve is a global cybersecurity executive helping organizations prevent, prepare for, and respond to a cyberattack. Over 20 years in cybersecurity, Steve has worked with the leaders in cybersecurity including Palo Alto Networks, Accenture, and PwC. He has served hundreds of organizations around the world, envisioned, and launched multiple new...

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    Ian Curtis
    Director of SecOps GTM, Zscaler
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    William Curtiss
    Global Head of IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity, Owens Corning Glass Reinforcements
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    James Cusson
    Security Compliance Team Lead, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Health and Human Services
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    Brian Cyprian
    Special Agent for the Cyber Intrusion Squad, FBI Charlotte Division

    Brian N. Cyprian has been the supervisor for the FBI’s Charlotte Cyber Task Force since March 2016. He worked at FBI Headquarters managing national security computer intrusion investigations prior to arriving in Charlotte. Brian has a B.S. in Computer Information Systems and an MBA in Commerce from Texas A&M University.

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    Jennifer Czaplewski
    Director in the Information Security Team, Target

    Jennifer Czaplewski is a Director in the Information Security team at Target. She leads Product Analytics, Security Ninjas, Cyber Risk Management, and Product Security Engineering functions. Jennifer has been with Target for 12 years and in Information Security for 8 years. Prior to her time at Target, she led efforts in Corporate IT at Pfize...

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    Reese D'Herckens
    Sr. Director of Systems Engineering, ExtraHop

    Reese D'Herckens is the Senior Director of Systems Engineering at ExtraHop, an IT security and analytics company. Reese is a long-time member of the ExtraHop team and leads the Systems Engineering team for the Americas, drawing on his 26 years of experience in IT. Reese has worked at large enterprise companies, such as The New York Stock Exch...

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    Lina Dabit, Inspector
    RCMP Officer in Charge, Cybercrime Investigative Team Toronto

    Lina Dabit joined the RCMP in 1994 and started her career in British Columbia where she spent 13 years posted to detachments up and down eastern Vancouver Island. She was lucky for the opportunity to work a variety of duties ranging from uniform patrol, drug section, major crime, intelligence, border integrity, and running a police boat while...

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    Joe Dabrowski
    Director, Strategy & GTM, Rubrik

    Joe leads America's Sales Strategy at Rubrik, working with enterprise customers and federal agencies on leveraging the Rubrik Data Security platform to drive cyber resiliency. Joe is an accomplished technology executive with 20 years’ experience. Previously, he served in sales and leadership positions at NetApp, Splunk, and EMC. Joe resides ...

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    Cassandra Dacus
    President, Cyversity Atlanta Chapter
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    Michael DaGrossa
    VP, Information Security, Genesis HealthCare

    A mission and customer focused Senior Information Technology Risk Management professional with a strong concentration in Computer Security Initiatives, Governance, Risk Management and Forensics. Extensive experience in creating security and risk programs for companies of various industries, sizes, and complexities. Hands-on pen testing, app...

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    Adnan Dakhwe
    Head of Security & Compliance, Vera
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    Kim Dale, CISSP, CISA
    IT Audit Specialist , Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

    Kim Z. Dale is an IT Audit Specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Her previous work experience includes Northwestern University, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), US Steel, and Management Science Associates. Additionally, she is a freelance writer, speaker, and playwright. Ms. Dale earned a master’s degree in informat...

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    Michael Dalgleish
    Director, Sales Engineering, LogRhythm

    Michael Dalgleish is a Director of Sales Engineering at LogRhythm, where he has built a team of security professionals who are growing strategic relationships with the partner community. Michael is an industry veteran, spending the last 15 years deeply entrenched in the network and security world. When not on the road evangelizing security in...

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    Keith Daly
    Senior Principal Engineer, ForgeRock

    Keith Daly is currently a Senior Principal Sales Engineer for ForgeRock.

    Over the past 20 years, Keith has been on all sides of the Identity Management space in numerous industries, with roles ranging from systems architect within leading corporations, to developer and team lead at systems integrators, to technical sales and engineerin...

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    Rob Dalzell
    Identity and Access Management – Risks, Issues, Controls and Governance, AT&T
    Rob Dalzell is a cybersecurity professional with over 30 years of Information Technology and Cybersecurity experience. He has thrived in the following cybersecurity based arenas: BISO, Third Party Defense, Vulnerability Management, Identity and Access Management, Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure, email encryption, and general security awaren...
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    Cynthia Damian
    CISO, Valon

    Cynthia Damian is the Chief Information Security Officer at Valon Technologies, an up and coming fintech company innovating the financial and homeowner industry through technology. Cynthia has over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and risk management holding security leadership and practitioner roles across small to large scale, global...