Stephanie J. DeFrangescoCEO, DataTechStephanie is the CEO of DataTech, a cybersecurity company providing security analysis
Loris DegioanniCTO & Founder, SysdigLoris Degioanni is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and founder of Sysdig, the secure DevOps leader. He is also the creator of the popular open source troubleshooting tool, sysdig, and the open source container security tool, Falco. Prior to founding Sysdig, Loris co-created Wireshark, the open source network analyzer, which today has 20+ m...
Douglas DeGroteChief Information Security Officer, Allianz LifeSenior Leader with 28+ years experience of delivering solutions and services in cyber security, risk management, enterprise architecture, business continuity, operations, development and program management.
Michael DeHavenSector Chief, Commercial Facilities, InfraGard North Texas Members Alliance
Keith DeiningerVP, Enterprise Technology, TPRM, TruistProfessional Background:
Keith Deininger’s career spans more than 35 years across technology, engineering, cybersecurity, and third-party risk management. He began his career after earning a degree in Computer Science and Information Systems, developing mainframe financial applications. Driven by a desire for new challenges, he later re...

David DellaPelleCo-Founder & CEO, Dune SecurityDavid DellaPelle is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dune Security. With a visionary yet pragmatic approach, he leads Dune in tackling one of today's most pressing enterprise challenges: employee-based cyber risks. David holds a BS in Economics and Management from Cornell University and an MBA from NYU, where he received the prestigious Andre Koo Te...

Chris DeMale, CFAStrategic Account Executive, ISACAChris DeMale, CFA is a Strategic Account Executive for ISACA, where he serves enterprises across the globe on ISACA’s full suite of assessment, training, and cybersecurity products, and as a dedicated technical resource with expertise in the financial services sector. Before joining ISACA, Mr. DeMale served as Senior Vice President at Blueroc...

Lana DeMariaHead of Data Governance and Privacy, Alaska AirlinesLana is a motivated and results-oriented leader with 20+ years of international experience.
She is experienced in supervising and training teams, building global enterprise-wide programs from the ground up, and leading, planning & executing projects in a variety of industries, ranging from aviation to software, to manufacturing, to tel...
Gary DeMercurioDirecting, Center of Excellence for Red Team, Social Engineering, and Physical Penetration Testing, CoalfireGary DeMercurio runs one of the largest groups in Coalfire Labs as a Director, where he leads Coalfire’s “Center of Excellence” for Red Teaming, Social Engineering and Physical Penetration. At Coalfire, Gary manages day-to-day business involved with FedRAMP, PCI, HIPPA, and penetration testing, while helping to spearhead the physical and soci...
Ted DemopoulosPrincipal, Demopoulos AssociatesTed Demopoulos’ professional background includes over 35 years of experience in Information Security and Business, including over 30 years as an independent consultant. Ted helped start a successful information security company, was the CTO at a "textbook failure" of a software startup, and has advised several other startups. He is a frequent...
Mike DeNapoliSr. Solution Architect, CymulateMike DeNapoli has spent over two decades working with companies from mom and pop shops to Fortune 100 organizations;advising on issues from Business Continuity Planning, to Cloud Transformation, to Real-World Cybersecurity. He is currently a Senior Solution Architect with Cymulate Breach and Attack Simulation;helping customers and partners k...
Brian DenmanDirector, Global Cyber Risk Solutions Delivery, SecurityScorecardBrian Denman is the Director of Global Cyber Risk Solution Delivery for SecurityScorecard. In this role, he leads service delivery for our MAX third-party cyber risk management program.
Brian has over thirty years of executive and frontline experience in enterprise IT, cybersecurity, and cyberwarfare operations, twenty-five of which...
Joe DePaloEVP & Chief Platform Officer, NetskopeJoe DePalo leads the platform engineering organization, customer support, customer success and the network product development teams at Netskope and is responsible for the design, build, and operations of the current and future generations of the Netskope infrastructure and platform. Prior to joining Netskope, Joe was the global head of inter...
Frank DePaolaVP, CISO, EnproFrank is an accomplished security and risk management leader with more than 23 years of experience, including 12 years leading global security & infrastructure teams for enterprise organizations. Frank has a passion for designing and implementing effective cybersecurity programs at enterprise scale in diverse environments. Frank specializes...
David DerigiotisCorporate Vice President, Burns & WilcoxCorporate Vice President with the largest independent wholesale insurance broker in the country, Burns & Wilcox. David has participated in cyber roundtable discussions with the US Treasury Department in Washington D.C. and has appeared on Fox Business and CNBC. Publications featuring David include Detroit Crain’s and The Wall Street Journal.<...
Avani DesaiCEO, SchellmanAvani Desai is the CEO of Schellman, the world’s largest niche cybersecurity assessment firm and the first ANAB-accredited ISO 42001 certification body. This accreditation positions Schellman to help organizations responsibly develop and deploy AI systems in line with the global AI governance standard. With expertise in information security a...
Jaymin DesaiThird-Party Risk Offering Manager, OneTrustJaymin Desai is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E , CIPM) and the Third Party Risk Offering Manager at OneTrust—the #1 most widely used privacy, security, and third-party risk technology platform. In this role, Desai oversees a global professional services team of privacy certified consultants focused on formulating efficie...
Biagio DeSimoneEnterprise Solutions Architect, Aqua SecurityBiagio DeSimone is an experienced Solutions Architect with a history of working in the cloud native application space. Skilled in Kubernetes, Containers, Cloud Platforms and Pre-Sales, Biagio is currently an Enterprise Solutions Architect at Aqua Security. In his role, Biagio works to educate organizations on the importance of container and c...
Ben DesjardinsDirector of Security, RadwareBen Desjardins drives the development of vertical and use-case specific solutions for Radware’s Security Product Portfolio. In this role, Ben focuses extensively on the competitive landscape for anti-DDoS, Web Application Firewalls and Intrusion Prevention Systems.
Ben has extensive experience across a wide array of security technologi...
Arun DeSouzaManaging Director, Profortis Solutions LLCArun DeSouza is a renowned global cybersecurity executive, keynote speaker, and thought leader. Arun has extensive global IT and security leadership experience. His interests include the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, and quantum computing. Arun’s areas of expertise include strategic planning, risk management, ...
Lothar DetermannPartner, Baker McKenzieLothar has been helping companies in Silicon Valley and around the world take products, business models, intellectual property, and contracts global for nearly 20 years. He advises on data privacy law compliance, IT commercialization, copyrights, open source licensing, electronic commerce, technology transactions, sourcing, and international ...
Sean DeubyPrincipal Technologist, Americas, SemperisSean brings more than 30 years’ experience in enterprise IT and hybrid identity security to his role at Semperis. An original architect and technical leader of Intel's Active Directory and Texas Instrument’s Windows NT network, he is a 15-time MVP alumnus and has been involved with Microsoft identity technology since its inception. His experienc...
Dominique Devaux JeffordsSr. Manager, Cybersecurity, T-MobileDominique DeVaux Jeffords, a Senior Manager of Cybersecurity at T-Mobile USA, uniquely combines nearly two decades of cross-functional leadership experience with a deep commitment to cyber resilience. She leads teams in Cyber Resiliency and Cyber Portfolio Management, directly contributing to T-Mobile's ability to withstand and recover from c...

Richard DeveraSecurity Architect, Check Point Software Technologies, IncRichard Devera is the Security Architect at Check Point Software Technologies, Inc.. His background includes 20+ years of industry security experience. Richard is involved in providing best practices security strategies for all areas in networking. He is considered on of the thought leaders within the company providing strategic and technolog...

Victor DevinePrincipal Engineer, Trend MicroVictor Devine has been focused on IT Security for the last 10 years of his 20 year IT career. While playing a big role with securing data centers, endpoint protection and gateways; he joined Trend Micro as a Principle Engineer to expand client education on the importance of IT Security both in and out of the workplace. When he is not talking ...

Quin DeVriesUX Researcher, Automotive Cybersecurity, Mitsubishi Electric Automotive AmericaQuin DeVries is exploring the realm where technology and human behavior meet to create engaging user experiences. As a curious researcher, he is eager to tackle the challenges of today and the future.
His research background includes topics in design thinking and ideation in engineering, managerial accounting and neuropsychology, and ...
Robert DewhirstInformation Security and Infrastructure Manager, Educational Testing ServiceMr. Dewhirst is a senior information security professional with 24 years of experience in software development and IT systems management. He currently manages information security, infrastructure and system administration for the K-12 testing systems of the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization.


Sahil DhirSr. Risk & Security Manager, AmazonAs a Senior Manager at Amazon, Sahil is experienced in ensuring regulatory compliance and cybersecurity through comprehensive product and process evaluations and have proactively managed risks in deploying generative AI systems. He is passionate about technology and building great products.
Sahil's core competencies include cybersecuri...
Sandip DholakiaAdvisor to Security Compliance & Trust Office & Chair, SAP Cryptography Innovation HubSandip Dholakia is an author, cryptographer, and seasoned cybersecurity executive with extensive experience in security, privacy, compliance, and emerging technologies. He serves as Chair of the Cryptography Innovation Hub and Advisor to the Security, Compliance, and Trust Office at SAP America. In addition, Sandip serves as Fractional CISO a...
Alex Di GiacomoCISO, Sound TransitMr. Di Giacomo is an award-winning, veteran cybersecurity executive with over 26 years of experience leading security strategy and governance across critical infrastructure and corporate environments, both domestically and internationally. His expertise encompasses IT and OT security, security governance, cloud security, disaster recovery, ri...

Deidre DiamondFounder and CEO, CyberSN and Secure DiversityDeidre Diamond is the founder and CEO of CyberSN, the largest cybersecurity talent acquisition technology and services firm in the U.S., transforming job searching and hiring for the cybersecurity industry. Standardizing all cybersecurity job functions into a common taxonomy of 45 roles, the CyberSN platform allows professionals to make anony...

Nathanael DickDirector, Cybersecurity and Governance, SteelFab, Inc.Nathanael Dick, CISSP, MBA, is the Director of Cybersecurity and Governance at SteelFab, Inc. in Charlotte. He leads the company's cybersecurity initiatives and is passionate about leveraging compliance as a tool to enhance organizational cyber maturity. In his free time, Nathanael cohosts the Cybersecurity podcast, discussing cybersecurity t...
Mary DickersonAVP & CISO, UTHealth HoustonMary Dickerson is Associate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for UTHealth Houston. As CISO, she is responsible for strategic planning and implementation of information security practices, encompassing a range of activities from compliance to identity and access management. Ms. Dickerson has a BS from Texas A&M University ...
Michael DickersonDirector, Mecklenburg County Board of ElectionsMichael Dickerson is currently the Director of Elections for Mecklenburg County and has held this position since 1998.
Prior to coming to Charlotte, Mr. Dickerson was with the Federal Election Commission as a Deputy Assistant Staff Director. Mr. Dickerson spent 14 years at the Federal Election Commission.Currently he is a membe...
Scott DickinsonCISO, AnMed HealthScott Dickinson is passionate about Information Technology and Information Security and has more than 20 years in the fields of information security and information technology. He has worked with Federal and State governments to include FBI, DOD, Veteran Affairs, State of SC, and the private sector. He has been a CIO, a CISO, a virtual CISO, Cyb...
Nicholas DiColaVP, Customers, Zero NetworksNicholas DiCola is a Security Jedi and the VP of Customers where he leads a global team. Before joining Zero Networks, Nicholas led the Cloud Security Customer Experience Engineering team helping customers unblock deployments and improving products. He also spent 22 years with the United States Marine Corps and retired as a Defensive Cybersp...
Joe DietzNetwork Security Architect, CenturyLinkA technology focused senior level IT security professional with an excellent balance of business experience and knowledge of systems/network security. Always conducting oneself with integrity and ethical behavior following the motto of “Always do the right thing.”
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