Experienced data and security professional with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in architecture design, data patterns, data services to achieve desired business outcomes, information management, data governance, and data security practices. Strong research professional with a Doctor of Philosophy ...

Rob is the Field CISO of Blue Mantis and the former founder/CEO of Arcas Risk Management (acquired by Blue Mantis in March 2023). Rob specializes in cybersecurity consulting with a focus on developing and implementing cost effective, enterprise-class solutions for organizations of all sizes. He is passionate about developing cybersecurity tal...

From writing detection rules and automations for SOC teams to assisting with compliance initiatives, cloud security has always been the focus of Stephen's career. Currently Stephen serves as a Senior Solutions Engineer at Orca helping customers architect and operationalize the Orca platform, as well as providing risk assessment reviews and gu...

Garrett FitzGerald is a Cyber Special Agent for the United States Secret Service Boston Field office serving the New England region, with over eight years of experience in investigating cyber and financial fraud.

Vince Fitzpatrick is a 20-year information security professional in the fields of healthcare and finance. Currently, he is the Director of Information Security at Christiana Care Health System (CCHS), one of the largest healthcare providers in the mid-Atlantic region, serving all of Delaware and parts of PA, MD, and NJ.

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 co...

With more than 20 years of experience, Michael brings an in-depth understanding of currently available solutions empowering clients to achieve operational excellence. Over his career, Michael has delivered over three thousand consultations to technology and financial organizations.

Dan Flaningan leads the Transformation Office at Old National Bank, architecting enterprise-wide innovation capabilities including the AI Development Lifecycle (DLC) model utilizing spec-driven development methodology, and shaping agentic AI systems for enterprise-grade deployments. His work establishes standardized frameworks and governance ...

Morgan Fleck is a Senior Manager in the Compass Group Business Information Security Office (BISO), where she leads cybersecurity initiatives across the healthcare and education sectors. With a foundation in healthcare, Morgan brings a unique perspective to cybersecurity—one that bridges patient care, regulatory compliance, and digital risk ma...

Mike Fleck is the Senior Director of Web PKI and Post Quantum Cryptography solutions at DigiCert where he writes about public trust and applied cryptography. Mike has more than 25 years of cybersecurity industry experience across network security, data encryption, threat intelligence, malware analysis, identity protection, and email security....

Elaine Flesch is an accomplished cybersecurity and technology executive with experience in leading global cyber and risk programs. She is the Chief Information Security Officer at Taxwell (a leading digital tax filing platform). She also serves as an Executive Board Member to TXCPA and an Advisory Board Member to the University of Texas at Da...

Chief Jeffrey (Jeff) Flohr has over 30 years of law enforcement experience. Jeff began his career in the Bay Area of California, where he worked for Moraga and San Pablo Police Departments. During his time in California, Jeff served as Field Training Officer, K9 Handler, Drug Recognition Expert, Gang Detective, and member of several state and...

Valentina Flores is CEO of Red Sentry, a vulnerability scanning and penetration testing company that keeps organizations secure 24/7/365 by actually mimicking hackers. Formerly a cybercrime detective on a federal task force, Valentina fought against these criminals her whole career, and has unique insight into the minds and tactics of attacke...

I am an innovative technology executive with extensive leadership experience within a diverse portfolio of technology-driven public and private companies. I am results driven with considerable experience leading teams, implementing complex software products, IT projects, and administering large capital budgets.

I am a dynamic leader a...

Sean Flynn has spent 20 years on the front lines of cybersecurity, defending global networks from state-sponsored actors, hacktivists, and cyber criminals. As Director of Security Strategy and Technology at Akamai, he channels that experience into bringing new security products to market and advising the world's most targeted organizations in...

Ben is a cybersecurity leader with over a decade of experience shaping and scaling security programs across diverse industries including healthcare, finance, and education. From building red teams and security operations centers to leading executive strategy and cultural transformation, his career spans nearly every dimension of the cyber lan...

Having achieved an M.Sci in Astrophysics from Glasgow University in Scotland, Lewis went on to spend three years working for UK Defence, developing radar systems for naval vessels and fighter jets. Looking to take advantage of his communication skills combined with his technical skills, he went on to work as a solutions engineer in FinTech Sa...

Christian Fontaine serves as a Senior Security Engineer for the Southeast region. He sits on several security committees at Trend Micro that evaluate and architect solutions that meet current demands for virtual and cloud environments. He has served as CISO at Humber College / University of Guelph at Humber in Canada. He has also served as a ...

Joe is currently the director of infrastructure and database services for The University of Massachusetts Information Technology Services department, leading a team of security professionals who support infrastructure and applications used to host shared services. He holds a master’s degree in Information Technology from Worcester Polytechnic...

Leah Foreman is a cybersecurity leader with more than 17 years of experience leading IT Risk, IT Compliance, Identity Engineering and Access Management, Asset Management, Security Awareness, Application Security, Cloud Security and Program Management functions. Currently she serves as a Senior Director of Security Engineering at Rocket Mortga...

Jarrod Forgues Schlenker is a Special Agent with the Kansas City Division of the FBI, investigating cybercriminal violations. Previously, he investigated violent crimes against children and human trafficking in Kansas City and worked as an Intelligence Analyst at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC. Before joining the Bureau, he worked in the ...

Bruce has several degrees including an MBA in Biotechnology and Health Industry Management. Prior to his current position at UMass, he held other IT Management positions, focusing on Information Security, Risk Advisory, and Security Strategy and Policy, as well as offering consultative services. Bruce is a past president of the Information Sy...

Tyler Fornes is a Principal Solutions Architect at Expel. Tyler formally led Expel's Global Response Team in performing incident response for both Expel's enterprise and cloud offerings. Prior to Expel, Tyler worked at FireEye after receiving a M.S. in Computing Security at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Annie Forrer has more than 20 years of IT experience in a combination of external audit, internal audit, IT application security, and GRC. She started her career with almost 10 years at Deloitte and joined Johnson Controls in 2012, taking on various IT roles of increasing responsibility, most recently landing at Clarios on the Global Informat...

As the Global VP of Solutions Engineering at Hunters, Ian brings two decades of technology experience, specializing in application and database security, SOC operations, and SOAR. With a background in leading industry players, Ian’s contributions include several patents in the SOAR space, showcasing a sustained commitment to advancing cyberse...

Zach Forsyth thrives on understanding advanced threats and designing solutions to combat them. His 20-year career has focused on malware delivery and weaponization, advanced malware prevention, next generation firewalls, automation, threat hunting, deception networks, adversarial response systems, intrusions, exploits, social engineering and ...

Creating value-add business outcomes through security and privacy design is the core of my professional mission. I prioritize understanding my clients’ organizational goals and culture to ensure their infrastructure and processes reflect their ethos. As an IT-to-business translator with extensive technical and business advisory experience, I ...

Jen Fox is an active member of the Michigan Information Security community and is an ISSA Motor City chapter board member. Her 20+ years of experience in IT and Information Security span the insurance, utility, finance, manufacturing and IT sectors. Her speaking engagements include GrrCON, Security BSides Detroit and CircleCityCon.

Dominick Frazier is a security professional with over 13 years of security experience with his current role being in Information Technology/Cyber-Security. In his current role he serves as the Security Awareness & Communication Manager responsible for the conversation around security between technical and non-technical teams, which extends to...

Ryan Frazier is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Snyk, helping businesses build safer software. As a bridge between technology and people, Ryan works closely with developers, security teams, and executives to understand their needs and find the best ways to protect their applications from security threats and improve their security posture. Pri...

Author of the highly acclaimed book, “Your Success is in YOU!: Empowering and Equipping You to Create Your Best Career Ever!”, Bernie Frazier, SPHR, is an author, speaker, career coach/strategist, and talent acquisition expert whose mission is to help people overcome barriers to create greater career success. Bernie has over 30 years of exper...

Jon Fredrickson is Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer for Surgery Partners. Prior to Surgery Partners, Jon has held various leadership & CISO positions across healthcare in both the provider and payor markets. Jon has developed a pragmatic approach to implementing cyber security solutions and assisting his organizations in ...

Christopher Frenz is an enterprise CISO, a 2x Top 100 CISO, and the founder of the Subtractive Security movement. He serves as the project lead for the OWASP Subtractive Security Top 10, an open-source engineering initiative focused on using architectural controls to eliminate attack paths. A longtime pioneer in attack path management, Frenz ...

Stephen has worked in the IT Industry since 2000 and in the security industry for the previous eight. Based out of the Twin Cities, Stephen has spent time at some of the largest organizations including Target, US Bank, Honeywell, and United Health Group. In his current role at Varonis, Stephen works with organizations around the US helping or...

Andrew is a Forensic Financial Analyst with the U.S. Secret Service’s San Francisco Field Office. Andrew is currently assigned to San Francisco’s Digital Assets team, where he investigates crimes involving cryptocurrency and other digital assets. Andrew’s background includes large scale criminal investigations involving a wide range of cyber-...

Becky Fricker is the Director of Information Security at DAT Freight & Analytics, where she plays a pivotal role in protecting the company’s digital infrastructure. She oversees Security Operations and Product Security, including areas such as Endpoint Protection and Response, Continuous Threat Exposure Management, Incident Response, and Netw...

RJ Friedman is currently the CISO of 6 organizations, including Coinroutes Inc. and A2Z Sync. He has also founded 3 MSSPs and SOCs, leading 24/7/365 security organizations in the fight against cyber scum.

Randall’s career started as a Law Enforcement Officer. With the technical aptitude, he moved into technology, starting as an MCSE on Windows NT 4.0. Over the next 22 or so years, he evolved to become the Enterprise Chief Information Security Officer for Denver Health and Hospital Authority. He also teaches cybersecurity courses for Harvard an...