Speaker Directory
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    Dr. Kimberly KJ Haywood, Moderator
    Chief AI Governance & Education Advisor, AI Connex; Adjunct Cybersecurity Professor, Collin College

    Ms. Haywood brings a highly diverse skill set to businesses. For more than 17 years, prior to moving into Security, she specialized in Human Resources, Business Development, Risk Strategy, Contracts Management, and Program Audit. Combined with her eight years in Security Governance, Risk & Compliance, she is considered a multi-talented leader...

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    Stephen Head
    National Director – Cyber Risk Center of Expertise, Jefferson Wells

    As the National Director for the Cyber Risk Center of Expertise at Jefferson Wells, Stephen has broad-based experience in cyber risk, regulatory compliance, IT governance and aligning controls with multiple standards and frameworks. He is the author of the internationally recognized Internal Auditing Manual and Practical IT Auditing, both pub...

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    Stephen Head, Moderator
    National Director – Cyber Risk Center of Expertise, Jefferson Wells

    As the National Director for the Cyber Risk Center of Expertise at Jefferson Wells, Stephen has broad-based experience in cyber risk, regulatory compliance, IT governance and aligning controls with multiple standards and frameworks. He is the author of the internationally recognized Internal Auditing Manual and Practical IT Auditing, both pub...

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    Dave Heaney
    CISO, Mass General Brigham
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    Tim Hearl
    Special Agent, Active Shooter Coordinator, FBI Detroit

    • 28 Years in Chicago and Detroit Divisions
    • Criminal & Counterterrorism Investigations
    • SWAT Team member & Sniper Team Leader
    • Firearms Instructor
    • Tactical Instructor
    • Active Shooter Coordinator
    • Civilian Response Training - ASAPP/CRASE
    • Law Enforcement Response Training - ALERRT

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    Lauren Hearn
    SVP, Global Operations Lead - Identity Defense Team, Bank of America
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    Lauren Hearn, Moderator
    Identity Defense Global Operations Lead, Bank of America
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    John Heasman
    CISO, Chegg

    John Heasman is the CISO of Chegg, the leading student-first connected learning platform where he is focused on proactive approaches to building secure software. Prior to Chegg, John was the Deputy CISO at DocuSign. He has presented at Black Hat, DEF CON, OWASP AppSec and other industry forums on a diverse range of topics from web application...

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    Alexandra Heckler
    CISO / Executive Director, Cybersecurity, Collins Aerospace
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    Shawn Heckmaster
    CISO, Forrest T. Jones & Company

    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 co...

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    Felicia Hedgebeth
    CISO, Georgia Department of Banking and Finance
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    Chen Heffer
    Chief Security Officer, Douglas County Colorado
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    Jeremy Heffner
    Senior Cloud Security Engineer, Netflix

    Mr. Heffner is a software and security professional who has worked on numerous commercial and government projects. His passion is for securing and building scalable, survivable, and fault-tolerant distributed systems. His focus includes cyber attack and defense, information gathering and analysis, and scaling systems globally through automati...

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    Dr. Faith Heikkila
    Information Security Governance Specialist, Perrigo Company plc

    Faith Heikkila, Ph.D., CISM, FIP, CIPM, CIPP-US is an Information Security Architect - Governance at Perrigo Company plc. Dr. Heikkila has prior CISO practitioner experience in overall information security governance, compliance, vendor management, protection of personal and financial information, along with GDPR expertise in a global pharmac...

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    Karl Heimer
    Principal, Heimer & Associates LLC

    Leader of Training & Development for the Auto-ISAC ACT program. Owner/Principal of Heimer & Associates LLC. Senior Technical Advisor for Cybersecurity to Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) Auto Office and Michigan Defense Center. Founder of CyberAuto, CyberTruck, CyberBoat Challenges; assisted in the creation of the CyberTractor...

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    Kevin Heineman
    CISO, Lyric

    A forward-thinking Chief Information Security Officer with more than 20 years of progressive success in leading NIST cybersecurity, engineering, and operations functions and developing business-aligned strategies to mitigate enterprise cyber risk. A respected visionary leader recognized for expertise in enterprise risk, cybersecurity, complia...

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    Janet Heins
    CISO, ChenMed
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    Jacob Heisey
    Solutions Engineer, Wiz
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    Ashley Heller
    Focus Group Leader, E&O, Cyber Risks, Beazley

    Ashley is responsible for the management of the Technology Liability portfolio at Beazley, a leading London-based specialty insurer. Prior to her time at Beazley, Ashley was an underwriting manager at AIG, where she underwrote Cyber for National Accounts.

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    John Helt
    Security Operations Center Manager, Discovery, Inc. (Formerly Scripps Networks)

    I have considered myself a "hacker" from the moment I turned on my TI-99/4a. My insatiable curiosity has driven me through a career in IT Operations and InfoSec with both Hewlett Packard (10 years) and Discovery (Scripps Networks Interactive, 18 year). I hold a MS in Information Systems Management and current CISSP-ISSAP, CEH, and CCENT certs...

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    Hendra T. Hendrawan
    Professor, Seneca Polytechnic; Technical Counselor, Security & Privacy Practice, Info-Tech Research Group

    Hendra T. Hendrawan has more than 25 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity.

    He currently is a Technical Counselor in the Security & Privacy Practice at Info-Tech Research Group focusing on IS strategy initiative, policy development, risk management, and cybersecurity best practices. Prior to joining Info-Tech Research Group, Hend...

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    Steve Hengeli
    Attorney at Law, Polsinelli

    With a background in computer programming, Steve Hengeli takes a problem-solving approach to privacy, data security, and technology transactions. Steve works with clients in a variety of highly-regulated and innovative industries to develop strategies to address U.S. and international regulations relating to privacy and information technolog...

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    Justin Henkel
    Head of CISO Center of Excellence, OneTrust

    Justin Henkel is an information security thought leader, subject matter expert, and Head of OneTrust's Security Center of Excellence. Justin has a proven track record planning, developing, building, and monitoring portfolios of work to secure IT infrastructure to meet federal and state cybersecurity standards, guidelines, and best practices. ...

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    Alex Henkes
    Enterprise Director, Northeast, Pentera
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    Diana Hennel
    CTO, Catalyst Corporation Federal Credit Union

    Diana Hennel is currently the Chief Technology Officer for Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union. In her role, Diana is responsible for the long-term strategic direction and implementation of technology strategy, security, and processes. She oversees the corporate’s network operations, technology development and information systems securit...

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    Tim Hennessey
    Sr. Director of SOC Services, Novacoast

    10+ years of managed security expertise.

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    Brian Henning
    Sr. Solutions Architect, HUMAN Security

    Brian Henning is a Senior Solutions Engineer with 15+ years in enterprise software development and three+ years in cybersecurity sales engineering. He specializes in closing high-value deals by combining deep technical expertise with compelling client engagement. At HUMAN Security, he designs scalable solutions to combat advanced threats such...

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    Sean Henry
    Director of Sales, Bugcrowd

    Sean Henry has been in the cybersecurity industry since 2007 when he started his career in recruiting. Sean's career path includes being a key member of building out the east coast sales team at Rapid7. He was a Partner and helped launch CyberSN's go to market strategy around the Boston market. Sean has also had key stops at GuidePoint Securi...

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    James Herbst
    Principal Sales Engineer, Exabeam
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    Robert Hergenroeder
    ESD Tech Analyst, Army Corp of Engineers - ACE-IT

    Hugh cyber security buff. Worked in Computer IT over the past 10 years and would like to do my part training people in online safety.

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    Clinton Herget
    Field CTO, Snyk

    Clinton Herget is Field CTO at Snyk, the leader in Developer Security, where he focuses on crafting and evangelizing our strategic vision for the evolution of DevSecOps. A seasoned technologist, Clinton spent his 20-year career prior to Snyk as a web software developer, DevOps consultant, cloud solutions architect, and engineering director. C...

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    Yair Herling
    Chief Marketing Officer, Veriti

    Yair Herling is the Chief Marketing Officer at Veriti, a cybersecurity company dedicated to enhancing organizational security postures while ensuring uninterrupted business operations. With a background in marketing and a passion for technology, Yair transitioned into the cybersecurity sector to address the growing challenges organizations fa...

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    Iván Hernández
    Sales Engineering Manager, CISSP, C|EH, Proofpoint
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    Somer Hernandez
    Solutions Architect, ReliaQuest
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    Lulu Hernandez Walker
    Senior Manager, Weaver

    Lulu is a highly experienced and knowledgeable IT advisory Senior Manager with a strong focus on governance, risk, and compliance. She possess over seven years of experience in the field and has led and executed a range of projects, including SOC 1 and SOC 2 examinations, IT audits, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, EI3PA assessments, FFIEC, FDICIA,...

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    Rebecca Herold
    The Privacy Professor; CEO, Privacy & Security Brainiacs

    Rebecca Herold has more than 30 years of security, privacy, and compliance experience. She is founder of The Privacy Professor Consultancy (2004) and of Privacy & Security Brainiacs SaaS services (2021) and has helped hundreds of clients throughout the years. Rebecca has been a subject matter expert (SME) for the National Institute of Standar...

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    Octavio Herrera
    Lead Principal Cyber Advisor, Oxy; Chairman, ONE-ISAC

    Octavio Herrera, a cum laude graduate from Norwich’s University MSIA program, has held a number of information security positions within Fortune 500 companies. During his 25+ years career he has led the regulatory compliance program at Alcoa’s largest business unit, managed the IT Security program for American Family Life Assurance Company of...

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    Barry Herrin
    Founder, Herrin Health Law, P.C.

    Barry Herrin is the Founder of Herrin Health Law, P.C., a boutique law practice located in Atlanta, Georgia. He regularly assists health care providers in all segments of the industry on health care operations and compliance, medical information privacy and confidentiality, cybersecurity, and data breach response. He is admitted to the bars o...

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    Travis Herrmann
    Information Security Advisor, Devon Energy Corporation

    Travis has been with Devon Energy for 20 years, being a pioneering member of the Information Security team. Currently, Travis supports the Incident Response, Hunt, and Intelligence functions at Devon, serves on the ONG-ISAC Information Sharing committee, and holds multiple industry security certifications.

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    Dan Herrmann, Moderator
    FIS, Director, Information Security & Risk Officer
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    Christopher Hetner
    Co-Chair, Cybersecurity and Privacy, Nasdaq

    Chris Hetner is a Senior Executive, Board Director, and leader in Cybersecurity recognized for raising cyber risk to the Corporate Board level to protect industries, infrastructures, and economies. He creates operational resilience by aligning robust Cybersecurity strategies with business objectives. Mr. Hetner’s professional judgment combin...

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    Thomas Heverin
    Cybersecurity Teaching Professor and Pentesting Project Lead, Drexel University

    Former Navy researcher turned cybersecurity educator, Dr. Thomas Heverin ignites minds at The Baldwin School, an all-girls college preparatory school, and Drexel University. He empowers future ethical hackers, sparks innovation with tools like ChatGPT, and uncovers critical ICS vulnerabilities. Google hacks, new hacking modules, new GPTs, and...

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    Mark Hickey
    Senior Regional Security Principal, Insight
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    Chad Hicks
    CISO, MercuryGate International

    Chad is a proven InfoSec leader, with nearly 10 years' experience as a CISO. He has significant experience managing people, process, and technology to reduce risk and deliver business value. He has successfully led multinational companies through mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and rapid security certifications.

    An experienced ...

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    Barbara Hiemstra
    Privacy Engineer, IT Security and Compliance , Steelcase Inc.

    Barbara leads the Global Security Awareness/Phishing program to reduce risk and improve the cybersecurity culture at Steelcase. This includes creating content for employee awareness articles, training classes, and conducting multi-language phishing simulation and reporting.

    Prior to joining Steelcase, Barb was the Information Security-...

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    Barbara Hiemstra, Moderator
    Privacy Engineer, IT Security and Compliance, Steelcase Inc.

    Barbara leads the Global Security Awareness/Phishing program to reduce risk and improve the cybersecurity culture at Steelcase. This includes creating content for employee awareness articles, training classes, and conducting multi-language phishing simulation and reporting.

    Prior to joining Steelcase, Barb was the Information Security-...

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    Kara L. Hilburger, Esq.
    Privacy Compliance & Digital Accessibility Team Leader, Beckage Law

    Kara advises and counsels clients on the development and implementation of enterprise-wide data security and privacy programs and regulatory compliance under federal, state and international privacy laws, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Virginia Consumer Dat...

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    Brian Hileman
    Director, Sales Engineering, Cyberhaven

    Brian has over a decade of experience in data protection, specializing in DLP and Insider Risk Management. As Cyberhaven’s Director of Sales Engineering and creator of DLPTest.com, he has held key roles at Palo Alto Networks, Digital Guardian, and InteliSecure, and regularly shares insights at conferences like ISSA, CSA, and RMISC.