Speaker Directory
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    Ashley Palms
    Head of AI Governance and Risk, Avalara

    Ashley Palms is a global cybersecurity leader with 15+ years of experience designing AI governance programs for enterprises. At Avalara, she leads AI Governance & Cybersecurity Risk initiatives, building the architecture and guardrails that help organizations deploy AI safely and securely at scale. Ashley is passionate about the intersection ...

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    Alexandra Panaretos
    Director, GRC and Human Risk, Tenet Healthcare

    With a background in broadcasting and operational security, Alex specializes in secure communications and education, awareness program development, the psychology of social engineering, human-based risk mitigation, and behavior analytics. She has over 12 years of experience developing and implementing security awareness, communication, and ed...

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    Chandra Pandey
    Founder & CEO, Seceon

    Chandra Pandey is the Founder and CEO of Seceon, bringing more than 30 years of experience in cybersecurity and networking. Fueled by a relentless drive to demystify high-stakes security, he has spearheaded the creation of a unified, AI/ML-powered platform that transforms SIEM, SOAR, XDR, UEBA, NDR, and beyond into intuitive, battle-ready def...

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    Shikha Pandey
    VP, Product Strategy & Global Operations, Seceon
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    Kanishka Pandit
    Director of Identity Product Marketing, Rubrik
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    Rob Pankau
    Sr. Solutions Engineer, Okta

    Rob is a Senior Solutions Engineer from Okta with over 14 years of experience in Information Technology. His expertise falls with the Identity, Virtualization, and End User Computing spaces in regulated environments. Rob holds a MS of Information Technology Management and BA of Communication from Oakland University. He additionally sits on th...

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    Nick Panos
    Sr. Cybersecurity Advisor, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Security

    Mr. Panos supports Google Cloud’s Manufacturing and Industry clients worldwide throughout their cloud transformation journeys and focuses on cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, risk management, and privacy.

    Before joining Google, Nick was a Director of Customer Success at a late stage AI/ML startup where he led digital transformation...

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    Bill Papp
    MySQL Principal Solution Engineer, Oracle
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    Stefanie Parente
    Chief Privacy Officer, Large Financial Institution

    Stefanie Parente is currently Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) at a large financial institution. Prior to that she was the CPO for Viewpost, an invoicing and payments platform. At Viewpost, she ensured that the company met their regulatory and contractual obligations regarding privacy, information security, and marketing, while also maintaining th...

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    Mitchell Parker
    Executive Director, Information Security & Compliance, Indiana University Health
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    Harrison Parker
    Solutions Architect, Siemplify

    Harrison holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Harvard University.

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    Spencer Parker
    Sr. Director, Product Management, CrowdStrike

    With over 20 years of product management experience at Cisco, Websense, and most recently Sophos before joining CrowdStrike in 2017, Spencer has been instrumental in leading the Intel/Falcon X and Mobile solutions. Spencer holds a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Portsmouth.

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    Charles Parker II
    Cybersecurity Lab Engineer, Thomas Edison State University

    Charles Parker, II has been in the computer science/InfoSec industry for over a decade in working with medical, sales, labor, OEM and Tier 1 manufacturers, and other industries. Presently, he is a Cybersecurity Lab Engineer at a Tier 1 manufacturer and professor. To further the knowledge base for others in various roles in other industries, h...

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    James Parks
    Global Cyber Security Manager, Newpark
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    Trevor Parks
    Sr. Director, Advanced Security Solutions, Comcast Business

    With a cybersecurity career spanning 24 years, Trevor Parks has a deep understanding of the challenges facing today's IT landscape. From his time as a penetration tester to his current role leading a team of security experts, he has consistently been at the forefront of the industry. A veteran of the United States Air Force and a respected ke...

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    Dawn Parzych
    Director, Product Marketing, Cloudflare

    Dawn Parzych is the Director of Developer and AI Product Marketing at Cloudflare. She makes technical information accessible avoiding buzzwords and jargon whenever possible. Dawn is an accomplished speaker, author, and traveler, having recently achieved her goal of visiting all 50 U.S. states.

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    Ed Pascua
    SVP, Simeio Solutions & Director, ISSA
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    Sudhir Patamsetti
    Sr. Director, Product Management, Traceable by Harness

    Sudhir Patamsetti is a seasoned product executive with over a decade of experience in cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure. He has held leadership roles at companies such as Harness, F5, Fastly, Citrix, and Akamai, where he consistently drove innovation in application security and cloud-native technologies. At F5, he led the Distributed Clo...

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    Hiten Patel
    Independent Cybersecurity Consultant & Strategic Advisor

    Hiten is an independent cybersecurity consultant and strategic advisor with more than 20 years of experience advising Fortune 500 organizations and their executive leadership teams to build business-aligned security programs that drive organizational resilience. Specializing in executive advisory services for CISOs and C-suite leaders, he com...

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    Chirag Patel
    Senior Attorney, Clark Hill LLP

    Chirag H. Patel is a solution-oriented technology and commercial attorney with extensive experience in emerging technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), data privacy, cybersecurity, contracts, e-commerce, and trade secrets. His multi-channel experience encompasses compliance, transactional review, and litigation.

    Chirag’s practice s...

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    Hitesh Patel
    Field CTO, F5

    Hitesh Patel is a Field CTO focusing on the Application and AI Infrastructure spaces. Hitesh holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Southern Methodist University. He has spent the past 20 years being a user, engineer, architect and product leader in the application development, networking and application delivery/secu...

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    Raj Patel
    Senior Field Sales Engineer, WithSecure

    Raj Patel is a Senior Field Sales Engineer with Finland-based cybersecurity firm, WithSecure. His 20 years of experience leading IT projects has focused on analyzing business requirements and customer goals to deliver enterprise solutions with a focus on cloud and cybersecurity technologies.

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    Jason Patel
    Chief Technology Officer, Ensighten

    As Chief Technology Officer Jason leads the Product and Engineering teams at Ensighten. Being part of Ensighten’s development team over six years ago when the Tag Management Platform was first designed gives him a unique perspective and experience on all our solutions; he has hence been influential in designing and implementing the majority o...

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    Deepak Patel
    Sr. Director of OT, Zscaler
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    Utpal Patel
    VP, IT & Security, Wolf Advanced Technology

    Utpal Patel is a seasoned IT and cybersecurity executive with over a decade of progressive leadership in offensive security, cloud security architecture, and enterprise IT Security operations. Currently serving as Vice-President of IT and Security at WOLF, he oversees strategic technology initiatives, infrastructure modernization, and enterpr...

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    Raj Patel
    Chief Information Security Officer, City of Palo Alto

    As CISO since early 2012, Raj has established an Information Security Steering Committee comprised of executive management, and developed an information security strategy and roadmap for future activities. In support of the strategy to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information systems that support the operation...

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    Ravi Patel
    Director, Sales Engineering, U.S., Arctic Wolf

    Ravi Patel is a seasoned technology leader with more than two decades of experience driving innovation and excellence in sales engineering across the cybersecurity and data management industries. Currently serving as Director of Sales Engineering at Arctic Wolf, Ravi leads a highly specialized team at one of the most disruptive cybersecurity ...

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    Ashwin Patil
    Sr. Security Analyst , Microsoft

    Ashwin Patil currently works with Microsoft as Senior Security Analyst in Redmond, WA, with over nine years of Blue Team experience in security monitoring and Incident Response. His core work areas are security analytics, threat hunting using Big Data and SIEM technologies with strong interest in Data Science and Machine Learning to analyze s...

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    Ansh Patnaik
    Chief Product Officer, CyCognito

    Ansh Patnaik, Chief Product Officer, has over 20 years of cross functional experience in cybersecurity and data analytics. Most recently, Ansh was Director, Cloud Security Products for Google Cloud Platform, and Chief Product Officer for Chronicle, prior to the acquisition of Chronicle by Google. Previously, he was VP of Product Management at...

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    Ravi Pattabhi
    VP, Cloud Security, ColorTokens

    Ravi is a seasoned technology leader who brings to ColorTokens more than 25 years of experience developing highly differentiated cloud and enterprise software products. He has an excellent reputation for building global teams working in an agile environment. Ravi was responsible for bringing many successful $50M+ enterprise products to market...

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    Sanat Pattanaik
    Principal Security Architect, ADP

    Sanat is a senior cybersecurity leader with a proven track record of building and scaling enterprise security programs that align with business strategy and enable digital transformation. With deep expertise in Zero Trust, cloud security, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, he has successfully led cross-functional teams to secure AI-driven ...

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    Gary Patterson
    VP, Information Security / CISO, TAG - The Aspen Group
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    Kathryn Patterson
    Sr. Lead Information Security Business Manager, TIAA

    Kathryn Patterson supports the Global Cybersecurity & Fraud Management organization at TIAA. In prior roles, she managed 3rd Pty Assessment, Regulatory Exam Mgmt and Audit support, and RCSA. Her career spans three industries: healthcare, telecommunications, and financial services, with additional background in program management, business res...

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    Rodney Pattison
    Sr. Security Architect, Capgemini

    Executive with multi-industry and multi-national IT service delivery experience. Global consulting background with expert level understanding and experience in IT strategy & governance, directing large, complex change initiatives. Business advisor developing lasting relationships by taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and conveyin...

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    Bryan Patton
    Principal Strategic Systems Consultant, Quest Software

    Bryan Patton, CISSP, is a Principal Strategic Systems Consultant at Quest Software. For more than 25 years, he has helped customers shape their Microsoft environments. With particular emphasis on Active Directory and Microsoft 365 environments, Bryan specializes in Identity and Access Management, Data Governance, Migration, and Security.

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    Helen Patton
    Advisory CISO, Cisco; Former CISO, The Ohio State University

    With more years working in the Security, Risk, Privacy and Resiliency professions than she cares to say, Helen Patton advocates using information risk, security and privacy to enable the mission of organizations and to support society at large.

    Helen is an Advisory CISO at Duo Security (now CISCO), where she shares security strategies ...

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    Jay Patty
    CXO in Residence, Zscaler

    Cybersecurity professional with more than 20 years of proven leadership ability. Skilled at communicating National Cyber Security Strategy, cross-cutting knowledge, skills and capabilities across the Department of Defense (DoD) and commercial enterprise. Extensive experience leading people and improving processes; consistently recognized as a...

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    Kristy Patullo
    Director of Engineering, Cyera

    Kristy Patullo is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over a decade of experience driving technical solutions and customer success in some of the world’s leading tech companies. Currently a Senior Sales Engineer at Cyera, Kristy helps organizations unlock the power of data security through innovative, cloud-native approaches. Her caree...

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    Joe Paul
    Sr. Director, Cybersecurity Compliance, WPP plc

    Joe Paul is a seasoned information technology and cybersecurity leader, currently the Senior Director, Cybersecurity Compliance, for WPP plc’s Data & Technology Solutions (DTS) division. DTS is the big data and ad technology division of WPP plc, the largest worldwide advertising, media, and public relations conglomerate. Joe earned his Master...

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    Douglas Paul
    Intelligence Analyst, FBI
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    Surajit Paul
    Lead Platform Engineer, Stitch Fix
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    Robert Pavone
    VP, Threat Detection Management, BlackRock
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    Jean Pawluk
    Director at Large, ISC2 Seattle Chapter

    Jean is an Executive Consultant, ISSA Distinguished Fellow, and honored as a 2015 SC Magazine “Woman of Influence”. With a global focus on strategy, architecture, and technology in the high tech and financial industries, she alternates between technical and executive leadership roles. Once focused on security and cryptography for the financi...

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    Katie Paxton-Fear
    Principal Security Research Engineer, Traceable by Harness

    Dr. Katie Paxton-Fear is an API security expert and Principal API security researcher at Traceable, in her words: she used to make APIs and now she breaks them. A former APIdeveloper turned API hacker. She has found vulnerabilities in organizations ranging from the Department of Defense to Verizon, with simple API vulnerabilities. Dr Katie ha...

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    Jason Payne
    Sales Engineer, Torq

    Jason Payne is a Sales Engineer at Torq, where he helps security teams modernize the SOC with AI-driven automation. He brings roughly two decades in cybersecurity, with a career that runs from the analyst's seat to the operations leadership chair. Jason spent nearly a decade leading security operations as a Senior Director, running a 24/7 MDR...

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    Graeme Payne
    President, Cybersecurity4Executives

    Graeme Payne has over 30 years' experience in security and information technology risk consulting and IT management. He spent the majority of his career at Ernst & Young prior to joining Equifax in 2011 as VP of IT Risk & Compliance. At the time of the 2017 Equifax data breach, he was CIO of Global Corporate Platforms. He now consults with Bo...

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    Theresa Payton
    First Female White House CIO, CEO of Fortalice Solutions, and 2019 Woman Cybersecurity Leader of the Year

    Payton is the cybersecurity expert that organizations turn to for discreet help during data breaches and to improve IT systems and strategies. She made history as the first female to serve as White House Chief Information Officer and currently helps organizations in both the public and private sectors protect their most valuable resources.

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    Michael Pearl
    Security Engineer, Check Point Software Technologies

    Michael Pearl is a Security Engineer at Check Point, supporting MSSPs and partners working with distribution. As a sales engineer who has worked for multiple leading security vendors, Michael has a proven track record of translating complex cybersecurity challenges into architected solutions for organizations ranging from technical engineers ...