Speaker Directory
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    Jared Peck
    Sr. Threat Researcher, Proofpoint

    Jared Peck is a Senior Threat Researcher for the Field Facing Threat Research Team at Proofpoint where he focuses on Latin American malware and phishing research as well as communicating threats and the threat landscape to customers. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Jared spent eight years at a Fortune 500 financial services company in several r...

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    Eric Peeters
    Senior Manager, Weaver

    Eric has more than 15 years of IT advisory and operations experience with significant knowledge of cloud services providers and users. He often works in complex, highly technical environments and consults with global cloud providers, Fortune 100 companies, private equity groups, start-ups, large pension fund managers, and state government ent...

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    Vanessa Pegueros
    Board Member, Cybersecurity Leader, Angel Investor

    Vanessa Pegueros is a board director, advisor, and venture partner. She currently serves on the board of Boeing Employees Credit Union and Prisidio. She previously served on the public boards of LivePerson and of Carbon Black. She brings her 30 years of experience as a technology and security executive across startups, Fortune 500 companies, ...

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    Christine Pelione
    Cybersecurity Strategic Risk Manager, General Motors

    Experienced Cybersecurity Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Skilled in Business Process, Analytical Skills, Operations Management, Management, and Continuous Improvement. Strong program and project management professional with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) focused in Business Administr...

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    Joey Peloquin
    Principal Cloud Architect, Sales Engineering, Gigamon

    Joey Peloquin is an information and cyber security veteran, evolving over the years to specialize in multiple domains, including network, application, mobile, and for the last seven years, cloud security and architecture. Joey has held a variety of leadership roles over his career including security product ownership, head of consulting servi...

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    Adam Pendleton
    CISO, LendingPoint
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    Blake Penn
    CISO, Colgate University
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    Kevin Pentecost
    Information Security Director, Standard Motor Products, Inc.

    CISSP | CISM | CEH | CPT | MCSE+I | CCA

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    Daniel Pepper
    Partner, BakerHostetler

    Dan Pepper is a partner on BakerHostetler's Privacy and Data Protection team. Utilizing 25 years of comprehensive experience in information technology, data privacy, and cybersecurity law, Dan advises clients on proactive data security practices, data breach incident response, and regulatory compliance. He frequently handles security incident...

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    Greg Pepper
    Sr. Security Architect, Check Point Software Technologies

    Gregory (Greg) Pepper is a Senior Architect and a Check Point Evangelist. Greg has been an IT professional for 20+ years with expertise in Security, Networking & Cloud Computing. At Check Point, Greg’s main focus is to work with customers, partners and Check Point employees to help plan, design and implement security solutions across their ne...

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    Dr. Alexis Perdereaux-Weekes (Dr. Privacy)
    Co-Founder, CyberMINDS Research Institute; Chair, Data Privacy Policy Committee

    Dr. Perdereaux-Weekes (Dr Privacy), a renowned Data Privacy expert, champions individuals' rights to own, control, and manage their personal information. With over 25 years of profound expertise, he is a leading Global figure in Data Privacy Regulation, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, and Compliance. His advocacy underscores the ethical handl...

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    Mariana Pereira
    Director, Email Security Products, Darktrace

    Mariana is the Director of Email Security Products at Darktrace, with a primary focus on the capabilities of AI cyber defenses against email-borne attacks. Mariana works closely with the development, analyst, and marketing teams to advise technical and non-technical audiences on how best to augment cyber resilience within the email domain, an...

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    Cátia Pereira
    Director, Americas Sales Engineering, Kiteworks

    Catia Pereira leads the Americas Sales Engineering team at Kiteworks, a cybersecurity platform purpose-built to give organizations granular control over how sensitive data is shared, accessed, and governed - enforcing policy-driven data exchange across every communication channel through a unified policy engine. With growing regulatory comple...

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    Noam Perel
    Field CTO, Rubrik

    Noam Perel is the Field CTO for Security at Rubrik, where he works closely with customers to maximize the value they get from Rubrik’s platform. His background in cybersecurity is unique and extensive, spanning 14 years of experience, including serving in the Intelligence Community. His expertise encompasses data and identity security where h...

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    J.D. Perham
    Solutions Architect, Acronis

    With five+ years of experience as a sales engineer with Acronis, John currently works with some of the company’s largest enterprise customers, helping them develop, deploy, and maintain software to ensure system uptime and business continuity. John’s expertise also includes working with smaller to medium businesses so he understands the compl...

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    Preston Perich
    Regional Director, SentinelOne
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    RJ Pericola
    Director of Infrastructure, EnterpriseKC

    RJ Pericola is the Director of Infrastructure at EnterpriseKC, where he leads the management of the organization’s infrastructure and works closely with the application platform teams. Before joining EnterpriseKC, RJ worked at Cerner Corporation supporting Sales Operations software applications and later at Garmin as a Project Manager on the ...

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    Rori Perkins
    Senior Manager, InfoSec Awareness and Analytics, Columbia Sportswear

    Rori is an expert in organizational change management with a focus on security awareness and driving human behavior.

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    Gary Perkins
    CISO, CISO Global
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    Bryan Perkola
    SVP, Information Security, First Community Credit Union

    Bryan Perkola, CISSP, CISM, is a passionate cybersecurity professional with more than 40 years of IT experience and 20 years of cybersecurity expertise in organizations across manufacturing, retail, and finance. Bryan holds multiple bachelor's degrees from the University of Houston and received his master’s degree in Cybersecurity from WGU, i...

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    Tommy Perniciaro
    VP, Solution Architecture, Halcyon

    Tommy Perniciaro is a highly experienced cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience in protecting critical network assets and data against cyber threats. Tommy has extensive experience with security technologies, including DDoS mitigation, intrusion detection and prevention systems, firewalls, SIEMs, and vulnerability scanner...

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    Harvey Perriott
    Director, Region 6, CISA

    Harvey O. Perriott currently serves as the Regional Director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Region VI headquartered in Irving, TX. His staff overseas risk management, and both physical and cyber security activities for private and public sector partners across five states including Arkansas, Louisiana, New Me...

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    Matthew Perry
    Experienced Manager, Grant Thornton’s Risk Advisory Services

    Matt has over 25 years Information Technology (IT) experience; 12 years in Information and Cyber Security. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Matt served 8 years as the Director of Information and Cyber Security for a global manufacturing and energy production company. While there he was responsible for the design, application and oversight of ...

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    Justin Perryman
    Secretary, InfraGard St. Louis Alliance

    Justin D. Perryman is an attorney, military veteran, adjunct professor of law, and businessman whose practice focuses on energy, advanced technology, cybersecurity, business law, and international business. Through his legal practice, he represents emerging and established companies in the United States and abroad, advising on business format...

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    Lucas Persell
    Sr. Solutions Architect, C1

    Lucas brings more than a decade of cybersecurity expertise to the C1 team, specializing in creating outcome-based security roadmaps for complex enterprise environments. With a background spanning systems engineering at Cisco and cloud architecture, he excels at bridging the gap between technical defense and business risk. Lucas is dedicated t...

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    Axel Peters
    Executive Sales Manager, baramundi Software USA Inc.

    Axel holds his degree in IT Management and has advised more than 300 small businesses and global enterprises in Europe and the U.S. on tools and strategies to keep technology infrastructure up-to-date, safe, and efficient. Now continuing that role at the baramundi U.S. headquarters in Framingham, MA, Axel is actively helping IT departments ad...

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    Chrissy Peters
    Director of Elections, State of Missouri

    Chrissy Peters is the Director of Elections for the State of Missouri. She has spent the majority of her professional career in state government and public service. She has worked at the Secretary of State’s office in the Elections Division for 16 years.

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    Ryan Peters
    Chief Data Scientist & Development Director, BluVector

    As BluVector’s Chief Data Scientist, Ryan Peters leads the company’s efforts in data science and analytics-related efforts for updating and improving the product’s malware detection engines. Peters’ contributions have included rewriting most of the company’s supervised machine learning engine, developing “In-Situ Learning” to allow customers ...

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    Lisa Petersen
    CISO, Sierra Space

    Lisa Petersen is a cybersecurity leader and Air Force veteran with over 20 years of experience protecting mission-critical systems across government, aerospace, and manufacturing sectors. She currently serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Sierra Space, where she leads enterprise-wide cybersecurity strategy and classified operations...

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    Mark Petersen
    President, Puget Sound ISSA Chapter

    Mark serves as a Senior Executive, President and Board Member to the Information Systems Security Association, the largest Not-for-Profit Security Practitioner Association in the Pacific . Northwest. He also serves as Executive Board Member of the Cloud Security Alliance, Seattle chapter– where he is jointly-responsible for chapter developmen...

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    Matt Peterson
    CIO, Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates

    Matthew Peterson is the CIO of Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates, the largest doctor-owned arthritis practice in the country, and CEO of Chart Helper, LLC. With over 25 years of leadership experience in the tech world, Matt’s been featured in numerous TV/radio shows and newspaper/magazine articles. He graduated from Brigham Young ...

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    Kevin Peterson
    Director of Security and Network Transformation, Zscaler

    Kevin Peterson is the director or security and network transformation at Zscaler, where he primarily works with the largest cloud security deployments to ensure that the desired business objectives are achieved. He brings with him the advantage of having lead the security efforts for one of McKesson's (Fortune 10) major business units (75 sof...

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    Theodore Peterson
    Director, Information Security, Datasite

    Theodore Peterson, CISSP, has over 30 years of IT and Information Security experience. He has a BA from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Augsburg College. He currently is the Director Information Security for Datasite.

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    Don Peterson
    Supervisory Cybersecurity Analyst, Federal Reserve Board

    Don Peterson is a Supervisory Cybersecurity Analyst for the Federal Reserve System, based out of the Federal Reserve Bank- St. Louis. He is tasked with overseeing the supervision of the largest and most systemically important financial institutions in the United States with assets of $100B+. His duties also include participating in the develo...

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    Jane E. Petoskey, Esq.
    Associate Attorney, Data Protection, Privacy & Security Group, K&L Gates LLP

    Jane E. Petoskey is an associate at the firm's Seattle office. She is a member of the Technology Transactions practice group, and primarily services clients under the Data Protection, Privacy, and Security focus area. Jane is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional in the United States (CIPP/US) and Certified Information Privacy Man...

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    Alex Petrow
    VP Information Security & Compliance, Ascensus
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    Jerry Petru, CISSP, CISM, FBCS, CITP
    President, Washington State InfraGard Chapter

    Mr. Petru is the President of the Washington State InfraGard Chapter and a Fellow of the British Computer Society, The Chartered Institute for IT. He is an innovative, and technically sophisticated professional, offering substantial years of broad-based experience in evaluating large corporate systems. Powered with a comprehensive background...

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    Stephen Pettit
    Associate Director, Cybersecurity, Verizon

    Steve Pettit, an Associate Director at Verizon, holds a Masters of Science in Cybersecurity and CISSP certification, bringing more than 35 years of cybersecurity experience, with 25 of those years dedicated to Application Security. He has been a pivotal figure in the field, evangelizing the space, creating tools like AppScan and the first App...

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    Steve Pettit
    Associate Director, Cybersecurity, Verizon

    Steve Pettit, an Associate Director at Verizon, holds a Masters of Science in Cybersecurity and CISSP certification, bringing more than 35 years of cybersecurity experience, with 25 of those years dedicated to Application Security. He has been a pivotal figure in the field, evangelizing the space, creating tools like AppScan and the first App...

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    Kai Pfiester
    Founder & Chief Security Architect, Black Cipher Security
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    Laura D. Pfister
    Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Georgia, United States Attorneys' Offices

    As a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, Laura is a member of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Section. She has investigated and prosecuted a variety of cyber-enabled crimes, including ransomware attacks, corporate sabotage, and computer hacking, as well as cyber fraud schemes, su...

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    Craig Pfister
    GVP, Solutions Engineering, Kiteworks
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    Kristie Pfosi
    Global CISO, Marelli

    Kristie Pfosi is a seasoned executive with over two decades of experience in technical leadership, risk management, and governance. As Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Marelli, she oversees cybersecurity across IT, OT and connected product security, securing the next generation of software-defined vehicles for autonomous an...

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    Jared Pfost
    Independent Consultant

    Jared is a builder and leader of information security teams and products with more than 20 years of learnings. From startups to global enterprises, he's worked across multiple industries with expertise in secure development, risk management, visual story-telling, and consulted across all InfoSec domains. Over the past few years, he's invested...

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    Jovonni Pharr
    Engineer, Scientist, Founder of GACWR, Georgia Cyber Warfare Range (GACWR)

    Jovonni Pharr is a software/hardware engineer with a focus on Research & Development (R&D) in emerging technologies. He enjoys building solutions in Electronics, Materials Science, and Intelligent Systems. Some of his research focuses on areas in Computer Science, Human Behavioral Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence. He Graduated from Gor...

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    Tasha Phelps
    President & CEO, Phelco Technologies, Inc.

    Protecting the integrity of information continues to be a strategic focus within Tasha's cybersecurity efforts. She has seen the impact of businesses being compromised by malicious threats, and shares how building contingency plans can be of value. Her approach is to align business processes with technical solutions to create powerful plans f...

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    Jimmy Phipps
    Regional VP of Sales – East, LightBeam.ai

    Data Security, Privacy, and Governance Evangelist at LightBeam.ai With more than 11 years of experience in selling cloud-based and enterprise-focused technology solutions, Jimmy has developed strong skills in new business development, customer relationship management, and strategic partnerships. He has also gained domain expertise in DPA, clo...

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    Brian Pichman
    Director of Strategic Innovation, Evolve Project