Speaker Directory
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    Adam Rosen
    VP, Product Strategy, Netwrix

    Adam Rosen serves as Vice President of Product Strategy at Netwrix. An expert on managing and securing data, Adam has helped organizations of all sizes implement controls and policies to meet security, compliance, and efficiency objectives. In his current capacity, he manages Netwrix’s portfolio of data security and data privacy technologies ...

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    Ran Rosin
    Director, Product Management, Imperva

    Ran Rosin Joined Imperva two years ago and is currently leading the Cloud Data Security solution. Prior to joining Imperva, Ran founded and lead two start-ups in the area of mobile Application and IoT.

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    John Roskoph
    SVP, IT, Caesars Entertainment
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    Donna Ross
    President, WiCyS Delaware Valley Affiliate

    Dynamic leader and board member demonstrating over 20 years of diverse risk, compliance, information security, technology, and operations experience within the manufacturing, insurance, banking, financial services, and retail sector. Adept in developing and implementing strategic technology and risk solutions, performing research and analysis...

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    Joan Ross
    Cybersecurity Technologist, CISO, and Threat Intelligence Professional

    Joan Ross is a respected industry thought leader who develops advanced security strategies, publishes and speaks on implementing threat intelligence. Joan is a former Chief Security Officer for two technology companies, coming up the security ranks as an encryption engineer and cloud security architect. As an early CISSP holder from back in t...

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    Donna Ross
    CISO, Radian Group Inc.

    Dynamic leader and board member demonstrating over 20 years of diverse risk, compliance, information security, technology, and operations experience within the manufacturing, insurance, banking, financial services, and retail sector. Adept in developing and implementing strategic technology and risk solutions, performing research and analysis...

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    Donna Ross, Moderator
    CISO, Radian Group
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    Brian Rossmeisl
    Sr. Security Architect, AccessIT Group
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    Clar Rosso
    CEO, (ISC)2

    Clar Rosso has more than two decades of experience helping global professional associations and certifying bodies grow and strengthen member value. As CEO of (ISC)², she has established a forward-looking strategic framework and set bold goals for the future of the association. Under her direction, (ISC)² has established a Diversity, Equity, a...

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    Amanda Rousseau
    Sr. Malware Researcher, Endgame
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    Jim Routh
    Private Sector Security & Risk Advisor and Board Member; Former Risk Leader, Mass Mutual and Aetna

    Jim Routh serves as a security & risk advisor and Board member for several companies, and is the former CISO for MassMutual, CSO at Aetna, and Global Head of Application and Mobile Security for JP Morgan Chase. He also was the CISO for KPMG, DTCC, and American Express and has more than 30 years of experience in information technology and info...

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    Mary Rowley
    Cyber Third-Party Risk Manager, AbbVie

    Mary’s several years of leadership experience encompasses many areas of cybersecurity with a focus on IT risk management, IT audit, security awareness training, vulnerability management and incident response. Her extensive information security background includes working at Henry Ford Health System, Comerica Bank, WorkForce Software, Learning...

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    Mary Rowley, Moderator
    Cyber Third-Party Risk Manager, AbbVie

    Mary’s several years of leadership experience encompasses many areas of cybersecurity with a focus on IT risk management, IT audit, security awareness training, vulnerability management and incident response. Her extensive information security background includes working at Henry Ford Health System, Comerica Bank, WorkForce Software, Learning...

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    Rebecca Royal
    Product Marketing Manager, imper.ai

    Rebecca Royal is a Product Marketing Manager at imper.ai, focused on preventing workforce impersonation and AI-driven social engineering attacks that bypass traditional authentication controls. After training to become a SOC analyst, she developed a strong focus on defensive security and the practical challenges faced by security teams. Her w...

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    Brian Roye
    Sr. Security Consultant, Critical Start

    Cybersecurity professional with 20+ years of experience in solutioning and supporting across operations, client delivery, architecture, sales engineering, and management. Focus has been around security services, especially managed services and consulting as delivered from the provider. Experiences in working with clients from all industries a...

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    Michael Roytman
    Chief Data Scientist, Kenna Security (a Cisco company)

    Michael Roytman is a recognized expert in cybersecurity data science. At Kenna Security, Michael is responsible for building the company's core analytics functionality focusing on security metrics, risk measurement, and vulnerability measurement.

    Named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30, Michael's strong entrepreneurship skills include foundin...

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    Mike Roytshteyn
    Information Security Director, Palm Beach State College

    Michail Roytshteyn is the Director of Information Security at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth, FL. He is a Compliance and Risk Management Professional with a solid technical background and a highly analytical mind. He has been involved in the Information Technology field for more than 15 years, of which the last 10 years were in a prof...

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    Dr. Jacob Rubin
    CISO | Executive Advisor, EVOTEK

    Jacob Rubin is a successful security and risk executive with broad Fortune-class experience in technology, manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare, and consulting. Academically, Jacob holds a Doctorate of Philosophy and double Master’s degrees with a primary field of study in Behavioral Cyber Security. Jacob focused his dissertation work on th...

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    Jeremy Rucker
    Partner & Attorney, Pierson Ferdinand LLP

    Jeremy Rucker is a partner in the law firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP and leads businesses through the evolving and complex landscape of data privacy, security, and incident response. Jeremy regularly counsels clients in all industries on the emerging federal, state, and international data laws and regulations and also serves as a breach coach to ...

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    Jared Ruckle
    Senior Director, Cohesity

    Jared has more than 25 years experience in the tech industry and currently works as Cohesity’s senior director of product marketing.

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    Bob Rudis
    Sr. Director, Chief Security Data Scientist, Rapid7

    Bob Rudis has over 20 years of experience using data to help defend global Fortune 100 companies and is currently [Master] Chief Data Scientist at Rapid7, where he specializes in research on internet-scale exposure. He was formerly a Security Data Scientist & Managing Principal at Verizon, overseeing the team that produces the annual Data Bre...

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    Dave Ruedger
    CISO, RMS

    Dave Ruedger is the Chief Information Security Officer for Risk Management Solutions based out of Newark, CA. RMS is a premier provider of catastrophe risk models for the insurance industry that help organizations forecast losses for hurricane, earthquake, flood, wildfire, terrorism and cyber risk in a cloud hosted SaaS environment. Dave ho...

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    David Ruess
    Information Security & Incident Response Team Lead, Wawa Inc.
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    Sarah Rugnetta
    Partner, Buffalo, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

    Sarah serves as a vice chair of the Constangy Cyber Team and practices in New York. She leads the provision of compliance advisory services for the Cyber Team, advising clients on strategies to mitigate risk associated with data privacy and security through business-oriented approaches. Sarah has more than 15 years of experience working in th...

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    David Ruiz, Moderator
    Cybersecurity Manager, Fayetteville Public Works Commission
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    Brad Russell
    Sr. Systems Engineer, Code42

    Brad started his career in IT consulting after graduating from Vanguard University with a B.A. in Business Administration. From there, he moved to Cylance Inc. as an IT Manager/Systems Administrator and later into product development. From Cylance, he went to SentinelOne as a TAM for companies such as Nike and Salesforce, helping shape their ...

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    Christopher Russell
    Enterprise Account Engineer, Trend Micro

    As an enterprise account engineer at Trend Micro Inc., Christopher Russell focuses on Hybrid Cloud and Data Security, xGEN Endpoint Security, and Network Security. Chris acts as a liaison between enterprise customers, the Trend Micro sales team, and the Trend Micro product teams, providing a hands-on, real-world perspective. Prior to joining ...

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    Paul Russo
    Enterprise Security Engineer, Tenable

    Paul is a passionate technologist focusing on solutions at the intersection of business and technology. He has over 20 years of industry experience architecting, deploying and consulting on enterprise solutions. In his current role as a Sr. Security Engineer for Tenable he helps organizations reduce risk due to Cyber Exposure.

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    Rick Rutledge
    Sales Engineer, Armis

    Rick Rutledge has been in the Security space for more than 15 years. He has moved from working in the N.O.C. of a fortune 500 company to designing network and security infrastructure of a fortune 20 company to selling security solutions to hundreds of companies across all verticals and sizes. His previous experience with both support and de...

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    Melissa Ruzzi
    Director of AI, AppOmni

    Melissa Ruzzi is Director of AI at AppOmni, a SaaS security company protecting 101 million+ users secured over 260 million exposed data records, analyzes 60 billion cyber events a month and has 100+ employees worldwide. She’s fascinated by the challenges involved in applying machine learning in cybersecurity and the constant changing threat l...

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    Vladislav Ryaboy
    CISO, Life Extension

    Vladislav Ryaboy has spent the past 20 years deepening his expertise in information security. His background includes establishing efficient security operations centers (SOCs), leading secure application development (DevSecOps), and managing complex incident response teams (IR). These experiences have broadly impacted various areas of modern ...

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    Bill Ryan
    Regional Director, Region 3, CISA

    William J. Ryan (Bill) was appointed Regional Director (RD) for Region 3 in 2016. Region 3 is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, and serves Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, DC. As CISA RD, Bill sets strategic level guidance for, and maintains an operational view of, the region’s cyber and physical inf...

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    Pete Ryan
    Director of ClearPass Sales East, HPE Aruba

    Pete Ryan is a sales professional with over 25 years of experience in building and leading motivated sales teams in the networking and networking security industry. He accepted his current position as ClearPass Sales Director for the East for Aruba HPE in 2013. In this role, he is responsible for strategy, promotion and sales execution on the...

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    Robert Ryba
    Sr. IT Audit / Advisory, Wyndham Destinations

    Robert Ryba has spoken at cyber conferences such as the (ISC)2 Security Congress. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor with an Internal Audit and Cybersecurity background. As a millennial who is deeply passionate about information technology, he is motivated to learn why millennials are so indifferent...

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    Dr. Raj Sachdev
    Professor, Researcher, Lawyer, Education

    Dr. Raj Sachdev is a professor, researcher, and‎ internationally qualified lawyer (USA and England/Wales). He holds‎ several degrees in business and law and has guest spoken at such institutions as Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford and major industry conferences including having given a TEDx talk. Over the last 15‎ years, he has taught 50‎+ differe...

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    Gatha Sadhir, Moderator
    EVP, Global Technology, Jazwares, LLC

    Dynamic Technology Executive recognized for orchestrating and fortifying enterprise-wide Information Technology and Security Programs. With a comprehensive understanding of emerging technology trends and cyber threats, Gatha is valued for strategic acumen in leading technology initiatives, managing cyber risks, ensuring regulatory compliance,...

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    Changiz Sadr
    Director, Cyber Security Global Alliance

    Changiz Sadr is an accomplished Telecommunications Engineer, licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, and a distinguished Fellow of Engineers Canada. With a strong background in Communications Infrastructure Engineering and Cybersecurity, he has made significant contributions to the field throughout his career. Changiz holds prominent posit...

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    Stu Saffer
    Partner Sales Manager, Expel

    After spending the first half of his career in fintech, Stu moved into cyber security as a Strategic Global Account Manager with RSA in 2012. Since joining Expel in 2019, Stu has spent time in a variety of roles with clients and partners of all sizes. He currently manages the partner ecosystem in the Northeast.

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    Nick Saharan
    President, Cybersecurity Association of the Food Industry
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    Jeremiah Sahlberg
    Managing Director - Federal, Third Party Risk, Tevora

    Jeremiah Sahlberg has more than 20 years of security experience. Sahlberg is an executive security consultant and advises clients on establishing security programs and compliance management. He holds CISSP, CISM, PCI QSA and HITRUST certifications.

    Previously, Sahlberg held the Senior Director of Protect Operations at NBCUniversal a...

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    Paola Saibene
    Principal, Teknion Data Solutions

    Paola Saibene has been a technologist for 26 years, having held multiple C-suite roles (CIO, CTO, CSO) in large, global organizations, having received national awards in innovation and cybersecurity, and having led thousands of her own team members to fulfill business missions, and thrive despite constraints. She has also worked as a Data Pri...

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    Ethan Sailers
    Solutions Engineer, OneTrust

    Ethan Sailers serves as a Privacy Engineer at OneTrust, the largest and most widely-used dedicated privacy management technology platform to operationalize privacy, security, and third-party risk management. In his role, he advises companies large and small on EU GDPR, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Brazil LGPD, and hundreds of the w...

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    Diana Salazar
    CISO, College of American Pathologists (CAP)

    My experience consulting with organizations, corporate and non-profit, navigate the new digital frontier advising on cyber security issues and building technology strategies that drive performance and business value. I have led and managed implementations for organizations in a wide variety of industries, Global 2000, Fortune 1000, small and ...

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    Jayson Salazar
    Sr. Security Automation Engineer, GitLab Inc.

    Former software engineer and penetration tester, nowadays Sr. Security Automation Engineer at GitLab.

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    Alexander Salazar Jr.
    Cybersecurity Advisor, Region 10, DHS CISA
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    Rick Salimov
    Security Strategist, Mimecast
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    Julian Salinas
    Enterprise Systems Engineer, Veeam

    Julian Salinas is a seasoned Systems Engineer with extensive experience in data protection strategies, cloud initiatives, and datacenter consulting. Currently, he serves at Veeam, as a Enterprise Systems Engineer engaging with customers on Data Protection and Data resiliency as a trusted advisor in their journey. With Julian's expertise in Vi...

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    Jeremiah Salzberg
    Chief Security Technologist, CDW

    Jeremiah Salzberg is a security leader with over 25 years of security leadership experience in the financial, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors. He has held security positions responsible for engineering and architecture, pen testing and incident response, as well as numerous CISO-level positions. In his role as chief security tec...