Speaker Directory
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    Gatha Sadhir
    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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    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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    Alex Salazar
    Board Member, Washington State InfraGard Chapter; IT Security Architect, Snohomish County

    Alex Salazar is an IT Security Architect for Snohomish County, where he leads efforts across incident response, security testing, compliance and policy evaluation, identity and access management, AI risk management, and cryptography. He brings more than 14 years of combined intelligence and cybersecurity experience.

    Before joining Snoh...

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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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    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...

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    Peter Samoray
    Sr. Director, Cybersecurity, PCI Energy Solutions

    Peter Samoray serves as a Senior Director of Cybersecurity at PCI Energy Solutions overseeing all aspects of strategic and operational security services. Peter comes from a very diverse security background with over 18 years of cybersecurity and technology experience across multiple industry sectors serving in various areas including operatio...

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    Alexandria San Miguel
    Head of Information Security, Chanel
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    Amirali Sanatinia
    PhD Candidate / Research Assistant, Northeastern University

    Amirali Sanatinia is a Computer Science PhD candidate at Northeastern and holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from St. Andrews University. His research focuses on security and privacy, and has been covered by publications such as MIT Technology Review, Ars Technica, and Threatpost. He is a recipient of RSAC Security Scholar and the C...

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    Kierk Sanderlin
    Director of Engineering, Check Point Software

    Kierk Sanderlin is the Director of Engineering at Check Point Software Technologies. He has been in the cyber security space for almost 20 years and has been a regular speaker at various cyber security events across the region.

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    Russ Sanderlin
    Director & VDMR Subject Matter Expert, Qualys

    Russ Sanderlin is a seasoned cybersecurity strategist with 20+ years of experience helping global organizations advance their vulnerability and exposure management programs. As a Director and VMDR Subject Matter Expert at Qualys, he bridges technical depth with customer and product leadership to drive operational maturity and deliver meaningf...

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    Christopher Sanders
    President, The Palatin Group LTD

    Mr. Sanders is currently the President of The Palatin Group LTD, an intelligence and corporate security advisory headquartered in Arlington, VA with offices in Bratislava, Slovakia and Zurich, Switzerland with partner offices around the globe. A seasoned security management consultant and executive with over 25 years of domestic and internati...

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    Jimmy Sanders
    Head of Information Security, Netflix DVD

    Jimmy has spent the better part of two decades securing data and systems from cyber threats. In addition to his duties at DVD.com, Jimmy has served as the San Francisco Bay Area chapter president of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) since 2014. He is also on the ISSA International Board of Directors. Furthermore, he has been...

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    George Sandford
    Sr. Manager, Customer Success Security Team, Gigamon
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    Kurt Sanger
    Director, Integrated Cybersecurity Partners, LLC
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    Mark Sangster
    Vice President and Industry Security Strategist, eSentire

    Mark Sangster is the author of "NO SAFE HARBOR: The Inside Truth About Cybercrime and How to Protect Your Business." He is an award-winning speaker at international conferences and prestigious stages including the Harvard Law School and RSA Conference, and author on various subjects related to cybersecurity. His thought provoking work and per...

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    Dr. Andy Santana
    VP, Cloud Security Manager, BankUnited

    Dr. Andy Santana, CISSP is VP, Cloud Security Manager at BankUnited, where he leads security engineering, architecture, and First Line IT risk management across cloud, application, and data protection programs aligned to NIST and SOX. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Florida Atlantic University, teaching graduate level cybersecurity and IT ...

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    Kevin Santarina
    Sr. Presales Systems Engineer, Arctic Wolf Networks
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    Anahi Santiago
    CISO, ChristianaCare Health System

    Anahi Santiago is the Chief Information Security Officer at ChristianaCare Health System, the largest healthcare provider in the state of Delaware. Prior to CCHS, she spent over 10 years as the Information Security and Privacy Officer at Einstein Healthcare Network. In her role as CISO, Anahi has overall responsibility for the organization's ...

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    Douglas Santos
    Director, Advanced Threat Intelligence, Fortinet

    With more than two decades of experience in the cybersecurity field, I possess a unique blend of sales soft skills and deep technical acumen, making me a well-rounded individual who is at ease working in both technical and non-technical environments. My keen understanding of the cyber threat landscape allows me to communicate potential threat...

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    John Sapp Jr.
    CISO & VP, Information Security, Texas Mutual Insurance Company

    John is widely recognized by industry peers and leaders as a visionary and strategic information security professional who is focused on innovative implementations of InfoSec and IT Risk implementations. He is a frequent speaker at some of the largest technology and healthcare industry events.

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    Adib Sarakby
    Sr. Sales Engineer, Mimecast

    Adib Sarakby joined Mimecast as a Service Delivery and, after a year, was promoted to a Sales Engineer role. He works closely with the Sales, Marketing, and Educational teams to continually enhance Mimecast's products and promote Cyber Resilience. Email Security is Adib's passion, and as the threat landscape evolves, he splits his time betwee...

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    Leslie Saravia
    Director of Security, Enovis

    Leslie Saravia serves as Director of Security at Enovis, where she leads initiatives focused on strengthening cybersecurity resilience, managing digital risk, and advancing enterprise security programs. She is a strong advocate for creating security-aware cultures and helping employees understand their critical role in protecting the organiza...

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    Kaustubh Sarkar
    Lead Product Security Engineer, Salesforce

    As Lead Product Security Engineer at Salesforce, Kaustubh works closely with engineers from the Salesforce AI Platform to ship secure-by-design products. Kaustubh leverages strong relationships with product teams and other stakeholders to reduce overall risk and security debt for the platform. He also helps scale security impact via automatio...

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    Joe Sarkisian
    Manager, Lead Penetration Tester, Wolf & Company

    Joe serves as a Manager on Wolf & Company’s Information Technology Assurance Team. Joe is responsible for coordinating and conducting penetration testing services for clients in a variety of industries including financial, healthcare, and software. His expertise consists of internal and external network penetration testing, social engineering...

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    Pari Sarnot
    Sr. Privacy Program Manager, Electronic Arts

    Pari Sarnot is a Senior Privacy Program Manager at Electronic Arts (EA), with extensive experience across global technology and professional services organizations, including Meta, Grant Thornton, eBay, and Microsoft.

    She specializes in enterprise privacy risk management, regulatory compliance, and AI governance, with a focus on transl...

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    Kim Sassaman
    CISO, UHS of Delaware, Inc.
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    Dvir Sasson
    Director of Security Research, Reco
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    Patti Sauder
    Senior Sales Engineer, Cylance
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    Rhett Saunders
    Executive Director of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure, Focus on the Family

    Rhett served the Federal Reserve, and while there, led regular Enterprise Risk Management discussions between the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury with a focus on cybersecurity. He is a former NSA cryptoanalyst and a U.S. Army veteran, having served multiple joint intelligence communities, both foreign and domestic government agencies in int...

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    Allen Sautter
    Principal Security Advisor, AWS; Former CISO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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    Aleksandra Savic
    Cloud AI Security Architect, Google Cloud

    Aleksandra blends security expertise, sales knowledge, and consultative skills to help companies establish and demonstrate cloud security. Aleksandra has a passion for learning new technologies and a commitment to customer service. She has contributed to the design and implementation of Bridgecrew's products, a leading security as code platfo...

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    William Sawyer
    Manager, CyberSecurity and Privacy, PwC

    Bill Sawyer is a Manager in PwC's Advisory Services. As a member of PwC’s Security Architecture Center of Excellence, he is responsible for developing and delivering PwC’s Security Architecture security offerings. Across his 17 year career, Bill’s experience in both consulting and industry includes application security, security architecture ...

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    Jacqueline Scarlett
    VP, Information Security, Financial Institution

    Over 20 years of experience within information technology management and information security applied within operations, cyber training and awareness and enterprise risk assessment and process auditing and partnering with financial services, automotive and legal industries. Proven track record developing, implementing strategies and systems ...

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    Maria Scarmardo
    President, InfraGard North Texas Members Alliance
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    Michelle Schaap
    Attorney - Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Technology Law
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    Elizabeth Schaedler
    Security Advisor, Splunk

    Elizabeth Schaedler is a seasoned Splunk Security Advisor, specializing in helping organizations align their security strategies with business risk objectives. She has extensive expertise in leveraging risk-based alerting to address complex challenges such as fraud prevention. With over 20 years of experience in data center operations and cyb...

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    Nick Schappacher
    SVP & Deputy CISO, KeyBank

    Head of Information Security Governance

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    Tara Schaufler
    Information Security Awareness and Training Program Manager, Princeton University

    Tara Schaufler is the Information Security Awareness and Training Program Manager at Princeton University. Tara has worked at Princeton for 17 years, spending the last 10 focusing on training and technical communications, and over the past five years has built a robust security awareness and training program from the ground up. She is a membe...

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    Chris Scheels
    Vice President, Gurucul

    Chris has been aligning people, processes and technology to drive companies forward for over 20 years. He has a decade of cybersecurity experience in product marketing and product management. His passion is helping businesses succeed through the strategic use of technology. Most recently he was helping customers accelerate their Zero Trust jo...