Glenn Whittemore is a Principal Solutions Architect, at Veracode, Inc. He attended college in Boston, MA majoring in Computer and Applied Sciences. His experience spans more than 15 years within IT Services and Application Security Industries. He has held various roles in customer support, server administration, and secure network monitoring....

Jeff Wichman has over 20 years of experience in information security, primarily focused on the Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) lifecycle. He has worked hundreds of incident response investigations, from relatively small business email compromises (BEC) to large-scale ransomware incidents.

Michael Wichmann is a seasoned leader with deep expertise in information security, technology, and management consulting within the financial services industry. As Chief of Staff at Wintrust Financial, a $65 billion publicly traded financial services company, he plays a critical role in protecting the organization and its customers from incre...

Jeff Wilbur is the Technical Director of the Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance. He is responsible for integrating, developing, and extending the OTA initiative within the Internet Society’s overall mission and objectives. He has over 25 years of experience in high technology, all focused on bringing new, industry-transforming communica...

Mark Wilcox is a senior cybersecurity and risk executive with deep experience advising executive management and boards on cyber risk governance, regulatory compliance, artificial intelligence, and enterprise resilience within highly regulated environments. He currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CI...

Andrew Wild is the chief information security officer at QTS Data Centers, the only fully integrated data center, managed hosting and cloud services provider. Wild has spent more than 25 years developing effective, customer-driven information security, incident response, compliance and secure networking programs for technology and telecommuni...

Bill Wilder is a cloud computing veteran and CTO at Finomial, providing SaaS solutions to the global hedge fund industry from the public cloud. Bill is recognized by Microsoft as a 7-time Azure MVP awardee for his cloud expertise and community leadership. Bill is the author of Cloud Architecture Patterns (O’Reilly Media, 2012).

Andrew Wilder is currently the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Hillenbrand. Prior to this role, he spent 18 years at Nestle where his last role was Regional CISO for Americas, Asia, and Europe. In addition to being a CISO, Andrew is a Board Member and Adjunct Professor at Washington University’s Information Security E...

Kyle Wilhoit is an internationally recognized security researcher and threat research leader with more than a decade of experience helping research teams deliver original and organized threat intelligence and research. In his previous role as Director of Threat Research on Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, Kyle was responsible for leading teams of ...

John Wilke is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Okta who is currently focused on aligning the impact of Okta's SaaS solutions with the core business goals of Okta's most strategic customers. He was previously responsible for the expansion of Okta's Business Value team for the West Coast and Asia Pacific regions.

Senior professional with broad experience designing, building, and securing high-availability mission critical infrastructures for the infosec, financial services, energy, healthcare, travel, media, and retail sectors.

Roy Wilkinson, PhD, CISSP, CPCS, CHS-V, HISP, is a former CSO & CISO with 30+ years in Information Security and 25+ years in physical security. He is currently Principal for a virtual CIO/CISO practice with an executive advisory firm and was recently elected as Vice President of ISSA International. Dr. Wilkinson is a recognized security leade...

Michael leads the Digital Forensics and Incident Response team at Avertium. The team is dedicated to helping clients investigate and recover from IT security incidents on a daily basis.

Michael has over 20 years’ experience in the IT industry and has been conducting digital investigations since joining the NSW Police State Electronic E...

Troy Wilkinson began his career serving others as a Law Enforcement officer. He commanded a Joint Terrorism Task Force, was a lead bomb investigator, and violent crime and homicide detective. However, one of his greatest achievements came from his ability and skill investigating and prosecuting child exploitation and other electronic crimes. ...

Kayla is the CISO at Devo Technology, a cloud-native security data analytics platform. She is an analytical and results-driven professional with experience in management of cybersecurity incidents, compliance management, corporate risks, information security, project and program management, and organizational controls surrounding many differe...

With over 17 years in security and compliance, Charles is a technology evangelist enabling customers globally from a pre-sales and post-sales perspective to ensure proper deployment and configuration of endpoint, gateway, and datacenter security solutions.

Major General (Ret) Brett Williams co-founded IronNet Cybersecurity and is the President of the Operations, Training and Security Division. Providing strategic vision and the foundational security platform solutions for IronNet, General Williams also serves as the Chief Security Officer responsible for product, enterprise and physical securit...

Hayden Williams is a Senior Investigative Response Consultant for the Verizon RISK Team. In this capacity, Hayden responds to an array of cybersecurity incidents, performs forensic examinations, and assists organizations in implementing IR policies and procedures. Prior to Verizon Hayden worked as a DOD Special Agent performing Cyber invest...

Christopher is a leading voice in the convergence of operational IT practices and Identity, Audit, and Compliance programs. His career features 15 years as a practicing manager of data centers, operations & technical services and consulting teams for fortune 500 companies and DOD contractors; plus another 20 years of technical services, pro...

George Williams is a seasoned technology executive and retired Senior Army Officer with over two decades of distinguished leadership in IT operations, strategic planning, and organizational transformation. Currently serving as Chief Information Officer and Director of IT Services for the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, George lead...

Walter Williams has over 20 years of experience in Information Security. He is the author of "Creating an Information Security Program from Scratch" (2021, CRC Press) and "Security for Service Oriented Architecture" (2014, CRC Press). He was a member of the program committee for MetricCon 8 and Metricon 10. He holds the CISSP and SSCP certifi...

Samara works for Cardinal Health, as a Threat Intelligence Engineer. As an engineer, Samara collects and assesses a wide range of threats to the healthcare industry. She specializes in MITRE ATT&CK, threat actor reporting, strategic program design/implementation, and fostering relationships within the organization. Samara is passionate about ...

An MBA and JMT Certified Team Member, Keyaan followed a unique path to becoming a risk leader. The story begins with service in the U.S. Army as chemical weapons specialist. Later, he worked in communications security for the Army Reserve Command Headquarters. Then, he spent more than a decade in various IT and security roles at the Centers f...

Ronald Williamson has over 20 years’ experience in Information Technology and Information Security. He has held roles within the banking, retail, and healthcare industry. Currently, he is Information Security Officer at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Driven by a belief in promoting a strategic vision and utilizing best practices to accompl...

Andy has over 15 years' experience in information security. He has been in the trenches, building programs from the ground up, and helping the business understand risk and how to best manage it. He has been involved in both great and not-so-great audit engagements, and has learned from all of them. He currently serves as President of the Cinc...

Matt Wilson is the Chief Information Security Advisor for BTB, based in southeastern Pennsylvania. Matt has spent his entire career in IT and has over 14 years of experience within Information Security. Throughout his career, Matt has fostered the development of assessment methodologies, toolsets, and techniques for the delivery of security a...

Kelce S. Wilson was in the U.S. Air Force, both active duty and reserves, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He has a B.S., M.S. and PhD in electrical engineering, an M.B.A., a J.D., US PTO patent practitioner registration, and is a certified privacy professional with CIPP-US, CIPP-E, and CIPM. During his military and engineering career he wor...

Erica Wilson has more than twenty-five years of IT experience, majority of which have been directly in cybersecurity. She has worked in various industries including manufacturing, higher education, financial services and most recently reinsurance. She has served in all capacities of security, including the role of Chief Information Security ...

Throughout his 14 years in cybersecurity, Kevin has been an Analyst and Engineer in various organizations, such as the U.S. Navy, First Data, and Lowe’s. Previously, he served as the Global Information Security Officer at Guess? Inc. and a Product Manager for McAfee.

Jacob Wilson is a hands-on builder of product security engineering capabilities, with deep experience securing enterprise networks, software supply chains, and embedded platforms at scale. His background includes impactful roles such as Chief Security Officer, VP Engineering, IT Director, and Principal Consultant. Throughout his career, Jacob...

With over 15 years in IT and 5 years in cybersecurity, Joe is a recognized leader in safeguarding global digital landscapes. His experience and commitment IT and cybersecurity has seen him contributing to large and high-profile assignments such as the 2020 US Census Bureau Project through the Department of Commerce to his current task with th...

Larry Wilson was formerly the Chief Information Security Officer for Sumitomo Pharma Americas, Inc., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) President's Office. In the CISO role, Larry was responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing compliance with the SMPA / WPI / UMass Information Security P...

Darren is a Senior Investigative Response Consultant for the Verizon RISK Team. In this capacity, Darren responds to an array of cybersecurity incidents, performs forensic examinations, and assists organizations in implementing IR policies and procedures.

Meredith Winegar leads enterprise AI transformation at Old National Bank, one of the top 25 U.S. banking companies with approximately $71 billion in assets. As Transformation Office Director, she established the bank's AI Center of Excellence in 2025, building comprehensive AI capability through a five-pillar framework: Vision, Governance, Cu...

Austin is currently the Information Security Manager for Ascension Health’s system office and five other service locations. He has worked over 30 years in IT, with over 20 years in non-profit educational and healthcare organizations.

Adam Winn is the platform product management lead for Cisco Umbrella. He got into cloud security product management in 2013 and never looked back. In 2016, he joined OpenDNS shortly before it was rebranded as Cisco Umbrella. He is a life-long California resident and a fan of live music (and can't wait for it to come back).

As a Security Evangelist at Radware, Mr. Winward is responsible for developing, managing, and increasing the company’s security business in North America.
Ron’s entire career has been deeply rooted in internet and cybersecurity. For over 20 years, Ron has helped design complex solutions for carriers, enterprises, and cybersecurity provi...

Ryan Witt is a recognized Healthcare Cyber Security Executive and a regular speaker at HIMSS, CHIME, AEHIS, etc. Currently, Ryan is Proofpoint's VP, Industry Solutions and responsible for the strategy and solutions for the company's healthcare and public sector business. Ryan is also the Chair of Proofpoint's Healthcare Advisory Board and an ...