Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a "security guru" by the Economist.

He is the New York Times best-selling author of 14 books -- including Click Here to Kill Everybody -- as well as hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers.

His influential newsletter Crypto-Gram and blog Schneier on Security are read by over 250,000 people.

Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and AccessNow, and an advisory board member of EPIC and VerifiedVoting.org.

He is the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc.

Lance Cottrell founded the worlds first internet privacy company, Anonymizer, in 1995. He is an internationally recognized expert in cryptography, online privacy, and Internet security.

He is principal author on multiple Internet privacy and security technology patents.

He took Anonymizer to a very successful exit in 2008, stayed on as chief scientist and later strategic advisor for the acquiring company Ntrepid.

Lance mentors founders as Global Entrepreneur in Residence at Founder Institute and through his own platform FeelTheBoot.com. He is an active angel investor and sits on the board of directors for the North Bay Angels.

Appointed as one of the world’s first corporate Chief Privacy Officers in 1999, Ray is a recognized pioneer in the field of privacy risk management and data governance.

He has held privacy leadership roles at Blackhawk Network, Yahoo, Keynote Systems, and TrustArc. As a consultant, his clients have included Pfizer, Huawei, ExxonMobil, Fujifilm, Merck, Kellogg’s, Mattel, and Toyota.

He holds FIP, CIPM, and CIPP/US credentials from the International Association of Privacy Professionals, an organization for which he was a founding board member.

He holds a Juris Doctor from George Washington University, in Washington DC.

Thomas Ristenpart is an Associate Professor at Cornell Tech and a member of the Computer Science department at Cornell University.

Before joining Cornell Tech in May, 2015, he spent four and a half years as an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed his PhD at UC San Diego in 2010.  His research spans a wide range of computer security topics, with recent focuses including digital privacy and safety in intimate partner violence, new threats to, and improved opportunities for, cloud computing security, improvements to authentication mechanisms including passwords, confidentiality and privacy in machine learning, and topics in applied and theoretical cryptography.

His work is routinely featured in the media and has been recognized by a number of distinguished paper awards, an ACM CCS test-of-time award, an Advocate of New York City award, an NSF CAREER Award, and a Sloan Research Fellowship.

Lucia Milică Stacy serves as VP, Global Resident Chief Information Security Officer at Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company. She is a senior technology leader with over 20 years of extensive technical and business experience. In her previous role, Lucia was the VP, Chief Information Security Officer & Chief Privacy Officer for Polycom, where she managed all aspects of data privacy and information security.

She has also held leadership and technical roles in IT governance & strategy, security risk and compliance, corporate and product security, data privacy, and IT infrastructure at other companies, including HP, Palm, Wells Fargo, and Franklin Templeton. Many organizations in the cybersecurity industry and broader business community have asked her to speak at their conferences, symposiums, and other events.

She has also extended her contributions to her profession by serving as an advisory board member and active participant with the cybersecurity industry and relevant industry groups, including board membership on the National Technology Security Coalition, and service with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 405(d) Cybersecurity Task Group, SC Media Advisory Board, and Forbes Technology Council.

She has a Master of Science in Information and Cybersecurity degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She also holds Master in Business Administration and Juris Doctorate degrees.

Eric Liebowitz has over 15 years in the cybersecurity space. He is a strong leader who is experienced in building and maturing Information Security programs for large Financial Services and Technology organizations. Eric started his career on Wall Street where he led a global team of security professionals that implemented a 24/7 Security Operations Center to monitor threats and respond to attacks at Lehman Brothers.

Eric then moved on to Freddie Mac where he led multiple teams in different security disciplines such as Identity & Access Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance and Security Monitoring & Incident Response.

Eric’s attributes include strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to translate technical and risk based solutions to senior management as well as business partners. He also has a demonstrated track record of delivering innovative Security solutions that meet corporate strategic goals while promoting a team-oriented work environment.

Eric has partnered with peers in other organizations to start a CISO roundtable with security leaders from the Virginia, Maryland and DC area. He is also a 9 year contributing member of the CISO Executive Network. He holds the CISSP, CISA and CISM certifications and is member of ISACA National DC chapter and ISC².

Eric is currently CISO at Thales Group where he leads IT Security across North America. Thales is an Aerospace, Transportation and Cybersecurity organization with a complex IT environment and multiple product lines.

DEVON BRYAN joined Carnival Corporation in October 2021 as the Global Chief Information Security Officer and currently working as Global Chief Information Officer with responsibilities for conceiving, implementing, and leading technology solutions that assure compliance, protect personal data and corporate assets, increase organizational capability, and advance productivity within Carnival Corporation and our world-leading cruise line brands.

Prior to Carnival Corporation, Devon was  Managing Director, Chief Information Security Officer, MUFG Union Bank N.A where he was responsible for establishing and maintaining a comprehensive information security strategy and program to ensure that information assets and technologies are appropriately protected. He is also responsible for ensuring that information security risks are identified, evaluated, mitigated, and reported in a manner that meets compliance and regulatory requirements and aligns with the risk tolerance for MUFG in the Americas region.

Most recently, he  served as the CISO for KPMG LLC — one of the world’s big four accounting organizations — for the United States and the Americas, where he was charged with effectively designing and executing a best-in-class information and data security function with a proactive approach to enable business results.

Prior to KPMG, Devon was the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for the National IT Organization of the Federal Reserve System.   As the System-level CISO, he was responsible for ensuring the Fed’s information security policies, architecture, programs and incident response team remain effective and efficient.  Prior to the Fed, Devon was the Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO for Fortune 500 outsourced payroll and human resources provider ADP.  As Global CISO for ADP, Devon led ADP’s information security strategy, collaborating across the company’s geographically dispersed business operations to ensure coordination, consensus, and effective cybersecurity protections across global operations. Prior to joining ADP in 2011, he served as the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) where he was appointed to the Senior Executive Services (SES) and directed the IRS’s FISMA-compliant information security program and the IRS’s cybersecurity incident response team.  His information security career began in the U.S. Air Force, where he served as a Captain and lead network security engineer working on systems and programs to protect the critical network and communications networks of the Air Force’s Air Combat Command.

Devon is Co-founder of ICMCP (International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals), a 501c3 non-profit which he launched in 2014 and geared toward improving the underrepresentation of women and minorities in the field of cybersecurity through academic scholarships, certifications, mentoring and networking opportunities.

Devon received a Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics from South Dakota Technological University and a Master of Science, Computer Science from Colorado Technological University, graduating Summa Cum Laude.  He holds multiple cybersecurity certifications to include:  CISSP, CIPP/US and CIPP/EU, serves on several non-profit boards and participates in select industry forums as a sought-after speaker and writer on emerging cyber security trends and issues.

As Chief Information Security Officer, Shaun Marion leads McDonald's global cybersecurity organization and oversees risk management, brand protection, and executing McDonald's enterprise cybersecurity strategy. With over 20 years in the security industry, Shaun brings a wide breadth of technical leadership and operational expertise to McDonald's.

Before joining McDonald's, Shaun was the Chief Information Security Officer for Republic Services. He was also the former Chief Security Officer for Honeywell, where he was ultimately accountable for cyber, product, and physical security operations.

Although much of his career has been focused on cybersecurity, Shaun's responsibilities have ranged from executive protection, guard-force management, corporate investigations, and business continuity to classified security management, cybersecurity strategy and operations, and incident response. Shaun is active in the cybersecurity startup community, where he has advised multiple budding cybersecurity companies and several global venture capital firms.

Shaun holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Shaun is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, where he served for four years based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Lance currently serves as Global VP, Cybersecurity & Enterprise Architecture at Jacobs.   He is a senior technology executive and brings extensive experience leading cybersecurity organizations in global companies.

He has also held senior IT leadership roles in application development, ERP and network operations across multiple industries including semiconductor design and manufacturing, defense contracting, consulting and healthcare companies.

Dave spent the first 23 years of his career developing software and building product development teams in the data protection, banking, telecom, and distribution industries. Currently working as VP, Chief Information Officer at Red Canary, and before this since 2013 till  2022 he was working and building Barracuda Networks’ security program from the ground up as the company has evolved from offering purpose-built appliance, through SaaS offerings in their private data centers, to SaaS offerings in the public cloud. He has been responsible for policy, product security, network security, and incident response. Prior to Barracuda he worked at Yosemite Technologies, Fiserv, AT&T, Qwest, Cabelas, and others. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science degree from UC Berkeley.

Saffet Ozdemir is a 20+ year veteran of the Information Security field. His experience has primarily focused on creating or recreating security programs across diverse industries. His career spans leadership positions in companies such as Wachovia Bank, Zappos, Amazon, AARP, and now Pokémon. This diversity in experience has helped him balance investments between establishing fundamentals and introducing general leaps in his programs. As is common amongst many security leaders, his passions outside of the office revolve around food and travel experiences.

James Carder brings more than 25 years of experience working in corporate IT security and consulting for the Fortune 500 and U.S. Government. At Eptura, he develops and maintains the company’s security governance model and risk strategies, protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets, oversees threat and vulnerability management, physical security, and product security and architecture, as well as the security operations center (SOC). He also directs the mission and strategic vision for the Eptura threat research, compliance research, and operational risk teams.

Prior to joining Eptura, James served as the Director of Security Informatics at a large non-profit medical center in Minnesota, where he had oversight of threat intelligence, incident response, security operations, and offensive security groups. Additional experience includes serving as a Senior Manager at MANDIANT, where he led professional services and incident response engagements. He also conducted criminal and national security-related investigations at the city, state, and federal levels, including those involving the theft of credit card information and advanced persistent threats (APTs).

James is a sought-after and frequent speaker at cybersecurity events and is a noted author of several cybersecurity publications. He is also an Advisory Board member for the University of Colorado Denver, PlexTrac, TruKno, Coalfire, Resurface Labs, and the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA); a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); an ICIT Fellow; and a member of the Forbes Technology Council. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Walden University and an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.

Lian is a servant leader with 20 years of cybersecurity experience in government and multiple industries. He has served as Acting CISO for USDA NRCS and Chief Security Architect for USDA NRCS & MUFG Union Bank.

Proven track record of creating robust security solutions in hybrid-/multi-cloud environments with built-in security and compliance, delivering global security tech strategy, and managing security risks and projects. Demonstrated ability to provide world-class SecArch and Application Security (AppSec) services to reduce security and compliance risks and save money in constant threat environments.

Lian loves audiobooks and tennis.

Sunil has over 20 years of experience in various areas of security. He has worked at some of the marquee tech companies in the Silicon Valley, including Netflix, Adobe, Motorola (acquired by Google) and has founded and exited companies in the security space. Currently, he's the Chief Security Officer at Glean.

Sunil is passionate about all areas of security and holds ~40 patents. When not at work, Sunil is dabbling into different areas of Web3 technologies, including blockchain, NFTs, smart contracts and can be seen hiking the various trails in and around Silicon Valley with his son, Ishaan.

Lane Bess is Principal and Founder of Bess Ventures and Advisory. Prior, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Zscaler Inc., an innovator and leader in Cloud based Internet security services. He has spent over 30 years as an operational executive and has successfully launched start-ups and grown medium sized businesses to large scale. Between 2008 and 2011, Lane was CEO of Palo Alto Networks where he led the late fundraising and scaled the company from its early go-to-market, to a revenue run rate exceeding $200 million on the path to its IPO. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, he served as the EVP of Worldwide Sales and General Manager of publicly traded Trend Micro Inc. (Nikkei) - growing worldwide revenues to over $1 billion annually. He has extensive experience in building technology businesses in the Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan as well as other International regions. His considerable work in the security technology sector has made him a trusted advisor for many Enterprise CIOs and CISOs.

With core strengths in Sales, Marketing and Product Management, Mr. Bess has deep expertise in driving high growth for network/cloud security, computing, and software companies. His business experience includes providing critical technology solutions to Fortune 2000 companies, large enterprises, mid-size businesses, as well as consumer markets. Through continuous leverage of distribution channels, Lane has been consistently recognized as a leading "channel friendly" executive. During Lane's career he has also held senior Sales and Marketing roles at NCR Corporation and AT&T. During his time at NCR, he oversaw Multinational Corporation sales and managed large global sales divisions. At AT&T, Lane was responsible for the product launches of AT&T's Business and Consumer Internet services in the mid 90s.

Mr. Bess holds a B.S. Degree in Managerial Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and a Masters Degree from University of Dayton.

Kathleen Holmgren is a seasoned executive with 40 years of experience in the storage, software, computer systems, and management consulting industries. Ms. Holmgren currently serves on the Board of Extreme Networks (EXTR), Calavo Growers (CVGW), and Automation Anywhere.

Extreme Networks designs, develops, and manufactures wired and wireless network infrastructure equipment and develops the software for network management, policy, analytics, security and access controls. Since November 2015, she has been a member of their Audit and Nomination, Governance & Social Responsibility Committees. Ms. Holmgren is the First Vice-Chairman of the Board and serves on the Audit and Compensation Committees of Calavo Growers, Inc., a publicly traded food and distribution company, which she joined in January 2017. Kathleen is also a member of the Board of Directors and member of the Audit Committee of Automation Anywhere, Inc., a privately held developer of robotic process automation and testing software. She joined AA as Chief Operating Officer in 2013, facilitated double digit annual growth and retired from the company as of March 2018. In May 2017, Ms. Holmgren joined the board of Fresh Realm, LLC, a privately-held delivery and business platform for the perishable food industry, representing Calavo Growers’ interests until January 2021. From 2014 through 2019, Ms. Holmgren also served as Chairman of the Board of Group Delphi, a private design and media production company. In 2021, Kathleen was named as NACD’s Top 100 Directors.

Ms. Holmgren served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mendocino Software, a privately-held enterprise-class application data developer, from November 2007 to March 2008. Kathleen was responsible for the company's vision, direction and operational management. She participated in fund raising within the VC community and eventually led the sale of the company. In 2008 Ms. Holmgren established Sage Advice Partners, a management consulting firm specializing in the high-tech and green-tech markets. From October 2009 to December2016, she also served as a director at the Alliance of Chief Executives, LLC, an organization for chief executives.

Prior to November 2007, Ms. Holmgren spent over 20 years at Sun Microsystems, Inc., a publicly held enterprise server company, where she held increasingly senior roles, culminating in Senior Vice President, Storage Systems. Kathleen rapidly grew Sun's storage business in 3 years to a $1.5B business. Before storage, Kathleen spent 11 years in the Operations group at Sun managing and leading all aspects of worldwide logistics, plant management, materials procurement, supply planning, process engineering, and manufacturing plant design.

Ms. Holmgren holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, where she is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board, and a M.B.A from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Nick Mehta (he/him),is the CEO of Gainsight, the Customer Success Company. He works with a team of over 1000 human beings who together have helped create the Customer Success category that's currently taking over the SaaS business model worldwide.Gainsight is a five-time Forbes Cloud 100 recipient and Nickhas been named the #2 CEO by the Software Report, has a 99% approval rating on Glassdoor, and was named Entrepreneur Of The Year for Northern California Award.On top of all that, he was recently rated as the #1 CEO in the world (the award committee was just his mom, but the details are irrelevant). He is a member of the Board of Directors at F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) and has co-authored two books on Customer Success, Customer Success and The Customer Success Economy. He is passionate about family, football, philosophy, physics, fashion, feminism, parody music videos and SaaS Customer Success. People told him it’s impossible to combine all of those interests, but Nick has made it his life’s mission to try.

Don Peppers is a recognized global authority on customer-focused business strategies. His life’s work of helping companies build better customer relationships has taken him to more than 60 countries on 6 continents. Today, he is the most widely read LinkedIn Influencer on the topic of “customer experience,” with over 325,000 followers. With business partner Dr. Martha Rogers, Peppers has written nine business books collectively selling over a million copies in 18 languages, including the international best-seller The One to One Future (Doubleday 1993). In 2016 an updated paperback version of Extreme Trust: Turning Proactive Honesty and Flawless Execution Into Long-Term Profits (Penguin) was released, as well as and Peppers’ solo effort, Customer Experience: What, How and Why Now, a collection of essays offering insights on building and maintaining a customer-centric business. In 2022, the fourth edition of their graduate textbook, Managing Customer Experience and Relationships: A Strategic Perspective, is scheduled to be published (Wiley). Peppers and Rogers’ new company, CX Speakers, delivers workshops, keynote presentations and thought leadership consulting focused on customer experience topics.  Peppers has been an advisor to PayActiv since 2016.

Keith Giarman serves as Managing Partner of the DHR Private Equity Practice, based out of the San
Francisco and New York offices. He is also a member of the firm’s North American Executive
Committee driving overall strategy for the organization.

Keith led the launch and successful expansion of the Private Equity Practice over the past 10 years.
Under his leadership, the practice manages approximately 100 board, C level and senior search
assignments per year working with management teams and top tier investors.

Prior to joining DHR, Keith built the CEO practice for one of the premiere boutique executive recruiting
firms in Silicon Valley serving the venture capital community. Previously he worked extensively with VC
and PE investors, most recently as President and CEO of Clarus Systems. He was also Vice President
of Sales, Service and Marketing at Citizens Communications. He was one of five executives on the
senior leadership team responsible for 800 employees, $1 billion in revenue and $200 million in
operating income.

Keith earned his Bachelor of Arts at UC San Diego and his Master of Business Administration from
Harvard Business School. He serves as the Chairman of the Board at Mission Dolores Academy. He is
the former Vice Chairman of the HBS Association of Northern California, former Trustee for Schools of
the Sacred Heart in San Francisco, former Trustee and President of the Alumni Association at the
Hopkins School in New Haven, Conn. and former Chairman of the Western Region Board of Jumpstart
based in Boston, Mass.

Meghan FitzGerald is a global healthcare strategist, investor, academic and author. She has worked in every domain of healthcare from front line patient care through the Fortune 500 while serving on faculty at Columbia University.

Currently Meg is a private equity investor where she serves as a senior advisor to several firms including Goldman Sachs. Recently she was the CEO and managing partner at Letter One, a $25 billion international private equity firm. Meg led L1’s Health’s inaugural investment vehicle focused on biopharma and healthcare services allocating over~$4.7B in three years in pharma services and animal health.

Prior to this Meg spent twenty years in Corporate America working for many prominent healthcare companies. She was the EVP of Strategy, M&A and Health Policy at Cardinal Health (CAH) and a member of the executive committee. Before she was the President of Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions, one of the fastest growing businesses where her team took an underperforming division from $700mm USD to over $8BUSD in four years. Meg was the SVP of New Markets and Business Development at Medco Health Solutions (MHS). She previously held positions in strategy and marketing at top companies including Pfizer, Merck and Sanofi-Synthelabo.

Currently Meg is a member of the board of directors at Tenet Healthcare (THC) a leading Fortune 200 healthcare services company and a founder of K2HealthVentures a life science investment fund. She is also the founder of Grey Ghost Capital with 50AUM making equity investments into cyber security (Circle-AI), blockchain (Chronicled), and mental health (Mindbloom).

Meg obtained a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) at New York Medical College, focusing on health policy and the social determinants of health. She earned a Master of Public Health from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Nursing from Fairfield University. Currently, Meg teaches strategy and “The Business of Healthcare” at Columbia University in New York. Her book “Ascending Davos: A career journey from the emergency room to the board room” was launched in 2020.

Meg is a lifelong runner, extreme sports enthusiast, and mixed martial arts fan. She resides in Naples Florida and Martha’s Vineyard with her husband Michael Darda, a Wall Street Macro Strategist and their Weimaraner dogs Hailey and Claus.

Timothy Alan Simon, Esq., Commissioner Emeritus, was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on February 15, 2007 ending his term on December 31, 2012. Prior to this appointment, he served as Appointments Secretary in the Office of the Governor – the first African American in California history to hold this post. As a CPUC Commissioner, Simon served on the Board of Directors of the University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley Energy Collaborative (BERC) and the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Regional Taskforce, Chairman of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Gas Committee, Chairman of the Liquefied Natural Gas Partnership between NARUC and the U.S. Department of Energy and Vice Chairman of the Utility Marketplace Access Sub-Committee, a sub-committee concentrated on supplier and workforce diversity in the utility industry, Board Member of the California Green Jobs Workforce Development Board, and assigned Commissioner to the CPUC Low Income Oversight Board. Simon also was appointed by two  Department of Energy Secretaries as a member of the National Petroleum Council serving on the Coordinating Subcommittee, which produced the book, Prudent Development: Realizing the Potential of North America’s Oil and Gas Resources.

Simon also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at U.C. Hastings College of the Law and Golden Gate University School of Law where he taught Securities Regulations and as an Advisor in the School of U.S. Legal Studies on International Securities Regulations. Prior to public service, Simon was in-house counsel and Chief Compliance Officer advising at major financial institutions including Bank of America, Robertson Stephens and Wells Fargo, specializing in securities, banking and complex financial products.

In 2013, Simon created TAS STRATEGIES and serves as an attorney and consultant on high stake areas that include energy, utilities, critical infrastructure, supplier diversity, transportation, financial services, and broadband projects. Simon has developed a global client base and performs public speaking engagement on energy, financial services and diversity policies. He is co-founder of the National Utilities Diversity Council and has published articles for the National Regulatory Research Institute “The Role of Natural Gas in California’s Climate Policy” and the Green California Community Colleges Summit – “A Discussion on Innovations in Technology Policy and Practice”.

In February 2019, Simon was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the California Black Chamber of Commerce. He was also appointed to the University of San Francisco (USF) Board of Trustees in June of 2019. Simon also serves on the North American Energy Standards Board Advisory Council. He also serves as a member of the American Bar Association and on the National Board of Directors for the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE).

Simon received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of San Francisco, (Distinguished Alumni) and a Juris Doctor from the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Simon also takes pride in his civic duties as a member of the following associations: National Bar Association, American Bar Association, California Bar Association, San Francisco Bar Association, the Federal Energy Bar Association, Power Association of Northern California, and The National Board of Directors of the American Association of Blacks in Energy. He also serves in several leadership capacities as a Board Member of the Saint Thomas More Society of San Francisco, Board of Trustees Member for Saint Ignatius College Preparatory (Alumni), Member Sigma Pi Phi, Beta Upsilon Boulé, Board of Trustees Member for SFJAZZ, and is a Lifetime Member of the NAACP. In addition, he serves as a Board Member for Aemetis and Charah Solutions, two publicly traded companies. Most recently, Simon has also become a Strategic Advisor for Inter-Atlantic Energy Capital Ventures.