Previous Speakers
Adam Curry, Caterpillar
Adam was a Security Manager in the Information Security Department at Caterpillar. He led a team responsible for the Governance and Risk Management programs related to cyber security.
Kerstyn Campbell, Caterpillar
Kerstyn was an IT Analyst in the Information Security Department at Caterpillar focused on the execution of cyber risk management. Kerstyn graduated from Bradley University in December 2017 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems.
Kevin Eack, The Brannon Group
Kevin is the Principal of The Brannan Group, LLC, a security consulting company based in Peoria, Illinois. He has over 30 years of experience in law enforcement and security, including serving as a Special Agent of the FBI, as a state prosecutor, and as a State Police Investigative Commander.
Sarah Handler, Senior Product Manager, Netflix
Sarah is a Staff Product Manager leading the identity & access space on Netflix's security engineering team. She was previously a Senior Manager of Product Management at Microsoft's Identity Security and Protection team at Microsoft where she was responsible for extensibility features of their identity protection product to enable enterprises the ability to detect, remediate and prevent identity compromise. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Bradley University and currently resides in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Ronald Jost, C4ISS
Ron is the president of C4ISS, a corporation that specializes in analytical work for DoD and the intelligence agencies. Prior to this position, he served 15 years as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Cyber and Business Systems in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Brittany Kaiser, Digital Asset Trade Association
Brittany joined the SCL Group in 2014 and served as the Director of Business Development for Cambridge Analytica from 2015 to 2018. Kaiser's experience following her time at Cambridge Analytica is shown in the Netflix Documentary The Great Hack. Brittany’s experience deepened her belief that people deserve greater rights over both the use and proceeds of their own data.
Cody Kretsinger, CIAN
Cody was the Director of Information Security for CIAN Center, a local Cyber Security Company with an emphasis in penetration testing and managed Security Operations Center services.
Dan Krueger, Blick Art Materials
Dan is a highly skilled and hands-on IT Technical Director with over 36 years of Enterprise Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and Application Support experience within Retail, Hospital & Healthcare, Wireless, Education, Not-for-Profits, Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, Insurance, and Manufacturing. Dan manages projects and people in virtual and hybrid IT team environments and effectively communicates with Executive Leadership, vendors, and team members in providing direction that inspires confidence among all levels of IT and Business organizations.
Nick Schroeder, Mandiant
Nick has been in information security for over 12 years. He is a former security operations center analyst and incident response consultant who thoroughly understands advanced adversary methodology and how to effectively counter network intrusions. Prior to joining Mandiant, Nick worked as a penetration tester in the federal space.
Daniel Shore, LeTS (Leadership & Effective Teamwork Strategies)
Daniel Shore has a PhD in Workplace Psychology and works as a consultant, researcher, and entrepreneur leading teamwork development initiatives for a wide range of organizations. His cybersecurity teamwork expertise stemmed from a 5-year, DHS-funded research project designed to identify social-behavioral drivers of cybersecurity effectiveness. Daniel applies the insights from this work through LETS (Leadership & Effective Teamwork Strategies), the company he co-founded to bring a human-centered approach to improving cybersecurity multi-team systems.
Jared Vogel, Underwriters Laboratories
Jared was a Principal Security Architect with Underwriters Laboratories Inc. in the Connected Technologies division. Global responsibilities for Cybersecurity, Interoperability and Standards compliance surrounding IoT, Automotive, Transportation and Industrial.
Aaron Wakefield, Vice President of Data & Digital Technology, Kuvare Holdings
With over 17 years of experience, Aaron Wakefield is a seasoned technology executive renowned for his visionary leadership in Fortune 100 companies spanning industries such as insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology. Aaron excels in driving critical technical initiatives, leveraging innovation to streamline processes, and spearheading integration, transformation, and modernization efforts.