Drew Williams

Drew Williams

Drew Williams is the director of ThreatRecon cybersecurity services and CISO at Guidacent. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Drew launched one of the IT security industry’s first Host Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS) and contributed to the original HIPAA framework. He is a former product development manager for the first commercial SIEM platform. Drew…

Michael Oberlaender

Michael Oberlaender

Michael Oberlaender is a globally recognized thought leader (quoted in WSJ and others), multi-book author (“C(I)SO – And Now What?” and “Global CISO – Strategy, Tactics, & Leadership – How to Succeed in InfoSec and CyberSecurity”), publisher, and has written numerous articles for leading security magazines, and also has been frequent speaker, panelist and moderator…

David Samples

David Samples

David Samples is the chief technology officer of Transcard. With over twenty years’ experience, he oversees all IT operations and sets the strategy for both external and internal software development and management. In David’s seven years with Transcard, he has taken the lead in developing multiple patented systems to address previously unmet needs on the…

Joseph Hinkle

Joseph Hinkle is a security sales specialist at Microsoft, where he helps customers achieve their security goals and protect their digital assets. He has over 20 years of experience in the security industry, working with various technologies and solutions.  He is based out of Houston, TX. 

Shelly Thomas

Shelly Thomas

Shelly Thomas is a senior vice president at Marsh. She is the Southcentral Zone Regional Manager within Marsh’s Cyber Practice based out of Dallas, TX. Responsibilities include advising a number of Marsh’s clients across various industries on risk transfer solutions and helping clients tactically navigate the evolving cyber and technology landscape. Shelly strives to cultivate…

Jonathan Martinez

Jonathan Martinez

Jonathan Martinez is a supervisory transportation security inspector (STSI) – Pipeline & Cyber for Region 4, within the Security Operations (SO), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Jonathan has been a part of the SO team since 2008, securing airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and public transit systems, thus protecting America’s transportation infrastructure…

Clarke Skoby

Clarke Skoby

Clarke Skoby is a Secret Service agent with the United States Secret Service (USSS). He earned a degree in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University in 1994. After college, Clarke joined the Montgomery County (Texas) Sheriff’s Department as a patrol deputy. He began his career with the Secret Service in 1999 and was assigned…

Ivan Granero

Ivan Granero

Ivan Granero is an embedded security engineer with Bosch. He is a deeply embedded cybersecurity expert with 15 years of development experience in Automotive Engineering (Passenger Cars, Commercial Vehicles – Fleets) in areas of acquisition, design, validation, and manufacturing. He holds an MS in Software Engineering with a concentration in Cybersecurity from the University of…

Jose Razo

Jose Razo

Jose Razo is an OT/ICS Leader at Microsoft. He is focused on helping Fortune 100 & 500 companies achieve compliance and risk reduction through the development of holistic and highly integrated OT & ICS security programs. Jose also drives customer advocacy efforts to ensure Microsoft product security roadmaps are inclusive of customer needs across industry…

Mike Alvarez

Mike Alvarez

Mike Alvarez is a network intrusion forensic analyst for the United States Secret Service (USSS). In this role, he utilizes his technological expertise to perform complex network intrusion investigations, computer/digital media forensic examinations, as well as criminal case preparation and prosecution associated with the attempted criminal exploitation of the nation’s critical infrastructure. As a Network…