Conference Speakers

Trina L. Martin has served as a cyber intelligence analyst for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). She is a technologist, international speaker, best-selling author, and podcaster. Trina uses her experiences to motivate audiences to overcome adversity, develop self-determination, and discipline. Trina also inspires emerging leaders to pursue their wildest dreams with heart and grit….

Nada Sanders, Ph.D., is a distinguished professor of supply chain management at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Nada is an award-winning keynote speaker, author, and scholar. She was ranked as the world’s top 2% of scientists in her discipline by a 2020 Stanford Study, ranked in the top eight…

Bruce W. McClary-Davis is a program analyst for Transportation Security Administration (TSA). He was selected for this position (Region 4, within Security Operations (SO), at TSA, within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in May 2023. In this role, Bruce is responsible for assisting with security compliance of persons, commodities, and surface transportation systems regulated…

Dan Heinen is the president and CEO of Kleinschmidt, a B2B integration solutions provider whose capabilities power the supply chains of leading enterprises around the world. With over 35 years of experience building real-time messaging systems across the telecom and financial services industries, Dan leads Kleinschmidt’s march toward next generation EDI and API integration technologies and…

Steve Hankel is the vice president of information technology at Johanson Transportation Service (JTS). He joined JTS in 2010 and during his tenure, he developed a SaaS TMS (Transportation Management System), moved the company’s infrastructure to the Cloud, built up the company’s software engineering program, and rolled out its Disaster Recovery and Cyber Security initiatives….

Ryan Gerdes, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. Dr. Gerdes’ work focuses on designing resilient computing systems, with an emphasis on cyber-physical systems operating in adversarial environments and leveraging the physical layer for defensive and offensive purposes. She is the principal investigator on NSF and DOE…

Ben Gardiner is a senior cybersecurity research engineer contractor at the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) specializing in hardware and low-level software security. Prior to joining the NMFTA team in 2019, Gardiner held security assurance and reversing roles at a global corporation, as well as worked in embedded software and systems engineering roles at…

Dan FitzGerald is the director of cybersecurity with A. Duie Pyle based in West Chester, PA. Prior to joining A. Duie Pyle as its director of cybersecurity in 2021, Dan previously worked for several global financial services companies. His career has focused on service management and delivery in large, multi-national organizations, ensuring consistent delivery and…

Jeremy Daily, Ph.D., is the associate professor of systems engineering at Colorado State University. In 2019, Dr. Daily accepted a position as an Associate Professor of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University where he continues to work on heavy vehicle cybersecurity and forensics. Prior to that, he served as an Assistant and Associate Professor of…

Jerrel Conerly is a cybersecurity advisor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Region 6, in Houston, TX. Jerrel is charged with helping critical infrastructure owners and operators protect critical infrastructure from cyber threats and enhance resilience through voluntary and non-regulatory collaboration. This includes private sector owners, operators, and employees; state, local, tribal, and…