2021 Arizona Technology Summit by Machaon Agenda

J.R. Sloan joined the State of Arizona in 2013 after working in the technology industry for over 20 years in operational and executive-level roles in both private and public organizations. As Interim CIO, J.R. oversees technology innovation development and IT policies. He also serves as Chairman for the State of Arizona Information Technology Authorization Committee (ITAC) which approves and monitors high-cost technology projects statewide. Focused on digital transformation for the state, J.R. spearheads projects that make a significant difference for Arizona. He executed on a multi-vendor contract arrangement for web applications and online services that resulted in $1M in annual savings; cutting down processing time from 30 days to 2 days. J.R. also led the efforts of standardizing development and security for over 130 state agency websites, increased the number of online services available to Arizonans by 250% in a two year period as well as formalized policies and governance for key initiatives such as cloud-first and data management. Over the next year, J.R. is accelerating innovation for Arizona by overseeing the roll out of an app for government services, executing machine learning tactics to increase efficiencies statewide and piloting blockchain technology. During his off hours, J.R. enjoys spending time with his five children and first grandchild as well as hiking, sampling Arizona’s local restaurants and participating in ministries and leadership at his church.

Synopsis

A new age is here. We call it the 4th Industrial Revolution. IT and security are at a tipping point and rapid changes have impacted the business. As Acting State CIO, JR will discuss the current climate in Arizona and give us an outlook of what's coming next. The session will focus on re-tasking employees, moving to the Cloud, machine learning, and more.

With over 19 years of experience working in Cyber Security, Allen provides a unique perspective from the eyes of an end user, an architect, a manager & ultimately an Engineer working for the vendor that makes the product he endorses 100%. In January of 2000, Allen started his career in Cyber Security as a Security Analyst working for the Pentagon. Now as an Engineer for Check Point Software Technologies, Allen provides customers with security solutions for every possible attack vector (Cloud, Data Center, Mobile, & Endpoint). Allen is a strong advocate for ease & simplicity of day-to-day security management solutions & integration. Allen also has experience as a security consultant where he assisted in design, deployment & management of multiple security solutions. You can find out more and contact Allen via LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/allen-fambro-6314897.

Synopsis

Security is continually cited as a key barrier to wide-spread enterprise cloud adoption. What’s more, traditional security approaches don’t fit with the dynamic nature of the cloud – leaving business exposed to a whole host of new threats. Come see how Check Point combines a history of innovation in threat prevention security with a dynamic and agile deployment to lead our customers on an evolutionary, non-disruptive journey to the cloud. You will also see how Check Point delivers the industry's most advanced threat prevention security for enterprise cloud networks, data and applications. The comprehensive portfolio seamlessly integrates with the largest number of cloud platforms and cloud-based applications to instantly and easily protect cloud services against even the most sophisticated malware and zero-day attacks. What’s more, only Check Point supports single-click and agile deployment models aligned with the dynamic nature of cloud services, making expanding your cloud services a breeze.

Mike Trojecki is Vice President of Internet of Things (IoT) and Analytics for Logicalis US. He is responsible for developing the company’s strategy, partnerships and execution plan around next-generation technologies including IoT, Artificial Intelligence and data analytics. In addition, he hosts the IoT Trojectory podcast, a regular show featuring industry leaders discussing advancements and trends in the IoT space. Prior to Logicalis, Mike served as Vice President of Digital Infrastructure at ePlus Technology, Inc. where he led the company’s emerging digital technologies strategy. Early on in his tenure at ePlus, Mike was the Senior Director of National Practices, supporting Cisco and ecosystem partner relationships. During this time, Mike led the company to 27 national and global awards over a four-year period. Mike is a proud veteran of the United States Air Force where he served as a Tech Controller in the 89th Communications squadron supporting communications for Air Force One, the White House and various government agencies. He currently resides in Charleston, South Carolina with his wife Lori and two daughters, Kirsten and Violet. As an avid sports fan, Mike can usually be found cheering for teams from his hometown of Philadelphia, or enjoying the outdoors, watching and rating movies, and spending time with his family.

Synopsis

The proliferation of the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics has created a world where we can see insights that we’ve not seen before. The data generated by sensors, video, machines and people has opened the door to a Pandora’s Box of information. Mike Trojecki, VP of IoT and Analytics for Logicalis and the host of the IoT Trojectory podcast series. Mike will discuss applications for IoT, data analytics and artificial intelligence and how we can use #dataforgood

As a Senior Security Specialist for Juniper Networks, Luke is responsible for educating internal teams, partners, and customers on the Juniper Networks security portfolio. Luke is passionate about the role Juniper’s solutions can play in combatting the threat cyberattacks pose to corporations and state entities and how Juniper’s continued focus on automation and Software-Defined Secure Networking can streamline security operations so threats are mitigated faster and with less reliance on expensive and increasingly scarce cybersecurity professionals. Luke is a 20+ year veteran of the Information Security and Networking industry and has held positions with multiple Silicon Valley security focused companies. Over the years, Luke has worked in both technical and sales roles assisting service providers, resellers, and end users to secure networks and information assets. Luke holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.

Synopsis

There's a lot of buzz around Artificial Intelligence and how it can help IT operations. There's also a lot of confusion. Let’s cut through the AI noise. In this interactive session, we'll cover: • The need for AI-driven IT (also what AI is and what it is not) • The difference between AI, machine learning, deep learning, data science, and other common techniques • Ways to implement data science in your Wi-Fi network • How to prepare yourself (and your IT team) for the transition to AI-driven IT

Steve has accumulated over 30 years’ experience in the IT industry working with a variety of technological vendors and solutions. Eleven of those years were spent working for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration at Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center where he provided Ground Control operations for over 50 shuttle missions. Additionally, he was a Senior Consultant for International Network Services and manager of Honeywell’s IT Product and Services organization. Most recently he moved from a tenured career with Verizon to join CenturyLink as a Senior Solution Architect supporting their growing cloud, hosting and IT services business. Some of his vendor certifications include AWS, Cisco and VMware along with Certified Wireless Network Professional, Six Sigma and ITILv3 accreditations. These are accompanied by his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Master’s degree in Information Management from ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business.

Carlos Garcia's Bio

Carlos leads the IT Solutions Sales organization for the Enterprise Mountain Region supporting our large enterprise customers and our National SLED organization. Carlos started his career with CenturyLink as a Sr. Technology Strategist responsible for assessing our customer’s business and technology roadmaps and transformational initiatives to determine gaps and paths to execution of those strategies. Carlos has over 20 years’ experience in the IT industry across multiple disciplines and various industries. Prior to CenturyLink, Carlos also ran a niche IT Management Consulting practice advising on IT modernization and turning around large enterprise IT programs. Additionally, he’s held leadership roles for Managed Services organizations and IT Consulting organizations.

Synopsis

A Digital Business is a business model that is data-driven, and uses the ability to acquire data, analyze it, and act on it to iteratively and continuously deliver improving products and services to its customers. The speed at which a Digital Business is able to iterate through these cycles of continuous improvement defines its competitive advantage and ability to stay ahead of the market. Incorporating the appropriate technology such as edge computing closer to the where decisions need to be made only increases business efficiency and effectiveness. Understanding what technology can do for you is important, but as important is understanding how your organization, processes, and operational models may need to transform to best support the digital business.

Cory Sober is Manager of Systems Engineering for Fortinet, overseeing teams in 6 western states including Arizona. Prior to joining the Fortinet, Cory served in a number of leadership capacities for small and medium businesses, with emphasis on network infrastructure, cyber security, automation and software development. As a member of the cyber security community, Cory actively participates and contributes in a number of special interest groups including the Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG) under US-CERT focused on defense of critical infrastructure systems.

Synopsis

Cyber Security in 2019: Join Fortinet as we review the evolution of Cyber Security over the past two decades and discuss how the threat landscape is actively evolving, highlighting opportunities and strategies for the future. We will highlight attack trends, discuss the anatomy of attacks used in some of the most prevalent cases and examine ways modern computing is posing challenges for technology professionals. Finally, we will offer advice for ways to leverage cutting-edge security practices that can help organizations of all sizes prevent falling victim to attack.

Cody Reagan is a Cyber Security Executive at Darktrace, the world’s leading cyber AI company. At Darktrace, Cody works with leading organizations across a range of industries, including BioTech, financial services, and the public sector. Cody helps organizations deploy and operationalize cutting-edge AI for threat detection and autonomous response, enabling them to defend against advanced and machine-speed cyber-threats. During Cody’s tenure at Darktrace, the company has grown to over 3,000 customers and has been the recipient of numerous achievements, including: Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies 2018, Forbes Cloud 100 2018, and the CNBC Disruptor 50 2018. Cody holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Synopsis

Artificial intelligence is sometimes spoken about as something that will, in the future, secure companies’ networks. However, cyber AI has already been deployed by thousands of companies to detect and fight back against increasingly advanced, fast-moving, and stealthy threats. This session will unpack the benefits and challenges of these deployments. By exploring the advantages of different machine learning approaches and talking about the potential barriers to adoption, this session will arm attendees with the knowledge they need to evaluate AI cyber defense for their own organizations.

With over 24 years of sales and account management experience in the hardware and software technology sector, Mark provides both leadership and channel sales expertise to StorageCraft. He was the first sales rep hired at StorageCraft over 10 years ago and continues to lead and drive its success. Prior to joining StorageCraft, Mark was involved in various leadership, account management, channel development and sales roles at companies such as Ingram Micro, 3Com Corporation, NextPage and Parvus Corporation. Specializing in company growth and profitability he is skilled in technology related hardware and software systems, solutions and applications and is known for excellent leadership, customer service, and training skills.

Synopsis

Managing storage continues to be complex, and often expensive. Something needs to change, and it certainly won't be a dramatic increase in staffing. Fortunately, object storage is the answer. By eliminating the use of legacy RAID, object storage, can be the foundation for a scale-out converged storage solution that solves both data protection and primary storage challenges. Want to recover a multi-TB VM in less than a second? No problem. Want to protect files from ransomware? No problem. Need an enterprise file serving, archiving, or virtual server storage solution? No Problem. Attend this session to learn how object storage is changing the landscape for IT admin and the technology of the future.

33 years in the Powersports Industry, 26 of those focusing on Information Technology, Business Operations, systems integrations and development, 17 in senior management. Currently the Systems and Technology Director for RideNow Powersports Management Group in Chandler AZ. Latest achievements - Dealer Management System (DMS/ERP-EVO) upgrade across all locations in 3 months. - ETL (Extract Transform Load) project between DMS and support systems. - Re-branding I.T. - Hay the world is changing. - Battling thru Level3 ANS (Adaptive Network Control) Deployment. Continued refinement to I.T. services stack. Finding ways to reduce operating costs of the I.T. department and all supporting systems while maintaining, and in many cases improving, customer satisfaction

Synopsis

This roundtable is for attendees for executives with VIP badges ONLY. The Moderator will introduce and begin discussion on the topic of Successful Strategies as an IT Leader. This session is intended for audience participation so be ready to discuss, receive valuable information, and connect with others for further discussion.

Glen currently serves as a Security Analyst for Grand Canyon Education. Responsibilities include Identity and Access Management, IR, Cloud Security and IT Security Engineering / solution implementations. With over 15 years of security and technology experience, he has implemented and supported a wide range of technology solutions. He is also a retired Army Guard veteran, having served 3 deployments and is the father of two daughters. When not working in Cyber Security he loves Skiing, Hiking, Kayaking and attending live music events with his wife.

Mike Manrod's Bio

Mike presently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Grand Canyon Education, responsible for leading the security team and formulating the vision and strategy for protecting students, staff and information assets across the enterprise. Previous experiences include serving as a threat prevention expert for Check Point and working as a consultant and analyst for other large enterprise customers. He is also a co-author of the joint book project, Understanding New Security Threats published by Routledge in 2019. When not exploring the implications of the rapidly evolving threat landscape or the convergence between cognitive psychology and machine learning, he spends time playing video games with his daughters, practicing martial arts and cooking.

Synopsis

Once basic fundamental controls have been implemented to establish the outer defensive barrier, one of the most critical tasks is understanding the locations for sensitive data, who can access this data and how users interact with information. Having this baseline then makes it possible to identify anomalous activity that could represent a potential attack or high-risk activity. This session will explore our journey, method, approach and outcomes of this initiative.

As a leader in his industry for nearly a decade, Darrell Royal has assisted hundreds of Enterprise level organizations leverage technology while enhancing security and effectively transitioning them from archaic cap-ex models to cloud based op-ex modeled applications. With his finger on the pulse of infusing proven cutting-edge technologies into businesses, Darrell has dedicated his career to streamlining organizations' mission critical processes utilizing Unified Communications. Darrell has previously held executive sales roles with Momentum Telecom, Comcast, and GE Capital, earning multiple top sales awards and recognition.

Synopsis

There are massive benefits businesses can win with new Unified Communications and Collaboration, extending far beyond simple cost savings that drive many businesses to install them. Often, once deployed, they find realizing ROI on their investments challenging, typically due to lack of adoption. The key is getting individuals and teams to use the capabilities in their daily business processes, which begins with an understanding of what those capabilities are and how they will benefit users and teams. What are these key features and capabilities that can drive productivity and revenue opportunities? How can you ensure your teams are enjoying the benefits?

Joined Datrium in Jan of 2019. Prior to Datrium, Adam spent his 22 year career focused on a wide portfolio of Cisco products.

Dave's Bio

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Synopsis

Datrium is fundamentally unique and superior to any SAN or HCI solution in the categories of Operational Simplicity, Performance, Encrypted Data, RTO, Efficiency, Scalability, DR, Data Protection, and Data Mobility. Without Datrium, IT needs to manage and maintain many tools in order to preserve data and deliver applications to end-users. The complexity, expense, and contention for resources is no longer required! Please join us to learn how Datrium's fundamentally unique approach can transform your private and public cloud strategy, unlike any other offering!

Ted has worked with web and network security technologies for more than 20 years. He began his career in technology as a full-stack engineer in web development and design. As Chief Operating Officer, Ted guides the overall operations of Sentinel IPS, the CINS Active Threat Intelligence System, and all other supporting technologies. You may also find him presenting at an information security conference or trade show, spreading the word about shared threat intelligence.

Synopsis

The term 'Threat Intelligence' is getting a lot of buzz these days, but what does it mean? And, more importantly, how can it help protect your network? In this presentation, we answer these questions within the context of a layered security approach that integrates Threat Intelligence with existing security methodologies. We also use real-world examples to examine how Threat Intelligence improves a network's defenses at the perimeter and allows administrators to gain more visibility on the inside.

Malwarebytes’ Sr. Engineer, Ibrahim Al-Islam, possess over 30 years of professional experience in Information Technology, IT Security and Network Infrastructure. Worked in systems engineering roles for the world’s largest security and network infrastructure vendors, including McAfee Security, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Blue Coat Systems and Ericsson. Supported both domestic and international Fortune 1-500 Enterprises, Service Providers and Federal DOD/Civilian Agencies (NIST 800-53/FISMA/FedRAMP) with their design and implementation of security and network infrastructure solutions.

Synopsis

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Alan Kerr has over 25 years of enterprise experience serving as lead visionary, advisor and designer of IT strategy for companies in the Forbes Global 2000 across continents. Mr. Kerr advises companies that are leaders in their industrial sectors such as Insurance, Finance, Defense, Manufacturing, Hospitality and Healthcare. Topics that he frequently assists organizations with are such things as data protection, data and system availability, fault tolerance, business continuity and extreme performance. Mr. Kerr speaks at conferences around the globe most recently for Microsoft in Asia.

Synopsis

In this session, Alan Kerr, senior solutions architect of Stable Path, discusses how public and private organizations are using software-defined storage (SDS) to integrate data protection strategies into their existing storage environments to protect against ransomware, cyber attacks, and other availability threats. Learn how you can leverage your heterogenous storage environment while unifying data protection through easy-to-use, single-pane-of-glass management that extends over dissimilar storage platforms across both production and disaster recovery systems.

Kevin Sauer, PMP is a Partner in Fortium Partners’ West Region, where he serves healthcare, business services, and manufacturing clients. His profile as a successful IT leader reflects more than 25 years of global experience working in growth-oriented businesses from startups to Fortune 500 companies. His responsibilities have spanned across the US, Asia, Mexico, and Europe where he led cross-functional teams in the areas including information technology, engineering, quality assurance and operations. Mr. Sauer brings a diversified background and international exposure to bear on corporate strategy and project management engagements. As a CIO, Mr. Sauer led IT governance, enterprise resource planning, program management, and business intelligence initiatives. He worked closely with CEOs to integrate acquisitions, identify best practices, and streamline processes. With experience developing applications for patient care, Mr. Sauer has deep knowledge of healthcare privacy and data security. He has championed efforts to stabilize key systems, close security gaps, and introduce performance metrics while managing teams of up to 200 global professionals and budgets as high as US$20 million. Active in industry associations, Mr. Sauer has served as President of the Arizona Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and as a member of the SIM International Board of Directors. He is a sought-after speaker at IT industry convenings and business forums. Leadership Roles  Chief Information Officer – Preferred Homecare  Chief Information Officer – LMI Solutions  Chief Information Officer - Merchants Information Solutions  Corporate Vice President, Information Technology - Suntron Corporation Mr. Sauer graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and in the areas of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Six Sigma.

Synopsis

This roundtable is for attendees for executives with VIP badges ONLY. The Moderator will introduce and begin discussion on the topic. This session is intended for audience participation so be ready to discuss, receive valuable information, and connect with others for further discussion.

With more than twenty-five years in technology leadership roles, Walt specializes in alignment to purpose and technology innovation. Most recently, implemented enabling technology upgrades for Primary Capital Mortgage to drive 205% growth in origination volume in just over two years. Before joining Primary Capital Mortgage, his team at Generation Mortgage received accolades from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's, Bloomberg and MarketWatch for innovative use of technology as a key differentiator for the company. A proven technology executive, Walt is adept at working through complex business challenges and has successfully implemented several enterprise-wide packaged software solutions. Walt is a frequent speaker to professional groups on the topics of leadership, governance, risk management and compliance. After earning a BS in Physics from Guilford College, he began his career as a technical officer in the US Air Force, and over the years he has served in a variety of technology leadership roles with companies such as Fidelity, Gannett, BDM, TRW, and Ajilon Consulting. Walt earned a Master’s degree in Public and Private Administration from Central Michigan University in 1991. While at TRW, he won the President's Award for his leadership on their largest commercial project. Walt was named winner of the prestigious Georgia CIO Leadership Association's Corporate CIO of the year for 2014. Walt makes his home just outside of Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Eileen and their children.

Synopsis

Already feeling the pinch of the skills gap? Wondering how your group is going to meet aggressive timelines and introduce new capabilities with emerging technologies? In this session, we’ll talk through key findings from the Governor’s Task Force on High Demand Careers for IT and offer practical approaches for working with HR and external recruiters as well as justifying costs to your finance team.

Jonathan Murchison, the founder and CEO of Blackpoint, started his career in Network Engineering and IT operations, but quickly made the switch to the quiet world of the intelligence community. He has since spent over twelve years planning, conducting, and executing high-priority national security missions. As a former NSA computer operations expert and IT professional, he is bringing a unique perspective to the mission of developing cyber defense software effective at detecting and detaining purposeful cyber intrusions and insider threats. Murchison holds multiple patents in methods of network analysis, defense, pattern analytics, and mobile platforms.

Synopsis

A unique perspective to the mission of developing cyber defense effective at detecting and detaining purposeful cyber intrusions and insider threats. Murchison holds multiple patents in methods of network analysis, defense, pattern analytics, and mobile platforms.

McClurg serves as Vice President and Ambassador-At-Large in the Office of Security & Trust. He engages the industry around the globe on today’s risk challenges and how BlackBerry | Cylance uniquely mitigates them with the application of AI & machine learning. Champions a move from a historically reactive security posture to one focused on proactively predicting and preventing future risks. He comes to BlackBerry | Cylance from Dell where he served as its CSO, advancing responsibilities that included the strategic focus and tactical operations of Dell’s internal global security services, both physical and cyber. He was also charged with the advocacy of business resilience and security prowess generally, the seamless integration of Dell’s various security offerings, and with improving the effectiveness and efficiency of security initiatives, including Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. Before joining Dell, McClurg served as the Vice President of Global Security at Honeywell International; Lucent Technologies/Bell Laboratories; and in the U.S. Intelligence Community, as a twice-decorated member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he held an assignment with the US Department of Energy (DOE) as a Branch Chief charged with establishing a Cyber-Counterintelligence program within the DOE’s newly created Office of Counterintelligence. Prior to that, McClurg served as a Supervisory Special Agent within the FBI, assisting in the establishment of the FBI’s new Computer Investigations and Infrastructure Threat Assessment Center or what was later known as the National Infrastructure Protection Center within the Department of Homeland Security. McClurg also served, for a time, on assignment as a Deputy Branch Chief with the Central Intelligence Agency, helping to establish the new Counterespionage Group and was responsible for the management of complex counterespionage investigations. He also served as a Special Agent for the FBI in the Los Angeles Field Office where he implemented plans to protect critical US technologies targeted for unlawful acquisition by foreign powers and served on one of the nation’s first Joint Terrorism Task Forces. McClurg was voted one of America’s 25 most influential security professionals; holds a J.D. Degree from Brigham Young University; is a member of the Utah Bar Association; Co-chaired the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) of the U.S. Department of State; is a Special Advisor to the FBI’s Office of the Private Sector; and served as the founding Chairman of the International Security Foundation. He also holds an MA in Organizational Behavior, BS and BA degrees in University Studies and Philosophy from Brigham Young, and advanced doctoral studies in Philosophical Hermeneutics at UNC-Chapel Hill and UCLA. McClurg also currently serves as a Fellow at Utah Valley University’s Center for National Security Studies.

Synopsis

Just over 20 years ago I helped build the FBI’s InfraGard Program. Although we aspired to be proactively preventative, we have lived stymied, notwithstanding our best intentions, in the world of the Reactive and its associated “Defense in Depth” complexity and cost. Proactive prevention eluded us. The security industry has profited quite nicely from the insecurity of the world and this reactive paradigm. For decades we have relied on the best technology we had at the time to deflect the onslaught of what we faced daily in the way of malware and other attacks. The effectiveness of that AV technology was always predicated on having latest signatures on hand, which the adversaries could easily defeat with just the slightest modification of their last iteration. That signature-based paradigm required much in the way of downstream resources and expense and usually at least one “sacrificial lamb” upon which to let each new instance of threat sink its teeth. On a good day the capture and deflection rates rarely rose above 50%, requiring that we labor assiduously to manage leaderships’ expectations. We finally got leadership to understand and accept what became almost a mantra in the industry: “It’s not if but when”--as galling professionally as that admission was to make. However, just as predicted 50 years ago by Thomas Kuhn in his book the Structure of Scientific Revolutions, we’re seeing the dawn of a new day where AI’s machine learning and advance mathematical algorithms now offer validated deflection rates, pre-execution, in the realm of 99%. The FBI has now called me back into service to help redesign the next generation of InfraGard leveraging this emerging force. Our discussion will explore my generation’s journey toward this emerging new paradigm, its challenges, and what it portends for the future.

David has deep knowledge of the cloud services marketplace, hybrid cloud, IT sales cycles, and VMware’s partner programs and ecosystem. David has been a VMWare Cloud on AWS sales specialist for VMWare the past 2 years. Previously, David was Sr Director of Sales for Teradici – managing Americas and APAC sales. David will be covering the VMC on AWS service that VMWare released in August 2017 at VMworld. VMware announced its 6th release of VMC at VMworld in August, and we will be giving you a ‘sneak peek’ on new features coming out in December at AWS re:Invent.

Cosmo's Bio

Cosmo is a highly skilled IT professional who has been creating virtualization based business outcomes for 15 years. Through his roles as Solutions Architect and Technical Delivery Consultant, Cosmo has designed and implemented solutions in the virtualization cloud space. Cosmo’s vast experience in working with organizations to develop “right size” and “right mix” strategies, and deliver on hybrid cloud and multi-cloud solutions has shaped his experience to accelerate organizations to the cloud.

Synopsis

The journey to the cloud can appear complicated and daunting, but most organizations have the Cloud foundation technologies to enable a highly scalable, secure and innovative service to seamlessly migrate and extend their on-premises VMware vSphere-based environments to the AWS Cloud. Organizations looking to migrate their on-premises vSphere-based workloads to the public cloud, consolidate and extend their data center capacities can do so through a revolutionary service. VMC simplifies, streamlines, and securely navigates you to the cloud. Key Info and our multi-faceted cloud practice is built on a team of Solution Architects ready to enable your organization to adopt new strategies and approaches that embrace Cloud technologies and revolutionize the journey.

Jim Hebler, Pulse Secure’s Director of Cyber-Security Solutions Strategies, has an objective to empower customers, partners and prospects to understand the issues, overcome challenges and realize opportunities of Secure Access and the application of Pulse Secure’s solution portfolio. Jim has over 20 years’ experience in IT security, managed services and marketing have worked for HP, CSC, and SunGard prior to joining Pulse Secure in 2015. He offers thought-provoking, insightful, pragmatic security technology application and process insights from numerous engagements across financial services, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and defense industries. Jim is CISSP-trained and earned a BS degree at Central Michigan University.

Synopsis

Workforce mobility and widespread adoption of distributed data center and cloud environments have introduced significant access control complexities and threats. Organizations are questioning the efficacy of conventional, perimeter-based defenses and are now evaluating a “trust but verify” model. What are key enterprise considerations when deploying Zero Trust and Software-defined Perimeter (SDP) to enable seamless access, ensure business compliance and mitigate risk? While consumers are getting desensitized to the incessant news of a given data breach and millions of identities lost to the dark web, enterprises face increased industry, regulatory and boardroom pressure to bolster their data protection measures. At an average loss of $4,000,000 USD per breach and potential fines upwards of 4% of gross revenue, progressing access security is among the top ten CIO initiatives. The traditional fortress model with perimeter and layered defenses can no longer be relied upon in a world of sophisticated attacks and threat actors given the dynamics of a modern workforce, mobile and distributed apps, and virtualization across network and multi-cloud infrastructure. Enterprises can no longer afford “connect, authenticate, and then access” visibility and control gaps. Zero Trust and Software-defined Perimeter offer compelling security by establishing trust by authenticating users and devices and securing connectivity directly to the application and resource. This session provides a pragmatic deep-dive into the world of Zero Trust and explores the advantages, nuances and technologies behind Secure Access and Software Defined Perimeter. Come join us at the Lunch and Learn with Pulse Secure and learn: • Where IT consumerization, virtualization and multi-cloud impacts access • The interest, reasoning and mechanics beyond the Zero Trust adoption • Why modern applications and usage must accommodate multi-trust models • Assessing Zero Trust readiness and determining targeted implementation • A flexible reference architecture for hybrid IT secure access

Sean brings more than 18 years of information security and IT experience to his role at Netskope. Prior to Netskope, Cordero served as Senior Executive Director, oCISO, at Optiv, where he provided executive-level advisement to the company’s Fortune 100 clients. Cordero has been a key driver in the cloud adoption space; since 2011 he has led creation of the industry standard control framework for cloud security, the Cloud Security Alliance’s (CSA) Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). For his contributions to cloud security and adoption, the CSA awarded him the 2013 Ron Knode Service Award for North America and he was inducted in 2016 by the CSA as an Inaugural Research Fellow.

Synopsis

The cloud has changed how we do business, making work more intuitive, connected, open, and collaborative. This change has presented new security risks, unlike what enterprises have seen before. As enterprises continue to adopt new clouds, with or without the involvement of IT and Security, new ways of defending, responding to, and technical control capabilities are required to succeed in this new reality. In this talk, practitioners will hear from Cloud industry leader, Sean Cordero, who will provide tips, lessons learned, and recommendations on how to defend from these new vectors of attack and share the lessons learned from defending some of the largest public and private organizations in the world. Attendees will learn: 1. Common challenges & cloud sourced risks facing organizations in a cloud-first world and how to address them. 2. Technological innovations which have enabled large enterprises to securely adopt cloud services while protecting their core data assets. 3. Real-world examples of modern attacks used to damage public and private organizations which leverage the cloud.

Brian Johnson leads Information Security Platforms and Operations teams at PayPal, with tireless focus on maintaining customer trust while ensuring the security of more than $1B USD in transactions processed each day through globally deployed critical payment and corporate applications, data, and systems. Brian builds on over 20 years of experience in enterprise Information Technology across industries including Software, Government, eCommerce, Fintech and Financial Services. Known as an innovative, strategic thinker, Brian has a firm grasp of business-aligned application of technology and a track record of successes through lasting relationships with customers and partners, credibility with executives and boards, and respectful leadership of high performing experts in their craft to solve critical business challenges. He is recognized for his ability to build and lead teams with diverse and deep technical expertise through wonderful successes, along with learnings from some outstanding failures, on portfolios of broadly complex and highly visible initiatives.

Synopsis

This roundtable is for attendees for executives with VIP badges ONLY. The Moderator will introduce and begin discussion on the topic. This session is intended for audience participation so be ready to discuss, receive valuable information, and connect with others for further discussion.

Adam is a Technical Specialist for Unitrends field marketing team supporting digital and in market events. Adam has been Unitrends for 3+ years, during which time he’s been delighted at the opportunity to work with customers, prospects, and partners alike to solve challenges around business continuity. Prior to joining Unitrends, Adam worked with national IT solutions provider CDW, solving customer challenges by leveraging hardware, software, and professional services across a number of technology verticals.

Synopsis

In a landscape that’s rapidly changing, IT professionals are managing more work, projects, and risk than ever before. While external threats such as malware and natural disasters cause significant downtime and data loss without proper BCDR implementation, organizations must also be prepared to safeguard from within. Data continues to grow at an exponential rate, and not only on-premises. As cloud-delivered solutions such as IaaS and SaaS are rapidly adopted by an increasing number of organizations, and the workforce itself is becoming increasingly dispersed and mobile, organizations must consider data protection strategies to address gaps in BC/DR outside the traditional data center. Join Adam Marget, Technical Specialist from Unitrends, as we explore the evolving landscape of data protection, cloud’s growing role, BC/DR strategies to safeguard local, remote, and cloud-based workloads, and best practices in planning your DR approach.

Mike Rutigliano is a Principal Systems Engineer for Extreme Networks covering the Arizona, New Mexico and El Paso territories. He is also a specialist in data center technologies within our Western region. Mike came to Extreme Networks thru the buyout of Brocade’ Data Center product portfolio. Mike is a veteran within the IT and Communications industry, leveraging his 35 year experiences in Engineering, Technical Sales and IT Management. He has held System Engineering positions with Cisco Systems, Shortel, Foundry Networks, and International Telecommunications Systems (subsidiary of SITA). As an end user, Mike has held Engineering positions with Goldman Sachs, and Chase Manhattan. Mike also has worked in IT Management as a Director of Telecommunications for PCS Health Systems (known now as a division of Caremark). I currently reside in Cave Creek Arizona, and in my spare time, I enjoy weightlifting, cooking and music (keyboard player for an amateur band called Wysdomb).

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Fabric Connect, Extreme’s Campus Fabric technology, is one of the industry’s most innovative technologies. Delivering simplicity, agility and inherent security, Fabric Connect uniquely solves many of the limitations of traditional network designs – allowing network operators to do network changes far faster and without risk. Attend this breakout session and learn what Fabric Connect is, how it works, what the use cases are for deployment and how to get started with migrating to this technology.

Cory Sober has been focused on embracing technology as a key business enabler for nearly 20 years. Prior to joining Fortinet in 2018, Cory served as IT Director for energy companies including Rimrock Midstream and UpWind Solutions where he was focused on rapid business growth, mergers and acquisitions, data center management and IT Operations. Today, Cory leads a team of Fortinet Systems Engineers across the Western United States, tasked with helping customers bring higher levels of speed, stability and security to their business.

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The world has changed, and so have the priorities of countless technology leaders worldwide. Join Fortinet for an interactive conversation over lunch. We’ll discuss insights about how COVID-19 has changed our industry for good including how threat actors are leveraging new weaknesses created by the pandemic. Leverage your workforce’s potential without sacrificing cyber security interests during the uncertain times and beyond.

Ryan joined Veeam in April of 2018. Prior to joining Veeam, Ryan spent 10 years in technology from non-profits to enterprise organizations and also spent some time teaching at Maricopa Community College.

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Ransomware protection offers security strategies that go beyond endpoint protection. A recent report found that 75% of organizations infected with ransomware had up-to-date endpoint protection at the time, which suggests they need more advanced strategies to maintain availability. Enabling automatic recovery of data at any given point, cloud-based disaster recovery solutions are an effective way to protect from ransomware.

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Overview of the challenges companies face with deploying such a critical identity and access control mechanism in their business. Discussion of the Do's and Don'ts as well as best practices for a quick and effective PAM rollout. Remediant's flagship product, SecureONE, is the next-generation Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution. SecureONE takes a completely new approach: continuously monitoring for changes, and dynamically allocating privileged access. Nothing else makes PAM this easy. With no agents to install, SecureONE is the “easy” button for PAM.

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The roles and responsibilities of the IT team have historically been well understood. However, IT of tomorrow needs to be in the driving seat for marketing, intelligence, and insights surrounding the company’s customers and markets. The future IT moves at a fast pace and uses new technologies to respond to changing customers trends/needs quickly – while relying on solid, foundational IT. The evolution of digital technologies enables IT insights and new engagements models, new services, and new products.

A 23-year veteran in Information Technology, Gabe currently serves as the Director of Information Technology in Development & Engineering Services, responsible for the IT delivery of the next generation CMS system for USAA. The mission of USAA is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through the provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services. Prior to joining USAA, Gabe spent the last ~18 years at a sourcing and procurement software company based in Phoenix and headquartered in the UK where is served as the Chief Technology Officer. Proactis developed tools that enable large organizations to optimize their procurement processes by saving time and money on goods and services. Prior to joining Proactis, Gabe was with the largest search engine provider of the 90’s, Northern Light Technology. He served in many technical roles including customer project branding, new product development, and Digital VMS administration. Gabe received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Wentworth Institute of Technology, a nationally-ranked engineering college located in downtown Boston. In his free time, Gabe loves spending time traveling with his amazing wife and 3 wonderful children.

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The Business need for usable data and automation is ever increasing. In order to stay aligned in business, IT Departments must help companies in making the best use of all the data collection. Come join our panel discussion to learn more about this and some best practices.

David Anderson is a Solutions Architect at MemSQL. His experience spans over 18 years of enterprise data solutions, including multiple database software platforms and operating systems. He is a veteran Database Administrator and Architect, having worked at multiple nationwide organizations prior to moving into Solutions Engineering at Oracle and finally MemSQL.

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Delivering operational analytics at scale is the key to real-time dashboards, predictive analytics, machine learning, and enhanced customer experiences which differentiate digital transformation leaders from the followers. However, companies are struggling to build these new solutions because existing legacy database architectures cannot meet the demands placed on them. The existing data infrastructure cannot scale to the load put on it, and it doesn’t natively handle all the new sources of data. The separation of technologies between the transactional and analytic technologies results in hard tradeoffs that leave solutions lacking in operational capability, analytics performance, or both. In this session, Dave Anderson, Principal Solutions Engineer at MemSQL, will discuss designing and implementing fast, scalable SQL, and data platforms to power today's modern applications. He'll discuss approaches to achieve streaming data ingestion from the multitude of data sources, elastic and scalable data architectures, enabling real-time dashboards, and enabling a data platform for the Cloud.