California Technology Summit Agenda

Allen Ohanian is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Departmental Information Security Officer for Los Angeles County DCFS, leading cybersecurity governance, risk management, and resilience in a mission-critical public-sector environment. He bridges cybersecurity, data governance, and human behavior (cyber psychology), with a practical focus on how AI is reshaping attacker tactics, deception, and decision risk—especially across modern collaboration ecosystems. A Ph.D. candidate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Allen’s research examines how cybersecurity culture, organizational trust, and conscientiousness influence employee cyber risk-taking behavior. He chairs cross-agency cybersecurity risk and resilience workgroups, aligning standards, third-party assurance, and incident readiness across diverse stakeholders. A national and international keynote speaker and moderator, Allen covers AI-enabled threats (including deepfakes and synthetic identity), organizational resilience, and translating cyber risk into clear executive and board-level decisions.

Keynote Speaker's Bio

Dr. Victor Monga is a seasoned cybersecurity executive and technologist with over 21 years of experience building and leading security programs across Fortune 500 companies, U.S. government entities, defense contractors, and mid-sized organizations. He currently serves at Virtually Testing Foundation and has held key security leadership roles at the U.S. Air Force contractor ecosystem, major film studios, VMware, and Palo Alto Networks.

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David is a Cybersecurity Evangelist at TPx Communications, where he simplifies security and compliance for businesses navigating digital transformation. With 40+ years of hands-on experience across the full spectrum of IT—from early programming and systems architecture to modern cloud ecosystems and threat landscapes—he translates complex security challenges into actionable strategies. A battle-tested technologist, David has led IT businesses, architected networks, and weathered the evolution of cyber threats. Passionate about efficiency and risk reduction, he helps organizations strengthen their security posture without unnecessary complexity.

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What if your cybersecurity strategy was a cross-country road trip—with ransomware hiding in the potholes? Discover how to map uncharted risks, pack unseen essentials, and train reluctant copilots before the engine starts. We’ll navigate dark highways where threats loom and rest stops save your engine. Your destination? A future where breaches don’t derail you. Leave with the map to a future where threats don’t define your destination.

Kaila Mathis is Vice President of Marketing at Atakama, where she leads the company’s go-to-market strategy and market education around browser security. She works closely with cybersecurity leaders, MSPs, and Atakama’s technical team to communicate emerging risks such as shadow AI, unsanctioned application usage, credential exposure, and sensitive data movement. Drawing on her experience scaling cybersecurity companies, Kaila focuses on helping organizations understand how they can embrace AI and modern browser-based work while maintaining visibility, control, and security.

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Please join Atakama for a practical discussion on why Shadow AI has made the browser one of the most significant blind spots in today’s security stack. As employees increasingly use AI tools, SaaS applications, web portals, and cloud-based workflows, sensitive data and business activity are moving directly through the browser session—often without IT or security oversight.
We will examine the emerging threats security teams need to address, including unsanctioned AI usage, SaaS sprawl, risky browser extensions, credential exposure, and browser-based data leakage. Attendees will learn how browser security can provide the visibility, governance, and policy enforcement needed to protect users and data while complementing the security tools already in place.

Martin Suarez has been a cybersecurity sales evangelist for ESET for over nine years. He has experience in various B2B customer segments servicing MSP, VAR, and Distribution channel partners. Within the MSP channel, he worked with service providers and SMB end-customers, where his primary focus was recommending effective security platform solutions to protect customers while enhancing partner profitability. He has served as a brand ambassador and consultant to both MSP and VAR resellers, leveraging ESET’s robust solutions and programs to grow their business. Martin is currently serving partners on the West as a Channel Account Manager, supporting reseller-partners that service SMB, Mid-Market, and Enterprise clients.

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In today’s digital age, cybersecurity risk insurance and AI advancements are reshaping business security strategies. Cybersecurity insurance is crucial for mitigating the financial impacts of cyber threats, while AI offers both enhanced protection and new challenges. This presentation explores the evolving cyber insurance landscape and the transformative role of AI in cybersecurity. By integrating these insights, businesses can better navigate modern cybersecurity complexities. Leveraging cyber insurance and AI innovations, organizations can safeguard their digital assets in an interconnected world.

Mike Janson is a seasoned technologist and Field Sales Engineer with over 25 years of experience in data center architecture, cybersecurity, and enterprise backup solutions. With a background in both engineering leadership and technical presales, Mike specializes in helping organizations simplify and secure their backup infrastructure through immutable, high-performance on-prem storage. At Object First, Mike works closely with partners and customers to deploy Zero Trust Data Recovery solutions that eliminate complexity and reduce risk. He brings deep expertise in secure data protection strategies, Veeam integration, and scalable storage architecture — making him a trusted voice for backup resilience in the face of modern ransomware threats. Mike holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and has presented across national forums on topics ranging from secure infrastructure design to data protection best practices.

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96% of ransomware attacks target backup data. In the past, having endpoint protection and securing your infrastructure may have been sufficient. Still, today, businesses recognize that security measures will fail, and the threat of ransomware is “when,” not “if”. Ransomware targets backups because bad actors know that if they can take out the possibility of recovery, the ransom is all but guaranteed. Paired with the fact that backup solutions today are often too complex, fragile, and slow to recover, businesses frequently find themselves choosing between a suboptimal recovery option and the risk of paying for a decryption tool that may not even work.

This session shows how to transform your backups from a weak point into your last line of defense against ransomware. Learn how Object First delivers secure, simple, and powerful backup storage purpose-built for Veeam that’s absolutely immutable. With the ultimate ransomware defense, you and your organization become Simply Resilient.

• 20+ years experience in security & technology
• Military veteran of the United States Navy
• Book author (Cloud Attack Vectors – on Amazon!)
• Book Contributor (Identity Attack Vectors)
• Book Editor (Privilege Attack Vectors)
• Several Articles on Dark Reading, CSO, Security Brief, across UAE, APJ and UK
• Written Compliance Matrix for PAM – CIS 20/18, Mitre, ISO, PCI, NIST & GDPR
• Operated as Deputy CTO and Deputy CISO roles at BeyondTrust
• Former Practitioner

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As threats have evolved so too has the approach to Modern Identity Security. A Privilege-Centric approach must be adopted and considered with this evolution. Identity and user management for all accounts within an organization must mature to meet the demands of the cloud, nonhuman identities, Agentic AI and modern attack vectors. Your PAM strategy must now manage and mitigate not only traditional privileged access (root and admin) but also attacks against identities with a path to privileged access.
These paths to privilege still remain one of the most valuable targets for cybercriminals because many organizations are defending their environments with fragmented or siloed security strategies and solutions. Security gaps and risks lie in endpoints, cloud environments, Saas Applications, third-party access and now Agentic AI and NHI which make the battleground even harder to defend. Identity Security builds on the foundation of defense-in-depth, coupling visibility with least privilege and Zero Trust while addressing critical risks with priority and exposing less-than critical risks for awareness.
Leverage a strategy that works, improves compliance, helps meet cyber insurance mandates, enhances security posture, while giving you the visibility needed to protect your environment.

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AI is being touted as the solution to modern networking challenges—promising to simplify operations, improve security, and ease the burden on IT teams. With networks growing more complex than ever, the appeal of AI-driven automation is undeniable. But can AI truly solve the underlying problems, or is it just addressing symptoms? In this presentation, we’ll explore the evolution of network complexity, why traditional architectures are so difficult to manage, and how AI is being applied to address these challenges. We’ll examine the reality behind AI’s promises and whether it can finally deliver the simplicity and efficiency network operators have been chasing for decades. Is AI the breakthrough we've been waiting for, or is there something deeper at play? Let’s find out!

Operationalizing AI: How are IT Teams Leveraging AI to be More Efficient & Secure

Bill's Topic

What are You Doing Around the Customer Experience?

Jeromy's Topic

Resources & Staffing in Today's Landscape

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The executive roundtables are for attendees with VIP badges only. The roundtables are intended for audience participation so be ready to discuss, receive valuable information, and connect with others for further discussion.

Chris Crocco is Director of Observability and Assurance for Splunk Platform. When he's not getting nerdy with all things data, you'll find Chris hiking or snowboarding in the Colorado mountains.

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Building a resilient organization in the new AI world is increasingly challenging as systems grow more distributed, intelligent, and fast moving. As AI accelerates innovation and reshapes digital experiences, organizations need strong observability to understand system behavior and maintain reliability, while thoughtfully integrating security to manage risk without slowing progress. This session explores how leading organizations balance observability and security to strengthen resilience, improve operational efficiency, and adapt in real time. Learn from industry peers, uncover emerging trends, and gain practical best practices for building an AI ready organization designed to evolve with confidence.

Benjamin Longuechaud is a Sales Engineering Lead at Thales. With a robust background in cybersecurity and data management, Benjamin brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to his role. His focus is on providing clients with strategic insights and tailored solutions that enhance their data security frameworks. Having worked in the technology sector for several years, Benjamin has cultivated a deep understanding of the challenges organizations face in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. He is passionate about empowering businesses to safeguard their sensitive information while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.

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As artificial intelligence and quantum computing continue to advance and impact various industries, they present new and complex challenges for data and application security. The session will begin with an overview of AI, examining the unique vulnerabilities and threat vectors associated with AI technologies, including concerns related to data integrity, privacy, and the reliability of AI-driven systems. Thales has been ideally positioned to collaborate with clients to understand these challenges and support secure deployment of AI capabilities.
The presentation will then proceed to analyze issues related to Post-Quantum Cryptography. With the imminent development of quantum computing, traditional cryptographic methods face considerable risks, emphasizing the need for a transition to quantum-resistant algorithms. This session will highlight key security considerations involved in developing a roadmap toward PQC and describe how Thales has been assisting clients in addressing these challenges over the past few years.
Drawing on practical experience and insights from the field, attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to address the combined challenges of securing AI environments and preparing for a post-quantum future.

Mark Brandow is a Lead Technical Expert, focusing on Digital Core Modernization with extensive experience in telecommunications. With more than 28 years of IT industry experience, where 14 of those years were spent as a telecommunication architect and operations manager. Mark is passionate about fostering a holistic and consultative approach to understanding customer business objective, requirements, and challenges. With his experience as a past customer and partner, and 10 years at Hitachi Vantara, Mark specializes in sales enablement practices and methodologies built on business insights, discovery, and competitive analysis while building partnerships and trust with executive leaders, stakeholders, technologists, and partners.

Synopsis

Successful AI adoption starts with a modern data foundation that can manage explosive data growth while delivering security, availability, and simplicity at scale. By modernizing data infrastructure, organizations create the trusted platform required to fuel both today's workloads and tomorrow's AI opportunities.

Vincent Vuong is CEO of Dynascale Technologies, where he leads the company’s vision to deliver secure, compliant, and cost-efficient managed IT and cloud solutions. With decades of experience in IT infrastructure and business growth, Vince has built Dynascale into a trusted partner for enterprises seeking performance, flexibility, and innovation. Under his leadership, the company has expanded its private cloud and managed service platforms to support modern workloads, AI adoption, and critical compliance needs. Vince’s focus on integrity, customer success, and long-term partnerships defines Dynascale’s “Your Cloud. Your Way.” approach.

Speaker's Bio

Meg Mananian is COO of Dynascale Technologies, overseeing operations, go-to-market strategy, and customer success. With over a decade of leadership experience in cloud infrastructure and SaaS, she has built high-performing teams that deliver growth, efficiency, and exceptional client service. Previously CRO at Convoso, Meg doubled sales revenue while leading sales, customer service, and support teams. At Dynascale, she focuses on aligning people, processes, and technology to scale the business and deliver white-glove client experiences. Meg’s forward-thinking leadership and commitment to Dynascale’s core values—Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, Dependability, and Adaptability—ensure the company is positioned for long-term success.

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David Closson is CIO of Dynascale Technologies, responsible for architecting secure, high-performance private cloud environments tailored to enterprise needs. With deep expertise in cloud modernization, disaster recovery, and zero-trust security, David ensures Dynascale’s infrastructure delivers both reliability and innovation. He has led large-scale IT initiatives across industries, with a focus on compliance and efficiency. At Dynascale, David drives technical strategy and builds GPU-ready solutions that power AI workloads and advanced applications. Known for his problem-solving mindset and customer-first approach, he ensures Dynascale remains a trusted partner for organizations navigating complex cloud challenges.

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Costs, compliance, and complexity collide. Here’s how to steer clear of the fallout.

Aaron Murphy is the Field CTO for the Americas. Aaron has more than 25 years of experience with Enterprise data management including backup, security, availability, DR and governance.
Originally from the UK and now living in New Jersey he has extensive experience in the EMEA and Americas markets including global organizations concerned with data management best practices and regulatory requirements such as those in Finance, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and Government.
Aaron believes passionately in data science and has championed applications that use data, machine learning and dashboards for competitive advantage. He also believes strongly in the power of automation and API's and loves to talk about integrating Veeam with automation, security, reporting and compliance systems.

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Today there are many challenges faced by IT leaders when looking to better prepare, defend, mitigate impact and recover from cyber attacks. This presentation will look at unbiased primary research and trends in the industry and identify challenges that we all face and reveal what organizations are looking for and why in order to develop a better cyber security posture, close gaps, inefficiencies and potential problems.

Sal is an accomplished leader with a 25-year track record of delivering high-performance solutions that slash costs, improve productivity and drive incremental sales growth. I have successfully led high-profile initiatives for such organizations as Microsoft, Bank of the West, Cisco Systems, Wells Fargo, PMI Mortgage, eFueler.com, and Tata Unisys. Highly skilled in evaluating needs and issues, defining strategies and solutions, and implementing repeatable processes, platforms, tools, and systems to enhance awareness and growth of products and services.

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Aligning IT & Business

Mel's Topic

Coach Mel's 5 V's Framework to Creating a True North

James' Topic

Building Resilient & Loyal Teams Through Communication

Synopsis

The executive roundtables are for attendees with VIP badges only. The roundtables are intended for audience participation so be ready to discuss, receive valuable information, and connect with others for further discussion.

Over 25 years’ experience in the Technology field. Currently a Solutions Engineer at Netwrix responsible for demonstrating the solutions of Netwrix and in a previous life prepared course materials and taught classes related to network security, network administration, and network engineering.

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Because attackers don't break in anymore... they log in.

Bruce Johnson has worked in the IT industry for over 30 years with IBM, Cisco Systems and now Ericsson. He is a security CISSP and has been working in security for over 20 years. He loves speaking about relevant wireless and cybersecurity solutions and how they can accelerate business growth. He delivers compelling presentations at networking and security events around the world. In his current role, he focuses on 5G networking and security solutions with Ericsson. Bruce has a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Statistics from Brigham Young University. He lives in the foothills of northern Utah and enjoys hiking, mountain biking, and woodworking.

Synopsis

The network of the future isn't just wired and wireless—it's in orbit. We’ll map out the convergence of 5G and LEO satellite WANs, showing you how to create a secure, resilient architecture for your agency that eliminates dead zones and redefines the edge for mission-critical operations.

Wes Spencer, a renowned technology innovator and co-founder of multiple cybersecurity companies, including Perch Security (acquired in 2020), boasts a stellar reputation in the industry. He's been honored with prestigious awards like the 2020 Cybersecurity Educator of the Year by the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Wes has been featured in top-tier publications like The Wall Street Journal, Pro Publica, and Dark Reading.

Currently, Wes holds key positions at FifthWall Solutions as Vice President and Channel Chief, specializing in cybersecurity insurance, and also serves as Vice President of Cybersecurity Strategy at CyberFOX, showcasing his significant impact and leadership in the cybersecurity sector.

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As cybersecurity evolves, protecting organizations from threats gets tougher. Verizon states 90% of Windows breaches arise from user privileges. Reduce risk by removing Admin rights despite potential frustration. Join CyberFOX to learn how to balance security and user ease, safeguarding your organization.

Michael Soule specializes in product development and innovation for public cloud technologies at Sentinel Technologies, a nationwide managed services provider. He has extensive experience in consulting on identity, governance, and administration for a wide range of customers.

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Ensuring a secure identity is crucial in today's cybersecurity practices, but unfortunately, traditional identity practices are outdated and not entirely secure. In this upcoming exploration, we will delve into the challenges that many encounter when attempting to adopt more modern and secure identity practices. Prepare yourself for a wealth of informative insights as well as practical and actionable guidance that can help you improve your security practices.

In addition to being a Data Protection & Privacy Architech with Capgemini, Harvey is also the Director of ISACA Houston. He is very involved in the IS community in Houston and enjoys bringing people together to share knowledge and experience on a variety of topics relating to IT & IS.

David Sledge's Bio

David is an engaging information technology and cyber security leader with more than 15 years of leadership experience in the information technology field. He is enthusiastic about building diverse, collaborative teams while leading by example, genuinely understands the importance of inspiring change through influence, the propensity to connect with people and building relationships through learning from & listening to others. He is driven in the pursuit to growth professionally and personally while working to reach new people to expand the cyber security community.

Clif Triplett's Bio

Clif is a senior executive with broad and in-depth experience and knowledge of nearly all facets of information technology on a global basis. He has significant experience with Fortune 200 companies and industry leaders in the oilfield services, tractor, automotive, aerospace, defense and telecommunication industries. Respected leader, innovator, and change agent with keen ability to quickly assess a situation and create a strategy and architecture that best serves the need of the particular company. Has developed and driven market and internal strategic initiatives for major enterprises, start-ups, turnarounds, divestitures, mergers and acquisitions. Leader acknowledged for integrity, strategic thinking, architectural strength, operational excellence, manufacturing expertise, information security and global business acumen.

Chris Nicolaou's Bio

Chris is a solutions-oriented technology leader with an entrepreneurial spirit. With 20+ years of experience in strategic roles, often at the intersection of IT and new business development, he has expertise in cybersecurity, enterprise architecture (cloud and on-premise), ITIL v3, Lean IT, and Agile as well as business modeling, risk assessment and client engagement. He is also passionate about team development.

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This panel will cover an array of differenct topics, come and listen!

Dan has been in the Information Technology security industry for 25+ years with a strong background in endpoint security spending 8 years in multiple post-sales support roles at Trend Micro. He transitioned to pre-sales in 2010 with companies such as Kaspersky, Carbon Black, Endgame, Websense and Bitglass. Dan has spent the last 5 years at Axonius as a Senior Sales Engineer working with all types of customers in all verticals to help solve their asset management challenges.

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Tired of the gap between security compliance and applicability? This session explores how to turn CIS Controls 1& 2, Asset Inventory and Secure Configuration, into actionable steps that strengthen your organization’s security foundation. We’ll discuss why these controls are essential for measuring and reducing risk, and how to apply them in ways that drive real outcomes rather than just checking compliance boxes. You will gain practical guidance to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and translate security requirements into meaningful results.

Scaling What Matters: Redefining Leadership and Success in the Age of AI

Victor's Topic

Zero Trust: Where Do We Start, and Does It Ever End

Israel's Topic

Doing the Most with a Limited Budget

Synopsis

The executive roundtables are for attendees with VIP badges only. The roundtables are intended for audience participation so be ready to discuss, receive valuable information, and connect with others for further discussion.

Steve joined Arcserve as a Solution Consultant in June of 2011. Prior to joining Arcserve, Steve spent five years working as an IT Manager for a Contract Manufacturer in the biotech industry (San Diego, CA) and before that spent seven years as a Sr. Systems Engineer between two local San Diego value-added resellers. His primary focus over the past decade has been educating and enabling customers and partners on the Arcserve portfolio of data protection solutions—including backup/disaster recovery, business continuity and high availability.

Synopsis

When it comes to cyberattacks, catastrophe is just around the corner, and even data security best practices may not be good enough for today’s onslaught of evolving threats. The only way to ensure IT systems and data are safe is to use a multi-layer solution that includes anti-ransomware and other threat prevention technologies and DR for protection against data loss.

Learn how you can prevent cyberattacks and immediately restore business-critical data – no ransom required.

Pat Nurre has been with Absolute for 10 years as a Sales Engineer and is based in Houston, TX. He covers the SLED accounts for the southern states from Mississippi to California.

Synopsis

The secret to the best Cyber Security Hygiene solution. Can you really manage your whole environment if you can’t see the full picture?

Joe Nay is a Sales Engineer at Horizon3.ai, where he works with security teams to turn autonomous pentesting results into real risk reduction. Drawing on years of hands-on penetration testing and consulting experience, he helps organizations move from check-the-box security to continuous, proof-driven validation of their attack surface.

Synopsis

Most security programs measure effort — not outcomes. Organizations patch thousands of vulnerabilities, deploy dozens of tools, and run annual tabletop exercises… but when an attacker shows up, none of that matters.

What matters is whether they can prove their defenses actually work.

In this talk, Horizon3.ai shares how leading organizations are using autonomous pentesting to see their environment through the attacker’s eyes — continuously, safely, and at scale. By shifting from assumptions to proof, they’ve learned to:
• Prioritize what’s exploitable. Focus limited resources on the weaknesses that truly put the business at risk that are known to be abused by threat actors.
• Quickly fix what matters. Close the loop from find → fix → verify and reduce your exploitable attack surface.
• Reduce attacker dwell time. Use pentest results to precisely deploy honeyTokens to detect compromise early, and to continuously prove your EDR and SIEM are tuned and working as intended.

Cyber resilience isn’t about being perfect — it’s about getting better over time. And the only perspective that truly matters is the attacker’s.

Since 1981 James Del Monte has been a leader in the Houston IT Employment space as an executive recruiter specializing in senior level positions and key technology areas like info/sec. Over his career as President of JDA Professional Services he has filled thousands of positions and helped countless professionals advance their careers. James has shared his views on the employment market, compensation trends and interviewing at several trade groups, conferences, publications and has been top rated for his speaking skills and humor.

Synopsis

This presentation is based on interviews with Houston executives from companies ranging from fortune 100 to 250M. It represents their views of key success factors and what they look for when hiring or promoting.

Clif is a senior executive with broad and in-depth experience and knowledge of nearly all facets of information technology on a global basis. He has significant experience with Fortune 200 companies and industry leaders in the oilfield services, tractor, automotive, aerospace, defense and telecommunication industries. Respected leader, innovator, and change agent with keen ability to quickly assess a situation and create a strategy and architecture that best serves the need of the particular company. Has developed and driven market and internal strategic initiatives for major enterprises, start-ups, turnarounds, divestitures, mergers and acquisitions. Leader acknowledged for integrity, strategic thinking, architectural strength, operational excellence, manufacturing expertise, information security and global business acumen.

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SIM Members + IT/IS Managers & Above

Thomas Mazzaferro is a executive recognized globally for pioneering advancements in AI, data, and digital transformation across leading banking and fintech organizations. With a career spanning executive leadership roles at Truist, Western Union, HSBC, and JPMorgan Chase, he has directed multi-billion-dollar strategies that fuse innovation with operational discipline to deliver sustained competitive advantage.

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The next evolution of artificial intelligence is not simply generating content. It is enabling autonomous systems that can reason, interact with enterprise applications and execute business processes on behalf of employees and customers. This shift introduces a new category of enterprise risk. AI agents require access to data, applications, systems and credentials, creating challenges that traditional cybersecurity, identity and governance models were never designed to address. This keynote examines how enterprises can prepare for the agentic AI era by building a unified approach to data protection, identity security and AI governance. Attendees will explore the emerging requirements for governing non-human identities, managing AI agent access, protecting sensitive data and maintaining continuous compliance. The session will provide executives with a practical framework for balancing innovation and risk: creating the visibility needed to understand AI activity, implementing controls that enable responsible automation and establishing the operating model required to scale AI across the organization. The future enterprise will not just use AI. It will govern, secure and trust AI at scale.

David is a Senior AI/ML Engineer at NetApp, where he’s dedicated to empowering developers to build, scale, and deploy AI/ML models in production. He brings deep expertise in building and training models for applications like NLP, data visualization, and real-time analytics. His mission is to help users build, train, and deploy AI models efficiently, making advanced machine learning accessible to individuals of all levels.
Prior to NetApp, he developed advanced conversational AI solutions and drove AI platform growth, specializing in NLP. David frequently shares his insights at industry conferences and workshops, offering hands-on guidance for implementing AI/ML in cloud environments. David's experience includes Kubernetes, VMware virtualization, backup/recovery solutions, and hardware storage adaptor firmware/drivers.

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As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes industries, the risk of adversarial manipulation presents critical security and ethical challenges. AI models, inherently vulnerable to subtle manipulations, can be deceived through techniques such as crafted data perturbations, targeted misinformation, and sophisticated attacks. This session shines a spotlight on the human factor in securing AI systems, highlighting the role of informed teams in identifying, understanding, and mitigating these adversarial threats. Participants will discover how human-driven design and proactive security practices can form the foundation for resilient, trustworthy AI systems. Through real-world scenarios and practical demonstrations, attendees will discover how adversarial attacks exploit vulnerabilities in machine learning systems-and more importantly, how humans can effectively intervene to disrupt these attacks.
This session will present frameworks and actionable strategies to strengthen AI defenses proactively.
Attendees will leave empowered with knowledge and tools to foster secure, reliable, and ethically sound AI practices within their organizations.