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Overview

The 3rd Annual Florida Technology Summit will be held on November 15th, 2022 from 8am-4pm.

The theme for this year's event is “Strategically Accelerating our Businesses through IT and Security." This B-B event is targeted for the Technology and Security community.  Attendees consist of IT/IS Executives and Direct reports across all verticals within the state of Florida interested in Networking, Researching/Learning, Career Advancement, and Purchasing. Attend the Florida Technology Summit to get the right tools and make vital connections to best prepare your company for the broad spectrum of ever-changing technology trends.

Governing Body Members

Glen Armes
CISO
Old Republic Title

Wilson Bautista Jr.
Founder and CISO
Jün Cyber

Larry Blakely
Director, VP of IT
Company - Confidential

Keyvan Bohlooli
SVP, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer
Naturener USA, LLC

Dennis Devlin
Consumer Security Advocate
Gryphon Online Safety, Inc.

James J.J. Farrell
Senior VP of IT Audit
Citi

Rick Granzow
CIO and VP of IT
Superior Group of Companies

Chris Hall
Senior Vice President, CIO
KEMET Electronics Corporation

Russell Haupert
CIO/CTO, Director of Technology & Innovation
City of Tampa

Renata Kobylinkski
Director of Hosting & Engineering Services
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Sridhar Kocharlakota
IT Director
Energy Insurance Mutual

Joe Kwo
Chief Information and Technology Officer
Bisk

Ray Moore
Cybersecurity Architect
United States Special Operations Command

Charles P.
CISO
WFG

Chris Ramos
VP of IT
Amscot Financial

Marcus Session
VP of Information Technology Services
Hillsborough County Aviation Authority

Andy Swenson
Advisory Board
Trash Butler

Krizi Trivisani
Former CISO
American Red Cross

Melissa Wykle
Executive Vice President, CDO
Morgan & Morgan, P.A.

Lisa Young
VP of Cyber Risk Engineering and Board Member
Axio and (ISC)2

Sponsors

We would like to thank our all of our sponsors for being a part of this year's Florida Technology Summit. From being a sponsor, you will be recognized for the education and mission your company contributes to our tradeshow, panels, and sessions. Many of our sponsors have been a part of our annual summit for many years and we are proud to support them. See below for a list of our present and past sponsors.

Gold Sponsors

https://datacore.com

DataCore Software is the authority on software-defined storage. Its patented technologies empower IT organizations to achieve a highly-efficient, high-performance, always-available software-defined storage infrastructure by providing ultimate flexibility and eliminating vendor lock-in. An industry pioneer in software-defined storage, DataCore has extended its technological innovation to hyperconverged infrastructure solutions to broaden the possibilities of what organizations can do with ultra-efficient data systems in traditional, hyperconverged and hybrid cloud environments. DataCore’s proven, mature and reliable solutions help more than 10,000 customers worldwide eliminate downtime and increase storage utilization at higher performance while reducing costs by 50 percent or more.

www.unitrends.com

Unitrends Unified BCDR enables our customers with a platform to address the challenges of today with a complete and agile solution designed to backup, secure, and recover all workloads. The platform encompasses protection for traditional data center infrastructure as well as cloud-based workloads, SaaS data, and the data being generated on endpoint devices such as laptops and remote PCs. Purposeful integrations with security tools provide end-to-end protection against cybercrime and human error, inject automation and artificial intelligence to simplify complex systems and provide a unified experience with visibility across a complete backup infrastructure.

Silver Sponsors

https://www.komprise.com

Komprise is the industry’s only multi-cloud data management-as-a-service that frees you to analyze, mobilize, and access the right file and object data across clouds without shackling your data to any vendor. With Komprise Intelligent Data Management, you can know first, move smart, and take control of massive unstructured data growth while cutting 70% of enterprise storage, backup, and cloud costs.

www.nasuni.com

Nasuni® is a file services platform built for the cloud, powered by the world’s only global file system, UniFS®. Nasuni consolidates Network Attached Storage (NAS) and file server silos in cloud storage, delivering infinite scale, built-in backup, global file sharing, and local file server performance, all at half the cost of traditional file infrastructures.

www.nix-united.com

NIX United is a global software development company that delivers services to leading brands from different business verticals. Since 1994, we have created software solutions that boost companies, transforming business capabilities into tangible advantages and measurable values and efficiently addressing present-day business challenges across technologies, data, and processes.

Our main differentiating factor is a holistic, detail-oriented approach to product creation, which has evolved into a precise and reliable mechanism over the years of experience. It focuses primarily on achieving clients' strategic goals and contributing to their business growth and prosperity rather than simply performing tasks. In each particular case, we identify the most suitable solution and select the most appropriate technology stacks and approaches to cover the client's needs and requirements.

https://www.zadara.com

Since 2011, Zadara’s Cloud Platform (ZCP) simplifies operational complexity through automated end-to-end infrastructure provisioning of compute, storage and network resources. Backed by an industry-best NPS rating of 71, Zadara Edge Cloud users are supported by Zadara’s team of battle-tested cloud experts and backed by our 100% SLA guarantee. With solutions available on-premises and through cloud and colocation providers, Zadara’s turnkey hardware/software, combined with its pay-only-for-what-you-use model, helps companies gain agility without sacrificing the features and functionality that enterprise IT teams demand. Zadara operates worldwide, including clouds in hundreds of data centers at public- and private-cloud partners, with an expert team that provides follow-the-sun services and support and is the official cloud supplier of Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN in the Formula One world championship. Zadara is headquartered in Irvine, California with locations in Cirencester (UK), Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Yokneam (Israel), Bangalore and Brazil.

Presentation Sponsors

https://accedian.com

Accedian is the leader in performance analytics, cybersecurity threat detection, and end user experience solutions, dedicated to providing our customers with the ability to assure and secure their digital infrastructure, while helping them to unlock the full productivity of their users. We are committed to empowering our customers with the ability to see far and wide across their IT and network infrastructure and a microscopic ability to dive deep and understand the experience and security of every user, helping them to delight and protect their own customers each and every time. Accedian has been delivering solutions to high profile customers globally for over 15 years.

https://www.code42.com

Code42 is the leader in next-gen data loss protection. Native to the cloud, the Code42 Next-Gen Data Loss Protection solution rapidly detects insider threats, helps satisfy regulatory compliance requirements and speeds incident response — all without lengthy deployments, complex policy management or blocks on user productivity. Security, IT and compliance professionals can protect endpoint and cloud data from loss, leak, misuse and theft while maintaining an open and collaborative culture for employees.

https://www.darktrace.com

Darktrace (DARK:L), a global leader in cyber security AI, delivers world-class technology that protects over 5,500 customers worldwide from advanced threats, including ransomware and cloud and SaaS attacks. The company’s fundamentally different approach applies Self-Learning AI to enable machines to understand the business in order to autonomously defend it. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company has 1,500 employees and over 30 offices worldwide. Darktrace was named one of TIME magazine’s ‘Most Influential Companies’ for 2021.

https://www.glasswallsolutions.com

Glasswall is a British cybersecurity company that keeps businesses moving with instant file protection. Its leading CDR technology instantly removes potential file-based threats, so organizations can trust every file. Deployed by intelligence agencies and loved by businesses, Glasswall is the simple way to protect against sophisticated file-based threats. Learn more at Glasswallsolutions.com

 

https://www.juniper.net

Juniper Networks challenges the inherent complexity that comes with networking in the multicloud era. We do this with products, solutions and services that transform the way people connect, work and live. We simplify the process of transitioning to a secure and automated multicloud environment to enable secure, scalable, AI-driven networks that connect the world.

www.nutanix.com

Nutanix makes infrastructure invisible, elevating IT to focus on the applications and services that power their organization. The Nutanix enterprise cloud platform delivers the agility, pay-as-you-grow economics and operational simplicity of the public cloud, without sacrificing the predictability, security and control of on premises infrastructure. Nutanix solutions leverage web-scale engineering and consumer-grade design to natively converge compute, virtualization and storage into a resilient, software-defined solution that delivers any application at any scale.

https://tpx.com

TPx Communications (tpx.com) is the premier national managed services provider, offering Unified Communications, Managed IT and security, managed connectivity and more nationwide – all with guaranteed performance.

https://veeam.com

Veeam® is the leader in backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management™. Veeam Availability Platform™ is the most complete backup solution for helping customers on the journey to achieving success in the 5 Stages of Cloud Data Management. Veeam has 355,000+ customers worldwide, including 82% of the Fortune 500 and 67% of the Global 2,000, with customer satisfaction scores at 3.5x the industry 9 average, the highest in the industry. Veeam’s global ecosystem includes 66,000 channel partners; Cisco, HPE, NetApp and Lenovo as exclusive resellers; and 22,500+ cloud and service providers. Headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, Veeam has offices in more than 30 countries.

Florida Technology Summit Agenda

The 2022 Agenda is in development. Below is an example from our prior conference.

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Main Stage

Unitrends Unified BCDR: Why Backup Alone is No Longer Enough

Adam Marget, Technical Marketing - Unitrends
Sponsored by: Unitrends
Presentation Giveaway: $500 Gift Card


9:00 - 10:00 AM

Tech Theater I

Simplifying Security for the Realistic Risks

Jonathan Goldberger, SVP Security Practice and Strategic Sales - TPx
Sponsored by: TPx Communications


9:00 - 10:00 AM

VIP Theater

CIO Forum: "2020" is Hindsight - Leadership Strategies Moving Forward (Breakfast Included)

**For IT Executives with VIP Badges**
Moderator: Renata Kobylinkski, Director of Hosting & Engineering Services - Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.


10:00 - 11:00 AM

Main Stage

How to Protect Your Most Valuable Asset (Your Data)

Brian Bashaw, Americas Field CTO - DataCore Software
Sponsored by: DataCore Software


10:00 - 11:00 AM

Tech Theater I

The One Hundred Million Dollar Bank Heist: A cautionary tale of insider threats and a false sense of security

Michael Bacon, Director of Enterprise Solution’s Marketing - Accedian
Sponsored by: Accedian


11:00 - 11:30 AM

Exhibit Hall

Networking / Tour Exhibits


11:30 - 12:30 PM

Main Stage

How to Build an Effective Insider Risk Management Program - without being Big Brother

Todd Thorsen, Director Information Security, Risk Management and Compliance - Code42
Sponsored by: Code42
Presentation Giveaway: Bose Headphones


11:30 - 12:30 PM

Tech Theater I

Moving Beyond the Hype of Ransomware

Chris Hoff, Security & Data Protection Marketing Manager - Veeam
Sponsored by: Veeam
Presentation Giveaway: $100 Amazon Gift Card


11:30 - 12:30 PM

VIP Theater

CISO Forum: How to Prepare your Organization for the Future

**For IT Executives with VIP Badges**
Sridhar Kocharlakota, IT Director - Energy Insurance Mutual


12:30 - 1:30 PM

Main Stage

Securing the Hybrid Cloud: Security Best Practices for Hybrid & Multicloud Environments along with other Zero Trust Strategies

Mark Benson, Sr. Systems Engineering Manager - Nutanix
Sponsored by: Nutanix
Presentation Giveaway: RTIC Soft Pack Cooler


12:30 - 1:30 PM

Tech Theater I

Self-Learning AI: Redefining Enterprise Security

Alyssa Sorenson, Sales Team Manager US-Central - Darktrace
Sponsored by: Darktrace
Presentation Giveaway: $150 Amazon Gift Card


1:30 - 2:30 PM

Main Stage

Create a Great Wireless End-User Experience with AI-driven WiFi and Bluetooth

Jess Ward, Area Vice President - East Region - Mist Systems
Sponsored by: Juniper Networks


1:30 - 2:30 PM

Tech Theater I

Restoring Trust & Integrity to Cybersecurity Standard Best Practices with CDR

Jessica Lynn, Partner Sales Director, North America - Glasswall Solutions
Greg Rhein, Solutions Architect - Glasswall Solutions
Pete Newman, US Sales Director - Glasswall Solutions
Sponsored by: Glasswall


2:30 - 3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall

Networking / Tour Exhibits


2:50 - 3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall

Vendor Giveaways


3:00 - 4:00 PM

Main Stage

Panel Discussion: Balancing the Virtual / In-person Workforce


Panelists:
Steve Hindle, Head of Global Security - Sitel Group
Sridhar Kocharlakota, IT Director - Energy Insurance Mutual
Gary Lowe, CEO and Founder - Think IT Ai


4:00 PM

Main Stage

Vacation Giveaway & Conference Wrap-Up


Exhibitors