Rocky Mountain Technology Summit Agenda

Ray has an extensive background in both the public and private sectors. Prior to his appointment as the CISO for the State of Colorado he worked for 5 years as the CISO for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Ray also co-founded and was the director of ATX Forensics LLC, a full-service cybersecurity company whose clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies. He has also served as the CISO for Fortune 200 company Waste Management, Inc. and was the Vice President of Professional Services at CyberEvidence, Inc.

Yepes holds a Master of Science in criminal justice and a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Sam Houston State University, as well as associate of science and associate of arts degrees from North Harris Montgomery Community College. He also holds a myriad of certifications including InfoSec’s Evaluation Methodology (IEM) and Assessment Methodology (IAM), EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), among others.

Synopsis

Come and learn about how the State of Colorado is building a strong security culture and serving agency partners & residents by protecting the state’s technology infrastructure. We will be discussing lessons learned thus far and where we go from here.

Adam Marget is an experienced technical marketing professional at Unitrends, a leader in data center backup and disaster recovery solutions. He has been a member of the Unitrends team since 2016, during which time he’s held several roles at the company. Driven by a love and curiosity for technology, Adam’s been delighted to have been afforded the opportunity help both end users and channel partners solve challenges around disaster recovery and business continuity. Prior to joining Unitrends, Adam worked with CDW where he leveraged a variety of partner solutions to help his customers achieve their goals across a variety of technology categories including backup, networking, security, power & cooling, and data center.

Synopsis

Data is the lifeblood of all businesses, and each day IT professionals are tasked with protecting more of it all while maximizing uptime for their organizations. In an ongoing battle against cyber threats and attacks on your data, one of the most impactful investments any organization can make is in its employees. An end user who’s educated and empowered plays an integral role in defense of your networks and data. At Unitrends, we’ve integrated our backup and recovery solutions with powerful security tools to provide protection beyond simple backup and restore capabilities.

A modern BCDR solution enables complete data protection, whether it lives on-prem, across remote endpoints, or in clouds and SaaS applications. If you're ready to embrace a solution complete and agile enough to address all workloads while injecting automation and artificial intelligence to simply complex systems, you've come to the right place.

Curtis Reid joined the team at Mist Systems a little over two and a half years ago. He has expertise in wireless networking, compliance, and security related services and technologies. He is adapt at bringing new technologies to market with specialties in WPA2 / 802.1X, information security technologies and regulatory compliance.

Synopsis

The shift to a remote workforce has made business continuity even more critical and more challenging due to the distributed nature. You need to keep users connected and secure while ensuring they have a great network experience to boost productivity and employee satisfaction. With Juniper Networks, you can extend your enterprise network to your remote workforces using zero-touch provisioning, AI-driven user experience insights and automated actions, all while securely connecting users. Join our breakout session to learn how you can cultivate a dynamic, flexible and adaptive enterprise at home network!

Bob is Vice President and Chief Evangelist at Netskope. Bob's primary responsibility is to help customers transform their security and networking architecture to better address the needs of today's rapidly evolving world. SSE (Security Service Edge) and Zero Trust are the current focus of Bob's efforts.

Bob is a prolific speaker, award-winning presenter, and product demonstrator, reaching live audiences in more than 45 countries over the past decade. Bob also has a passion for teaching and taught cybersecurity classes at ESADE's International Business School and has been a guest lecturer at the University of San Francisco's MBA class for the last six years.

Bob's career in Silicon Valley spans over 25 years, where he has held leadership roles in product marketing and product management. Before Netskope, Bob was the Chief Evangelist at Riverbed. Bob was a member of the pioneering product team that launched Riverbed from a small start-up of fewer than ten employees to a market leader in WAN optimization with more than 3,000 employees and $1B in annual revenue.

Bob was first introduced to the world of cybersecurity as a teenager in the 80s when I hosted a popular (BBS) bulletin board system from his parent’s living room and developed a firewall tool to prevent hackers from infiltrating his site.

Synopsis

Digital transformation has resulted in more users, devices, apps, and data outside of the corporate network than inside. The rapid adoption of SaaS combined with the rise of the work-from-anywhere user has resulted in an increased attack surface that legacy security architectures are ineffective in covering.

Enter Security Service Edge (SSE). SSE converges several, modern cloud-native security services and delivers them to the end as close to the user as possible. The result is the security controls follow the data and today's ever-expanding attack surface is reduced.

Join this session to learn:

• An introduction to SSE
• How combing SASE and zero trust principles reduces your attack surface
• About top use cases that combine SSE and zero trust

Dev is an innovative and progressive C-Suite Leader with extensive experience designing and executing operational strategies, vision and budgets that meet current business needs and prepare the organization for the future. He is adept at developing technology roadmaps that align with cross-functional leadership objectives and effectively oversee Information Security programs and activities. He implements performance measures, advanced analytics and reporting to drive accountability and results. His has a strong record of success maturing geographically dispersed companies through technology adoption and utilization of cloud-based solutions, business intelligence, knowledge platforms and other emerging solutions. Colleagues describe him as a celebrated team and functional leader who coaches employees through challenges, provides professional development opportunities and motivates strong performance.

Synopsis

This roundtable is for attendees for executives with VIP badges ONLY. This session is intended for audience participation so be ready to discuss, receive valuable information, and connect with others for further discussion.

WSO2 Lead DevRel Engineer, Andrew Danelz, advocates and empowers developers by enhancing both Identity and API management. He has spent over 10 years in enterprise software development in web applications and services for organizations including BMW and Transplace.

Synopsis

Recent changes in modern businesses have compelled entities to adopt an online presence. The scope of customer experience has increased, while simultaneously, has become paramount in delivering seamless and secure customer experiences. Digital interactions for won or lost business is often lacking clarity. Without the observability of Customer Identity and Access Management, these companies will fall farther behind what competitors are beginning to offer. CIAM is a journey with key milestones most have already experienced. WSO2 helps businesses define which levels an entity may find themselves in and advises how new companies can skip ahead. Join WSO2 to learn how to take the customer experience to the next level.

Russ Kennedy drives product innovation at Nasuni, leading the company’s product management, planning, and roadmap efforts. He has a maniacal focus on ensuring Nasuni customers derive maximum benefit from our technology.

Russ is a well-known and highly regarded storage industry executive, with more than 25 years of experience developing software and hardware solutions to address exponential data growth. Before Nasuni, Russ directed product strategy at private cloud object storage pioneer Cleversafe through its $1.3 billion acquisition by IBM. While Russ was helping transition the product to what is now IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS), he began working with IBM partner Nasuni, and became convinced Nasuni’s cloud-native global file system is the only data management technology that truly exploits the strengths of object storage.

An avid cyclist and hiker, Russ resides in Boulder, Colorado with his family. He has a BS degree in Computer Science from Colorado State University and an MBA degree from the University of Colorado.

Synopsis

Every few years in a system’s life, IT teams must make a big decision: Do we continue to update what we have, or should we replace it with a new solution? That is the question the Technology Services Department for the City and County of Denver needed to answer as it explored options for primary and backup data storage.

Denver now uses the cloud to store NFS and application data for most city-county departments, including public safety, building and development, elections, finance, and human services. In this informative session, hear Russ Kennedy, Chief Product Officer for Nasuni, share the challenges the City and County of Denver were facing and why they ultimately chose Nasuni’s file data services platform to manage that storage.

You will leave the presentation with three tips to achieve success in storage modernization for your own organization.

Jeff Cornelius joined Darktrace in February of 2015 as Executive Vice President and oversees Darktrace’s Cyber-Physical Security solutions while serving as a subject matter expert around Darktrace’s solutions for OT/ICS environments. Jeff has been the featured/keynote speaker at numerous international events and conferences and regularly shares insights at global events. Prior to joining, Darktrace, Jeff held a several C-level and Executive Commercial positions delivering subject matter expertise in the security, compliance and governance sectors. Jeff holds advanced degrees in Experimental Psychology (Social, Cognition, Perception) and Experimental Statistics and previously taught at the University of Texas and New Mexico State University where he held adjunct positions.

Synopsis

Fast-moving cyber-attacks can strike at any time, and security teams are often unable to react quickly enough. Join Jeff Cornelius to learn how Autonomous Response takes targeted action to stop in-progress attacks, without disrupting your business. Includes real-world threat finds, case studies and attack scenarios.

Chad Maskill, Cyber Hero, has two decades of experience in consultation and client management. In his current role Chad reaches out to assist businesses in hardening their environment preventing ransomware and malicious attacks. Chad has devoted his career to implementing client driven solutions, working with everyone from Ford Motor Company, Tesla, Infinity Ward, as well as numerous municipalities throughout the US and countless SMB’s. Previously he has worked local government in designing and sourcing emergency apparatus and can still parallel park a Ladder Truck.

Synopsis

The Zero Trust framework is based on the principle of "never trust, always verify." Join us to learn about Zero Trust, how to adopt it, and the technologies you need to take control of your environment in the fight against ransomware.

Vinh Pham is a Senior Systems Engineer at Veeam for over 5 years. Based out of Denver, CO and supports both Public and Commercial Sectors. He has over 15+ years of Data Protection experience from a manufacturer to tier 3 support to Solutions Architect. These roles give him visibility into what a real world Data Protection Environment entails from a deployment and management perspective. Vinh enjoys fishing, camping and live music during his free time.

Synopsis

There is no bigger threat to the technology landscape than ransomware. In this session, Veeam will overview some key tips and tricks to survive your next ransomware incident. The reality is there are 2 types of people in this world: Those who have fought ransomware and those who don’t yet fully understand the horrors of fighting modern ransomware. Whether the data sits on-premises in a data center, in Microsoft 365 or on an endpoint device; the ransomware threatscape constantly expands to new places. Our goal in this session is to educate on ransomware behaviors, techniques to prepare and advise on how to respond to a ransomware incident.

Jonathan Goldberger is an accomplished Senior Executive with more than 25 years of success spanning security and technology roles. He has a diverse cyber-security experience leading consultancies at Cisco, Cybertrust and Sourcefire, sales engineering at Venafi and as General Manager Security Solutions at Unisys. In these roles, Jonathan managed teams as large as 200 and held P&L’s up to $70M.

Jonathan’s expertise extends across managed services and professional services with solutions incorporating intrusion detection and prevention, firewalls, endpoint protection, identity, data loss prevention, security incident and event management, orchestration and cloud security. Additionally, Jonathan has worked with security frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST 800, FedRAMP and Zero Trust. Equally as important, Jonathan’s businesses have focused on helping Chief Information Security Officers communicate security to the board room.

Jonathan obtained his Bachelor of Science from The University of Alabama and has held board positions with local community-focused boards and advisory positions with the cyber-security companies Data Defense Security, Secure System Corporation and CionSystems Inc.

Synopsis

The security landscape is in a constant state of change with new risks appearing every day. Media and emotions tend to amplify noise and it is difficult to eliminate the security concerns that aren't as relevant. Applying a risk management approach and cross referencing big data, TPx simplifies security to the solutions that provide the greatest value.

John Cardani-Trollinger is Sr. Director, CyberSecurity Solutions Marketing for Accedian. He has more than 20 years in the Cyber Industry working in various capacities such as Cyber Training, Product Management and Product Marketing, with global companies such as Cisco, HP/3Com and Palo Alto.

John is a cyber security evangelist who believes very strongly in cyber security as a means of protecting our way of life.

Synopsis

Many organizations heavily invest in perimeter security, but did you know that more than half of the attacks that happen are through insiders? Imagine how insiders disguise themselves as friendly actors, but in reality, are malicious insiders that can destroy your business, leaving you holding the bag and having to explain to your management and customers what happened.

Come learn more about insider threats and how you can put safeguards in place to better protect your organization.

Shawn Massey an IT veteran for over 25 years, has been in numerous roles such as IT Director, Technical Trainer, Data Center Manager, Director of MSP, field services and sales. As a certified Disaster Recovery Business Continuity engineer, Shawn fuels his passion in assisting businesses with their data management. Shawn has worked at Arcserve/StorageCraft Technology Corporation for over 10 years and is presently the Arcserve Director of Sales Engineering for North America.

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.

For over 15 years, Michael Lyborg has been a trusted leader in the information security space. He is known for his most recent experience as the Senior Vice President of Global Information Security & Enterprise IT at Swimlane, the leader in cloud-scale, low-code security automation. During his time at Swimlane, he has also served as the Vice President of Global Consulting Services, and successfully led engineering teams and authored controls, policies, plans, and procedures for various compliance certifications, including SOC2, ISO 27001, and CMMC.

Previously, Michael made valuable contributions to Heska Corporation as the IT & Security Operations Manager. He has also served as an Operations Manager for the Marine Special Operations Command, following his service as Chief Instructor at the Marine Special Operations School and as an Infantry Leader of the 2nd Marine Division in the United States Marine Corps.

Synopsis

Security teams everywhere are asked to do the impossible. Processing the flood of alerts required to protect an organization can easily overwhelm even the most highly-engaged security talent. Traditional SOAR offerings may help alleviate the pain, but they are not enough in today's ever-evolving threat landscape. By leveraging low-code security automation for processes like incident response or threat hunting - considered by many to be introductory use cases - the promise of extensible automation delivers a system of record to security teams, reduces the threat containment window when incidents eventually do occur, and can even extend automation beyond the SOC. In this session, you'll learn about what makes low-code security automation different from traditional SOAR and how you can unlock its potential at your organization.

Jonathan is a transformational leader who has held roles as a CIO, CTO, and CISO. He specializes in high-performing teams delivering solutions that make organizations more nimble, profitable and efficient. He is a two time winner of the Arizona Technology Council's CIO of the Year award as well as being named one of Computerworld Magazine's Permier 100 IT Leaders. His experience spans multiple industries including Construction, Retail, Commercial Fitness, Food & Hospitality, Healthcare, Biotech, Blood Banking, Financial Services, Card Payments & Processing, Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications.

Synopsis

This roundtable is for attendees for executives with VIP badges ONLY. This session is intended for audience participation so be ready to discuss, receive valuable information, and connect with others for further discussion.

With 20+ years of experience in IT management in financial services, retail and higher education, Mike has been with Scale for over 10 years, and is a part of Scale’s Systems Engineering team. He works closely with product management, engineering and partners on driving innovation in the edge computing space.

Synopsis

HCI has driven transformation in the datacenter for the past decade. See how Scale Computing is leading the industry with innovations that simplify datacenter footprints, reducing cost and complexity while improving performance. Beyond the datacenter, remote work needs have increased demand on infrastructure to deliver bare-metal experiences in a variety of settings and from a variety of devices. Scale Computing has the technology and is the platform for either revamping your VDI and remote work capabilities, or if you’re starting new, Scale can help you get started delivering applications and desktops in minutes.

Dev is an innovative and progressive C-Suite Leader with extensive experience designing and executing operational strategies, vision and budgets that meet current business needs and prepare the organization for the future. He is adept at developing technology roadmaps that align with cross-functional leadership objectives and effectively oversee Information Security programs and activities. He implements performance measures, advanced analytics and reporting to drive accountability and results. His has a strong record of success maturing geographically dispersed companies through technology adoption and utilization of cloud-based solutions, business intelligence, knowledge platforms and other emerging solutions. Colleagues describe him as a celebrated team and functional leader who coaches employees through challenges, provides professional development opportunities and motivates strong performance.

Jonathan Harber's Bio

Jonathan is a transformational leader who has held roles as a CIO, CTO, and CISO. He specializes in high-performing teams delivering solutions that make organizations more nimble, profitable and efficient. He is a two time winner of the Arizona Technology Council's CIO of the Year award as well as being named one of Computerworld Magazine's Permier 100 IT Leaders. His experience spans multiple industries including Construction, Retail, Commercial Fitness, Food & Hospitality, Healthcare, Biotech, Blood Banking, Financial Services, Card Payments & Processing, Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications.

Scott Magerfleisch's Bio

Scott Magerfleisch is well versed in the public sector space, with over 16 years specifically in local government leading two city IT departments serving as CIO for the last 5 years. Prior to his public sector work, Scott managed the voice, data and ATM network for the largest locally-owned financial institution in Colorado.

Mr. Magerfleisch is well known and respected in Colorado within the public sector space, as he recently assisted the City of Greeley in the monumental task of bringing a new broadband service provider to the City, proving a third top tier fiber to the home option to the residents. He has also provided guidance in FirstNet implementation for first responders within the municipalities he served. With additional focus on public safety and support for first responders, Mr. Magerfleisch helped update the FBI’s password security standards in the CJIS version 5.8 Security requirements, published in 2018.

Mr. Magerfleisch is known as an innovator and leader in technology, having served in a volunteer capacity within the state of Colorado Government Association for IT Leaders as a board member. He is also an accomplished speaker, having spoken locally, regionally, as well as at international conferences on topics of both technology and leadership. Earlier in his career, Scott also was at the forefront of VoIP technologies, assisting with the development of cutting-edge technology protocols which would later be implemented within Nortel Networks VoIP service offerings.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from the University of Phoenix, along with a Master’s in Business Administration from Western Governors University, with an emphasis in Information Technology Management. Scott also recently attended The Kennedy Business School at Harvard University, where he earned a certificate in Digital Transformation in Government.

Synopsis

This panel will discuss the key trends that are currently shaping the workforce. Join our speakers to hear about strategies you can employ to navigate the current environment and make your team more successful. This session will include audience Q&A.