2018 Speakers

Keynote Speakers

• Paul Abbate, Associate Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• The Honorable Dr. Michael D. Griffin, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
• Shawn Henry, President, CrowdStrike Services & CSO
• Margaret Isler, Head of Risk, Google Technical Services
• Elena Kvochko, Cybersecurity Thought Leader, Financial Services
• Dr. Ron Ross, Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Leroy Smith, Deputy CIO, Missile Defense Agency
• Renee Wynn, Chief Information Officer, NASA

Summit Speakers

• Andrew Alaniz, Manager, Security Architecture, BBVA
• Thiago Alves, University of Alabama, Huntsville
• Andy Applebaum, The MITRE Corporation
• James Ashley, Project Manager/Lead Engineer, NICE Challenge Project
• John Banghart, Senior Director, Technology Risk Management, Venable LLP
• John Bland, Computer Engineer, AMRDEC
• Salim Blume, Blockchain Developer, DESE Research, Inc
• Lynne Clark, Chief, National CAE-Cyber Defense Program, National Security Agency
• Daniel Colvett, Engineer, LOGSA
• Dr. Tony Coulson, Director Cybersecurity Center, CSUSB
• Brandon Cromwell, United States Military Academy
• Joshua Crumbaugh, Chief Hacker/CEO, PeopleSec
• Jason Cuneo, Owner, Focalpoint Security
• Ram Dantu, Professor, University of North Texas
• Stephanie Da Silva, Columbus State University
• Steven Day, Argonne National Laboratory
• Dr. Ben Denton, Technical Director, DESE Research
• Noah Dunstatter, Texas State University
• Heather Eikenberry, Program Manager, CAE-Cyber Operations Program, National Security Agency
• Nathaniel Evans, Argonne National Laboratory
• Joe Gray, Senior Security Architect, IBM
• Dr. Mina Guirguis, Associate Professor, Texas State University
• Vahid Heydari, Rowan University
• Jason Hird, Student, Anne Arundel Community College
• Jon Holladay, Specialist Executive, Strategy and Operations Finance, Deloitte Consulting LLP
• Eric Imsand, Ph.D., The University of Alabama in Huntsville
• Shawn Johnson, The MITRE Corporation
• Keith Jones, Doctoral Student, Dakota State University
• Srikanth Jonnada, University of North Texas
• Amanda Joyce, Argonne National Laboratory
• Jonathan Keim, Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama
• Dr. Dan Kim, Professor, University of North Texas
• Kevin Kim, PhD Student, University of North Texas
• Michael Limiero, The MITRE Corporation
• Hugh Martin, Honda Motor Company
• Jason Martin, Blockchain Technology Lead, DESE Research, Inc
• Linda Montgomery, President, Cyber World Institute
• Dr. Vincent Nestler, California State University, San Bernardino
• Dr. Allen Parrish, Associate Vice President for Research, Mississippi State University
• Yesem Kurt Peker, Columbus State University
• Brandon Phillips, Texas A&M University Central Texas
• Donald Privitera, Kennesaw State University and Comprensium, Inc
• Ishan Ranasinghe, University of North Texas
• Lydia Ray, Columbus State University
• Dr. David Raymond, Director, Virginia Cyber Range
• Brandon Robinson, Attorney and Partner, Balch & Bingham LLP
• Young Ryu, The University of Texas at Dallas
• Greg Schaffer, CEO, vCISO Services, LLC
• Jake Schneider, Cyber Security SME, Geeks and Nerds
• Nilanjan Sen, University of North Texas
• John Shackleton, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Adventium Labs
• Hossain Shahriar, Kennesaw State University
• Pradhumna Shrestha, University of North Texas
• Jim Smith III, Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland University College/Kinetic Potential Scholars
• Justin Smith, University of North Texas
• Michael Smith, The MITRE Corporation
• Dr. Josh Stroschein, Assistant Professor, Dakota State University
• Alireza Tahsini, Texas State University
• Andrzej Tomczyk, United States Military Academy
• Kasia Taylor, Associate Professor, Anne Arundel Community College
• Dr. Mark Thompson Sr, Lecturer, University of North Texas
• Jay Towne, United States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama
• Jagannadh Vempati, University of North Texas
• Joe Vest, Director of Sales Engineering, SpecterOps
• Vinhcent Vu, Columbus State University
• Mary Wallingsford, Assistant Professor/Chair Cybersecurity, Networking and Digital Forensics, Anne Arundel Community College
• Dr. Paul Wang, TSYS Endowed Chair in Cybersecurity, Columbus State University
• Logan Widick, University of North Texas
• Rob Wood, Practice Director, Hardware and Embedded Security Services, NCC Group
• Andrew Yang, University of Houston-Clear Lake
• Melissa Ziegler, United States Military Academy
• Captain John Zimmerman USN (ret), Cyber Strategist, VP for Corporate Operations, Subsystem Technologies Inc.