2018 Speakers
Speakers listed in alphabetical order. 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.
2017 Speakers
Speakers listed in alphabetical order. Thad Allen - Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton | Former Commandant of the Coast Guard
Tom Bain - Vice President, Security Strategy, CounterTack
Michael Banks - Information Security Consultant, Rendition InfoSec, LLC.
LTC Tim Bloechl - USA, Retired
David Bowdich - Associate Deputy Director, FBI
Wayne Burke - CSO, Sequrit CSI
Scott Busby - Security Engineer, MAD Security
Jeremy Conway - Chief Technology Officer, MAD Security
Dr. Mitch Crosswait - Deputy Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, DoD
Chris Esquire
Rick Fernandez - Enterprise Security Engineer, LogRhythm System Integrators
Rob Ferrill - CISO, UAB Health System
Mayor Paul Finley - City of Madison
Tom Graham - Sentar, Inc.
Greg Hanis - Director of Research, MeasuredRisk
Joe Jarzombek - Global Manager, SYNOPSYS
Derek Johnson - CISO Advisor, Unisys
Vinny Lamolinara - Cybersecurity Acquisition Professor, DAU
Stan Lowe - Booz Allen Hamilton
Ryan Loy - Chief Information Officer, Adtran
John Matherly - Founder, Shodan
Mike McConnell - Former Director, National Security Agency
Jamie Miller - President, Mission Multiplier
Mr. Stephen Mills - Professor, DAU
Ken Modeste - Global Principal Engineer, Underwriters Laboratories
Mr. Dave Pearson - Engineering & IT Center Director, DAU
Chris Poulin - Booz Allen Hamilton
Dr. Rodney L. Robertson - 2017 National Cyber Summit Chair
Michael Schroeder - Security Analyst, Booz Allen Hamilton
Scott Self - Chief Information Officer, Tennessee Valley Authority
Bob Smith - Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Ms. Melinda Reed - Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering DASD(SE)
Brandon Rozario - Founder/President, Red Strategies
Kell Rozman - Sentar, Inc.
Michael Vien - Head of Cyber and Co-Founder, MeasuredRisk
Mr. Rodney Visser - Cyber Technical Director, SRC
Seth Wahle - Mission Multiplier
Mark Weatherford - Former Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity, Department of Homeland Security
David Wennergren - Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Professional Services Council
Roy Wilkinson - Principal of virtual CIO/CISO
Ron Williams - Chief Architect Threat Protection, Principal Architect X-Force Exchange, IBM
Dr. Raziq Yaqub - Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Alabama A&M University