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.

2017 Speakers

• 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