Rohit Parchuri is an accomplished Security executive with an established record building and institutionalizing Security principles in a variety of organizational domains. He is currently leading the Cybersecurity program at Yext, a bleeding-edge AI Search platform. In this role, Rohit is responsible for building and executing a CyberSecurity program that manifests itself into all information security and product security functions. Continuing in this role, Rohit educates the Board of Directors and executive management on Cybersecurity matters such as maturity, outstanding risks, and remediation strategies on a quarterly basis.In addition to his day job at Yext, Rohit serves as a Board Advisor for Eclipz, California State University and other Venture Capital firms. Rohit graduated from DePaul University at Chicago with a Master's degree in Computer and Network Security Assurance, and recently completed his Masters in Business Administration. Rohit was featured in a number of cybersecurity and leadership podcasts and webcasts over the years and speaks at security conferences on topics ranging from DevSecOps, Security operations, Leadership and Cyber forensics. Originally from South India, Rohit is an avid hiker and tries his hand at tennis every chance he gets.

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"Irrespective of the profession or role, we need people, esp. leaders; who can bring a human element into everything that we do -- in other words this translates into having diverse teams, listening to different perspectives, showing empathy and treating all with respect and recognition they deserve."

Branden Newman is CTO (formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer) of MGM Resorts International. Branden was previously CISO of Adidas and Global Head of Information Security at Merck Group. He began his career in the U.S. Military where he served in Army Cyber Command.

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"It is not always the best technology that succeeds, but the ones that best communicate their value proposition and actually deliver on providing that value."

Art Chaisiriwatanasai is the Chief Information Security Officer at Paylocity, one of the fastest growing companies in the HCM Technology sector. As a lifelong security enthusiast, Art has deep experience in developing, implementing, and maturing information security programs. With a mix of strong technical foundation and an insatiable curiosity, he prides himself on finding pragmatic solutions in working with the business to achieve secure outcomes. Before Paylocity, Art spent the last 17 years in both industry and consulting positions. His last role was spent as Director at KPMG for nearly a decade, where he helped the world’s largest companies solve their most complex challenges. Art holds a degree in Network Technologies with a concentration in Network Security from DePaul University in Chicago.

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"The role of security isn't to say no to the business, it's how to get to yes."

Mandy Andress is currently the CISO of Elastic and has a long career focused on information risk and security. Prior to Elastic, Mandy led the information security function at MassMutual and established and built information security programs at TiVo, Evant, and Privada. She worked as a security consultant with Ernst & Young and Deloitte & Touche, focusing on energy, financial services, and Internet technology clients with global operations. She also founded an information security consulting company with clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to start up organizations.She is a published author, with her book Surviving Security having two editions and used at multiple universities around the world as the textbook for foundation information security courses. Mandy also tested and reviewed information security products for multiple publications as well as serving as the author for the weekly InfoWorld security column. She has been a sought after expert in the field, speaking at signature security conferences such as BlackHat and Networld+Interop. In addition, she has taught a graduate level Information Risk Management course for UMass Amherst in the College of Information and Computer Sciences. Mandy has a JD from Western New England University, a Master’s in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University, and a B.B.A in Accounting from Texas A&M University. Mandy is a CISSP, CPA, and member of the Texas Bar.

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"Saying no is more critical to success than saying yes."

Prabhath Karanth is a seasoned security leader with 16+ years of leading global, cross -functional teams across hyper-growth startups, fortune 50 and big 4 consulting firms. He previously headed Security, Compliance & Trust at Tripactions where his organization drives several defensive and offensive security disciplines and serves as the single voice for security both internally to employees and externally with customers. Prior to Tripactions, Prabhath served as a security leader in Adobe for 9+ years where he drove several security programs and initiatives to level up security as Adobe reinvented itself in the cloud and grew from $30B to $300B business. Prior to Adobe, Prabhath was with PwC advising fortune 100 companies on info sec strategy, governance, operations & technologies. Prabhath is active in the security community and advices several startups to solve security and business problems at scale, mentors security professionals and presents in national and international conferences on topics related to security though leadership. His educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in electronics & communications engineering and holds CISA, CISSP, CIPT, CDPSE, ISO 27001 Lead Implementor & PCI ISA certifications.

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"I love being surrounded by passionate folks who are looking to change the industry perspective on a problem. Also, trying to solve a problem in a way that no one else has solved before."