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Arkadiy Goykhberg is a capable engineering-focused technology executive with extensive IT, information security, software development, and operational risk management experience, with intimate knowledge of the financial services, print & digital media, enterprise SaaS, e-commerce, and healthcare industries, their associated technical challenges and regulatory requirements. He has a demonstrable track record of success in driving technology transformation programs to improve operational efficiency, eliminate technical debt, accelerate the development of new products and services to achieve business objectives while improving performance, resilience, and reducing operational risk. He is a change agent with a solid technical and business background who effectively communicates and influences at all levels of an organization, including the board of directors, executive management, business stakeholders, and technical staff.
"Tip for founders: have empathy towards your customers, and be realistic about the problems your solution can solve."
Yaron Slutzky is CISO at Agoda with 15+ years of experience in the cybersecurity domain. Prior to Agoda, he has been CISO for different companies working in multiple sectors, such as Telecom, E-commerce & Manufacturing. Yaron also lectures in universities and conferences around the world. He is primarily focused on emerging technologies & transforming organizations Information/Cyber Security program by bringing a fresh new approach and methodology.
"One of the elements of success for a good CISO is to build a strong team with good leaders, which can distinguish between what is important to insist and implement for the business."
Todd has more than 25 years of experience in information technology and security with hands-on roles designing, developing, and deploying enterprise architectures from the ground up. Todd is currently the CISO at both Zluri and Scrut Automation as well as an advisor to a handful of startups. He is a recognized expert in the Life Sciences/Biotech industries in regards to compliance, and the strict regulations with HIPAA, SOX, SOC2 among other regulations.
"Startups are on the edge of technology and solve problems others have not. Finding the next wave in innovative startups in an exciting proposition."
Fotis joined Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCHBC) as Group Chief Information Security Officer. CCHBC along with its customers, serves more than 715 million consumers across a broad geographic footprint of 29 countries on 3 continents. CCHBC is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index and has been named as the world’s most sustainable beverage company according to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2022. As Group CISO, Fotis is responsible for developing and delivering enterprise IT and Operational Technology strategic roadmaps that protect and sustain mission critical assets and ensure resiliency of business operations during disruptive events. Fotis is also responsible for the data privacy program aiming to build customer, consumer and employee trust and ensure compliance with GDPR and other data protection and privacy legislations and regulations. Prior joining CCHBC, Fotis was part of the cyber security and data privacy practice of EY and PwC.
"Build cyber resilience across the enterprise - prepare for, respond to, and recover from cyber attacks with minimum impact to organisation's mission."
Al Ghous is the Chief Information Security Officer at Snapdocs, the leading digital mortgage closing platform. Al has been in the cybersecurity industry for over 20 years contributing in different capacities from Product Security and Risk Management to Solution Consulting and Security Architecture. Prior to Snapdocs, Al served as Chief Information Security Officer at Envision Digital and Chief Security Officer at ServiceMax, and led Cyber Security, Cloud Platform and Products at GE Digital. Al has also served in leadership positions at Informatica, Robert Half, Kaiser Permanente, PeopleSoft/Oracle and Ernst & Young.Al is active in the cybersecurity industry and part of several industry organizations and consortiums, as well as a member of several advisory boards. He strives to help founders focus on product, market fit, strategy, and fundraising, while maturing their security posture to attract customers and investors alike.
"The Founder, the VC and the CISO play a vital role in our industry. The Founder brings innovative ideas and relies on the VC to help bring those ideas to fruition. The CISO then provides validation and becomes the consumer. We don't think about this triad much, but at the end it's a win-win-win... playing itself out over and over again, fueling a robust and thriving industry."
Proactive and Analytical Cyber Security Executive with 15+ years leading successful mission-critical security programs across large enterprise infrastructures including Ahold Delhaize, Celanese, Raytheon, PepsiCo, Nike, and MasterCard Worldwide. Partnering with teams across the enterprise to reduce the Attack Surface ensuring we can securely innovate at the speed of business. Respected for engineering and implementing security architectures and programs that quickly identify and mitigate attacks and potential threats. Inspirational and Collaborative leader with a history of developing and motivating high performance technical teams that achieve aggressive objectives.
"A successful security team’s mission is to enable secure innovation at the Speed of Business."
Seasoned and results-driven IS/Finance executive. Accustomed to leading accounting and finance management, human resources, procurement, vendor relations, recruitment operations, facilities administration, project management and IS Security as well as policy creation, interpretation and implementation for immediate and profitable impact to a progressive organization.
"The key to a successful pitch is having a solution that solves a current problem or improves a process without being overly complicated."
Philip has background in development, data warehousing, and solution, technology and security architecture; and led Information Security at a FTSE50 organisation, as well as advisory consulting in cloud security and enterprise security for global companies. Philip is currently CISO at the global fintech Revolut.
"Always nail the basics first!"
Dean is an accomplished Chief Information Security Officer experienced in developing information risk management strategies that reflect business needs. Combining a technical background with excellent academic credentials and strong leadership skills he is experienced in building teams and leading transformational change across Enterprises. He is currently responsible for oversight and leadership of all aspects of Cyber and Information Security for the Burberry Group; a FTSE 50 organisation.
"Stay humble, work hard and enjoy what you do."
Bhawna Singh is a senior technology executive with 20+ years of experience in successfully transforming products and scaling technology for a global user base. In her career as an executive leader, advisory board member, and investor, Bhawna has worked across multiple high-growth companies to grow & scale platforms from 0 to 100+ million monthly users, led global expansion of products, steered multiple acquisitions and spearheaded innovation to drive user growth and engagement, delivering multi million dollar revenue growth.
As CTO at Okta, Bhawna leads tech strategy and vision for its Customer Identity product. Bhawna frequently connects with senior executives of Okta’s global customer base, to build deep trust by delivering highly scalable, stable and secure products serving billions of login per month.Bhawna sits on the Advisory board of early stage startups and VC groups. Bhawna’s deep expertise in the area of high-growth, enterprise SaaS, and cybersecurity is frequently published in the press and podcasts.
"Innovation under any economic circumstance is a business driver, invest in it."
Bradley J. Schaufenbuel is currently Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Paychex, Inc. He has over 27 years of experience in the information security field, has written numerous books and journal articles, possesses BA, MBA, JD, and LLM degrees, maintains two dozen professional certifications, and regularly keynotes industry conferences. Bradley serves as an advisor to several venture capital funds and startups and was recognized as the Chicagoland CISO of the Year in 2018 as one of the Top 100 CISOs for 2023 by Cyber Defense Magazine.
"Security organizations at large enterprises are drowning in a sea of cybersecurity products, so founders should make sure their solutions integrate well into complex ecosystems."
Nir Rothenberg is the CISO at Rapyd, managing security and IT for the soaring Fintech company, on a mission to ensure that the future of financial services will be democratized and secure.Prior to Rapyd, Nir led information security at a well known cyber-intelligence company, where he was charged with protecting a high profile and high risk enterprise. Before that, Nir worked as a consultant, helping with some of Israel’s leading companies reduce risk and improve information security. Nir is very active in Israel’s cyber startup scene, advising and partnering with many of them.
"It's all about collaboration. If you keep a collaborative mindset - you will be unstoppable."
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Mr. Jaffe is the CISO at Lemonade Insurance where he oversees the security of engineering, strategy, product, and operations of a cloud-native InsureTech disruptor. With 25+ years of technical experience in security roles, his expertise spans a variety of security domains. He is a prolific adopter of, and advisor to innovative security start-ups. Mr. Jaffe is also a cybersecurity and privacy attorney who understands legal risk and regulation in a way security-only practitioners don't.
"Founders should be bold in their vision, focused in execution, and honest and direct in their dealings with potential customers. Otherwise, I don't have time for them."
Chuks Ojeme is a USA Today best-selling co-author [Game on: Leaders that last], 2022 judge of the top Global CISO 100, 2021 Top Global CISO 100, a prolific keynote speaker, and an executive with multiple academic, professional and executive qualifications. Chuks has more than 20 years in InfoSec, technology and unique value tech innovation. He is engaged in providing transformative and strategic leadership in business strategy, governance, M&A, divestment, disentanglement, information security and end-to-end enterprise risk management. He works to unlock opportunities through digital transformation, enterprise process re-engineering and AI capable data analytics.
"Our world is indeed full of enormous opportunities engulfed in myriads of challenging obstacles which are not insurmountable. It is difficult to breakthrough these obstacles if we can’t articulate them innovatively. Innovation turns the turbine that generates megawatts of solution energies. When we talk innovation, listen to each other, and walk-the-talk, we wet the ground for a pumper harvest of opportunities. My mission is to unlock these opportunities through strategic and adaptive risk management, strategic communication, collaboration and adaptive high impact leadership."
Ashish is a cybersecurity leader with over 15 years of experience, known for building and managing robust security programs in startups and large enterprises. He excels in crafting security architectures, driving compliance initiatives, and fostering a security-aware culture. At Solidigm, as Deputy CISO and Head of InfoSec Architecture and Engineering, he developed the InfoSec program from scratch, implemented a Zero touch PKI solution to close significant deals, and streamlined IAM tooling to save $500k annually.
At PayPal, Ashish designed comprehensive security testing frameworks, reducing audit fatigue and risk by 20%. His earlier roles at GE Digital, Informatica, NetSkope, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise showcased his ability to deploy critical systems and create significant business value. Ashish holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering and is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
"Build a culture that people will be proud to be part of it. Take those people and create leaders out of them. Repeat."
Kapil Vyas is a seasoned IT executive at Automation Anywhere, leading IT and cloud operations, Information Security, and the AI + Automation Center of Excellence (CoE). He has successfully instilled an "Automation First" philosophy, significantly enhancing efficiency and transforming the IT department into an innovation hub and revenue generator. His leadership has spurred the implementation of over 20 advanced automations with Generative AI, earning the prestigious CIO 100 award in 2024. Before this role, Kapil had over two decades of experience in IT, significantly shaping the IT infrastructure and platform markets in the early 2000s. His expertise in IaaS, Security and a cloud-first approach have helped technology startups build innovative and high-performing IT teams. His career demonstrates a steadfast belief in the power of technology to shape the future.
"Founders, never tire and don't fear—when you think it's the END, remember there's always a BEND that brings new opportunities, each more promising than the last, waiting to be seized and turned into success."
Monica is a transformational security leader with more than two decades of experience securing the technology behind iconic global brands such as Pepsi, Taco Bell, Verizon, Gatorade, and Doritos among others. Her experience is deeply rooted first in the “why”, as she investigated and led security incidents for many years from mundane events to large-scale, business disrupting incidents. Second, in the “how” of security, by for example developing a patented method and system for detection of rogue wireless access points, and building award-winning cyber fusion centers. As Deputy CISO for Yum! Brands, as part of her broader role, she leads the Security Transformation Program and board-level cyber risk dashboard development. Outside of her mission to build strong security programs powered by purpose-driven security teams, her philosophy is to tackle life with a sense of adventure and grit, or colloquially, “Take the bull by the horns”.
"Drive innovation and excellence by channeling a deep curiosity of the problems and environments within and adjacent to your solution space."
Attila is a seasoned security expert with over 20 years of experience in developing and managing security programs. As CISO at GoTo (formerly LogMeIn), he leads the security strategy and execution, having boomeranged back to the company after a successful stint at the automation company Zapier, where he built and managed their security and IT functions. Attila champions outcome-driven strategies supported by data and metrics, and has built enterprise cybersecurity and IT programs from the ground up. His expertise spans secure programming, application security, cloud security, DevSecOps, compliance, and incident response. With a track record of driving innovation and implementing robust security measures, Attila's leadership ensures comprehensive protection for organizations.
"Take small, but impactful steps, measure your outcome, adapt to change, and be kind and respectful of others' time—because human connections drive success, and progress today beats perfection tomorrow."
Peter Kashou brings over 20 years of expertise in business transformation and technology modernization to early-stage and high-growth companies. As the VP of Infrastructure at Cruise, he leads the cloud, data, and developer platform teams that drive the advancement of Cruise’s autonomous vehicle technologies and AI/ML lifecycles. Previously, Peter directed global teams at PayPal, managing the hybrid cloud architecture, governance, and engineering that supported 90% of PayPal’s $1.2T annual payment volume, 450M+ consumers, and 35M+ merchants. He is dedicated to building high-performing, diverse teams and has a proven track record of delivering scalable, reliable, customer-focused platforms. Peter lives in the Boston area with his family.
"Be brilliant at the basics."
Richard N. Patterson Jr. has served as our Chief Information Security Officer since December 2020. Prior to joining CLEAR, Mr. Patterson was the Head of Security Operations, Head of Risk at Bridgewater Associates, an investment management firm, from 2014 to 2020. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Information Security, Compliance and Privacy at PetSmart, a pet superstore, from 2011 to 2014 and Director of Security for Sidley Austin, a law firm, from 2006 to 2011. He also previously served as a special agent for the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division. Mr. Patterson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Fullerton, and a Masters in Computer, Network and Information Security from DePaul University.
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Conor serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Higher Logic. Conor has spent the past two decades building influential companies where he designed and managed internet scale platforms. He developed his in-depth knowledge implementing emerging technologies and leading multiple successful M&A activities as an executive at startups, enterprises, consulting organizations, as well as with various branches of the military and intelligence community. He sits on investment and grant boards of multiple funds and teaches Entrepreneurship courses on product development at The University of Virginia.
Most recently Conor was the CTO at Cloud Generation and the Fractional CTO of Association Analytics. In the past, he served as a Network Security Engineer with BBN Technologies, the organization that architected the Internet and first email technologies.
Conor has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and an MBA from the University of Virginia. In his free time outside of ushering in the future of WEB2 & WEB3 technologies, Conor is bouncing around wrangling a house full of kids he refers to as his wild animals.
"AI is just new technology."
Harpal is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at REPAY, a leading FinTech company in the payment processing space, where he leads Information Security and GRC with a strong focus on technology. With over 20 years of experience across HealthTech, FinTech, and enterprise software, Harpal held leadership roles at Siebel, Oracle, eHealth, HealthIQ, and Healthpilot. His background spans startups, pre-IPO ventures, mid-sized companies, and large enterprises where he specializes in building cybersecurity programs from the ground up and brings deep expertise in information security, risk management, compliance, and IT. Harpal holds a BS in Electronics Engineering, a LEAD certificate from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and is CISSP-certified. He's passionate about bridging the gap between cybersecurity and business strategy, with hands-on experience in operational security, secure application design, and aligning security initiatives with overall business goals.
"Understand and solve for real pain points. Security leaders buy outcomes, not just features."
Joshoa is the Head of Security at Worldpac, a Carlyle-owned company. In this role, he oversees corporate security, product security, and cybersecurity governance across the organization.Prior to joining Worldpac, Joshoa served as the Head of Security at Lime, a global leader in micro mobility. There, he designed, built, and led the company’s cybersecurity program, including the development of a Security IPO readiness strategy to support the company’s growth objectives.In addition to his leadership roles, Joshoa advises organizations of all sizes on security strategy, governance, and IPO readiness, helping companies strengthen their security posture and align with best practices for growth and compliance.
"Cybersecurity is much more than a matter of IT, it’s a business imperative."
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Cybersecurity executive dedicated to building resilient defense strategies, leading teams, and protecting against evolving threats.
"Effective cyber leadership isn't measured by how quickly your team can put out a fire, but by the architecture you built to prevent the spark from ever catching."
Sam Butler is a Chief Information Security Officer at Accelya Global Limited, leading enterprise-wide information security across technology, risk, and governance. With deep experience in IT security strategy, architecture, and assurance, he focuses on building resilient, business‑aligned security programmes that enable growth while managing risk. Based in Windsor, Sam works closely with executive leadership and global teams to strengthen cyber defences, mature security operations, and embed security into product and delivery lifecycles. He is known for clear communication, practical risk management, and turning complex security challenges into actionable outcomes.
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Amir Di-Nur combines technical expertise in building distributed, scalable deep learning based systems with strong team-building and leadership abilities. He has dedicated 15 years to building Machine Learning/Deep Learning systems, mostly in the domains of search and visual search for e-commerce. Amir uses deep learning and large models for Catalog and Ontology creation and for inventory understanding. Prior to eBay, Amir served as Vice President of Research and Development at Zebra Medical Vision.
"Be authentic and embrace a servant mindset when you come to lead."
Amit Sethi is a strategic technology executive with over two decades of experience building and leading high-performing Data Engineering, Platform, and Data Science. Amit is passionate about leveraging data to drive business outcomes and provide a competitive advantage. His expertise covers: Development and management of data engineering pipelines and platforms at a petabyte scale; Development and execution of AI and data strategy for the company; Building cloud-scale data products and integrating with enterprise data sets; Modernizing Data Infrastructure (how data is instrumented, collected, stored, and insights are derived and shared with enterprise applications) through continuous evolution of processes, technologies, and adoption of SDLC principles; Building and retaining top talent, motivating and managing dispersed teams; Defining and executing of Data-driven operating environment that accelerated business outcomes (customer acquisition, conversion, and retention) and provided a competitive advantage; Migrations of large-scale on-prem big data platforms to the cloud (lift and shift, re-platform, and re-architecture strategies).
"Although numerous companies embarked on their journey nearly a decade ago, only a select few have successfully established and operated a data-driven operating model fueled by actionable insights. Those who have mastered this art have catapulted themselves ahead, leaving their competition in the dust."
Recent Works:
Podcast interview on The Next Big Question
Aviv Sinai has been Senior Vice President of Research & Development for Taboola since July 2018. He previously served in various capacities at Taboola from 2007, including as its Vice President of Research and Development between 2012 and 2018. Prior to joining Taboola in 2007, he served in the Israel Defense Forces for 6 years as a software team leader in an elite technological unit. Mr. Sinai earned a B.S. degree cum laude in Computer Science from Bar Ilan University and a M.Sc. cum laude in Computer Science from Reichman University (the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya).
"It’s all about the culture."
Ben has spent his career focused on helping companies develop end-to-end data solutions that are simple and maintainable. He has worked in various industries and companies including companies like Facebook as a data engineer. Using his broad experiences he has helped companies develop, improve modernize and migrate their data infrastructure. He has helped migrate companies off old ETL systems, find the right solutions such as Astronomer and Fivetran and improve companies data performance. Whether your company is a SaaS or Casino, Ben can help.
"Good design is easier to change than bad design - the pragmatic programmer."
As the Head of Partner Solutions for Consumer Industries as Databricks, Bryan draws on decades of industry and consulting experience to connect data & AI solutions from across the partner ecosystem with enterprise customer needs.
"Technology unlocks its full potential when it's directly aligned with a clear business need. The key to success lies in connecting the right tool to the right outcome."
Cohavit Almagor is a Director of Engineering at Google Cloud where she leads a portfolio of products and technologies in the File Solutions domain whether they are built from the ground up internally or integrated with 3rd party or open source technologies.
Prior to working in Google, Cohavit did several roles in the cyber security domain including acting as McAfee’s Israeli site manager, responsible for the DLP Endpoint solution as well as acting as a Sr. Director of Engineering in PANW responsible for the Endpoint protection product which has evolved to XDR.
Cohavit is acting as a technology advisor in several companies and start-ups and also involved with helping minorities better integrate in the high-tech industry focusing on women. She writes articles, advises companies and lectures in various forums.
"Do good and good will come to you!"
Demetrios Brinkmann is founder of the MLOps Community. He is an avid traveler who taught English as a second language to see the world and learn about new cultures. Brinkmann fell into the Machine Learning Operations world, and since, has interviewed the leading names around MLOps, Data Science, and Machine Learning. When he is not conducting interviews you can find him making stone stackings with his daughter in the woods or playing the ukulele by the campfire.
"Lots of talk about community these days but its hard to get right. Developers are quick to sniff out products with the wrong intentions who use community as a way to generate leads."
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Dirk Beyer is a Technical & Business Leader and Analytics Architect with executive background and more than 25 years of experience of building teams and directing AI, ML and Data-driven Business Development for Marketing, Supply Chain, Identity Resolution, Payment Solutions, Risk and Fraud in both large companies and early startups. He has worked in Executive and Analytics Leadership roles at Doordash, Uber, Neustar, Marketshare, M-Factor, and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a Master’s degree in Education and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Leipzig University, Germany, and conducted academic research at University of Toronto.
"Data is an essential asset for any company. It needs to be constantly collected and protected. It only bears interest, though, if it is put to work."
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Gal holds both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science from the Technion, specializing in Natural Language Processing. He has authored several papers in the NLP domain that were accepted at prestigious conferences. Gal is a seasoned software developer and natural language processing researcher, having kickstarted teams at Microsoft and led NLP research squads in various startups. Additionally, he is the founder and co-host of the LangTalks podcast, the most listened-to podcast in Hebrew about developing LLM-based applications. Gal is also the founder of Apriori.ai, a GenAI and NLP consulting company that assists startups in implementing GenAI tech to address their challenges. Gal previously served as the VP of R&D at Renovai, which develops GenAI chat solutions for lifestyle ecommerce companies.
"In my opinion the GenAI revolution only started and while the technology barrier will no longer serve as a big differentiator for startups the execution and finding a good use cases will."
Gilad Lotan, Head of Data Science and Analytics at BuzzFeed Inc. spearheads a team developing cutting-edge analytics, insights, and data products used by thousands and experienced by hundreds of millions of content consumers worldwide. Prior to BuzzFeed, Gilad led Data Science at Betaworks, an NYC-based startup studio and seed-stage VC firm that launched services such as Bitly, Chartbeat, Giphy and SocialFlow. Earlier, Gilad contributed to data product development at Microsoft where his team integrated social data streams into a range of products. His work, particularly on propaganda and bias within algorithmic ranking systems, has been widely recognized in academic journals and publications.
"Organizations should stop seeing data as merely a source of information and begin to recognize its transformative potential in reshaping decision-making processes and driving innovative product development."
Recent Works:
Even This Data Guru Is Creeped Out By What Anonymous Location Data Reveals About Us
Guy is an experienced product leader, with over 15 years in tech, currently leading product at JFrog, an end-to-end MLOps platform powering ML & AI for leading companies worldwide. Guy loves navigating chaos, simplifying complex problems and workflows, and integrating technical knowledge with the love for people and products. Guy brings a diverse background spanning from FPGA in the IDF's elite cybersecurity Matzov unit, networking at Cisco, cybersecurity at Mercedes Benz, fintech startups, and ML & AI products.Guy has been passionate about generative AI and LLMs starting early 2021, and loves building products which leverage the power of AI in creative ways. Guy is fluent in 5 languages and holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Reichman University.
"Build products using Pareto principle: focus on the 20% that delivers 80% of the results. Aim for simplicity and blend ideas from diverse fields to create products that users love."
James has more than 15 years experience building and leading analytics and operations teams, with an emphasis full-stack analytics ownership. He is currently the Senior Director of Strategic Programs in the Data Office at Snowflake. Prior to Snowflake, he lead BizOps, RevOps, and Analytics functions at Mux, a developer platform that powers the internet's video infrastructure. Before Mux, James led BI and analytics teams at YouTube and Google. On his circuitous path to data and analytics, James learned the art of slideware as a strategy consultant and earned his CFA designation as an investment analyst.
"The last mile in data is still the hardest to get right. And just just like a pizza or a joke...if you don’t nail the delivery, it’s all for naught."
Julia is an accomplished leader with well over a decade of experience in data-driven roles across prominent tech companies. As the VP of Data & Analytics at Carta, she led a transformative data strategy, enhancing self-service capabilities and fostering impactful Data Science collaborations. Her tenure at Square saw her establish and scale the Data Engineering function, modernizing the data stack and empowering over 4,000 users with self-service analytics tools. Julia also served as Director of Analytics at HotelTonight, driving predictive analytics initiatives, and a number of other mid to late stage startups in various data roles.
"Effective data teams thrive on variety of work and educational backgrounds. I admire those who are endlessly curious, always seeking to learn, and unafraid of tackling tough challenges."
June Dershewitz is an analytics leader with 25 years of experience as a practitioner and as a consultant for major brands. She has spent the past 8 years working in the Media & Entertainment division of Amazon - specifically Twitch and Amazon Music - where she has built and led teams of analysts, scientists, and data engineers. She holds nonprofit and academic board seats, and she is an angel investor in data startups. She lives with her family in San Francisco.
"Never underestimate the power of your genuine enthusiasm for the problem you're trying to solve."
Kapil Vyas is a seasoned IT executive at Automation Anywhere, leading IT and cloud operations, Information Security, and the AI + Automation Center of Excellence (CoE). He has successfully instilled an "Automation First" philosophy, significantly enhancing efficiency and transforming the IT department into an innovation hub and revenue generator. His leadership has spurred the implementation of over 20 advanced automations with Generative AI, earning the prestigious CIO 100 award in 2024. Before this role, Kapil had over two decades of experience in IT, significantly shaping the IT infrastructure and platform markets in the early 2000s. His expertise in IaaS, Security and a cloud-first approach have helped technology startups build innovative and high-performing IT teams. His career demonstrates a steadfast belief in the power of technology to shape the future.
"Founders, never tire and don't fear—when you think it's the END, remember there's always a BEND that brings new opportunities, each more promising than the last, waiting to be seized and turned into success."
Lee is Generative AI Lead at LangTalks, and has led multiple teams in building AI agents to production - including automating over 50% of customer support tickets, advanced document analysis pipelines, a real-time voice agent, advanced tools for controlling agents, and an AI-coding platform and practices deployed across the R&D organization. Alongside his leadership work, Lee has hands-on experience building a wide range of AI agents, including sophisticated software engineering agents.
Martin specializes in delivering effective solutions and enhancing user experience and service delivery. With expertise in code-complete design and development, enterprise architecture, deployment, data security, and compliance, he brings valuable process and building knowledge to the table. His track record of success includes directing cross-functional and multi-site international teams in agile scrum, along with Scaled Agile, environments and managing IT projects, capacity planning, and implementation with ease. Areas of Martin's expertise include: Framework and improved processes for continuous improvement; Global Cloud Solutions: IaaS, PaaS, DCaaS, SaaS, NSOC, SOC; Data Science at scale with Machine Learning, ModelOps, MLOps; Observability to Explainability: ITIM, APM, Metrics, Patterns, Actionable; Security: Prevention, Detection, Remediation, DevSecOps.
"Leadership lies in inspiring others to unlock their full potential, delivering more, fostering a collaborative environment where diverse perspectives flourish, and engaging continuous improvement and growth."
Recent Works:
The Future of AI and ML in the Software Development Industry & Much More
Saar Golde is an experienced data science executive and Ph.D. economist. Saar has been serving as the Chief Data Scientist at Via Transportation for the past 8 years, tackling diverse challenges across data science, data engineering, reporting and related domians. Prior to Via, Saar established and grew Knowedgent’s data science practice, working mainly in healthcare, pharma, and financial services. Saar holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford, an M.Sc in Operations and Decision Sciences from Tel Aviv University, and a B.Sc. in Physics and Math from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Sathish is a seasoned data executive with 22 years of experience in all facets of data lifecycle management who takes pride in connecting strategy to execution and promoting data-driven culture.
"When it comes to organizations, survival of the fittest is no longer true.. it will be the survival of the most nimble, innovative, data-driven & self-disruptive companies."
Shira is the Vice President of Data Products & Data Science at Achieve, helping people get into a better financial future. She loves the intersection of Data and Product where data powers great products and experiences that utilize innovative technologies. In her 15+ years of experience, spanning across different industries and organizations and held multiple leadership roles at Yahoo, Realtor.com and Truecar. Shira has had repeated success in building successful teams and driving business outcomes, with proven results in developing best in class Products from initial concepts to millions of users across multiple platforms.
"Be resilient, don't be afraid to speak up and never stop dreaming."
Sriram Sirisinahal is a seasoned data analytics executive with over two decades of experience leading transformations across sectors like Financial Services, CPG, Digital Advertising, and Technology. As the Senior Director of Data at Unity, he drives innovation in creating and operating real-time 3D content. Sriram fosters a culture of data-driven decision-making, propelling organizational excellence through analytical insights. He is passionate about ensuring companies remain at the forefront of evolving data and analytics landscapes and reinforce their position as trailblazers in the dynamic digital sphere.
Companies that started off with a strong data based decision making culture have always successfully outperformed their competitors.
Stephen Blum is the CTO and co-founder of PubNub, a company that connects one billion devices and handles 25,000 terabytes of data every month. The edge messaging communication platform powers applications across industries with features like device control, on-demand delivery and collaborative tools. Stephen's approach led to over 60 granted patent claims, including an edge message bus written in C running on Kubernetes, showcasing innovation, scale and reliability in the field. Stephen has been instrumental in enabling PubNub's edge messaging solutions to thrive in a myriad of use cases including fleet management, multiplayer gaming, connected homes, telemedicine, and live audience engagement. With a background in CS and a passion for globally distributed systems, Stephen has lead architecting PubNub's globally distributed Edge Messaging Network that ensures low-latency data transfers worldwide.
"Top 10 apps in the App Store have built-in communication. This has become an expected product feature. PubNub APIs makes this seamless."
Sumesh Kumar is a former Sales Operations and Analytics leader responsible for driving ARR and Revenue growth. He has a proven track record of optimizing sales processes, implementing revenue-generating initiatives, and managing high-performing sales strategy and analytics teams. Sumesh has a record of strong analytical skills and experience using data-driven and Generative AI techniques to disrupt traditional Sales models and decision making. He is passionate about leveraging technology and innovation to drive Sales strategy and P&L.
"Disrupting traditional sales models through AI and Generative AI."
With over 15 years of experience, I have led dynamic teams in leveraging data to provide strategic insights and influence product strategies across prominent tech companies. My expertise spans the entire data lifecycle, from architecting loggers, designing data warehouses, to reporting insights. As a Data Engineering Manager at Meta, I have supported various foundational efforts, driven impactful projects from conception to delivery, led complete overhaul of logging process, supported multiple 0->1 products, leading to significant gains. Currently, I led the Videos Ecosystem team overseeing a fast-paced group of data engineers that owns KPI metrics and plays a crucial role in supporting strategic initiatives that drive the company's growth in the video domain. By providing comprehensive data insights and ensuring alignment with company priorities, the team significantly contributes to the overall success and competitiveness of Meta's video products.
"Get comfortable with the uncomfortable", it's the key to unlocking innovation and growth.
Uria is a seasoned entrepreneur who has founded and exited multiple AI companies. His most recent venture, Novacy, analyzed body language in virtual interactions and was acquired by Lusha in late 2025. He is a recognized leader in the AI agents community in Israel, driving the implementation and adoption of AI and AI agents across large enterprises.
Vandana has over 15 years of experience in Product, Technology, and Data across the Payments & Healthcare industries. At Mastercard, where she has worked for more than a decade, she excels in delivering customer-centric solutions with a focus on data strategy, data management, governance, and ethical data & AI use. She is known for her analytical skills and effective stakeholder communications with product delivery. Based in Seattle, Washington, Vandana holds a B.Tech in Computer Engineering from India, and an MBA from the University of Washington, US. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her kid and practicing ceramics.
"Innovation thrives when we genuinely listen to the pain points of others. True leadership is about understanding and addressing these challenges with empathy and creativity."
As a preeminent Senior Data, Analytics, and AI thought leader, Vinay Reddy Ravoola has redefined the landscape of data utility over two groundbreaking decades. His leadership has been instrumental in assembling and steering powerhouse teams across Data Engineering, Data Science, and AI, setting new benchmarks for data products that significantly enhance Acquisition, Engagement, and Retention. At the forefront of Adobe's data & analytics for digital media and marketing, he pioneered the Data-Driven Operating Model, seamlessly weaving insights through the fabric of the business.
His expertise in navigating the nuances of the subscription model for both B2B and B2C segments is unmatched, adeptly embedding actionable insights into critical points of the customer journey to supercharge growth, personalization, and loyalty. Vinay is renowned for fostering an environment where innovation, empowerment, and empathy thrive, attracting and nurturing the industry's brightest minds.
Vinay's contributions have been pivotal in constructing a centralized Customer Data Platform, masterfully orchestrating customer journeys for unparalleled insights, and engineering data products that are the backbone of business functionality. His commitment to leveraging Data Science, AI, and ML has unlocked exponential growth opportunities, streamlined data integration post-M&A, and championed data democratization, all while maintaining the highest standards of governance and quality.
Vinay's journey in data, analytics, and AI over the past twenty years has positioned him as a leading figure in transforming data into a key strategic business value. His approach combines deep technical expertise with a keen business outlook, aiming to tackle complex global scale issues.
"Innovation thrives on curiosity, empathy, and the courage to transform challenges into opportunities. Lead by empowering others to envision and enact change."
Wendy has over 10 years of experience building data product teams through different stages of scale from 0 - 1 to 1 - n. Currently, Wendy is the Director of Engineering & Data for Core Optimize at Shopify. Wendy and her teams are focused on exploring how to better support user analytic workflows through building experiences and infrastructure foundations that help merchants understand and grow their business.
"Investing in foundations early will deliver exponential value down the road when you're ready to leverage a new scale of data maturity for your organization."
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Xinran is a Senior Data Engineer with over 7 years of industry experience in designing and developing data systems. Currently a member of the Personalization Data Engineering team at Netflix, she builds data applications to power ML algorithms and product innovation. Prior to Netflix, Xinran was a Data Engineer at Confluent and Target where she leveraged big data technologies to enable data-driven decision making in the marketing and membership space. She is also an active blog writer and the founder of Data Engineer Things, an online publication and community dedicated to data engineering.
"Only when the data engineering systems are future-proofed to consistently deliver qualitative data, data-driven business decisions can be made with confidence."
Yali Pollak is a Director of Engineering, Data & AI at Anaplan, where he leads the development of innovative AI products, including NLP-based sales tools and data pipelines. With over 10 years of experience in AI, machine learning, and big data, Yali has a strong track record of delivering products from 0 to 1. He has led teams at Adobe (Marketo) and Rakuten Viber, where he drove the creation and launch of AI-driven solutions that significantly improved product performance and customer engagement. At Adobe, his work on recommender systems and predictive audiences led to measurable improvements and several software patents. Yali is passionate about solving complex problems, mentoring engineers, and aligning technology with business strategy. He holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Ben Gurion University and is dedicated to leveraging AI to transform business outcomes.
"The best leadership comes from empowering teams to think big, while always keeping the bigger picture in mind and making sure every step counts."
Over the last 20 years, Yoni has made data accessible to business stakeholders, serving as a product and analytics leader. His tenure at Google and Palantir, along with co-founding the data company Rupert, underscores his expertise. Currently, he advises companies that are developing data tools for business stakeholders and analytical teams. An adept builder and problem solver, Yoni thrives on addressing complex data challenges across various domains.
"Both Nirvana and Pink Floyd crafted masterpieces; yet in life, as in music, I favor Nirvana's simplicity over Pink Floyd's complexity."
Yuda Borochov finds leadership to be his calling: "I'm passionate about data. I love what I do. I've been fortunate to lead teams that have a delivery track record of numerous massively large strategic initiatives from vision to implementations, in startups, global public and private companies, and Fortune-100 enterprises.I’m currently leading the Data organization in one of the world's largest esports and competitive gaming companies.I'm on a lifelong mission to study true leadership. It has yielded tight families. Also called teams."
"Leadership leads people, managers manage stuff. If we remember to have values around a heart-first and people-first core. If we put systems in play to support this mindset. Over time our Org's outcomes will surpass any immediate goal one single manager's perspective can conjure."
For the past 24 years, Yuval has been turning Big Data into business value, helping organization gain competitive advantage by using data driven insights. He is a passionate entrepreneur, specializing in turning ideas into successful products. He started his career as a software developer and moved into product and then entrepreneurship, holding an MBA from the IE business school in Madrid. For the past 12 years Yuval has been an entrepreneur. In 2016 he founded Market Beyond (a Hetz portfolio company), providing insights to e-commerce brands and retailers. In 2023, he sold the company to Bright Data (the third exit for Hetz) and is now focused on helping startups.
"Data is king, data-driven insights is queen. However too much data makes organization struggle to make sense. Turning insights into actions is the new emperor."
Ziv is a creative leader of Analytics, who specializes in the analytical fields of Finance, Business, Consulting & Strategy. Ziv has over 12 years experience in analytical roles in the Israeli high-tech ecosystem, where he constantly thrives to lead analysts in large impact analytical projects and pushes to cultivate an analytics-as-a-product approach. Currently Ziv manages the GTM Data Analytics group at AppsFlyer GTM organization. The Data Analytics group consists of 10 analysts supporting all GTM departments from Strategy, Business, Sales, Revenues, Client Services, Marketing & Support. Ziv started as the first analyst at AppsFlyer's Global Client Services department, and helped hire, manage & grow the analytics teams from 1 to 8 analysts across 4 different continents. Ziv holds a BA in Economics (Cum Laude) & MA in Economics with thesis - both from Ben Gurion University of the Negev.His MA specialization was in Econometrics and high statistics, and his thesis was in the field of consumer decision making, behavioral economics & experimental economics.
"Salience Matters" [Ziv Ben Naim]
"More is lost by indecision than wrong decision." [Marcus Tullius Cicero]
Nico is the CISO at Lyft. Prior to Lyft, he led GitHub Security Lab and was the VP of Professional Services at Immunity while advising multiple Fortune 500 companies. With over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, Nico is widely recognized for his contribution in offensive security, vulnerability development and penetration testing.
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.
"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."
David is currently the CISO at Sequoia Consulting Group, and most recently served as the chief information security officer (CISO) for Databricks, responsible for the security vision, strategy, and compliance programs to ensure customer and corporate information assets and technologies are protected. David has more than 15 years of security experience. Prior to Databricks he served as the chief security officer (CSO) for Jive Software, where he was responsible for Jive's corporate and product security. In addition to being Jive’s CSO, David ran technical operations for Jive’s Cloud platform. David has held director of security roles at Blue Coat Systems and Jasper Wireless, where he was in charge of the organizations' corporate and product security programs.
"CISOs who who are transparent with their customers by sharing how they protect customer data will build a more secure environment. This collaboration will foster trust and receive important feedback that will improve the company's security."
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.
"Saying no is more critical to success than saying yes."
Poorvi Shrivastav is the GM and VP, Products at HubSpot. Shrivastav has 15+ years of experience leading global customer, product and engineering teams. She has launched products and built high performing teams across enterprise SaaS companies and is known for scaling emerging businesses at Microsoft, Salesforce and HubSpot. She is passionate about education, technology, and culture and is an investor and advisor for multiple educational and software organizations. She holds a Bachelors in computer science engineering from India and a MBA in strategic management from The Wharton School.
"Invest in people, product and processes in that order. Unless you have the right people in right spots, you can't build a great product and finally processes and systems will help you execute on your vision faster."
Eyal Barkay is Sr. Director II of Enterprise & Cloud at Walmart, leading the design, build, and run of one of the largest hybrid cloud deployments in the world. Eyal is Former VP of Infrastructure & Operations for Priceline of Booking Holdings Group, where he led its transformation to cloud, as well as Operational Engineering Excellence reducing failures impact, Increasing developer productivity, and corporate agility. Eyal has extensive knowledge and expertise in the scope of SRE, NOC, Change Management, Enterprise Architecture, DevOPS, CI/CD, Cloud Development, Corporate IT, BizApps, Compute, Storage and Networks.
Located in the NYC area, Eyal assists Israeli companies connect to large design partners and customers in the U.S.
"To succeed and scale - build your leadership team with people who are more experienced than you in what they were hired to do, listen and challenge where makes sense, and don’t forget to invest in them. Make sure they do the same. Our people are everything; it's rare that tech issues aren't resolvable with the right team in place."
Anton was born and raised in London, Ontario - Canada, as part of an immigrant family from Jamaica. After years working across multiple industries within the start-up technology space within Canada, he moved to Seattle, Washington. He is an experienced technical executive with over 20 years of experience solving business and technical problems spanning gaming, security, hardware and networking. After 10 years running several several businesses within Amazon Web Services, with a strong focus on IaaS and SaaS, he moved to PayPal where he is currently head of engineering for the Digital Wallet. Across his career he has worn many hats, including setting product & technical vision, driving growth strategies for early stage businesses and been a technical leader solving some of the most challenging problems on the internet. Outside of his role as an executive, he is an active advocate for inclusion and diversity as well as an investor and advisor of early stage startups.
"Success can be measured by the number of hard conversations you've had. Working through, as opposed to avoiding them is a key to success."
As SVB’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Grant Bourzikas is responsible for developing and implementing SVB’s information security and privacy program. Grant oversees enterprise-wide security policies and global privacy, develops strategies to continuously improve enterprise data security and implements enterprise business continuity and disaster recovery plans. He works directly with SVB business units to facilitate risk assessment and risk management processes.
Prior to joining SVB, Grant was the Group Chief Information Security Officer at HSBC and responsible for the global cybersecurity posture and program for the bank. Before HSBC, Grant was the CISO and led the McAfee Labs and Data Science division, with responsibility for the Artificial Intelligence function.
With over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, Grant is a five-time CISO at a Fortune 500 critical infrastructure company, financial services organization, and gaming company. He began his career in public accounting where he provided cybersecurity strategy, implementation, and assessment services to many global organizations. Grant has a proven track record in driving transformational change as well as leading diverse global cybersecurity teams.
Grant was named Top 100 Global CISO in 2020, awarded Security’s Most Influential People in Security 2019, and CISO of the Year in 2018. Grant has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and received a Master’s in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence from Southern Methodist University in 2022.
"Recognize that diversity of thought is essential for your success. As you build your teams, look for people who think differently than you and from each other."
Watch Grant: A cybersecurity discussion with Grant Bourzikas
Yong was most recently Head of Security and Privacy Engineering at Stripe, where he led data security and privacy, security infrastructure, SaaS security, and user security. Prior to that, he was Director of Security and Privacy Engineering at Uber, responsible for data security and privacy, platform and infrastructure security, as well as customer identity and account security. Previously, Yong held executive leadership roles in security product development and security infrastructure at both public companies (RSA Security, EMC, MicroStrategy) and early-stage startups. He received his PhD degree specializing in Machine Learning systems from California Institute of Technology.
"To stand out among many peers, a security startup needs to articulate a best-in-class solution to real pain points instead of making generalized claims."
After eight years in the 81 Intelligence Unit and four more in startup companies, Pavel joined Tapingo as one of its leaders. After the former's acquisition by Grubhub, he managed the engineering group and served as the general manager of the Israeli site. Currently, Pavel is working for Coupang (based in Seoul, South Korea) building a new business for the company.
"Always make decisions based on data. when data isn't available - build the minimum you can to get data."
Sumit is a seasoned IT professional with 22 years of IT industry experience, managing teams in product development, professional services and Information Technology. At present, he is working as the CIO of AuitomationAnywhere . In his current role, he is responsible for leading the vision, strategy and operations for entire Global IT team of AutomationAnywhere. Prior to joining AutomationAnywhere, Sumit was CIO at MobileIron, a pioneer in the MDM technology (Mobile device management and security). He is a strong proponent of zero trust security model. AutomationAnywhere is a cloud first company and Sumit is responsible for securing corporate systems and data.
"Cloud technologies have changed the way we operate. Although CIO's are responsible for securing all business applications within their organization, they aren't necessarily the buyer for every purchase. This is making their job harder to oversee how corporate data is managed, secured and flows through an organization. They need to constantly adapt and adopt newer technologies to find the true balance between user convenience and security."
Zak Islam most recently joined AWS as Director, Software Engineering. Previously, he served as CTO at Linktree, covering the engineering and product functions. Prior to Linktree, Zak spent three and a half years at Atlassian as the Head of Engineering for Tech Teams composing of products such as Jira Software, Jira Service Desk, Jira Align, Bitbucket, Opsgenie, Statuspage, and Compass. Before Atlassian, Zak was with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in leadership roles across Messaging and Workflow products between 2012 and 2018. Previous to that Zak operated in technical leadership roles across companies such as Varicent Software and Infor. Zak holds a Bachelor of Science, Computer Science from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.
"Good companies deliver features to customers to solve problems. Great companies deliver solutions to unleash the potential of their customers."
Watch Zak: How to scale your global R&D team
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.
"The role of security isn't to say no to the business, it's how to get to 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.
"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."
Hardik Parekh is responsible for company-wide global cybersecurity strategy and execution at Five9. Prior to Five9, Hardik developed and matured security programs at companies like DellEMC/RSA, Intuit, Amazon, and Splunk.Hardik brings two decades of global cyber security experience and a builder mindset. His previous experience includes developing product security, enterprise security, compliance, and SOC. Hardik delivered security at scale and speed. Hardik has built a modern, highly automated SOC at Amazon as the Physical Retail unit's CISO. Hardik Parekh co-authored the widely-used OWASP Software Assurance Maturity Model 2.0 and SANS Top 25 Programming Errors. In addition, he contributed to industry standards such as - BSIMM, and NIST SSDF. Hardik serves on advisory boards of innovative startups and the CompTIA Certification Advisory Committee for security certifications - Security+, CySA+, PenTest+, and CASP+.
Cybersecurity & Technology advisor, author and executive with 15+ years of repeated success in building Infrastructure Security, Application Security, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Software Engineering teams and programs from the ground up. Leader who attracts top talent and influences key leadership and board to communicate risk-based value proposition, overall roadmap and optimal budget requirements. Accomplished in fostering long-lasting business alliances, driving continuous improvements, and unlocking technology enabled opportunities to bolster top and bottomline growth across verticals such.
"Founders: Identify and model your core values, it can make the difference between success and failure."
Jacob is a leader Vice President Of Engineering from different Tier-1 companies. He brings 20 years of experience in wide areas of architecture and software development.Jacob managed small to large engineering groups building structured teams in Research, Development, QA, Devops and Automation.His main expertise are cloud, networking, cyber and web3.0 technologies as well as mentorship to R&D and Product managers.
"In any meeting, in any interaction with people, always think and strive for bringing value to them."
Elie Abenmoha serves as Chief IT Security Officer for Publicis Groupe, a global leader in advertising, media buying, data-driven marketing and digital business transformation where he leads the Global Security Office (GSO) protecting the organization against cyber threats, ensuring compliance to security regulations and managing a center of excellence supporting client and product delivery services.
"The most secure computer is the computer that’s off."
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