Katie Alvarez

AT&T

Katie Alvarez is a Principal - Cybersecurity manager at AT&T where she works with her team to provide a Security Orchestration and Automated Response (SOAR) platform to improve response times to security incidents.

Ed Amoroso

TAG Cyber

Dr. Ed Amoroso is currently Chief Executive Officer of TAG Cyber LLC, a global research and advisory company that supports enterprise cyber security teams and commercial security vendors around the world. Ed recently retired from AT&T after thirty-one years of service, beginning in Unix security R&D at Bell Labs and culminating as Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer of AT&T from 2004 to 2016.

Ed has served as Research Professor at the Tandon School of Engineering at NYU since 2017. He has also been Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the Stevens Institute of Technology for the past thirty years, where he has introduced nearly two thousand graduate students to the topic of information security. Ed also serves the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University as a senior advisor. He is author of six books on cyber security and dozens of major research and technical papers and articles in peer-reviewed and major publications.

Keith Anderson

WarnerMedia

Keith Anderson is the Vice President of Enterprise Security Architecture at AT&T and the Deputy CISO for AT&T Affiliate, WarnerMedia. He is responsible for teams working with the enterprise security architecture and strategy for AT&T network, cloud security and various other domains. Additionally, he is accountable for security of the securiWarnerMedia enterprise, including Warner Bros, HBO, CNN and other WarnerMedia Brands.

Kevin Baltes

General Motors Company

Kevin Baltes is "Director - Product Cybersecurity" for General Motors Company. He is responsible for leading the global team defining the strategies and security controls to mitigate automotive cybersecurity risks. His team manages the cybersecurity posture of the end-to-end connected vehicle ecosystem, including the electrical architecture, electronic control units, telematics, infotainment, telecom channels, vehicle-facing applications and services, and V2X. His team is also responsible for cybersecurity innovation, penetration testing, and university engagements. Kevin holds a BSEE from the University of Dayton, and an MS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and has 16 US patents.

Aaron Bangor

AT&T

Aaron Bangor is Principal-Technology Security within AT&T’s Chief Security Office. Previously, he was the technical lead and a co-founder of AT&T’s Corporate Accessibility Technology Office and before that worked for over a decade at AT&T Labs. Dr. Bangor holds a Ph.D. in Human Factors Engineering from Virginia Tech, has been granted 35 patents, served on several federal and state advisory groups, and is a member of the US TAG to ISO.

Walter Barnes

AT&T

Walt Barnes is a CSO architect responsible for the protection of Mobility and Enterprise applications. At Bell Labs he created the first diskless UNIX, developed record-setting French Minitel messagerie software and led the rescue team for BTI 5-ESS gateway. He led scalability and reliability for Motorola Cellular Group. Walt has an BS/CS degree from the University of Kansas and an MS/EE from Northwestern University. His side gig is teaching Yoga and Meditation.

Chris Boyer

AT&T

Chris Boyer is responsible for AT&T's policy positions regarding national security, cybersecurity and emerging technology. Mr. Boyer also serves in several external roles including AT&T’s point of contact with the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC); Founder and Chairman of the Open RAN Policy Coalition and serves on the Executive Committee of the Communications Sector Coordinating Council (CSCC).

Lisa Brickhaus

AT&T

Lisa Brickhaus is a Director-Cybersecurity at AT&T. She has 30+ years of IT experience with the company with roles varying from Tape Operations, to Application Development, Database Administrator to Project/Program Management. Her last 5 years have been in AT&T’s Chief Security Organization. During this time, her focus has been Vulnerability Management in the Device, Application and Database areas, specifically targeting vulnerability scanning, vulnerability management, governance and compliance.

Megan Brown

Wiley Rein LLP

Megan represents corporations in complex proceedings, responding to agency and Congressional inquiries and developing compliance strategies under a variety of statutes, including cybersecurity laws. Megan has deep expertise in cybersecurity and data privacy issues, working for national and global companies on cutting edge compliance and risk management, including global standards work. She also serves on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Cybersecurity Leadership Council and is Associate Director for Cybersecurity at George Mason law school’s National Security Institute.

Albert Caballero

WarnerMedia

Albert Caballero is the BISO for HBO Max at WarnerMedia. As a patented and published security technologist, he is passionate about information security and threat intelligence. He has developed SOCs, conducted forensic investigations and handled incident responses for large commercial organizations as well as government agencies and holds three patents in the area of firmware security and trusted computing.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertcaballero/

Denise Curtis

AT&T

Denise Curtis currently works in the AT&T Chief Security Office and works with both the AT&T Supply Chain department and Supplier Security Team.  Previously she was the Director of Risk Management for the AT&T Supply Chain Organization.  Denise has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry.

Virgil-David Dafinoiu

AT&T

David is a highly accomplished ex-military Techno8logy and Cybersecurity leader with nation-state expertise defending critical infrastructure and assets for over two decades.  He is a USCGA Maritime Telecommunication Officer and Head of Maritime Cybersecurity program at PACE University. At AT&T, David works for the Chief Security Organization. He is tasked with consolidating multiple information security programs into a new unified approach. David holds a Master of Science degree in Electronics and Computer Science.

Ron Dilley

WarnerMedia

Ron Dilley is a leading information security practitioner and thought leader with more than two decades of experience building and implementing information security practices for global companies, overseeing and revitalizing infosec teams and advising on mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures from an infosec perspective. In the constantly changing infosec landscape, Ron is dedicated to staying abreast and ahead of current and emerging threats across all relevant technologies.

Dan Flynn

AT&T

Dan Flynn is the Assistant Vice President for Public Cloud Architecture at AT&T.  Dan and his team are responsible for creating reference architectures and patterns for the third-party cloud providers used by AT&T, namely Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Brad Ford

AT&T

Brad Ford is the Director for architecture and analytics in the Identity and AccessManagement group. Before coming to CSO, Brad worked 6 years within the ChiefData Office holding different positions from engineer to director. Prior tojoining AT&T, Brad worked in the cyber product space for a leadingdefense contractor while finishing his Masters in Security Engineering.Brad lives in Texas with his family and numerous pets.

Jonathan Gannon

AT&T

Jon Gannon is an Assistant Vice President & Senior Legal Counsel at AT&T. He counsels the company’s network security and policy groups on cybersecurity matters.  Jon covers incident response, tabletop exercises, internal and supplier security policies, and 5G and software security.  Prior to joining AT&T, Jon worked in the National Security Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, and supported a variety of counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and cyber investigations. 

Don Heatley

AT&T

Don is a Principal – Technology Security on the CSO Security Awareness and Outreach Team.  He has directed AT&T ThreatTraq, a weekly YouTube show on cybersecurity threats, the You Are the Firewall music video, and project managed the CSO Smart City Simulator as well as training and communications for AT&T's security policies. Previously, Don was an award-winning video producer, creating projects for clients such as Mercedes-Benz and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

John Hogoboom

AT&T

John Hogoboom is a cybersecurity analyst and is a key member of a multi-discipline team that analyzes Internet activity for leading indicators of security events. John’s professional work experience spans over 25 years in many disciplines including security analysis, network architecture design, and VoIP and telephony systems development.

Stephen Hutnik

AT&T

Stephen Hutnik is a member of the DDOS Development Team within the AT&T Chief Security Organization. He is responsible for Tier 4 architecture and planning of the AT&T DDOS Defense Service. The AT&T DDOS Defense Service is used to help protect both AT&T’s infrastructure as well as AT&T’s customer networks against large scale denial of service attacks. Stephen is the co-author of 3 Cisco related books for Mc-Graw Hill and an Adjunct Professor at Pace University.

Kathleen Hyde

Champlain College

Kathleen Hyde is Chair, Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics Programs, at Champlain College Online. She teaches at the graduate level and has developed courses on a variety of cybersecurity, digital forensics, and risk management topics. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in information security. She began her tech career as a field service technician in the mid 1990's after having been a news reporter and investigative journalist.

Chris Inglis

United States

Chris Inglis currently serves as the first Senate-confirmed National Cyber Director and advisor to the President of the United States Joe Biden on cybersecurity. He previously worked as a U.S. Naval Academy Looker Distinguished Visiting Professor for Cyber Studies, as a managing director at Paladin Capital, a member of the boards of several public and private corporations, and as a Commissioner on the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission. He retired from the Department of Defense in January 2014 after 41 years of federal service, including 28 years at the National Security Agency and seven and a half years as its Deputy Director. He served as a member of the Department of Defense Science Board and as a National Intelligence University trustee until early 2021.

A 1976 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Inglis holds advanced degrees in engineering and computer science from Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, and the George Washington University. Inglis’ military career includes 30 years of service in the US Air Force and Air National Guard — from which he retired as a command pilot at the rank of Brigadier General. He and his wife Anna have three grown children and reside in Annapolis, MD.

Manish Jain

AT&T

Manish Jain is a Cybersecurity professional with AT&T's Chief Security Office. He enjoys working with a talented team of professionals to identify and mitigate threats. Manish also spends time researching the latest cybersecurity threats. In 2015, he joined the AT&T Government Solutions Team and transitioned to CSO in 2017. Manish worked in the Civil Service sector as an Intelligence professional, prior to joining AT&T.

Johannes Jaskolski

AT&T

Johannes is a recognized cybersecurity leader and innovator. He’s responsible for customer and workforce identity and access management strategy, design, and architecture including the FirstNet ICAM solution for first responders. Johannes also led the foundation of ZenKey, a mobile identity joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, serving as the CEO/General Manager for the last 3 years and now as the AT&T Board Member.

Lars Johnson

AT&T

Lars Johnson is a Principal member of the Technical Staff in the AT&T CSO Security Research & Next Gen Technologies (SR&NGT) team and focuses on applying new technologies to solve existing problems. He invented a novel type of blockchain called “Split Ledger” which created a faster and safer environment for addressable advertising sales and was later adapted to address other traditional blockchain use cases.

Rob Joyce

United States

Mr. Rob Joyce is the Director of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Cybersecurity Directorate, which is charged with preventing and eradicating threats to U.S. National Security Systems and critical infrastructure, with a focus on the Defense Industrial Base.

Prior to this role, Mr. Joyce was the Special US Liaison Officer, London. As the senior NSA cryptologic representative in the United Kingdom, he served as the key interlocutor between NSA and GCHQ.

Mr. Joyce has held a wealth of technical and leadership positions across NSA and the broader government, to include serving as Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator at the White House, Acting Homeland Security Advisor at the White House, and Chief of NSA’s Tailored Access Operations.

Mr. Joyce began his career as an engineer and is a technologist at heart. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clarkson University and earned a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the John Hopkins University.

Ganesh Kasina

AT&T

Ganesh Kasina joined AT&T in 2009. He is a member of the Threat Analytics team devising algorithms and alarms to detect evolving threats against AT&T. Besides being a Data Analyst, his areas of expertise include the analysis of Internet activity for leading indicators of DDoS attacks, botnets and APTs, end point security, cloud technologies and Unix administration. He’s a regular contributor on AT&T ThreatTraq, offering latest Internet Weather.

Sean Keane

AT&T

Sean is a cybersecurity expert who leads the design and implementation of Cloud Security solutions at AT&T. He is primarily focused on Cloud Security Posture Management, Container Security, and Cloud Threat Detection. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University, and a Master of Science Degree in Network Security from DePaul University.

Matt Keyser

AT&T

Matt Keyser has the title of Lead-Cybersecurity, and he has led the creation ofthe AT&T Capture the Flag contests for four years where he holds the internal team title of ‘Puzzlemaster.’ The rest of the time, he leads the CSO Hunt Team, working to find security issues. He also has contributed to AT&T ThreatTraq since 2011.

Jeremy Legg

AT&T

Jeremy Legg, Chief Technology Officer – AT&T Technology Services, is responsible for AT&T’s IT, software and data architectures as well as automation, data science, analytics and cybersecurity architecture, platforms and expertise.

Jeremy’s Technology Services organization is focused on transitioning AT&T from its legacy IT environment to more modern solutions, including those that are public cloud-based, while also advancing its transition from legacy operations and business support systems to modern application solutions.

Prior to taking on this role in June 2020, Jeremy was executive vice president and CTO for WarnerMedia, responsible for all technology strategy, development and operations, as well as the technology development of AT&T’s streaming platform, HBO Max.

He previously served as the executive vice president and CTO for Turner, where he was responsible for the overall technology strategy and all aspects of Turner’s linear and digital technologies and resources.

Before that he led technology strategy and product monetization for TBS, Inc. and as the former senior vice president of business development and multi-platform distribution for TBS, Inc., Jeremy oversaw TV Everywhere and all non-linear and product distribution and strategy across broadband, iTV and wireless.

Prior to joining TBS, Inc., Jeremy was vice president of business strategy and development for AOL, Inc., responsible for strategic alliances with telecommunications and broadband providers, PC manufacturers; online providers and retailers; developing corporate strategy for AOL’s broadband initiatives.

Jeremy earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Brown University. He serves on the board of directors for iStreamPlanet. He is an active member of the National Cable Television Association, the Cable Telecommunications Association for Marketing, serves on the advisory board at SambaTV and Vizbee, and is a regular speaker and panelist at events such as CES, INTX, and other industry events. In 2016, he received Broadcasting & Cable’s Technology Leadership Award. Through the years, he has received various awards from Multichannel News and Cablefax.

Dale Littler

AT&T

Dale Littler is an Associate Director - Cybersecurity with the AT&T DDoS Operations Team. Dale has overall 24x7 operational responsibility for customer facing DDoS detection and mitigation of thousands of AT&T DDoS customers across the globe. Dale has over three decades of IT and Cybersecurity experience. He has been actively supporting AT&T DDoS Defense customers for eleven years.

Rita Marty

AT&T

Rita Marty is the Vice President of Network Security in the Chief Security Organization at AT&T, where she has overall responsibility for defining and developing the next generation of security architecture and controls to support key AT&T initiatives. These initiatives include 5G, network cloud, threat analytics, policy automation, open source, and FirstNet – public safety's dedicated, nationwide communications platform.

Katerina Megas

NIST

Kat leads the NIST Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT) Program at the US. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), focused on advancing and accelerating the development and application of research, standards, guidelines, and technologies necessary to improve the security and privacy of the ecosystem of connected devices. Before joining NIST, Kat worked in the private sector and led the development and execution of IT strategies. Kat holds a MS in Information Systems from Virginia Tech.

Chris Moran

AT&T

Chris Moran is a Principal Member of Technical staff within AT&Ts Chief Security Organization, where he works as a software developer, integrating security technologies on Astra - AT&T's internally developed cloud security platform.

Jennifer Morovitz

AT&T

As an AVP in Cybersecurity for AT&T, Jennifer has overall responsibility for leading a technology team in security of AT&T's Next Gen products and services encompassing Internet of Things, Broadband and Entertainment. Her responsibilities also include AT&T’s Vulnerability Management Program as well as Security Research. She has 25 years of experience in the Telecommunications Industry, 23 years focused on Cybersecurity.

Chuck Morse

AT&T

As a Principal-Cybersecurity in the Chief Security Office at AT&T, Chuck has a background in system administration, architecture, and cybersecurity. His current role involves defining architecture for container security, policies for configuration and vulnerabilities findings along with an auditable workflow towards remediation. Chuck has over 25 years in AT&T security spanning host and container level security architecture.

Jason Neidecker

AT&T

Jason Neidecker, Directory – Cybersecurity, has been with AT&T for 21 years. His career spans multiple operating units including outside construction, product management, and program management. Within the Chief Security Office, Jason has managed CSO’s involvement with broadband and linear TV security covering a full scope of security matters, including device and platform testing and validation. Jason now manages AT&T’s application and database vulnerability management program.

Nada Noaman

AT&T

CSO Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Outreach organizational leader. I’m responsible for transforming and creating security policy and requirements, developing a modernized Risk Management program, managing and achieving Compliance, Outreach and Awareness, eDiscovery, and International (Most of World) Security programs. Formerly the Deputy CISO of Warner Bros, and prior to that, decades of cybersecurity management consulting experience.

Stan Nurilov

AT&T

Stan Nurilov is a Lead Member of Technical Staff at the AT&T Chief Security Office. He leads the Threat Fusion Team responsible for analyzing today’s most relevant and complex threats. Stan has over 15 years of experience in reverse engineering, malware analysis, incident response, cybersecurity research, and development. Stan enjoys creatively solving unique challenges and enabling the next generation of cybersecurity experts.

Bill O'Hern

AT&T

Bill O'Hern is the Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer for AT&T. He is responsible for the strategic thought leadership and technology evolution of AT&T’s cybersecurity capabilities using the global operations and networks, including those of WarnerMedia and Xandr.

Bill O’Hern has transformed organizations with forward thinking and out-of the box ideas. That approach is now changing the way AT&T approaches security solutions for our business and our customers, while working across agencies and organizations to inform industry standards.

Bill oversees a highly skilled, innovative team of security architects, specialists, and analysts, with focus in areas that include real-time protection of AT&T's vast network infrastructure and business enterprise environment, security function virtualization and next-generation platforms, identity and access management, enterprise technology, engineering & operations, policy, compliance and vulnerability management. He oversees the security architecture of AT&T’s 5G network, its migration to next generation software-defined networking efforts as well as emerging services in IoT, entertainment and advertising.

Bill promotes a vision of a data-driven, intelligent network with embedded virtualized security functions that integrate seamlessly with effortless authentication and threat analytics. The evolution of security will become embedded in the fabric of the network service, thereby fundamentally changing the approach to securing our users, data, and networks.

His 22-year career at AT&T has been primarily focused on networking and information security, with a particular focus on innovative security platforms within AT&T's enterprise, commercial and federal government environments. Bill has led our core platform programs, building large-scale, machine-learning based threat analytics platforms, security virtualization systems, and effortless, strong authentication platforms to protect our assets.

Bill holds multiple patents in technology and security, supports Industry and government forums, and has been named CSO of the year by ISE North America. He is actively engaged in our Technology Intern Program and his core platforms have won awards in innovation, breadth, effectiveness, and awareness.

Manny Ortiz

AT&T

Manny started his career in AT&T in 1995 as a contractor working to support the desktop services organization. In 1997 he was hired as an AT&T employee to work on the desktop support team and was promoted into a network admin role. In 2001 Manny transitioned to the CSO org as a security analyst and spent 7 years there before being asked to lead the team he was working on. He lives in Easton, PA with his wife and 2 children – the oldest of which is now a senior in college and the youngest a senior in high school.

Rodney Petersen

United States

Rodney Petersen is the director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. He previously served as the Managing Director of the EDUCAUSE Washington Office. He founded and directed the EDUCAUSE Cybersecurity Program and was the lead staff liaison for the Higher Education Information Security Council. Prior to joining EDUCAUSE, he worked for the University of Maryland as the Director of IT Policy and Planning in the Office of the Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

Kristie Pfosi

Aptiv

Kristie Pfosi is the Director of Cybersecurity at Aptiv, where she has global responsibility for in-vehicle product cybersecurity, including incident response, vulnerability and risk management, and penetration testing. She is chair of the Women’s Security Alliance, and Auto-ISAC Education & Training Standing Committee, and sits on the Board at three universities for the development of cybersecurity education. 

James Phillips

AT&T

James Phillips is the AVP of Public Cloud Security Architecture in CSO. He leads a technical security team with diverse skills working across business units to drive highly secure cloud architecture and security advocacy for AT&T’s infrastructure used in Public Cloud implementations.

John Reed

AT&T

John Reed is responsible for Public Cloud Security Architecture. Currently, John is part of the Public Cloud security architecture team specializing in containers, networking between Public Cloud and Conexus, and Windows Virtual Desktops. John has been with CSO for 4 years. Before that he was a member of AT&T Technology Development Program and Flex Force working for various clients as an application developer specializing in containers and DevOps.   

Brian Rexroad

AT&T

Brian is a Vice President in CSO responsible for the product strategy, design, implementation, and operations for the identity and life-cycle management platforms at AT&T. This includes registration, credential management, authentication, and user access management for many workforces, consumer, and business applications across AT&T. Brian’s professional work experience spans over 35 years in information security – including more than 25 years with AT&T.

Sampad Rout

Xandr

Sampad is with AT&T CSO & is based out of India. Currently working as a security specialist for Xandr security architecture team. In his 10 years of experience, he has diversified his knowledge in multiple security domains & is CISSP certified. In Xandr, he is responsible for performing Risk assessment, container & serverless security, & owns the WAF. In Xandr, he is responsible for performing Risk assessment, container & serverless security, & owns the WAF.

Dan Rubin

AT&T

For the past 8 years Dan Rubin has lead content development for the AT&T Security Awareness Program. He has played a key role executing security education campaigns using websites, posters, video, live game shows, and even Awareness-themed Escape Rooms built from giant Lego-style blocks.

Jim Sciutto

CNN

Jim Sciutto is CNN's chief national security correspondent and co-anchor of CNN Newsroom airing Monday through Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. ET alongside Poppy Harlow.

Kelly Sedik

AT&T

Kelly joined AT&T in 2008. She has supported Intrusion Detection Services and DDoS Protection for external customers, and she became the DDoS SME. Kelly continued as the DDoS SME when she joined the Network Operations group, and she has recently been promoted to the title Lead Technology Security. Kelly is currently enrolled in Utica College’s Cybersecurity Master’s program.

Jonathan Sheriffs

AT&T

Jonathan Sheriffs holds the title of Distinguished – Cybersecurity at AT&T and has 25+ years of experience with Systems and Network Security. His current areas of focus include firewall policy lifecycle management and remote access modernization which encompasses VPN. Jonathan holds an undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Georgia State University and resides in the Atlanta area.

Mike Stair

AT&T

Mike Stair is a Lead Member of Technical Staff in the AT&T Chief Security Office. As technical lead for CSO Public Cloud Architecture, Mike is responsible for reviewing and defining security strategy for AT&T's Public Cloud architecture and applications.

Jeff Stewart

AT&T

Jeff Stewart is an Assistant Vice President, Global Public Policy with AT&T. He develops public policy positions and coordinates advocacy support for a wide range of issues affecting AT&T’s wireless businesses. Jeff’ work includes all policy matters affecting AT&T’s Internet of Things businesses, with a particular focus on the transportation and connected vehicles sectors. He previously served as the Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC) Advisory Board.

Randy Stricklin

AT&T

Randy Stricklin is a Lead Member of Technical Staff at AT&T, in the Cloud Security team.  He has more than 27 years of technical experience with over 20 of those years in the field of security. His most recent work involves the areas of Kubernetes, containerization, private cloud, and public cloud. Randy has been highly involved with the Akraino open source project where he currently serves as Security Chairperson. 

Karthik Swarnam

AT&T

Karthik leads efforts to help protect AT&T’s information assets and pioneer data-driven security solutions for the Internet of Things, Vulnerability Management, Software-Defined Networking, and Cloud Computing. He has a track record of directing global organizations, and has expertise in developing innovative solutions. Karthik emphasizes the use of security as an enabler – protecting critical data and network operations while implementing technology and process initiatives required to realize improvements in security posture, regulatory compliance, cost, revenue, and quality objectives.

He was a founding member and leader of Accenture’s security practice. Prior to joining AT&T, Karthik served as Chief Security Officer for DIRECTV.

Bill Trost

AT&T

Bill Trost is a Lead Member of Technical Staff in the Chief Security Office at AT&T. He oversees CSO’s quantum computing efforts to understand potential impacts of this fast-changing technology on AT&T’s information assets and ways to utilize it in AT&T’s network. Bill holds degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science and is currently working on a degree in Physics in preparation for pursuing a PhD in Quantum Computing.

Bogdan Ungureanu

AT&T

Bogdan Ungureanu is a Lead Member of Technical Staff in the Chief Security Office at AT&T. His current projects include the security architecture for AT&T’s new 5G Standalone network with a focus on the controls for the containerized 5G Core Network Functions, and the private/public cloud where these containers will run. He also has strong interests in emerging technologies like Quantum Key Distribution and Geofencing.

Jamie Wallace

A 20-year security veteran, Jamie Wallace has led security in multiple domains from policy to identity to vulnerability management. He’s most recently directed identity product management for a Fortune 100 company. He’s driven to make security easier to use and was a previous TEDx speaker on the topic.   Jamie currently lives near Austin with his wife and two teenagers he volunteers in his church and local Young Life chapter.  Twitter: @jamiemw.

Will Whittaker

Xandr

Will Whittaker is part of the AT&T security team for one of the Xandr’s ad-tech platforms. He has spent most of his career working at the intersection where advertising technology meets security and privacy concerns.

Kim Withers

AT&T

Kim currently serves as a Lead Member of Technical Staff in the Chief Security Organization (CSO). A seasoned security professional, she supports the development of a complex and proprietary internal platform, which serves AT&T’s cybersecurity mission. The platform collects billions of enterprise security events per day and stores petabytes of data for security analysis.

Rachel Zimmerman

United States

Rachel Zimmerman is the Senior Director of Business Operations for the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot Program.  During her 11 years with the program, she has helped CyberPatriot expand from a high school competition with 650 teams to an international competition with over 7,000 middle and high school teams.  In addition, she has helped the program expand beyond the competition with the development of five more cybersecurity focused programs. 

Amy Zwarico

AT&T

Amy Zwarico is a Director in AT&T’s Chief Security office. Active in ONAP (Open Network Automation Platform) and O-RAN (Open RAN), Amy currently serves as vice chair of the ONAP Security Subcommittee. Amy has worked in the telco industry for over 25 years, focusing for the past 19 years on app sec, cloud security, applied cryptography, mobility security, and policy.