SIOT April 20 Speaker Bios

SIOT April 20 Speaker Bios Darin Andersen, Chairman and Founder, CyberTECH President and CEO, CyberUnited Darin Andersen is a distinguished Internet of Things (IoT) and cybersecurity
professional with over 15 years of experience in the security industry. In 2013,
Mr. Andersen founded CyberTECH (CyberHive and iHive Incubators), a global
cybersecurity and IoT network ecosystem providing cybersecurity and IoT
resources, strategic programs and quality thought leader IoT Forums across
the nation. Darin is also founder of CyberUnited, a cybersecurity, big data and
predictive analytics consulting firm. Before founding CyberUnited, Darin was the GM, North
America for Norman Shark, a forensics malware analytics company, recently acquired by Blue Coat
Systems. Prior to Norman Shark, Darin was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at ESET, an award
winning and antivirus solutions company. While COO at ESET, Darin created the Securing Our
eCity Foundation dedicated to providing cybersecurity awareness and education to the nation. Mr. Andersen was recently named a Distinguished Fellow by the Ponemon Institute, a research
center dedicated to privacy, data protection and information security policies. He received the
Internet of Things award at the 2014 Cybersecurity Awards and was named Top Influential by The
San Diego Daily Transcript for 2015. Darin received an MBA in Finance and Operations
Management and 2nd Masters in Information Systems and Operations Systems both from University
of Southern California. Jennifer Bisceglie, CEO, Interos Solutions
Jennifer Bisceglie is an award-winning business owner of a multi-million dollar
supply chain and logistics company that helps create comprehensive cyber,
supply chain risk management process and technology solutions for numerous
government agencies and commercial entities. Prior to founding Interos, Jennifer
honed her 20 years of supply chain management experience in software
companies and global distribution companies such as Manhattan Associates,
Nine West Shoes (now Jones Apparel), and American Eagle Outfitters. In 2005, Jennifer launched
Interos to deliver comprehensive supply chain solutions to federal agencies looking to mitigate
their supply chain risk and enable them to conduct business as effectively as possible. The
company’s clients include the Department of Energy, National Security Agency, Food and Drug
Administration, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of State, U.S. Navy,
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Customs and Border Protection; as well as several commercial
clients.
Robert Brese, Executive Partner, Gartner
Mr. Robert Brese is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of
Energy (DOE). Mr. Brese provides leadership, establishes policy, and maintains
oversight for the information technology investments that support the diverse
portfolio of programs across more than 30 National Laboratories and Facilities. In
this role, Mr. Brese has lead the change of the Department’s cybersecurity
program to be mission focused and risk-based, strengthened interagency partnerships with
agreements for information sharing, initiated the transformation of OCIO IT services, strengthened
enterprise project management control, and motivated a culture shift towards innovative thinking
within the OCIO.
Previously, Mr. Brese was the Deputy CIO for Information Technology and the Director of Defense
Nuclear Security Program Evaluation within the National Nuclear Security Administration. Mr.
Brese earned his Bachelor of Engineering at Vanderbilt University, his Master of Science at The
Catholic University of America, and was a qualified Naval Nuclear Propulsion Engineer in the U.S.
Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program. Mr. Brese also holds a Federal Chief Information Officer
Certificate from The National Defense University.
Tom Brynes, Founder and CEO, ThreatSTOP Tom has held a variety of engineering, sales and support leadership positions
in both private industry and the military, including: US Army Signal Corps,
Radware and Datatech. In the mid 1990s, he was CTO of an ISP and ecommerce hosting company ADNC.com. In the early 2000s, he was Senior VP
of Technology at Zero Gravity Internet Group, a venture capital fund that
provided the initial financing to Oingo, which you know today as Google
Adwords/Adsense. Tom has been involved in the Internet and related technologies since he first
logged on to ESANET in 1981. Mike Coomes, Internet Governance and International Cyber Security Program
Manager, Office of U.S. Department of Defense Chief Information Officer
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Development, CyberUnited As Director of International Cyber Security and Internet Governance for
Department of Defense, Mr. Coomes develops cooperative cyber security
agreements between allied and partner nations, develops cyber security
capability development plans for allied and partner nations and developes a
cyber security resource guide to aid partners and allies with reference to best
practices, training and standards for cyber security. Mike also analyzes the cybersecurity policies
and deployment of partners and allies to recommend actionable steps for improvement. In
addition, Mr. Coomes is the national Chair for NATO’s Information Assurance and Cyber Defense
Capability Panel where he develops DoD positions on Internet governance and advocates for these
positions in the USG interagency. Mike has recently joined cybersecurity consulting firm,
CyberUnited as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Development. Prior to this Mr. Coomes was
a career naval officer. Mr. Coomes was a NATO staff officer providing operational analysis of
Alliance command and control systems and was also a Naval Attaché. Mike received a degree in
East Asian Studies from the University of Kansas and a Masters in International Relations and
National Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School. Michael Daniel, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity
Coordinator, The White House Michael Daniel is the Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity
Coordinator at the White House. Daniel leads the development of national
and international cybersecurity strategy and policy and oversees
implementation of those policies; ensuring that the federal government is
effectively partnering with the private sector, non-governmental
organizations, other branches and levels of government, and other nations. Prior to his current
position, he spent 17 years at the Office of Management and Budget, where he played a key role
in shaping intelligence budgets and resolving major policy issues including cybersecurity. He
received a B.A. in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton and a M.A. in Public
Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. - See more at:
http://www.rsaconference.com/speakers/michael-daniel#sthash.PnfNJzpE.dpuf Ryan Gillis, Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy and Global Policy, Palo Alto
Networks Ryan Gillis joined Palo Alto Networks in January 2015 as Vice President of
Government Affairs and Policy. Ryan is responsible for developing company
corporate policy, serving as Palo Alto Networks’ primary point of contact for
public policy and legislative matters, and ensuring appropriate company
participation in government forums and industry initiatives. Ryan joined Palo Alto Networks from
the White House, where he was Director of Legislative Affairs and Cybersecurity Policy for the
National Security Council. He began working in the White House in 2012, following six years with
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), culminating with his position there as Senior Advisor
and Legislative Director managing issues such as cybersecurity and critical infrastructure
protection. Tim Gooch, CEO and Managing Director, iWebGate As Chief Executive Officer of iWebGate, Mr. Gooch plays a pivotal role in the
overall strategic direction and operation of the company. In addition to overseeing product research, design and development, he is
also responsible for business planning and marketing and sales strategy,
including: the management of corporate policies; commercial transactions; investor relations; and
strategic partner alliances. Prior to iWebGate, Mr. Gooch built successful health services and
software development companies and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of
Western Australia. Ron Gula, CEO and Founder, Tenable Network Security Frequently sought out by media such as the New York Times, Bloomberg and
Forbes, Ron Gula is one of the leading cybersecurity thinkers in the industry.
Ron started his career in information security at the National Security Agency
conducting penetration tests of government networks and performing
advanced vulnerability research. He was also the original author of the Dragon
Intrusion Detection System and CTO of Network Security Wizards, acquired
by Enterasys Networks. At Enterasys, Ron helped many financial, government, service providers
and commercial companies to enhance their network security monitoring. Since co-founding Tenable Network Security in 2002, Ron has served as CEO. Under his leadership
the company has become the leader in continuous network monitoring and is relied upon by more
than 20,000 organizations worldwide to identify vulnerabilities, reduce risk, and ensure compliance. As a community leader and a passionate advocate for education and scientific research, Ron serves
on the Advisory Board for the University of Maryland Cybersecurity Center. He was also appointed
to the National Cybersecurity Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Education Advisory Board as part of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). Ron
has received special awards for leadership from both The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun,
and was named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 for defense and security. Ron
holds a BS from Clarkson University and an MSEE from the University of Southern Illinois. Gary Hayslip, Chief Information Security Officer, City of San Diego
Co-Chair, CyberTECH As Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the City of San Diego, Gary
advises the City of San Diego’s executive leadership consisting of Mayoral, City
Council, and 40+ city departments and agencies on protecting city government
information resources. Gary oversees citywide cyber security strategy and the
enterprise cyber security program, operations, compliance and risk assessment services. His
mission includes creating a “risk aware” culture that places high value on securing city information
resources and protecting personal information entrusted to the City of San Diego. Gary is on the
Board of Advisors for Brier and Thorn and is the Co-Chair for the Critical Infrastructure Workgroup
at the Securing Our eCity Foundation. Gary’s previous information security roles include multiple
CISO, Director of IT, Senior Network Architect and Senior Information Security Analyst roles for
the U.S. Navy (Active Duty) and the U.S. Federal Government. Gary has a degree in Information
Systems Management from University of Maryland University College, a Masters in Business
Administration from San Diego State University and an Executive Project Management Professional
Certificate from University of California, San Diego. Dr. Sung Hong, Technical Executive and Adviser / Polygon Lab., Stardust
Motors and ENT Sung Hong received the Ph. D. degree and M. S. degree in Electrical
Engineering and Electronics Engineering from Seoul National University,
Korea, in 1999 and 1994 where he participated in the research and
development of a new multimedia compression and transmission systems
during this graduate studies. Before that he received the B. S. degree in
Electronics Engineering from Kyungpook National University, Korea in 1992. From 2003 to 2008 Hong co-founded WintonHaus Incorporated in San Diego, CA and Mforus
Corporation in Korea where he led the research and development team to provide highly
optimized visual compression engines and systems to the major market in US and Korea with
Samsung Electronics. After the successful IPOs, from 2008 to 2009 Hong led Atomm Incorporated
in San Diego and Atomm Research in Wisconsin where he created new visual communications
engines for Sony, NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank-Mobile in Japan. In 2010 he was invited to ETRI,
Korea as a senior research staff member to lead Internet of things research applications
technology including video, voice, audio and sensor data compression and security. Hong then
worked with the collaboration group of Intri, Inc. in Daegu, Centri Ally, Inc. in San Diego, and Color
imaging group of Kyungpook National University (located in Daegu, South Korea) to propose a
newly developing the beyond-H.265/HEVC visual compression technology to the global industries.
Hong is now leading the development of a new technology that encompasses visual and sensor
signal processing engine for "highly secured media networking" and "connected autonomous
electric car" in Polygon Lab, Stardust Motors and ENT. Grant Jordan, President, Somerset Recon At Somerset Recon, Grant specializes in reverse-engineering hardware
systems and finding security vulnerabilities in a wide array of connected
devices. He and his team have helped many organizations find and mitigate
serious flaws in Internet of Things (IoT) devices. He's committed to helping
protect the security and privacy of everyday users. After graduating from MIT, Grant served as an officer in the US Air Force for four years. At the Air
Force Research Lab, he designed and built hardware systems for counter-IED missions and small
UAVs, specializing in rapid product development for Special Forces units. As a graduate student at
UC San Diego, he conducted research on analyzing online illicit pharmaceutical sales by Russian
criminal groups and anonymity on the Bitcoin network. He has spoken at the DEFCON security
conference in Las Vegas.
Jon Neiditz, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Jon Neiditz leads the Big Data, Privacy and Information Security Practice at
leading information law firm Kilpatrick Townsend, co-chairs the Data Protection
Committee of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw), and is
listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America in Information Management Law.
One of the first lawyers to focus on big data, Jon has led such practices at other
major law and consulting firms, served as a senior advisor in government, chaired
a number of nonprofit organizations, and implemented and managed in-house compliance
programs. Beginning in 2010-11, most of that activity has been in grabbing big data by the horns
as a means of helping organizations transform their business models and a way to infuse new value
into the protection and governance of data assets, and in grappling effectively with cybersecurity
challenges beyond personal information. And before that he helped develop what have become
many of the health reform ideas of both US political parties and health system changes.
Technology, however, will remain the only driver of exponential rates of change in business, so Jon
will continue to serve as a midwife for countless tech innovations, helping to make sure their
privacy, cybersecurity, and realization of value from data all work. Mr. Neiditz received his J.D from
Yale and B.A from Dartmouth.
Daniel Obodovski, Author, The Silent Intelligence With more than a decade of experience in telecom/mobile, Internet,
hardware, software and services industries, Daniel has assisted large global
companies to develop business strategies, shape markets, adopt emerging
technologies, design strategic alliances, and launch new products and
services. He has also worked with early-stage companies to build compelling
products, grow their businesses, and raise capital. In his current position as
CEO of Detecon, Inc., he is responsible for the North American and Latin American regions. With nearly 20 years of experience in the wireless and high-tech sectors, Daniel’s passion is helping
companies go to market with connected devices and machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies.
Most recently, Daniel was Director of Business Development at Qualcomm, where he led the
commercial launch of multiple M2M products and businesses. In 2011 Daniel co-founded, and
currently co-chairs, M2M SIG at CommNexus San Diego. Daniel holds an MBA from the University
of South Carolina, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and Northwestern
University’s Kellogg School of Management. Mark Rasch, CyberLaw Editor, SecurityCurrent.com Mark Rasch brings over 25 years of experience in the information security
field, having served for nine years as the head of the United States
Department of Justice Computer Crime Unit, and having prosecuted key
cases involving computer crime, hacking, computer fraud and computer
viruses. Mark has served as Chief Privacy Officer in the private sector where
he managed the risks and business impacts of privacy laws and policies. While at the Department of Justice, he was responsible for investigations of computer hacking
cases including those of the so-called “Hannover Hacker” ring, Kevin Mitnick and the prosecution
of Robert T. Morris, author of the Cornell Internet Worm in 1988. He helped the FBI and Treasury
Department develop their original procedures on handling electronic evidence. He created and
taught classes at the FBI Academy and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center on electronic
crime and evidence. He has also taught classes on cyberlaw at American University, George
Washington University, Harvard University, and Stanford. Mark is a key contributor with securitycurrent.com. He also frequently is featured in news media on
issues related to technology, security and privacy including. He has appeared on or been quoted
by NBC News, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, The New York Times, Forbes, PBS, The Washington Post,
NPR and other national and international media. Paul Rosenzweig, Principal, Red Branch Consulting Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland
security consulting company, and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr.
Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the
Department of Homeland Security. He is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute. He also serves as a
Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, an Adjunct Professor at the Near
East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, a Senior Editor of
the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, and as a Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation.
He is a member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National
Security and a Contributing Editor of the Lawfare blog. In 2011 he was a Carnegie Fellow in
National Security Journalism at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, where he
now serves as an Adjunct Lecturer. Mr. Rosenzweig is a cum laude graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. He has an M.S. in
Chemical Oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at
San Diego and a B.A from Haverford College. Following graduation from law school he served as a
law clerk to the Honorable R. Lanier Anderson, III of the United States Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit. Tom Sadowski, President and CEO, Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore Tom joined the Alliance in Jan 2006 to manage the Region’s response to the
'05 DOD Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) initiative. Since, he has led
strategic marketing efforts reaching more than 20,000 defense/IT, cyber and
bio-health industry execs; executed sales missions to Austin, NYC, Palo Alto
and San Francisco; expanded business retention, expansion and
public/private partnership efforts; and published a new series of industry
specific marketing reports, to include the emerging EdTech sector. His work has also helped foster new regional and state-wide initiatives in the areas of tech transfer
and entrepreneurship, helping with launch of the new $84 million InvestMaryland Venture Capital
program and working with Johns Hopkins, the University of Maryland and federal customers such
as NIH, on a new Entrepreneur-in-residence (EIR) initiative. Previously, he held positions in both
Harford and Baltimore County, MD where he led the '05 BRAC win for Aberdeen Proving Ground;
brokered major development projects and managed new HQ/campus projects for Battelle, Bank of
America, SafeNet, T. Rowe Price and the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
His efforts have been recognized by local media, most recently named as an "Influential
Marylander". Board activity is focused on economic development, entrepreneurship, public policy
and health, to include: Governor's Federal Facilities and CyberMaryland Advisory Boards, UMBC
Public Policy Advisory Board, Stevenson University's Brown School of Business & Leadership Board
of Advisors, and the Northeastern MD University Research Park Board.
Kevin Sullivan, Technology and Policy Strategist, Microsoft Kevin Sullivan is a Principal Security Strategist with Microsoft’s Global Security
Strategy and Diplomacy team, part of Trustworthy Computing, which focuses
on driving strategic change, both within Microsoft and externally, to advance
security and resiliency. Kevin leads the group’s efforts on the future of
cybersecurity, identifying and analyzing strategic issues on the horizon and
forecasting the required technology and policy shifts. Recently, Kevin helped create the U.S. AntiBotnet Code of Conduct and is the principal author of the Internet Health Model for Cybersecurity
report from the East West Institute. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Science from
Northeastern University and an MBA from the University of Washington.