Kevin Richards - President, Cyber Risk Solutions @ X-Analytics

Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan - Chief Scientist @ Elastio

Srinidhi has more than two decades of experience architecting and building virtualization platforms, advanced networks, high-performance computing environments, scalable file systems, and storage subsystems. His illustrious career includes being Founder and CTO of Cloudistics, Founder and CTO of AppAssure (acquired by Dell), founder and CTO of Librato (acquired by SolarWinds), and the founder and chief architect of SilverDraft Supercomputing. He also served as VP and General Manager of the Data Protection business at Dell after the acquisition of AppAssure.

Srinidhi is the architect of System X supercomputer at Virginia Tech (built-in collaboration with Apple) – ranked # 3 in the world in 2003. He received the NSF Career Award for Internet-scale network modeling and was honored by MIT Technology Review as one of the top 100 (TR100) young innovators transforming technology. He was also named by HPCWire as one of the top researchers in the field of supercomputing. Srinidhi received his Doctorate in Computer Science from Stony Brook, specializing in computer networks.

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Townsend Bell - Motorsports Commentator @ NBC Sports and former INDYCAR driver

Townsend Bell is a seasoned professional in the racing industry and a well-known media personality. He is currently a color commentator for NBC Sports TV's coverage of INDYCAR and IMSA race series and serves as a Lexus Motorcar Brand Ambassador. His racing career spanned over two decades, competing in numerous domestic and international motorsports series.

Highlights of his career include competing in ten Indianapolis 500s, finishing 4th in 2009, and leading 12 laps in 2016 with Andretti Autosport. He also won the 12-Hours of Sebring in 2012, the 24-hours of Daytona in 2014, and the 24-Hours of Le Mans in the GT-Am class in 2016. Townsend Bell hails from San Luis Obispo, California, and currently resides there with his wife Heather and sons Jaxon and Jensen.

Chad Finkenbiner - Information Assurance Consultant @ SynerComm

Chad Finkenbiner has over 15 years of experience in information technology and security. Before joining the team at SynerComm, Chad worked in the healthcare industry supporting medical imaging and voice dictation systems across the country. He also served as a Data Network Specialist in the United States Marine Corps. Chad is skilled in both audit and penetration testing from his home near Louisville, Kentucky. When he isn’t consulting, Chad serves as a professional development mentor, guest speaker, as well as an elected official on his local city council.

As an Information Assurance Consultant with SynerComm, Chad performs network penetration tests, wireless penetration tests, physical penetration tests, risk and vulnerability assessments, information security policy development, and security awareness training. Chad leverages his background to discover security flaws and effectively report and consult on their mitigation.

Albert Caballero - Americas Field CISO Director @ SentinelOne

Albert Caballero is a patented cybersecurity expert, technology strategist, and published author with a passion for security engineering, cloud computing, and threat intelligence. Field CISO at SentinelOne, he has acted as Global Head of Security Engineering at Warner Bros. Discovery, CISO of HBO Latin America, and BISO within both WarnerMedia and AT&T. Co-founder of Trapezoid, a cybersecurity software company focused on firmware integrity management, and a SIEM Product Manager, he has also run a large Security Operations Center (SOC) at Terremark, a Verizon Managed Services Provider. He has helped defend government agencies and corporate entities by leading incident response teams and conducting forensic investigations at scale alongside Kroll and other major security services firms.

Colin Doyle - WW Security Strategy BDM @ Juniper Networks

Hi, I’m Colin. I’ve been with Juniper for over 7 years, starting as a Sr. SE, moving through a few architect roles, a chief of staff, and now, a Security BDM. I love helping customers understand complex concepts, helping sellers build effective narratives, and interacting with peers and partners to help shape the next generation of networking innovations.

Jeremy Smolik - Director, Solutions Architecture @ Crowdstrike

Jeremy Smolik leads Channel Solutions Architecture for CrowdStrike's Alliance Partner community. He is a passionate InfoSec evangelist who is convinced that all organizations can achieve security maturity with the right combination of tools plus skills inherent to all humans.

Jeremy has worked with CrowdStrike's channel partners in various roles for over 5 years, with a focus on enablement and development. He formerly supported National partners in a Sr. Systems Engineer role with Kaspersky Lab, as well as other leadership roles in and around the channel. Jeremy found his love for all things security with foundational network engineering and telecom experience at Polycom, Verizon, and Adtran.

A Chicago native, Jeremy is a lifetime learner who strives to pass on to his wife and two daughters a healthy obsession with DIY hobbies like gardening, backyard barbecue, and too many project cars.

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Gil Kirkpatrick - Chief Architect @ Semperis

Gil Kirkpatrick is the Chief Architect for products at Semperis. He is a long-time veteran of the commercial software industry and has focused on identity and access management (IAM) products since the early 1990s. He has been named a Microsoft MVP for Active Directory and Enterprise Mobility for each of the last 17 years, and is the author of Active Directory Programming, as well as the founder of the Directory Experts Conference. At Semperis Gil builds products to prevent, detect, and recover from cyber-attacks on enterprise hybrid identity environments. Gil speaks on cyber-security, identity, and disaster recovery topics at IT conferences around the world.

Aaron Orchard - Sales Engineer @ Abnormal Security

Aaron Orchard is a Sales Engineer at Abnormal Security, where he shares his vast expertise in cybersecurity and threat intelligence and profound knowledge of email security to help organizations combat modern cyber threats. With a robust background collaborating with the Department of Defense and Intelligence communities, he excels in understanding and mitigating complex security risks. Beyond cybersecurity, Aaron is an avid golfer in the greater Boston area, relishing both the game's challenge and camaraderie. He also enjoys exploring New England's landscapes, often hiking with his wife and son, embracing a balanced lifestyle.

Peter Hancock, VP IoT & IoMT Security Solutions @ Asimily

Peter Hancock has extensive experience in leadership and technology solutions from roles at Optiv Inc., ForgeRock, and Symantec. Hancock drives growth and innovation at Asimily. Peter is passionate about Asimily's mission to protect critical IoT devices through device inventory management, vulnerability mitigation, and threat detection.

Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan - Chief Scientist @ Elastio

Srinidhi has more than two decades of experience architecting and building virtualization platforms, advanced networks, high-performance computing environments, scalable file systems, and storage subsystems. His illustrious career includes being Founder and CTO of Cloudistics, Founder and CTO of AppAssure (acquired by Dell), founder and CTO of Librato (acquired by SolarWinds), and the founder and chief architect of SilverDraft Supercomputing. He also served as VP and General Manager of the Data Protection business at Dell after the acquisition of AppAssure.

Srinidhi is the architect of System X supercomputer at Virginia Tech (built-in collaboration with Apple) – ranked # 3 in the world in 2003. He received the NSF Career Award for Internet-scale network modeling and was honored by MIT Technology Review as one of the top 100 (TR100) young innovators transforming technology. He was also named by HPCWire as one of the top researchers in the field of supercomputing. Srinidhi received his Doctorate in Computer Science from Stony Brook, specializing in computer networks.

Brian Howard - Sr. Director of North America Channels @ NetBrain

Brian Howard is the Sr. Director for North America Channels at NetBrain. He has over 25 years of experience as a specialist and educator in the network, application, and security observability space. In recent years he has added network automation to his passions. He now helps customers and partners combine network observability with network automation for business outcomes they never imagined.

Davin Stilson - Sr. Sales Engineering Manager @ Proofpoint Information Protection

Davin Stilson has been in the security and regulatory compliance industries for over 20 years. Beginning with an educational background in business management and information systems, Davin’s expertise developed in technical fields with an emphasis in networking systems and network security. Hands-on design and implementation of systems provided depth of perspective on what is meaningful to most organizations: people and data. Additional experience selling industry solutions to Fortune 50 organizations all the way down to small businesses has provided additional insights into what tech leaders are thinking and how they are reacting to ever-shifting landscapes. Bridging the gap between shifting requirements and practical solutions to enable business is where Davin’s expertise are utilized. Currently, Davin is focused on partnering with critical organizational leadership to assist in selecting and implementing meaningful solutions to protect unauthorized data and communications from escaping and to assist organizations to effectively communicate without impeding productivity.

Adib Sarakby - Channel Sales Engineer @ Axonius

Adib Sarakby joined Axonius as a Sr. Sales Engineer and he works closely with the Sales, Channel, and Educational teams to continually enhance Axonius's products.
CAASM is Adib's passion and he splits his time between showing companies how a credible comprehensive inventory with Axonius can help close those security coverage gaps while automating security policies.

Roger Grimes - Cybersecurity Author & Data-Driven Defense Evangelist @ KnowBe4

My career professional goal in life is to get more people and companies to use data and the scientific method to improve their computer security, and I do so as the Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4, a security awareness education company. I am a 30+-year senior computer security consultant and cybersecurity architect specializing in general computer security, identity management, PKI, Windows computer security, host security, cloud security, honeypots, APT, and defending against hackers and malware. I have also written 13 books (9 solo, 4 co-written) and over 1,100 national magazine articles on computer security. I was the weekly computer security columnist for InfoWorld/CSO magazines from 2005 to 2019. I frequently get interviewed for radio shows (including NPR's All Things Considered), podcasts, magazines (including Newsweek) and television. If I leave this world without having made the Internet a safer place for all people to compute, I have failed.

Aaron Howell - Managing Consultant: Multi-Cloud Architecture & Innovations @ SynerComm

Aaron has over 15 years of information technology (IT) experience, operating in the complete lifecycle of Information Technology. He works on projects, designing and implementing multiple solutions across various platforms, supports and improves operations, and drives effective transitions to new infrastructure and technology. Aaron is a “Full Stack” consultant experienced with Scripting & Development, Cloud (AWS and Azure) & Systems, and Network & Security.

Aaron Howell - Managing Consultant: Multi-Cloud Architecture & Innovations @ SynerComm

Aaron has over 15 years of information technology (IT) experience, operating in the complete lifecycle of Information Technology. He works on projects, designing and implementing multiple solutions across various platforms, supports and improves operations, and drives effective transitions to new infrastructure and technology. Aaron is a “Full Stack” consultant experienced with Scripting & Development, Cloud (AWS and Azure) & Systems, and Network & Security.

Andy Piché - Managing Consultant @ SynerComm

Andrew Piche has over 20 years of hands-on experience working on security, networking, data center, and cloud-based solutions. Andrew is experienced working with Palo Alto, Juniper, and Cisco equipment in enterprise, service provider, and data center environments. He has delivered solutions and supported customers in Enterprise, Carrier, Commercial and Government organizations.

Andrew has developed, operated, and supported security, networking, and application delivery solutions using a variety of products from multiple vendors. He is a Palo Alto Certified Network Security Consultant (PCNSC) since 2018 and is the lead in firewall migrations, Best Practice Assessments, and training. He has developed and supported solutions ranging from implementing network security and segmentation to server/system virtualization solutions, support for application load balancing and network segmentations via the F5 solution extend Andrew’s experience beyond traditional firewall skill sets. As a Senior Information Solutions Consultant for SynerComm, Andrew has the background, experience, and customer-focus to treat each customer as though they are SynerComm’s only customer.

Andy Piché - Managing Consultant @ SynerComm

Andrew Piche has over 20 years of hands-on experience working on security, networking, data center, and cloud-based solutions. Andrew is experienced working with Palo Alto, Juniper, and Cisco equipment in enterprise, service provider, and data center environments. He has delivered solutions and supported customers in Enterprise, Carrier, Commercial and Government organizations.

Andrew has developed, operated, and supported security, networking, and application delivery solutions using a variety of products from multiple vendors. He is a Palo Alto Certified Network Security Consultant (PCNSC) since 2018 and is the lead in firewall migrations, Best Practice Assessments, and training. He has developed and supported solutions ranging from implementing network security and segmentation to server/system virtualization solutions, support for application load balancing and network segmentations via the F5 solution extend Andrew’s experience beyond traditional firewall skill sets. As a Senior Information Solutions Consultant for SynerComm, Andrew has the background, experience, and customer-focus to treat each customer as though they are SynerComm’s only customer.

Dylan Reuter - Information Assurance Consultant @ SynerComm

Dylan has been working in IT for 7 years. Prior to joining SynerComm, he worked as a software engineer, writing efficient and scalable multi-tenant software for an ERP company in the southern tech hub of Austin, Texas. During his time as a software engineer, Dylan worked professionally with several languages and technologies such as: Python, Perl, GoLang, JavaScript, SQL, and Rust. Dylan’s responsibilities later transitioned to cyber security and penetration testing. He is currently pursuing his Offensive Security Experienced Professional (OSEP) certification.

Kyle LeDuc- Sr. Information Assurance Consultant @ SynerComm

Kyle LeDuc has over a decade of experience in the Information Security field. Prior to working at SynerComm, he spent 4 years working at a Fortune 100 health insurance company. While there, he spent time on both blue (cyber defense) and red (cyber offense) teams. He was a member of the team tasked with establishing a 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) staffed with 50+ people. He also had responsibilities in creating security policies, investigation procedures, response plans, security sensor tuning, and red teaming. Kyle has also taught Information Security classes at a local university in Minnesota, where he resides.

Jeffrey Lemmermann - Sr. Information Assurance Consultant, CPA, CITP, CISA, CEH @ SynerComm

Marc Spindt - VP of Service Delivery / Strategy Consultant @ SynerComm

Marc Spindt has 30 years of Carrier, Large Enterprise, and Service Provider technical, operational, and organizational experience.  Marc has worked with SynerComm for 12 years delighting customers with IT organizational improvement and actionable strategic planning.  Marc has a BS in Computer Science, an MBA, and he served in the U.S. Air Force.  Marc has a long history of building and maturing technology and security services and organizations in industries including Financial Services, Defense Contracting, and Healthcare.

Ryan Zagrodnik - Sr. Information Assurance Consultant @ SynerComm

Ryan brings over seventeen years of red and blue team experience. Ryan started his career in 2007 as a System Administrator for a large health insurance corporation. Ryan earned his CISSP in 2011 and has been working in offensive security ever since. Prior to starting at SynerComm, Ryan spent three years on an internal red team for a Fortune 1000. Ryan also spent several years working in offensive and defensive security roles for the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Education contractors.

Ryan has a broad and diverse security background with a specialization in web application testing. His multiple security roles have allowed him to pick up Network, Development, and Systems Administration capabilities. Ryan has worked with Development teams to deploy security solutions that integrate with their CICD pipelines.

Ryan also has experience deploying, customizing, and maintaining enterprise-level security tools such as Splunk, PaloAlto, CrowdStrike, FireEye, Snort, and Nessus. Ryan also has a strong background in intrusion detection and development of custom IDS rules.

Brian Judd - VP Information Assurance @ SynerComm

Alex Philiotis - Information Assurance Consultant @ SynerComm

Alex brings 4 years of consulting experience and just shy of three years of penetration testing experience. Alex started his career working in business consulting in 2019 shortly before receiving his bachelors from Loyola University Chicago. While working, Alex began pursuing offensive and information security as a passion on the side.

After leaving the business consulting world to further pursue offensive security, Alex earned his OSCP in early 2022, followed by his OSWP and OSWA in quick succession.

In his early career, Alex has built a broad and diverse set of security skills with a focus on external penetration testing. His certifications and education have provided him with a strong background in networking and web application assessments.

Bill Kiley - Software Architect @ SynerComm

Bill has been designing and developing web applications for 10+ years. He leads the software team at SynerComm in building the CASM® (Continuous Attack Surface Management) app and consults on software security. With a deep interest in data modeling, Bill enjoys solving problems with automation and building secure-by-design applications.