2023

With over 26 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity, Larry Pfeifer is recognized as a leader in helping people and organizations to solve their IT and security-related issues. As a proud New Jersey native, Larry joined the Navy in 1993 and started a career in IT. After serving his country, he held positions at […]

Sam Phillips is an information security industry veteran who has held information security related executive leadership roles including Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Security Officer and Chief Information Security Architect at several major companies including Wells Fargo, Samsung, BlackBerry, Bank of America and Boeing. Sam has extensive security industry experience in driving strategic business initiatives, […]

Michael Piacente is the Managing Partner and Cofounder of Hitch Partners, a retained executive search firm focused in the security leadership community.  Michael and his team have made significant investments in the community with an aim to advocate for both clients and candidates.  Michael and his team have completed more than 100 CISO and other security executive […]

Bio: Jefferson leads the Third-Party Risk Management program for Lowe’s Companies, Inc. and is also a board member of the Charlotte InfraGard chapter, which is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and members of the private sector for the protection of U.S. Critical Infrastructure. Prior to joining Lowe’s, Jefferson served in the […]

Kathie leads the data architecture function within the Bank of America cybersecurity technologydomain. Kathie’s career is rooted in the banking industry, serving in various roles spanning across datamanagement, development data science and analytics, data architecture, and model risk managementwith Union Commerce Bank, US Bank, USAA, PNC Bank, and Regions Bank. Throughout her career,Kathie has been […]

Matthew has spent his 30-year technical journey building networks, developing applications, and implementing cyber security solutions for Wachovia, Ruddick/Harris Teeter, Bank of America, and TIAA. Now, as the Booz Allen Hamilton Chief Cyber Architect, he takes this experience to lead the organization’s security stack within corporate services as well as its vast lab and client […]

Carla Sweeney is an accomplished leader with expertise in the field of information security, risk management, and compliance. Currently, she holds the position of Senior Vice President of Information Security at Red Ventures, where she is responsible for all Security and GRC programs. Prior to her role at Red Ventures, Carla served as the head […]

Dr. Lawrence Taub is a Managing Director at Mandiant where he runs the Mandiant Strategic Services team for the Southeast U.S. region, providing support for clients to build, enhance, assess, and test their security program. Dr. Taub previously supported Mandiant’s clients with incident response and investigations and led some of Mandiant’s most well-known breach investigations. With over […]

Brian M. White is an accomplished IT Risk and Cyber Security leader with over 20 yearsexperience across financial services and is currently serving as a Principal, Senior VicePresident in the High Priority Initiatives function at Wells Fargo. He has held variousSenior Leadership roles at Bank of America, TD Bank, MUFG Americas, EY, & CharterCommunications.Brian recently […]