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Vincent Le Toux, the founder of PingCastle, is a well-renowned Active Directory expert and experienced threat response practitioner. He contributed to many open-source tools, such as Mimikatz, OpenPGP, OpenSC, and the GIDS applet. Vincent is also a seasoned speaker and has presented at numerous security conferences, including BlackHat, FIRST, and BlueHat.1 Articles
Steve Soukup has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2020 and in that role is responsible for leading all aspects of the company’s business. He is passionate about building a community of trust among our teams and with our customers while also enabling our customers to do the same with their accountholders. Steve joined us as Chief Revenue Officer in May 2017 with a charge to drive growth for the business while leveraging his extensive experience serving the banking vertical. He was promoted to President in October 2019 and then to CEO in April of 2020. Under his leadership, DefenseStorm has set the standard for cyber safety and soundness within the banking vertical. Steve has built world class customer-focused sales teams that have delivered double-digit year-over-year profitable revenue growth in fast paced and competitive environments. His background includes shaping a 100+ sales organization at e-banking leader Q2 to deliver 30% year-over year revenue growth, as well as leadership positions at Intuit, S1 Corporation and KPN. Steve also has direct banking experience through management positions at Key Bank, BankBoston and State Street Bank. Steve is a graduate of Boston College and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston University. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Steve and his family have called the Atlanta area home for over 10 years.1 Articles
Steve Tranchida is Vice President, Digital Architecture & Strategy for Forty8Fifty Labs, the company that innovates to create your differentiation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Verinext, the solution provider that delivers transformative business outcomes for everything that comes next. He is an expert at defining, architecting and delivering innovative solutions that transform companies into digital leaders.1 Articles
Sundeep V. Ravande is the CEO of Innovapptive Inc. He is responsible for driving the company's vision to become the #1 provider of Connected Worker experience software. Sundeep received a Master of Science degree in aerospace and mechanical engineering from the University of Mississippi.1 Articles
Vadim Vladimirskiy is a visionary expert in the creation and evolution of innovative cloud IT management platforms for the remote work era. He is CEO and co-founder of Nerdio and empowers companies of all sizes to deploy, manage and optimize virtual desktops in Microsoft Azure.1 Articles
Ugur Tigli is CTO at MinIO. In this current role he oversees enterprise strategy and interfaces with MinIO’s enterprise client base. He helps clients architect and deploy API-driven, cloud native and scalable enterprise-grade data infrastructure using MinIO. Ugur has almost two decades of experience building high performance data infrastructure for global financial institutions. Prior to MinIO, he was a technology leader at Bank of America, where he served as the Senior Vice President, Global Head of Hardware Engineering. He joined Bank of America through the acquisition of Merrill Lynch where he was the Vice President for Storage Engineering. Ugur has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College.1 Articles
As VP of Strategic Accounts at Applause, Chris Sheehan is responsible for developing and executing the company’s retention and expansion programs for North America Enterprise customers. Prior to his role in Customer Success, Chris led Applause’s long-term Product Strategy team. He currently serves on the boards of Xconomy and CWE and has led many investments in the Boston area as a software VC.1 Articles
Lisa Thee is the Data and AI Managing Director at Launch Consulting, where she helps companies navigate a world of data for better, safer, and more informed decision-making. Ms. Thee is a consultant to some of the world's most innovative healthcare, and global technology companies including Microsoft and UCSF’s Center for Digital Healthcare Innovation to accelerate FDA approval for AI use in clinical settings. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of Minor Guard, an Artificial Intelligence software company focused on making people safer online and in real life. She is a keynote speaker including her TEDx talk "Bringing Light To Dark Places Online: Disrupting Human Trafficking Using AI." She hosts the Navigating Forward podcast. She has been named to the 2021 Top Health and Safety, Privacy, and AI Thought Leaders and Influencers and Women in Business you should follow by Thinkers 360. She was recently named to the 2022 “Top 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics” global list. Ms. Thee currently serves as an advisory board member for Engineered Medical Solutions, Humaxa, Spectrum Labs and Marketplace Risk. She is also a Board of Director's member for 3 Strands Global Foundation, a human trafficking prevention and reintegration focused organization. As CEO and Chairman of the Board for Minor Guard, she secured seed funding, led product development and set the sales strategy. She brings board value for ESG specifically around AI ethics and Diversity & Inclusion. Ms. Thee has 19 years of digital director experience most recently overseeing $6B in business for Intel’s data center and storage markets. Ms. Thee drove the enterprise and government playbook to grow data center market segment share (MSS) by addressing big data and AI use cases for cybersecurity, image, and text processing. Ms. Thee led engagements for big data solutions to disrupt child exploitation in partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Google, and Microsoft; including ingestion, transition to hybrid cloud, and building machine learning models to accelerate the coordinated national response to child abuse reports from 30 days to 24 hours. As the founder of the project she secured $4M in funding for hardware and engineering resources for 2017. Ms. Thee holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Operations Management Engineering, from the University of Michigan. She is also a certified Project Management Professional who was licensed by the Project Management Institute in 2005.1 Articles
Fabrizio Fantini, PhD is Vice President of Product Strategy at ToolsGroup, a supply chain planning and optimization firm.1 Articles
Eric Sugar is an experienced President with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. He is skilled in Cloud Technology, Professional Services, Management, Software as a Service (SaaS), and Multi-channel Marketing. He holds a BA in Economics and Math from the University of Toronto at Mississauga - Erindale College. Eric has been the President of ProServeIT since the company's inception in 2002. With over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, he is passionate about leveraging technology to create positive impacts for people and organizations. He takes a people-centric approach to his work, whether it's removing roadblocks for his employees, educating customers on the benefits of technology, or teaching leaders about the importance of cybersecurity. In addition to his work at ProServeIT, Eric is committed to supporting the next generation of technology professionals and has spearheaded initiatives with local grade schools to introduce students to the world of technology. Outside of work, he is a dedicated supporter of the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation and participates in many of their annual fundraising activities.1 Articles