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Becca Chambers is SVP of Global Brand and Communications at Alludo. Award-winning tech brand-builder, storyteller, strategist, and advisor.1 Articles
Andy Lin provides strategic direction and oversees all aspects of Provoke’s business. Through his focus on driving compelling go-to-market offerings and developing leadership capabilities with his team, Andy instills client-centricity and accountability. With a strong technical background, Andy deeply understands what clients desire: delightful experiences that are at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and creative design. Andy’s ability to balance tactics and strategy has led to his track record of driving hyper-growth for technology and management consulting businesses, breaking through revenue plateaus to reach new inflection points. Andy Lin joined Provoke in 2021. Prior to Provoke, Andy was Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at another services firm headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he helped the CEO develop and pivot to a new go-to-market. This resulted in a 38% CAGR between 2017 and 2020. Andy Lin brings an abundance of expertise and experience through his nearly 30 years of serving nearly every consulting position in the industry, starting his career as a software engineer with progressively increasing levels of responsibility and span of control. Andy received his BA in Biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.1 Articles
Aldo Pietropaolo is Field CTO of Strata Identity, a provider of identity orchestration technology. He has had over 20 years of experience in the identity industry and was co-founder of Good Dog Labs, where he invented the first identity and access management microservices-based product (Perseus IAM). Good Dog Labs was acquired by Lighthouse Computer Services. He has held senior management roles in identity solutions engineering and architecture with SGNL, Identropy, PwC, HP, RSA, and Securant.1 Articles
Aaron Rafferty is the CEO of StandardDAO and Co-Founder of BattlePACs, a subsidiary of Standard DAO. Aaron unlocks value for individuals, institutions, and companies leveraging technologies like Blockchain, AI, cloud, social media. Aaron's main focus is to build products that enhance engagement and productivity for college students.1 Articles
Jeffery Wolff, CEDS, Director of Corporate Solutions at IPRO Jeffery Wolff has spent more than 25 years working in information systems and enterprise software solutions. Wolff joined IPRO in 2015, where he is responsible for product directions and strategy for IPRO’s corporate solutions market. He has been involved in solution architecture, design and implementation for major projects within the Department of Defense and Fortune 1000 corporations. Wolff also works as a project trustee and member of the EDRM Global Advisory Council.1 Articles
Kamal Srinivasan is the Senior Vice President of Product and Program Management at Parallels (part of Alludo). With more than two decades of experience in the field, he’s renowned for building robust enterprise technology platforms. At Alludo, Kamal plays a pivotal role, collaborating closely with the product and engineering leaders to ensure the successful execution of the company vision.1 Articles
J Stephen Kowski is an experienced global technical leader with a demonstrated history in the cybersecurity, design, engineering, information technology, and manufacturing industries. In his current role as Field CTO of SlashNext, he provides sales enablement for internal and external partners, and he represents the “Voice of the Customer” to senior leadership and product & engineering teams. Stephen has a background in Information Technology, Web Development, Engineering, Robotics, Sales, and Software Development. He is a graduate of the Stetson University College of Law, University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Computing, and the University of South Florida College of Engineering. When he isn’t helping companies fight threat actors, he helps run two high school K-12 education charities focused on getting kids excited about STEM career pathways through the vehicle of competitive robotics in his Central Florida community and was one of the two charities' founders 20 years ago.1 Articles
Dr. Joye Purser is the Global Field CISO at Cohesity and the 2023 ISC2 Lifetime Achievement Award winner in Cybersecurity. She previously served as CISA’s first Regional Director for Cybersecurity in Region 4, held senior roles at the White House and Pentagon shaping defense technology and supply chain security, and worked on Capitol Hill advancing science and technology legislation. With experience spanning government, consulting, and nonprofit leadership, she has guided billion-dollar programs, pandemic recovery operations, and workforce diversity initiatives. A Georgia Tech graduate and published researcher, she also serves on the Board of Cyversity and mentors emerging security professionals.1 Articles
Joseph Campbell is Senior Manager, Cyber Security Strategy for Verinext, a company that delivers transformative business outcomes through technology and services, preparing customers for everything that comes next. A skilled security solution architect and cyber risk management expert, Campbell works to deliver the security outcomes companies need to protect their data and their brand.1 Articles
John McGowan is the founder and CEO of HubSync, a SaaS company with a next-generation tax and accounting automation platform created with the goal of changing how tax professionals work and how clients interact with CPA firms. Previously, John has over 25 years of experience driving technology innovation and investment at Deloitte and KPMG, where he served as a Partner-in-Charge of Tax Technology and the Global Chief Information Officer, respectively. John holds a BSBA and a Master of Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.1 Articles