CIO Southern California Summit | March 17, 2022 | Sofitel Beverly Hills - Los Angeles, CA, USA
American Breakfast
Fresh Seasonal Fruit and Berries
Scrambled Eggs with Fresh Chives
Roasted Red Potatoes with Braised Bell Peppers
Applewood Smoked Bacon and Chicken Sausage
Mini Croissant & Chocolate Croissants, Fresh Baguette, Assorted Mini Muffins
Butter, Marmalade and Fruit Preserves
Lavazza Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee, Assorted Teas with Half and Half, 2% milk, Soy Milk and Almond Milk
Orange Juice and Apple Juice
Nader Nemati
Chief Information Officer
QTC Management
Nader Nemati is the Chief Information Officer for QTC - Leidos. Mr. Nemati directs all technology aspects of QTC including Product Management, Software Development, Software Quality Assurance, Help Desk Support, IT Compliance / Security and overall IT Infrastructure. Mr. Nemati was also instrumental in the integration of QTC with Lockheed Martin during the acquisition and creation of the initial IT Infrastructure for the Lockheed Martin Healthcare platform. Subsequently, Mr. Nemati worked closely with Leidos, Lockheed Martin, and QTC team to transition QTC to the Leidos Network environment in July 2017. Mr. Nemati has been instrumental in leading the development and deployment of numerous innovative technology solutions and other key process improvement initiatives across QTC by working closely with internal stakeholders as well as key clients. Mr. Nemati has a successful track record of award-winning enterprise application deployment building industry leadership, sound understanding of global IT infrastructure, IT security and compliance (e.g. HIPAA, NIST) and operational innovation in private and public organizations providing great value for our clients and key stakeholders. Mr. Nemati is a seasoned executive with more than 30 years of experience in Operations, Sales, Information Technology (IT), and Product Management in Fortune-50, mid-market and start-up companies with focus on revenue growth through product positioning, licensing models and go to market in more than 100 countries, integration, contract management, field enablement, and productivity gains through Lean and Six-Sigma principles and Agile Scrum methodologies, and overall enhancement of stakeholder value through digital transformation while continuing to focus on the highest level of customer service. Mr. Nemati is responsible for leading several enterprise application products to market through direct as well as partner channels including on premise and subscription-based license model offerings across different markets. Mr. Nemati has collaborated with several Private Equities and been involved in numerous mergers & acquisitions before joining Leidos. He was the co-founder and CEO of CompuNet eBusiness Group, Inc. later acquired by Epicor Software. Mr. Nemati has also held management-level positions at several Fortune 50 companies including Honeywell, Sears & Roebuck, and AlliedSignal in all key geographic regions worldwide.
Digital transformation during the volatile COVID19 and the Great Resignation era has been some of the most challenging period for most seasoned and new leaders. The presentation will provide overview of the journey in accelerating innovation through advanced analytics, applying Machine Learning / NLP to key processes to further scale, meeting the ever-demanding cybersecurity and compliance requirements while handling challenges of COVID19 hybrid work-environment and the Great Resignation era. The role of a visionary and humble CIO / CISO has never been more important to help navigate organizations with agility through these challenging yet competitively differentiating times.
Nader Nemati
Chief Information Officer
QTC Management
Chris Bontempo
Chief Marketing Officer for IBM Americas
IBM
Chris Bontempo is the Chief Marketing Officer for IBM Americas, where he leads all aspects of Marketing for IBM with direct responsibility for marketing sourced revenue, demand generation and geography marketing professionals across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Chris works with IBM sellers, marketers and ecosystem partners to help clients find the right innovative IBM solutions to solve their digital transformation challenges. Prior to leading geography marketing, Chris was responsible for IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software Marketing in the Americas, focusing on field and channel marketing and demand generation. He supported multiple business units including IBM Public Cloud, Data & AI, Automation, AI Apps and IBM Security. He joined IBM in 2005 and has led marketing teams in Market Intelligence, Cloud, and also led Marketing and Offerings for the IBM Security business unit in North America for the past 6 years. Chris is based in New York City with his family and dog, where he runs, plays and coaches soccer, and occasionally plays guitar and bass in some truly forgettable bands.
Chris Bontempo
Chief Marketing Officer for IBM Americas
IBM
French Corner
- Mini Croissants
- Chocolate Croissants
- French Baguette
- Assorted Mini Muffins
Assorted teas, coffee, sodas, and water available all day!
Chris Stoneley
Chief Information Security Officer
Cathay Bank
Chris Stoneley is a highly qualified governance, risk management, and compliance program executive with extensive experience, and demonstrated effectiveness in designing, implementing, and leading Information Technology practices through Audit and Global Risk Management programs in Compliance, and Operational Risk Areas for large financial institutions. He leverages a unique combination of information technology knowledge, analytical/intelligence skills, and practical financial services experience to drive innovative and effective governance, risk, and compliance management solutions. He also brings specific experience with enterprise risk management, models, information security, cybersecurity, data management, information technology general controls, end-user computing, risk assessment development and implementation, risk issue management, emerging risk analysis, and vendor risk management. Chris currently holds the position of Chief Information Security Officer at Cathay Bank.
Chris Stoneley
Chief Information Security Officer
Cathay Bank
Jason Stutt
SVP Americas
Virsec Systems
As SVP Americas at Virsec, Jason brings with him more than 20 years of go-to-market cyber security leadership and strategy experience at global technology companies. Jason previously served as Duo Security's VP Americas Sales, where he played a critical role in building up Duo as a unicorn in its marketplace. Jason grew annual sales from just a few million dollars to more than $75 million ARR over a period of three years, structured Duo's sales operation for enterprise and Fortune 100 companies, and expanded its sales team from two to 165 employees, priming the company for its acquisition by Cisco Systems Inc. for $2.35 billion.
Jason Stutt
SVP Americas
Virsec Systems
Michael Panico
VP of Information Security
Curative
Michael Panico has over 20 years of information security experience. A former FBI Supervisory Special Agent, Michael is credited with breaking up an international ring of botnet operators who used Denial of Service attacks to cause millions of dollars of damage. After leaving the FBI in 2006, Michael joined Microsoft to serve as Incident Response lead for Microsoft’s Global data center infrastructure, which at the time, underpinned all of the company’s Internet-facing web services. In 2011, Michael took a role as Vice President in the Seattle office of Stroz Friedberg, a digital forensics consultancy. In that role he served as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies, specializing in data breach investigations. He has responded to some of the most serious computer intrusions in recent history and has served as a trusted advisor to executive management when they sought to design secure computing environments. After recent stints working in Content Protection and cybersecurity for The Walt Disney Company and NBC Universal, Michael now is Vice President and Head of Information Security at Curative, a genomics company on the front lines of fighting Covid-19.
Michael Panico
VP of Information Security
Curative
Colin Crowley
CX Advisor
Freshworks
Colin Crowley is CX Advisor at Freshworks and has spent over 12 years managing global customer experience organizations and promoting technological changemaking. He specializes in building customer service departments from the ground-up, with a focus on scalability, infrastructural agility, product innovation, and gold-standard quality and efficiency. Previously, he served as AVP of Consumer Transactions at the event ticket marketplace TicketNetwork, the inaugural VP of Customer Experience at the food tech company Freshly, and also SVP of Customer Experience at the fintech company Albert. Colin is also an award-winning playwright whose plays have been performed across fifteen states, as well as New York City and London.
The pandemic has led to a growing dependence on technology for customer support. Consumers are increasing their digital purchases by 160 percent and are expecting businesses to support them across their channels of choice like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and more.
To stay competitive, businesses have responded by rapidly purchasing new point solutions to support customers on their channels of choice. Now the pressure is on the IT teams to ensure these siloed solutions work together smoothly. They need to deliver consistent cross-channel experiences for their customers’ journeys, an easy to use tech stack for their employees, and a future-proof IT strategy for their business leaders.
Join this session to learn:
Colin Crowley
CX Advisor
Freshworks
Mike Fawcett
Regional Sales Manager
42Crunch
APIs are the core building block of every enterprise’s digital strategy, yet they are also the number one attack surface for hackers. Traditional security and management approaches are failing everyday as the scale and reach of API attacks increases. The time is now right for enterprises to consider a new end-to-end continuous approach to protecting their APIs. In this talk you will learn how Global 2500 enterprises are embracing a positive security model combining shift-left and shield-right methodologies to protect their APIs throughout the API lifecycle.
1. APIs are Growing BUT so are the Attacks
2. Traditional security solutions and approaches are proving insufficient
3. There is another way - 42Crunch
4. Examples of high profile clients
5. Be sure to talk to us during the day here
Mike Fawcett
Regional Sales Manager
42Crunch
Hot Lunch Buffet
Soup
- Vegan Tomato Basil
Salads
- Tuscan Kale Caesar Salad, Parmesan
- Spring Green Mix Salad, Spring Mix, Oven Dried Tomato, Pickled Red Onion, Goat Cheese, Banyuls Vinaigrette
Main Course
- Tilapia, Ginger and Scallion Sauce
- Braised Short Ribs
- Veggie Paella, Saffron Rice, Fennel, Patty Pan, Squash
Sides
- French Green Beans
- Roasted Potatoes
Dessert
- Assorted Cookies: chocolate chip, oatmeal, coconut macaroon, dark valrhona chocolate madelines
- Brownies: espresso brownies
Allen Ohanian
Chief Information Security Officer
Dept. of Children and Family Services
Protecting organizations' information assets in cyberspace and achieving cyber resiliency requires adopting and implementing information security and privacy programs through embracing cutting-edge solutions, workforce education, awareness, and high-performing skilled, competent, and trained technical teams.
The enterprise workforce are trusted authorized insiders that access and operate on information technology assets, systems, and data. They are considered the weakest link in cybersecurity. Cybercriminals target the workforce by manipulating human traits using psychology and deception to circumvent defense measures and obtain sensitive or confidential information or halt business operations.
The upsurge dependency and interaction in virtual space and emerging technologies changed human behavior and psychology in cyberspace. The workforce behavioral changes increased cybersecurity risk to organizations. Understating the psychological implications and effects of human interactions and technologies, including social, environmental, biases, perceptions, deterrence, motive, and attitude, can help better understand the psychology of cybercrime and build a cyber-resilient virtual workforce and minimize risk.
Allen Ohanian
Chief Information Security Officer
Dept. of Children and Family Services
eSentire MDR means high fidelity detection and unparalleled response. You shouldn’t settle for partial security, so we ingest multiple signals, correlating data across your network, endpoint, log, and cloud sources. Our MDR provides improved detection, 24/7 threat hunting, deeper investigation, end-to-end coverage and most of all, complete Response.
The result? We stop threats before they become business disrupting events.
Steve Wilson, Senior Solutions Architect at eSentire guides attendees through what MDR is and why more and more organizations are relying on experts to defend the value of their business.
Mediterranean Market
- Seasonal Crudites, Herb Yogurt and Carrot Harissa Dipping Sauce
- Hummus, Tabbouleh, Babaganoush & Tzatziki with Homemade Lavash & Pita Bread
- Cucumber Mint Water
Assorted teas, coffee, and sodas available all day!
Ian Schmertzler
President
Dispel
Ian’s focus is on designing secure industrial networks that operate efficiently at scale. By profession, Ian is the President of Dispel. By training, he is an industrial engineer. Outside of his day job, Ian is the Vice President of the National Defense Industry Association’s NY-CT Chapter, a Principal Investigator for Dispel on three projects at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and a member of the OMAC Remote Access Work Group. He is also a feisty flyweight rower and open weight coxswain.
Ian Schmertzler
President
Dispel
Passed Hors D'Oeuvres
- Carmelized Onion & Pear Pizzetta
- Ahi Tuna Mini Tostadas, Herb Salad
- Lamb Kefta, Pomegranate Molasses and Tzatziki
- Mini Crispy Crab Cakes
Premium Bar
Grey Goose, Bombay Sapphire, Bacardi Light, Barcardi Ocho, Parton Silver, Don Julio Blanco, Johnnie Walker Black Label, Makers Mark, Crown Royal, Hennessy VS, Disaronno, Baileys, Grand Marnier
Sauvignon Blanc Napa Cellars
Cabernet Sauvignon Terrazas Alto De Plata
Montemarte Sparkling Wine
Heineken, Corona, Stella Artois, Budweiser, Budweiser Light
Assorted Sodas, Still and Sparkling Water
St. Patty's Theme Drink