Ron Gula started his cyber security career as a network penetration tester for the NSA. At BBN, he developed network honeypots to lure hackers and he ran US Internetworking’s team of penetration testers and incident responders.
As CTO of Network Security Wizards, Ron pioneered the art of network security monitoring and produced the Dragon Intrusion Detection System which was recognized as a market leader by Gartner in 2001. As CEO and co-founder of Tenable Network Security, Ron led the company’s rapid growth and product vision from 2002 through 2016. He helped them scale to more than 20,000 customers worldwide, raise $300m in venture capital and achieve revenues in excess of $100m annually.

Brandilynn Collins-Garrison is a government contracting enthusiast with penchants for small business and technology innovation. She currently serves as the Senior Manager for Small, Medium, and Diverse partners for Verizon Public Sector. Brandilynn has over fifteen years of federal government experience to include large SI consultancy, small business development, and OCIO support as a federal employee. Her industry memberships and volunteerism include ACT-IAC, AFCEA, US Women’s Chamber of Commerce, and Verizon’s HBCU Ambassador Program (to Howard University). In her personal life, Brandilynn enjoys serving on the equity team for her children’s school and biking around DC. She is a proud Washingtonian but still roots for her original home team, the Cleveland Browns.

Dr. Josiah Dykstra is a Technical Fellow and member of the Senior Executive Service in the Cybersecurity Collaboration Center at the National Security Agency (NSA). He holds a Ph.D. in computer science and previously served at NSA as a cyber operator and researcher. Dr. Dykstra is interested in cybersecurity science, especially where humans intersect with technology. In 2017, Dr. Dykstra received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from former President Barack Obama. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and a Lifetime Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He is the author of numerous research papers and one book, Essential Cybersecurity Science.

Walter D. Dula is a Cloud Security Architect with Unison based in Dulles, VA where he is a member of the Security team. Over the last 25 years, He has done stints at numerous Fortune 500 and 1000 companies in Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Minneapolis, Atlanta as well as the public sector in the Washington, DC region.  His professional Information Technology certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Ethical Hacker, Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge and Certified Network Defense Architect and Certified Data Privacy Security Engineer. He currently serves as principal technology advisor to several small to midsize firms.  He is the past Founder/Executive Director of the African American Men in Technology, a not-for-profit organization.  

Dave Sampson is the Vice President of Consulting Services at Thrive. He oversees Thrive’s Consulting Team including Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) and related services including technology and cyber security assessments.  Dave’s career has been focused on highly available, compliant, technology solutions which primarily encompass Next Generation Managed Services, including Cloud, Disaster Recovery and Cyber Security.  In addition to his tenure at Thrive, Dave has held multiple industry leadership roles throughout his extensive career, including senior positions at IBM Global Technology Services, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Itrica, as well as Founder and CEO of Cloud Provider USA.  Dave resides in Sandwich, Massachusetts and has held elected office on the Town of Sandwich Board of Selectmen since 2016. Dave received his MBA from Northeastern University and is a graduate of Emerson College.

Dr. Gwen Greene (CISSP) is the President & CEO of Applied Information Technology, LLC (AiTech). With over 15 years in Federal DoD contracting and Cybersecurity, Dr. Greene is a published writer and consultant in effective change in organizational security culture. Dr. Greene is also the Co-Chairperson of the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland (CAMI) Diversity and Workforce Committee. Dr. Greene believes companies using a Technology company whose foundation is security awareness and literacy can deliver real value in terms of legal and regulatory compliance, avoidance of data security breaches, and streamlining business processes.

Michael Epley has been helping the US defense and National Security communities use and adopt open source software over the last 2 decades with practical experience as a software developer and enterprise architect. During his tenure at Red Hat, Michael has passionately driven adoption of key technology: cloud and kubernetes, tactical edge/forward deployed systems, data analytics tools and platforms, and disconnected operations — always in the context of security and compliance concerns unique to this sector. Michael has BS degrees in Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and a JD from The University of Texas School of Law.

Dr. Amelia Estwick, Director of Threat Research at VMware, is responsible for leading a global multidisciplinary team that forms the core of VMware’s Security Business Unit’s research arm focused on large scale malware and telemetry analysis, malware reversal, threat hunting, and applied threat intelligence.  She brings more than 20 years of technology, security, and leadership experience within the intelligence community previously supported and led cyber threat operations at the NSA.  Dr. Estwick also served in academia as Director of the National Cybersecurity Institute at Excelsior College and has taught courses in risk management, information assurance, and digital forensics.   Dr. Estwick serves as the Vice-President for the Women in Cybersecurity Mid-Atlantic Affiliate, a regional professional development organization established to promote, educate, recruit, retain, and advance women in cybersecurity. 

Shawn Gyorfy is the Director of Cyber Risk Management at Under Armour. He oversees the GRC function as well as vulnerability management, security awareness, and SAP security. Shawn’s career started in the networking field working up to be a network architect. His career took a turn to focus on cybersecurity when networking documents he authored were publicly released from an insider who sympathized with the hacking group Anonymous. From then on, his mission has been to help companies reduce the risk of becoming a victim to cyber-attacks. 

Tina C. Williams-Koroma, Esq., CISSP, PMP, is founder and President of TCecure LLC, a cybersecurity risk management services company headquartered in Maryland. She is a Maryland licensed attorney, and possesses a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), a M.S. in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.  Ms. Williams-Koroma has multiple Board affiliations: Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) (member and officer), UMBC Research Park (member), BaltimoreCounty Department of Economic and Workforce Development (member), and is an Adjunct Instructor for UMBC’s Graduate Cybersecurity program. Ms. Williams-Koroma served as the Cybersecurity AcademicInnovation Officer for the National Cybersecurity FFRDC (sponsored by NIST) from 2017-2019.

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Jason Taule is a 30+ year information assurance and cybersecurity veteran who has worked in both the intelligence community and commercial sectors first consulting to Federal agencies and then serving as inside CISO and CPO both within the Government and at large systems integrators like General Dynamics and CSC.  Mr. Taule currently serves as Cyber Advisory Council Chair and CISO-In-Residence for the Maryland Innovation, a capacity in which he oversees the cyber specific activities in which the MIC engages. This includes developing and providing assessment, training, and enhancement programs designed to help residents and affiliates understand, build, and maintain programs of cyber hygiene, developing content and cultivating partnerships and support services to recognize trends and respond to emerging threats, and serving in an CISO advisory capacity with respect to fulfilling customer assurance and regulatory mandates, meeting cyber requirements necessary to raise investment capital, and managing risk to achieve maximum exit valuation.

Adam has spent the past 20 years working for multiple areas of healthcare in IT and Security.  He is the CISO for Sparksoft Corporation and brings his career experience in the design and operation of IT systems and security programs for multiple large federal programs.  

Kristy Mumma is currently the Co-Owner and Vice-President for Stewart Technologies (STI), a technologies solution provider, established in 1987 to deliver bottom line results to small and mid-sized businesses. Kristy’s tenure at Stewart has seen her go from front line on-site IT support providing PC help desk, servers, and desktop applications to cloud services and security, leading the Networking Services team and now Vice President, directing IT Operations & Cyber Defenses for our small to expanding corporate clients across a diverse industry base. She serves as virtual CIO, CSO and Cyber Risk Manager for her trusted business partners. During her early studies, and first years in the industry she regularly was the only female in most technical coursework, vendor training, industry courses, and certification pursuits. As such, she enjoys mentoring and guiding those new to the industry, especially females in technical roles. A greater Baltimore area native, Kristy has a BS in Management Information Systems from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and an MBA from the University of Baltimore.

Chris Jensen is the Public Sector Business Development Manager at Tenable, where he develops and supports strategic cybersecurity initiatives and programs in federal, state, and local markets. Prior to joining Tenable in 2017, Chris served in a broad range of leadership roles in Public Sector IT contracting, including business operations, contract, and program management, business development, and capture. Chris began his professional career as an officer in the U.S. Navy. After leaving active service, he continued to serve in the U.S. Navy Reserve until his retirement in 2008. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Chris also holds a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.

Rick is the Chief Analyst, CSO, and Senior Fellow at The CyberWire. His prior jobs include Palo Alto Networks CSO, TASC CISO,  iDefense GM,  Counterpane Global SOC Director, and the Commander of the U.S. Army’s Computer Emergency Response Team. He helped found the Cyber Threat Alliance and the Cybersecurity Canon project. Rick holds a Master of Computer Science degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and an engineering degree from the US Military Academy. He has published many academic papers on security and has contributed to two books: “Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures” and “Cyber Security Essentials.”

Brian Hubbard is the Director of Edwards Commercial and Cybersecurity business. Given his 35 years of cybersecurity experience, Brian is responsible for all strategic Commercial initiatives, as well as development and expansion of Edwards’ Cybersecurity Solution Area. Brian is a strategic business leader with three decades of experience architecting, designing, and developing solutions to address some of the nation’s top cybersecurity challenges. Prior to joining Edwards, he founded Evolved Cyber Solutions (ECS) – a company dedicated to supporting both large and small organizations in assessing security compliance and building cyber programs based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Prior to ECS, Brian was at G2 where he was responsible for both Federal/Civil Government and Commercial customer solution development and delivery. Brian was a primary author and led the contractor team supporting NIST in the development of the Cybersecurity Framework. 

Tom Schankweiler is the Director of Cybersecurity Operations for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). A dedicated, results oriented, IT security professional who enjoys collaborating, learning and applying his talents where possible. Tom is passionate about public services, and has served most of his career in the healthcare sector and armed services. Currently he is working on projects that work closely with developers to build and use secure pipelines for reusing and testing code. In addition, he is leading initiatives to meet the mandates of the new Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, May 12, 2021. Tom has a M.S. in Health Informatics from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and a B.S., in IT and Project Management from Capella University.