CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN MARKETING, EVALUATION & IMPLEMENTATION

Omar Romero is the Founder and CEO of ROSE IT Services Limited, a Managed IT Services Provider headquartered in Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean. He has over two decades of experience helping organizations across the Caribbean to simplify their IT, improve cybersecurity, and deliver better digital experiences for their members and customers. He also leads ROSE Virtual, offering digital event management for modern, interactive hybrid and virtual corporate events

Sharon brings over 25 years of experience in cyber, intelligence, and operations. He is an accomplished executive, with a proven track record in leadership, business development, and execution. Previously, Sharon led Business Development and Delivery as an Executive at Sygnia, a top-tier incident response and security consulting firm. Prior to that, he was a Corporate Business Development Manager at Rafael and held several academic positions. Before that, Sharon spent 20 years in Israel’s elite military intelligence units, where he served as CISO, Chief Intelligence Officer of the Home Front Command, COO of the Intelligence Analysis Division and other key roles. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree (magna cum laude) from Tel Aviv University.

From CIA officer to enterprise CISO, Ross Young has spent two decades at the forefront of cybersecurity. He’s the co-host of CISO Tradecraft, creator of the OWASP Threat and Safeguard Matrix (TaSM), and a recognized leader who has served as CISO in Residence at Team8, CISO of Caterpillar Financial, instructor at Johns Hopkins University, and divisional CISO at Capital One. Ross also brings over a decade of frontline experience from the CIA, NSA, and the Federal Reserve Board. Ross holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Johns Hopkins University, Idaho State University, and Utah State University, and is Boardroom Certified as a Qualified Technology Expert (QTE) as well as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Saryu Nayyar is CEO of Gurucul, a provider of behavioral security analytics technology. She is a recognized expert in cyber security, analytics and machine learning, and security risk management.

Charles Henderson is a seasoned executive who specializes in leading teams that test, monitor, respond to, and secure organizations around the world. Throughout his career, Charles and the teams he has managed have specialized in threat intelligence, incident response, penetration testing, adversary simulation, vulnerability management, and vulnerability research. Formerly leading IBM X-Force and Trustwave SpiderLabs, his teams' clients range from governments, to the largest on the Fortune lists, to small and midsized companies interested in improving their security posture or in need of assistance handling a security incident.

As Co-founder and CEO, Derik leads the vision, strategy and growth of Augmentt. Prior to founding Augmentt, Derik was the Global VP of Marketing and Business Development at SolarWinds. Derik joined SolarWinds through the acquisition of N-able Technologies, a company he helped build and sell to SolarWinds in 2013. Derik has over 20 years experience in the channel in a senior leadership role and has worked with thousands of MSPs across the globe.