SPEAKERS

Click on any of our speakers from 2019 below to read more about their background and presentations!

Adam Ely

VP and Deputy CISO
Walmart
Keynote Speaker

Don McMillan

Owner
Technically Funny, Inc
Keynote Speaker

Quint Studer

Founder
Studer Community Institute
Keynote Speaker

Dave Wagner

President & CEO
Zix / AppRiver
Keynote Speaker

Molly Akin, CFCE, EnCE, MSDF

Special Agent Supervisor
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Cybercrime and Computer Forensics

Danielle Alvarez

Cyber Security Strategist
Hayes e-Government Resources, Inc.
Cyber Security, Risk Management 101 with a risk tool

Samir Behara

Solution Architect
Designing Data Intensive Cloud Native Applications

Christopher Williams

Attorney
Hand Arendall, LLC
Drone Technology

Tara Blakely

Recruiter III, Human Resources & Talent Acquisition
Navy Federal Credit Union
Professional Development Panel

Galen Counselman

VP of IT
Pen Air Federal Credit Union
Cybersecurity

Dean Davis

SVP/Chief Information Officer
Gulf Winds Credit Union
CIO Panel

JoAnna Dunn

President
Networks of Florida
Women in Technology Panel

Eman El-Sheikh

Director
University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Panel

Christian Garman

Director of Innovative Program Development
University of West Florida Innovation Institute
Emcee

Rachael Gillette

Chief Leadership Development Officer
Studer Community Institute
Professional Development Panel

Rob Wilson

Founder and CEO
Wilson Digital Health Consulting
Future of Healthcare Technology Panel

Alan Gray

Director of Sales & Advancement
Pelican Drones
Drone Technology

Lakisha Hall

Director, Data and AI Expert Labs & Learning, North America
IBM
AI and Cybersecurity Panel

Patrick Hilgendorf

IT Security Manager
Austal USA
Strategy for Securing the Internet of Things

Bill Hills

Retired EVP/CIO
Financial Industry
Lessons Learned

Patrick Houghton

Senior Vice President of Operations
ActiGraph
Classroom to Boardroom Panel

Brent Huftless

IT Security Director
Wind Creek Hospitality
CIO Panel

Robert Jones

Partner/Tax Attorney
Beggs & Lane
Representing the Entrepreneur in the Digital Age and Current Legal Issues Facing the IT World

Christian Kaman

Founder
2enovate LLC
Classroom to Boardroom Panel

Rodney Landrum

Business Intelligence Consultant
Ntirety
Data, Data Everywhere, a lot of it is Free

Tommi Lyter

Chief of Police
Pensacola Police Department
Drone Technology

Matthew McFadden

Senior Director
General Dynamics Information Technology Cyber Center of Excellence
Cybersecurity Breakout

Greg McMenimen

Director of Software Engineering
Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems
Agile Leadership 101

Deidre Melton

Internal Auditor & Investigator: CFE, CIA, CISA, CISM, CRISC
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
Cybersecurity Workforce Management (NIST 800-181, Training, Budget Requests, etc.)

Steve Millaway

Co-Founder & Managing Director
TechFarms Capital
Tech Investors Panel

Zachary Mingus

Student, President of Cyber Security Club
University of West Florida
Classroom to Boardroom Panel

Megan Morton

Cybersecurity Ambassador
University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity
Classroom to Boardroom Panel

Jack Motley

CEO
YakMotley
How to Create a Brand on Social Media

John Myers

Vice President of Cybersecurity
Navy Federal Credit Union

James Nielsen

Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Baptist Health Care
Future of Healthcare Technology Panel

Jim Nitterauer

Senior Security Specialist
AppRiver
Decrypting the Mess that is SSL /TLS Negotiation – Preparing for the 2020 Apocalypse

William E. Pearson

CPA, CITP, CGMA, CMA, CIA, MCSE, MCDBA, Microsoft SSAS Maestro
Business Intelligence Architect
Island Technologies, Inc.
Pragmatic Power BI: Reports, Visualizations and Dashboards