All posts in NYC 2014

Paul Vallée Founder & Executive Chairman, Pythian Paul Vallée founded Pythian, his fourth company, at age 25. From its modest beginnings the company has grown to a team of more than 250 with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Over his career Paul has continuously facilitated webinars and attended speaking events, continuing to share his knowledge and develop his own professional expertise. Paul also serves as Member of the Advisory Board at Miro Consulting, Inc, a leading manager in Oracle software licenses. Pythian attracts highly motivated individuals who, like Paul, are always in the know and seeking new ways to develop themselves within the industry.  

Michael Crouse Director of Insider Threat Strategies, Raytheon  

Feris Rifai CEO, Bay Dynamics Feris Rifai is the co-founder and CEO of Bay Dynamics, the leading provider of actionable information risk intelligence to the world’s largest organizations – ensuring the integrity of sensitive information assets and making certain they are being used in a way that creates business value.  He has established long term partnerships with key information security and IT providers.  Through his effective leadership, Feris has guided the company to sustainable growth and has driven several go-to-market and strategic business development initiatives that have led to Bay Dynamics being recognized by both the analyst community and the company’s Fortune 50 clients as a prominent leader in information security analytics as well as IT Operations Analytics (ITOA).  He has a proven track record of success with nearly two decades of senior executive experience. .

JD Sherry Vice President, Technology and Solutions, Trend Micro JD Sherry is responsible for providing guidance and awareness regarding Trend Micro’s entire security portfolio aimed at protecting both commercial and government ecosystems.  Well-versed in enterprise and data center architecture, Mr. Sherry has successfully implemented large-scale public, private and hybrid clouds leveraging the latest in virtualization technologies.  Over the last eight years, he has established himself as a trusted senior advisor and cloud security specialist for the protection of Payment Card Industry (PCI), Health Information Privacy Act (HIPAA) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data. Mr. Sherry also has an extensive background in developing and bringing to market mobility platforms and applications. JD has spent the last 14 years in senior IT leadership roles. Prior to Trend Micro, Mr. Sherry spent nearly 7 years with publicly traded NIC: NASDAQ: EGOV, as Vice President of Technology where he was responsible for EGOV.com’s centralized technology and security strategy.  While at EGOV.com, he managed the technology platforms that processed over $18B in payments on behalf of citizens, businesses and governments. Mr. Sherry also has held various leadership positions within Honeywell FM&T which manufactures and assembles 85% of the non-nuclear components in nuclear weapons for the US Department of Energy. JD has held Top Secret clearance and has an M.B.A/IT degree from Jones University and a B.S. degree from the University of Nebraska.

Ashley Stephenson CEO, Corero