Larry Letow CEO and President, Convergence Technology Consulting LLC Larry Letow is the CEO and President of Convergence Technology Consulting LLC. As CEO and President, Mr. Letow has led the company to strong growth in each of the 9 years he has been at the company. He first joined Convergence Technology Consulting in 2004 as Chief Operating Officer; he was promoted to President in 2006 and became CEO in 2012. Prior to joining Convergence Technology Consulting, Letow served as Sr. Vice President/Partner of Infinity Consulting Group, where he held overall responsibility for the Southeast Region, including corporate operations and marketing. Letow also served as the Sr. Vice President of Operations and Business Development at Vericom Systems, Inc. Letow currently serves the technology community in many capacities. He is presently Co-Chair and Founder for the National Cyber Security Hall of Fame and Co-Chair for GovConnects. He serves on the Board for the Governors Workforce Investment Board, State of Maryland Cyber Task Commission and the State of Maryland 2.0 Cyber Maryland Board. He is Chairman-emeritus of the Tech Council of Maryland after serving 3 years in that role. His philanthropic activities include serving on the Board of Visitors for Towson University and the Foundation Board for the University Systems of Maryland. He is also the acting Chairman for the Little Things for Cancer and serves as Chairman-emeritus for Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. Pervious accolades have included being named a finalists, the past two years, for Executive of the Year for the GovCon Awards and being recognized as the 2008-2009 Corridor Person of the Year and Howard County 2009 Tech Legend. 
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Michael H. Nance CISO, Cyber CTO, LM Senior Fellow Lockheed Martin – Information Systems & Global Solutions Michael Nance is the CISO and Cyber CTO for the Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) Civil. Mr. Nance was appointed to this position in November 2008. Mr. Nance also serves as the principal investigator and leader in the research and creation of advanced Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) and Adaption Sciences for the entire corporation. IS&GS employs approximately 30,000 people worldwide and reported over $10 billion in sales in 2013. Celebrating its 100th year of operation, Lockheed Martin is the largest provider of information technology to the United States federal government. Mr. Nance joined Lockheed Martin in 2003; prior to his current Senior Fellow position, Mr. Nance oversaw engineering teams in the classified design, implementation, and testing of trusted ground, airborne, and space-based systems. He has over three decades of experience in information technologies, and is an expert in computer network infrastructure and cyber space operations. Before joining Lockheed Martin, Mr. Nance was Vice President of Information Security and a CISO in the banking sector. He also helped in the creation of NTech Group, an engineering consulting practice where he held the position of Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Nance’s government experience includes 14 years with the United States Air Force, working in telecommunications and cryptographic systems. Mr. Nance is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and an Information Systems Security Management and Architecture Professional (ISSMP / ISSAP). He received a Masters in Information Systems and a B.S. in Information Technology from the University of Phoenix. He is currently working on his Doctorate of Science (DSc) in Information Assurance from Capitol College. He is active in STEM and in the information technology community, including with the InfraGard organization and various related councils. Additionally he is a Board member of several organizations and universities.
Eric Rosenbach Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs, United States Department of Defense CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Eric Rosenbach was appointed the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy on 26 September 2011. In this capacity, he supports the Secretary of Defense and other senior Department of Defense leaders by formulating, recommending, integrating, and implementing policies and strategies to improve DoD’s ability to operate in cyberspace.
John C. (Chris) Inglis Former Deputy Director, National Security Agency As the Deputy Director and senior civilian leader of the National Security Agency, Mr. Inglis acts as the Agency’s chief operating officer, responsible for guiding and directing strategies, operations and policy. Mr. Inglis began his career at NSA as a computer scientist within the National Computer Security Center. His NSA assignments include service across information assurance, policy, time-sensitive operations, and signals intelligence organizations. Promoted to NSA’s Senior Executive Service in 1997, he subsequently served in a variety of senior leadership assignments culminating in his selection as the NSA Deputy Director. He has twice served away from NSA Headquarters, first as a visiting professor of computer science at the U.S. Military Academy (1991-1992) and later as the U.S. Special Liaison to the United Kingdom (2003-2006). A 1976 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Mr. Inglis holds advanced degrees in engineering and computer science from Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, and the George Washington University. He is also a graduate of the Kellogg Business School executive Development program, the USAF Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, and Squadron Officers’ School. Mr. Inglis’ military career included nine years active service with the US Air Force and twenty one years with the Air National Guard from which he retired as a Brigadier General in 2006. He holds the rating of Command Pilot and has commanded units at the squadron, group, and joint force headquarters levels. Mr Inglis’ significant Awards include the Clements award as the U.S. Naval Academy’s Outstanding Military Faculty member (1984), three Presidential Rank Awards (2000, 2004, 2009), and the Boy Scouts
Dwayne Melancon Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire Dwayne Melancon, CISA is Tripwire’s Chief Technology Officer, where he is responsible for driving and evangelizing the company’s global product strategy. In this role, he works with enterprises around the world to help them objectively implement and manage information security in a way that is firmly aligned with the priorities of their businesses. His current passion is helping organizations connect security’s value to the business and establishing metrics and methods to enable objective decisions and informed action in information security. Dwayne has a history of research and curiosity about IT practices and security, and was a contributor to both the Visible Ops Handbook and Visible Ops Security Handbook, working with authors Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford. As part of this effort, he contributed to research led by Carnegie Mellon’s SEI, the University of Florida, and the IT Process Institute in their studies and benchmarking of IT best practices. He works with numerous corporations around the world on IT service management improvement and IT security, and has teamed with the Institute of Internal Auditors in its pursuit of Generally Accepted IT Principles. Dwayne blogs for Tripwire at 
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Edward J. Liebig Global CTO, Cybersecurity Consulting, CSC Global Cybersecurity Capabilities: A 24 year Cybersecurity professional with over 34 years of IT experience. His areas of expertise include executive security program management, strategic and tactical security project management and operations, IT and ICS governance, full secure life cycle application development, internal and external audit, regulatory compliance, and controls assurance. He has served as CISO for major multinational corporations. He has amassed and lead broadly skilled technical teams to build out and sustain comprehensive security programs for numerous companies in a wide range of industry verticals with a keen focus on Critical Infrastructure to include Chemical, Energy and Natural Resources, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Retail, Telecommunications and Health Care. Role at CSC: Global Strategy Lead/CTO, Cybersecurity Consulting, – Serve as Industry cyber security expert on ICS and Information security program management while managing an elite team of consultants and the delivery capabilities for global consulting support for all cyber security and privacy related opportunities across CSC. Assist clients with strategic direction and executive program management. risk management and security guidance for IT products and operations. Design, plan, and implement business continuity planning programs, secure development practices and security testing methodology. Manage vendor alliances to augment capabilities and create synergy between CSC and leading security industry firms. Major Achievements:
