Rishma Khimji

Chief Information Technology Officer, Harry Reid International Airport

Rishma M. Khimji joined the Clark County Department of Aviation in 2022 as the department’s first Chief Information Technology Officer. She brings more than two decades worth of information technology experience, including more than a decade in the public sector. In this role, she will oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of all information technology for Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) and its four sister general aviation airports. Most recently having served as the Chief Information Officer for the San Francisco Police Department, Khimji also brings to CCDOA her experience with the Albuquerque Police Department as well as the City of Reno. Throughout her career, she has implemented many high-profile projects to enhance municipal services, resources, and accountability. Khimji is a two-time graduate of the University of New Mexico, having earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics, as well as a master’s degree in Economics. Khimji was born in Calgary, Alberta, and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she still has family. In her free time, she enjoys cooking and traveling.

Josh Klemm

Chief Information Officer, New York State Thruway Authority

Josh S. Klemm was appointed as the Chief Information Officer of the New York State Thruway Authority in October 2021. Prior to joining the Authority, Mr. Klemm served in a variety of positions in his 20 year Information Technology career, including 15 years of service in the State of New York. While with the State of New York, Mr. Klemm served as Chief Information Security Officer and Director of the Bureau of Systems and Informatics at the New York State Department of Health. Mr. Klemm received his Bachelor of Arts and his Masters of Science from the University at Albany, where he serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in Informatics with the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity.

Jason Pope

Vice President, Sales Engineering Americas, Rubrik

Bipul Sinha

CEO, Rubrik

Bipul Sinha is an entrepreneur, engineer and venture capitalist. He is the CEO, Chairman and Co-founder of Rubrik, Inc. and a Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Previously, Bipul was a Partner at Lightspeed where he focused on software, mobile, and Internet sectors. His investments included Nutanix, Pulse News, Bromium, and PernixData. Before Lightspeed, Bipul worked at Blumberg Capital, where he was the founding investor/board member of Nutanix and Hootsuite. Bipul also held engineering positions at Oracle Corporation, American Megatrends and IBM. Bipul received his Bachelor in Technology in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur where he was bestowed with the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Bipul completed his MBA in Finance from The Wharton School where he was a Palmer Scholar. Bipul holds several patents in distributed computing.

Travis Rosiek

Chief Technology Officer, Public Sector, Rubrik

With over 20 years of experience in the security industry, Travis Rosiek is a highly accomplished cyber security executive having built and grown cybersecurity companies as well as lead large cybersecurity programs in the US Department of Defense (DoD). His experience spans driving innovation as a cybersecurity leader for global organizations and CISOs as well as a corporate executive building products and services. His impact has helped lead to successful IPOs (FireEye) and acquisitions (BluVector by Comcast). As a Cyber Leader in the US DoD, he was awarded the Annual Individual Award for Defending the DoD’s Networks. Travis currently serves as the Public Sector CTO at Rubrik helping organizations become more cyber and data resilient. Prior to Rubrik, Travis has held several leadership roles including the Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at BluVector, CTO at Tychon, Federal CTO at FireEye, a Principal at Intel Security/McAfee, and Leader at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). He earned a Certificate from GWU in Executive Leadership and graduated from West Virginia University with Honors while earning multiple Engineering Degrees. He also was one of the first of ten students from across the nation to be awarded a scholarship from the DoD/NSA’s in cybersecurity. His pioneering mindset has helped him better secure our nation and commercial critical infrastructure. He is an invited speaker, author (blogs, journals, books) and has also served on the NSTAC, ICIT Fellow, and multiple advisory boards

Joe Dabrowski

Vice President, SLED, Rubrik

Joe Dabrowski currently leads Rubrik's Public Sector organization, working with State, Local Governments, and Education Institutions on leveraging the Rubrik Data Security platform to drive cyber resiliency. Joe also lead Rubrik's sales strategy organization, and has been instrumental the companies move from Backup modernization to Cyber Resiliency. Joe is an accomplished technology executive with 20 years’ experience. Previously, he served in sales and leadership positions at NetApp, Splunk, and EMC. Joe resides in McLean, VA.

Adarryl Roberts

Chief Information Officer, Defense Logistics Agency

Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford

U.S. Army (Retired)

Lieutenant General (Retired) Bruce T. Crawford is an inspired, thought leader of character with over thirty-six years of leadership, executive management, national security, digital transformation, and cybersecurity experience. Current Position: Board Member (Public, Private and Non-Profit), C-Suite Advisor, Volunteer After retiring from the U.S. Army in October 2020, Bruce served at Jacobs Engineering until 2023 as the Senior Vice President for Strategic Development with responsibility for Growth and Sales in the $5B Critical Mission Solutions Line of Business. In his most recent role at Jacobs, he was Chief of Innovation, Chair of the Digital Advisory Group and Director of the Digital Center of Excellence, with responsibility for leading the company’s global digital transformation and innovation initiatives. Prior to joining Jacobs’ Bruce held a C-Suite position serving as the U.S. Army’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) and senior Information Technology (IT) accountable official, where he performed the duties as the principal enterprise IT and cybersecurity policy advisor to the Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff. Bruce’s duties and responsibilities also included execution and oversight of the Army’s $18B annual IT budget, the Army's data and cloud migrations, digital transformation, and delivery of IT capabilities from the tactical edge to the enterprise at 288 locations in 143 countries world-wide. A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Bruce was commissioned through South Carolina State University's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program on May 28, 1986, after graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He also holds a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University, a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University in addition to an Honorary Doctor of Public Service from South Carolina State University. During his 34 years of service, Bruce served in a variety of key positions at the operational, strategic, and tactical levels in every major theater of operations, which includes Europe, the Pacific and Southwest Asia. Other executive assignments include oversight of the Army’s IT hardware and software global logistics enterprise as Commanding General, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM)/Installation Commander of 21,000 employees at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland; Director of Cyber/CIO U.S. European Command and Special Assistant to the Army Chief of Staff in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C with responsibility for the professional development for over 360 Army General Officers. Bruce’s awards and decorations include the Black Engineer of The Year Association’s (BEYA) 2020 Black Engineer of The Year, the Distinguished Service Medal, and the Bronze Star Medal. He is also certified to wear the Army Combat Action Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge, and the U.S Army Ranger Tab. Current and past Board of Director positions include Avalara Inc., Foundation Risk Partners Inc., Comtech, Inc., The George C. Marshall International Center and the Executive Committee of The Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association (AFCEA). Bruce served as an advisor to The Partners Group Private Equity firm, in addition to Advisory Board positions with CyberArk and Rubrik cyber security firms, South Carolina State University’ Business School and North Carolina A&T University’s Graduate School. Bruce also volunteers as the National Chair of the Black Engineer of The Year Associations’ K-12 Science Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Mentoring Program.

Jennifer Franks

Director, IT & Cybersecurity, Government Accountability Office

Dana Madsen

Deputy Director CTIIC, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Dr. Brian Gardner

Chief Information Officer, City of Dallas

Mike Tornincasa

Chief Business Officer, Rubrik

Mike Tornincasa has 20 years of experience in business development and technology sales. As Chief Business Officer, he is focused on Rubrik's growth and go-to-market strategy. An early employee and first VP of Sales for Rubrik, Mike successfully led the company's go-to-market innovation and was a key leader in Rubrik's data security evolution. Prior to joining Rubrik, Mike held sales roles at comp pies including EMC and Medallia, Inc.

Wendi Whitmore

Senior Vice President, Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks

Wendi Whitmore serves as senior vice president for Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks. She is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader, with two decades of experience building incident response and threat intelligence teams that have helped clients solve some of the world’s largest breaches. Wendi leads Unit 42, a team of elite incident responders and world-renowned threat researchers. The combined team helps organizations tackle the most complex cyberthreats — from ransomware to state-sponsored espionage. Wendi serves as the chair of the industry advisory board for the Duke University Master of Engineering in Cybersecurity (MECS), and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cybersecurity. She was previously an inaugural member of the Cyber Safety Review Board launched by the United States Department of Homeland Security. Wendi also serves on the University of San Diego Masters of Cybersecurity Engineering Industry Advisory Board. She began her career as a Special Agent conducting computer crime investigations with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Wendi joined Palo Alto Networks from IBM, where she led the global X-Force incident response, threat intelligence, incident command, and cyber range teams. She previously held executive level positions in the professional services organizations of CrowdStrike and Mandiant. Wendi regularly meets with executive leadership teams and boards to advise them on strengthening their security programs to address their most-pressing threats. She is a frequent speaker at high-profile technical conferences and has taught graduate-level computer science and cybersecurity courses at Carnegie Mellon University and The George Washington University.

Steven McAndrews

Deputy Associate Administrator, Information Management & Chief Information Officer, National Nuclear Security Administration

Deputy Associate Administrator for Information Management and Chief Information Officer National Nuclear Security Administration Steven McAndrews serves as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Information Management and Chief Information Officer at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Prior to his current role, Mr. McAndrews served as the Director for Federal Cybersecurity under the Federal Chief Information Officer in the Office of Management and Budget. There, Mr. McAndrews led numerous government-wide technology improvements and process/policy initiatives, including the execution of the Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity Executive Order and workforce development to further the cybersecurity industry. Mr. McAndrews has 14 years of experience as a Federal government IT professional, including roles within the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Census Bureau. Mr. McAndrews is a military veteran and holds a Master’s of Science in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s in Economics.

Ryan Murray

Deputy Director/ Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, State of Arizona

Stephen Wallace

Chief Technology Officer, Defense Information Systems Agency

Stephen M. Wallace is the Defense Information Systems Agency chief technology officer. He also serves as the Emerging Technology Directorate director and focuses on delivering innovative processes, services and capabilities across the agency. The Emerging Technology Directorate develops, executes, prioritizes and collaborates EM-based needs, such as zero trust, 5G, Quantum Resistant Cryptography, and DOD IT Standards. Previously, Wallace served as the technical director of DISA’s Development and Business Center, where he worked on integrating commercial and government-owned technologies in support of the agency’s emerging technologies. Wallace’s other former roles within DISA include chief of cyber innovation and chief engineer for Department of Defense Enterprise Email. Prior to joining DISA, Wallace was a government contractor for Computer Sciences Corporation. During this time, he worked to build a variety of enterprise class collaboration, identity management and authentication systems for the federal government. Wallace has a master's degree in cybersecurity, and a bachelor's in telecommunications, both from Capitol College. He holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification and is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School Senior Executive Program.

Brendan MacCarthy

Vice President of Sales, Federal, Rubrik

Don Yeske (pending approval)

Director, National Security Cyber Division, Department of Homeland Security

Donald E. Yeske serves as the Director of the National Security Cyber Division (NSCD) in the DHS Office of the Chief Information Security Officer. As the Director of NSCD, Mr. Yeske is responsible for governance of National Security Systems (NSS) across the DHS enterprise, management of communications security (COMSEC) for all DHS networks and infrastructure, and leadership of zero trust implementation across DHS. Prior to joining DHS, Mr. Yeske served in the Office of the Department of the Navy (DON) Chief Information Officer (CIO), most recently as the DON Chief Technology Officer (CTO). There, Mr. Yeske and the CTO team produced a series of Design Concepts operationalizing the DON’s Information Superiority Vision; designated the first enterprise information technology (IT) service for DON-wide use (the Naval Integrated Modeling Environment—providing collaborative digital engineering capabilities for the Navy and Marine Corps); and provided leadership for ongoing efforts to operationalize Zero Trust principles throughout the DON and Department of Defense (DoD). This included the stand-up of the DoD’s Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office and ongoing implementation of the Navy’s Flank Speed environment—a cloud-native platform built to embody zero trust principles that now serves over 500,000 sailors and civilians worldwide. Before joining the DON CIO, Mr. Yeske served in a number of critical leadership positions for the Navy and Marine Corps. At Headquarters Marine Corps, Deputy Commandant for Information (2019-2022), Mr. Yeske led the team that developed a plan to synchronize technical and management actions across more than 57 Marine Corps programs, projects, and initiatives and more than $1.6B in spending to transform the Marine Corps Enterprise Network in support of Force Design 2030 and other strategic initiatives. During his civilian career, Mr. Yeske has deployed three times, for a total of three years, into active combat zones.He has been recognized with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award (for his service in Afghanistan) and the Marine Corps Commendation for Meritorious Civilian Service (for his work on the Marine Corps Net Mod Plan). Mr. Yeske began his career in the United States Air Force as a Strategic Communications Technician. Mr. Yeske currently holds an Associate of Applied Science from the Community College of the Air Force and a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Software Engineering from the University of Phoenix, and he is currently completing a Master of Science in Government Information Leadership, with concentration on National Security and Cyberspace Studies, at National Defense University College of Information and Cyberspace.

Chad Marlow

Director of Operational Tech, Bethel School District

Gayle Berkeley

Information Security Director, Rubrik

Gayle Berkeley covers Public Sector Compliance as an Information Security Director at Rubrik. With over 20 years of software and SaaS company experience, she enjoys making security and compliance easier for everyone involved. Gayle is an elite FedRAMP Sherpa, leading Cloud Service Organizations to success through the mountains of transformation needed to earn U.S. Government authorizations. Gayle lives with her husband Michael and three Savannah Cats in Oak Hill, Virginia.

Chris Krebs

Former United States Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Randy Resnick

Director, Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, Department of Defense

Mr. Randy Resnick serves as the Director of the newly established Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office within DoD CIO/CS. Mr. Resnick joins us from the National Security Agency (NSA) with over 34 years of experience in offense and defense cybersecurity. In his most recent assignment, Mr. Resnick served as NSA’s Zero Trust Strategic Lead. In that role, Mr. Resnick successfully led and executed numerous ZT activities at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels and also provided NSA leadership in the successful ZT POM 23-27 Issue Paper submission. His leadership and technical direction led to the development of the first DoD Zero Trust Reference Architecture, the first NSS Zero Trust Reference Architecture, DoD’s ZT maturity model, DoD’s initial strategy for Zero Trust and the construction of two Zero Trust Innovation labs in collaboration with DISA and USCC. Prior to serving as NSA’s Zero Trust Strategic Lead, Mr. Resnick held positions as their Cybersecurity Innovations Director for the NSA Cybersecurity Directorate, served as Chief of NSA’s Red Team, and served as the Deputy Mission Manager for NC2/NC3/NLCC missions. As the Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office Director, Mr. Resnick’s focus will be to provide strategic guidance, direct alignment of DoD ZT efforts, and prioritize resources to accelerate Zero Trust adoption across the DoD while strengthening coordination and collaboration with key partners and stakeholders across the Department, the IC, Interagency, and Industry. A native New Yorker, Mr. Resnick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Fairleigh Dickenson University and a Master Degree in Engineering Management from George Washington University. In his personal life, Mr. Resnick has been married for close to 25 years and has two daughters, who simultaneously adore him and drive him crazy.