SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Brian Palmer, Director IT Security & Infrastructure, Ventas

Adaptive, customer-focused cyber security and infrastructure executive skilled at delivering projects and services of superior quality; history of leading large, geographically-disbursed teams to meet service level agreements, timelines, and budget targets with solutions that result in improved IT scalability, availability, security, and cost efficiency.

Highlights of Expertise
• CISSP and CCSP Certified
• Global Technology Management
• Enterprise IT Infrastructure Management
• Data Center & Network Management
• IT Security Management
• ITIL Methodologies
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
• Short / Long-Range Strategic Planning
• Recruiting, Team Building & Training
• Contract Negotiation / Vendor Relations
• Budget Management & Cost Reduction
• Metrics Creation, Analysis & Reporting

Mouncef Elalamy, Director, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering, HUB International Limited

Mouncef has over 20 years of experience in IT Infrastructure, Engineering, Security and Operation at high growth companies such as Sidley Austin, Winston & Strawn, Blue Cross & Blue Shield, OfficeMax/Office Depot and is currently the Director of Cloud and Data Centers at HUB International leading 5 teams including Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering and Operation teams, M365 Services and Messaging, Database Services, and Backup and Disaster Recovery team. Mouncef has led many initiatives such as business process re-design, building and securing complex network infrastructures, migrating data centers, moving systems to the cloud, and more recently led efforts to modernize the Backup and DR for HUB International, a leading full-service global insurance broker providing property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, investment and risk management products and services.