SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Juliet Devries, Director IT Security and Compliance, GTreasury 

Bio coming soon!

Alex Dickson, CISO, GCM Grosvenor

Bio coming soon!

Josh Fazio, VP Solution Architects, SecurityScorecard

Josh Fazio is the VP of the Solution Architects at SecurityScorecard. Josh is a long time Law Enforcement professional with over 20 years of experience investigating electronic crimes. Josh also has many years of experience helping enterprise customers reduce risk and proactively improve their security posture.

Tom Hardin, Vice President Information Security and Compliance, Project Lead The Way

Information Assurance, Technology and business leader delivering timely, high-quality value to Enterprise stakeholders through lifecycle management and improvements driving favorable business outcomes. Diverse business exposure across domestic and global perspectives; multiple companies and industries; varying roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities
Certifications/credentials/experience include but not limited to:
• CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISA, CBCP, CERP, ITILv3f, MBA
• Information Security/Physical Security/Loss Prevention
• Governance, Compliance, Risk Management (functional and Enterprise)
• Privacy
• Operations/Quality
• Personnel Management
• Incident/Crisis Management and Communications
• Business Resilience (IT DR, BCP, Entity Resilience)

Victor Hsiang, CISO, GATX

Victor Hsiang is an accomplished Information Security, Risk and IT Professional with over 19 years of experience working within the Financial Services and Healthcare sectors. He has an established track record of delivering successful IT and Information Security solutions that manages risk while supporting business requirements. His experience includes implementation of technology, security audits, risk assessments, information records management, privacy concerns, compliance and legal issues related to security, forensics, security practices and policy development. He currently leads the Information Security program at GATX Corporation.

Lori Kevin, Vice President, Enterprise IT & Security, Intelligent Medical Objects

Lori has over 20 years of experience in technology, operations, and specifically in building an innovative and robust security program from the ground up. She is currently VP of Enterprise IT & Security at Intelligent Medical Objects, a software development organization whose product offerings ensure clinical data quality and integrity across the healthcare ecosystem. Lori and her team provide not only technical security expertise and guidance to software engineers, they also collaborate across the entire enterprise to communicate security awareness through training, awareness campaigns, and risk management.

Adam Kohnke, Information Security Manager, Charter Next Generation

Adam splits his time as the Manager of Information Security at a leading material technology solutions firm in Southern WI and is also the owner and CEO of The XL Security Consultancy, a cybersecurity advisory practice focused on providing value-driven IT Risk Management services, ethical hacking assessments, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) security consulting, targeted IT Audit engagements and high conversion content generation. While not architecting security solutions for his customers and the world community at large, Adam enjoys traveling with his family, camping, reading books and playing board games. He can be reached online on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkohnke

Jim Mirochnik, MBA, PMP, ISO 27001, CEO & Senior Partner, HALOCK Security Labs

Jim Mirochnik is the CEO at HALOCK. He is an innovative business leader with over 25 years of technology and management consulting experience. He has been a Founder and Partner at multiple companies and has been with HALOCK for over nine years. Jim holds a double-concentration MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has architected and been accountable for large-scale technology programs exceeding $100 Million in budget. Jim is a hands-on practitioner and proven business leader.

James Mountain, Director of Information Security, Palmer College of Chiropractic

James Mountain is an experienced leader with over 16 years in IT. His current role is the Director of Information Security for Palmer College of Chiropractic providing strategic leadership and direction for campus academic technology applications and initiatives. His past work experiences include private, public and government industries. He has been a CISSP since 2011 while he worked for the Department of Defense. His main areas of focus are security, risk management, and infrastructure stability.

Michael Neuman, AVP, Security and Compliance, VelocityEHS

Mike is well versed in navigating the complexities of regulated environments, improving cybersecurity operations, and continuously driving compliance. His has successfully lead onshore and offshore teams while maintaining high performance standards and focusing on business solutions and client engagement. Prior to joining VelocityEHS, Mike served as the Vice President of Information Security at Backstop Solutions Group, where he spearheaded the development of a process-driven approach towards achieving FedRAMP certification and SOC2 Type II certification. Earlier in his career, Mike drove the efforts at Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) to achieve PCI compliance as a merchant and service provider. Mike earned his MS in Communications System Management from Northwestern University and a BA in History and Political Science from Purdue University.

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 include:
• 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

Justin Perry, Manager of IT Infrastructure, Operations & Security, TIDI Products

Experienced IT Manager leading infrastructure, operations, and security teams. Passionate about cyber security and dedicated to inspiring and developing fellow IT professionals. Committed to optimizing technology environments while fostering growth and expertise within the team.

Larry Slusser, Sr. Director Cyber Risk, Resilience, & Incident Response, SecurityScorecard

Larry Slusser is the Sr Director Cyber Risk, Resilience, & Incident Response at Security Scorecard. In addition to leading our Professional Services Delivery Team, Mr. Slusser runs point on SSC’s Incident Response Team, who respond to ransomware and extortion negotiations. Mr. Slusser served as an Officer in the United States Air Force for 6 years and has held P&L responsibility for various Fortune 500 companies as well as run a successful printing and manufacturing business. Graduating with a Master’s in Cyber Security, Mr. Slusser successfully transitioned to cybersecurity. Security Scorecard’s clients and Parnters find Larry’s combination of business leadership experience and cybersecurity knowledge a valuable asset whether in a time of crisis or helping to prepare their cybersecurity defenses through SecurityScorecard’s cyber resilience and emergency preparation services.