Advancing Innovation Through Collaboration
The ITSEF provides unique and abundant networking opportunities with venture capitalists, industry and government decision makers and IT security professionals.
CEO Nemean Networks
His Excellency Jaak Aaviksoo
Minister of Defense
Republic of Estonia

Larry Allen
President
Coalition for Government Procurement
Joseph Ansanelli
Chairman
Lookout, Inc.
Michael Barrett
Chief Information Security Officer
PayPal, Inc.
Steve Bowsher
Managing Partner & Executive Vice President
In-Q-Tel
Bob Bragdon
Publisher
CSO Magazine
Dan Callahan
President/Owner
Venona Consulting, LLC
Patrick Clawson
Chairman and CEO
Lumension
Holly Donawa
EAGLE II Contracting Officer
Office of Procurement Operations
Information Technology Acquisition Division (ITAC)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Paul D. Green
President and CEO
G2, Inc.
Dr. Christopher Greer
Assistant Director for Information Technology Research and Development
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Richard Hale
Chief Information Assurance Executive
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Matthew D. Howard
General Partner
Norwest Venture Partner
Capt (RET) Jeff Jaime
President
Taurean Corp.
Faye Jones
Small Business Specialist
Office of Procurement Operations
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Bill Kalogeros
Director, DOD and Intelligence Sales,
TippingPoint Technologies
Henry S. Kenchington
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Research & Development
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy
Thomas A. Kruza
Associate,
Crowell & Moring LLP
Robert F. Lentz
President
Cyber Security Strategies & Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Information Assurance
Pascal N. Levensohn
Founder and Managing Partner
Levensohn Venture Partners LLC
Honorary Forum Co-Chairman
Rhonda MacLean
CEO
MacLean Risk Partners, LLC
Dr. Doug Maughan
Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security
Science & Technology Cyber Security Research & Development Program
Stuart McClure
GM/SVP/CTO, Risk and Compliance Business Unit
McAfee, Inc.
Dawn Meyerriecks
Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition and Technology
DNI
George Meyers
Vice President
Cassidy and Associates
Jeb Miller
General Partner
DeVenCI IT Group
JAFCO Ventures
Jeff Moss
Founder & Director
Black Hat
Donald A. Purdy, Jr.
Chief Cybersecurity Strategist
CSC
Stephen D. Quinn
Computer Scientist
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Riley Repko
Senior Adviser, Cyber Operations and Transformation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements
Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Marlene M. Roberts
Senior Specialist, Critical Infrastructure Protection
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Robert D. Rodriguez
Chairman and Founder
Security Innovation Network (SINET)
Gregory Roseman
GSA
Mr. Richard C. Schaeffer, Jr. (Dick)
Information Assurance Director
National Security Agency
Nadia D. Short
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
Donald E. Sovie
Partner,
Crowell & Moring LLP
John N. Stewart
Vice President and Chief Security Officer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Mark Weatherford
Executive Officer and CISO
California Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection
Bobbi-Michelle Wehrfritz
CEO
Fritz Technologies
Robert K. West
Founder & CEO
Echelon One
Air Commodore Graham Wright
CBE, Deputy Director
Office of Cyber Security, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom, Honorary Forum Co-Chairman
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The ITSEF is providing the opportunity for attendees to sit down in an informal and intimate (8 - 10 per table) setting with security leaders from private industry, Federal Government and venture capital. This optional "Information Sharing Hour" is designed to promote awareness and learning opportunities on how solution providers can best shape their vision, roadmap and assess their current path to meet the market needs.
Information Sharing Hour Roundtable Chairs:
Andrew Caspersen
CISO
Charles Schwab
Armando Castro
Partner
Reed Smith
Mary Ann Davidson
Chief Security Officer
Oracle Corporation
Adrian Farley
Chief Deputy Director for Policy and Program Management
Office of The State CIO
State of California
Matthew D. Howard
General Partner
Norwest Venture Partners
Nick Shevelyov
CSO
SVB Financial Group
Alex Stamos
Co-Founder & Partner
iSEC Partners Inc.