Judging Committee
Robert D. Rodriguez
Chairman and Founder
SINET
Robert R. Ackerman, Jr.
Founder and Managing Director
AllegisCyber Capital
Mo Ahddoud
Interim CISO
Cyber Security Advisor
Selim Aissi
Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer
Ellie Mae
Jerry Archer
Senior Vice President
and Chief Security Officer
Sallie Mae
Abhi Arunachalam
General Partner
Alkeon Capital Management
Rich Baich
Chief Information Security Officer
AIG
Brian Barrios
Executive Director, Threat Management and Intelligence
Southern Company
Sandeep Bhadra, PhD
Partner
Vertex Ventures
Deven Bhatt
Deputy CISO
Department of Education,
Federal Student Aid
Joydeep Bhattacharyya
General Partner
Canaan Partners
Tim Booher
Chief Information Security Officer
Colgate-Palmolive, Co.
John Brennan
Partner
YL Ventures
Dave Bryan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bryan Business Management and Technology
David Cass
Vice President Cyber & IT Risk – Supervision Group
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Brian Chang
Managing Director
Warburg PIncus
Jason Clark
Chief Strategy Officer
Netskope
Nick Coleman
Global Head Cyber Security Intelligence Services
IBM
Mark Connelly
Chief Information Security Officer
The Boston Consulting Group
Gregory S. Crabb
VP & Chief Information Security Officer
USPS
Paul Crichard
Chief Technology Officer
BT Security
Anthony V. Dagostino
Executive Vice President, Global Cyber & Technology Practice
Lockton Companies
Sunil Dhaliwal
Founder and General Partner
Amplify Partners
Alex Doll
Founder, Managing General Partner
Ten Eleven Ventures
Benjamin Eason
CISO & Principal, Global Technology and Solutions
The Carlyle Group
Ken Elefant
Managing Director
Sorenson Ventures
Chris Fedde
Chief Executive Officer
Bandura Systems
Jake Flomenberg
Partner
Wing Venture Capital
Carey Frey
VP, Chief Security Officer
Corporate Security, Telus
Venky Ganesan
Managing Director
Menlo Ventures
Boaz Gelbord
Chief Information Security Officer
Dunn and Bradstreet
Rick Geritz
President & Founder
LifeJourney
Chairman
CyberMaryland
Daniel Goetzel
Executive Director, Cyber NYC Inventors to Founders
Columbia University
Bob Gourley
Former CTO, DIA and Co-Founder
OODA LLC
Gamiel Gran
Vice President of Business Development
Mayfield
Lee Ann Graul
Liaison Officer
SixGen
Bob Griffin
Managing Partner
DVI Equity Partners
Nipun Gupta
Cyber Security Strategy & Innovation
Fortune 250 Global Bank
Gary Harbison
Global Chief
Information Security Officer
Bayer
Gary Hayslip
Chief Information Security Officer
SoftBank Investment Advisers
Rhett Hernandez
Former Commander
U.S. Army Cyber Command
Phil Huggins
Security Leader & Advisor
CISO Mentor
Aaron Hughes
Group Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Albertsons Companies
Deepak Jeenvan Kumar
Managing Director
Dell Tech Capital
Kurt John
Chief Cybersecurity Officer
Siemens USA
Stephen Jones
Managing Partner
Spartina Capital
Peder Jungck
Vice President Intelligence Solutions
BAE Systems
Induprakas Keri
Vice President Blockchain/DLT
Intuit Inc
Shaun Khalfan
Vice President, Information Security
Freddie Mac
Kimberly King
Principal Information Security Engineer,
MITRE Corporation
Thomas Krane
Principal
Insight Partners
Jay Leek
Managing Partner
ClearSky Security
Yoav Leitersdorf
Managing Partner
YL Ventures
Nate Lesser
Chief Executive Officer
Cypient
Ben Levitan
Chief Executive Officer
Cedalion Partners
Maria Lewis Kussmaul
Co-Founder and Partner
AGC Partners
Roger London
Chief Executive Officer
American Security Challenge
Lin Lu
Executive General Manager & Chief Controls Officer
National Australia Bank
Rob Mancini
Chief Information Officer
Prince William County, Virginia
John Masserini
Chief Executive Officer
Millicom
Douglas Maughan
Office Head
NSF Convergence Accelerator
John R. Mills
Former Director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs, Department of Defense
Aerospace Corporation
Kevin Nally
US Secret Service CIO
US Secret Service
Lamont Orange
Chief Information Security Officer
Netskope
Dr. Hank Orejuela
President
Applied Systems Analytics
Javier Ortiz
Partner
Falcon Cyber Investments, LLC
Umesh Padval
Venture Partner
Thomvest Ventures
Tom Patterson
Vice President, General Manager
Unisys Global Security Solutions
Jim Pflaging
Managing Partner
Cynergy Partners, Inc.
Jean-Yves Poichotte
Global Head of Cyber Security
Sanofi
Conan Reidy
SVP, Corporate Development
Rapid7
Esther Rose
Emerging Technologies RISK Program Manager
BNP Paribas
Craig Rosen
Chief Security and Trust Officer
ASAPP
Lauren Dana Rosenblatt
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
International Flavors & Fragrances
Richard Rushing
Chief Information Security Officer
Motorola Mobility
Bill Ryckman
Managing Principal
Three Kings Capital LLC
Marcus Sachs
Chief Security Officer
Pattern Computer, Inc.
Enrique Salem
Partner
Bain Capital Ventures
Richard Schaeffer
Riverbank Associates & Former Information Assurance Director
National Security Agency
Ted Schlein
Managing Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
Mary Ellen Seale
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The National Cybersecurity Society
Richard Seewald
Managing Partner
Evolution Equity Partners
Will Sheldon
Vice President
Accel
Dr. Lewis Shepherd
Senior Director, National Technology Strategy
VMware
Ed Sim
Founder/Managing Partner
boldstart ventures
Maurice Stebila
Chief Information Security Officer
Harman
Kurt Steege
Chief Technology Officer
ThunderCat Technology
Auriol Stevens
Global IT Director
Unilever
John N. Stewart
Angel Investor / Startup Whisperer / Anti-poaching Advocate
President, Talons Ventures, LLC
(fmr) SVP, Chief Security & Trust Officer, Cisco
Yanev Suissa
General Partner
SineWave Ventures
Karthik Swarnam
Chief Information Security Officer
DIRECTV
Justin Taft
President & Chief Executive Officer
The Soter Group
Roar Thon
Specialist Director
Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM)
Sid Trivedi
Partner
Foundation Capital
Ariel Tseitlin
Partner
Scale Venture Partners
Vijay Upadhyaya
Founder
Securenebula
Phil Venables
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
Google Cloud
Mornay Walters
Chief Information Security Officer
AngloGold Ashanti
Brian White
Partner
DBO Partners
Alberto Yepez
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Forgepoint Capital
Sounil Yu
Author
Cyber Defense Matrix
Dave Zilberman
Managing Partner
Comcast Ventures