2025 Annual Conference

ajman

Senior Offensive Security Engineer, Red Team — Praetorian, Inc.

Senior Offensive Security Engineer on the Red Team at Praetorian, specializing in Red Team Operations and novel initial access tactics. Research includes internal Windows network attacks, social engineering methodology, and Fortune 500 engagements.

Amarnatha Thumalur

Associate, Software Engineer III

BI and Data Analytics expert with 18+ years' experience in business intelligence, data visualization, and enterprise reporting. Skilled in SAP BO, SAC, Tableau, Power BI, and major databases across multiple industries.

Amodh Yadav

Oracle Certified Professional — Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

Oracle Certified Professional with 13+ years of Oracle EBS implementation and development experience. Delivered solutions across healthcare, education, oil & gas, and manufacturing industries in the USA, Middle East, and India.

Bhaskar Bharat Sawant

Lead Engineer — Cornerstone Building Brands

Lead Engineer with 15+ years in enterprise architecture, cloud development, and regulatory compliance. IEEE Senior Member and frequent reviewer and speaker at national and international tech conferences.

Bill Sempf

Application Security Architect

Software security architect with 20 years of professional experience in security testing, design, and developer training. Has participated in the creation of well over 200 applications across diverse environments.

Brett Hawkins

Distinguished Consultant — Stealth Startup

Author of SharPersist, SCMKit, ADOKit, MLOKit, and InvisibilityCloak. Speaker at Black Hat, TROOPERS, BlueHat, DerbyCon, Wild West Hackin' Fest, and ShmooCon.

Catherine Ullman

Principal Technology Architect, Security — University at Buffalo

Author of Wiley's The Active Defender and contributor to O'Reilly's 97 Things Every Information Professional Should Know. Frequent presenter at infosec and hacker conferences.

Chen Shiri

Cyber Security Researcher — Accenture Security

Known for research on low-level security and container isolation, revealing significant flaws in widely-used services. Published research on weaknesses in microservices and container-based web apps.

Chris Brown

Offensive Security Professional

Cybersecurity professional specializing in offensive security research, Windows internals, and EDR evasion. Passionate about malware development methodology and detection/mitigation strategies.

Costa Petros

Senior Security Consultant — TrustedSec

Specialist in Social Engineering and Physical Penetration Testing. Worked his way up through IT support and administration into penetration testing; a jack of all trades across security disciplines.

Vexance

Senior Cloud Penetration Tester — Bishop Fox

Senior penetration tester specializing in offensive security testing of cloud, containerization, and application environments. Former Operations Sergeant with the Ohio Army National Guard.

Elizabeth Wadsworth

Sr. AI Innovation Strategist — Velera

Certified AI Governance Professional (AIGP) helping organizations build trust in intelligent systems through practical governance. Bridges the gap between compliance and creativity across fintech and innovation teams.

Ian Thornton-Trump

CISO — Inversion6

CISO at Inversion6 and infosec pundit with deep expertise in incident response communications, threat actor intelligence, and the Scattered Spider threat group.

Joshua Lochner

Security Engineer — (presenting unaffiliated)

Cybersecurity professional with a foundation in system and network administration. Experienced building resilient security infrastructures across complex retail environments.

Matt Scheurer

VP, Computer Security & Incident Response — ThreatReel Podcast

VP of Computer Security & Incident Response with extensive DFIR experience. Keynote speaker at the Information Security Summit; official “Hacking is NOT a Crime” Advocate; technical mentor for WomSA.

Michael Roytman

CTO — Empirical Security

CTO of Empirical Security; former Chief Data Scientist of Kenna Security and Distinguished Engineer at Cisco. Forbes 30 Under 30 (2017) and Forbes Technology Council member.

Mudassir

Lead Security Software Engineer

Software engineer with 15+ years of experience, including five years in cybersecurity. Focused on defensive programming practices for modern, API-heavy, and AI-assisted development environments.

Rajeev

Researcher — Campbellsville University, USA

Researcher focused on embedding security, auditability, and governance into MLOps pipelines to ensure AI systems are scalable, compliant, and secure by design.

Sean Argyle

Graduate Student — Case Western Reserve University

Former NASA STEM contractor and secondary math teacher now pursuing a Master's in computer science at Case Western with emphasis on full-stack software engineering, IoT, and cybersecurity.

Seger Steele

Lead Security Engineer

Lead Security Engineer with 6+ years across security engineering, operations, incident response, IAM, and vulnerability management. Passionate about cyber warfare and the Defense sector.

Spencer McIntyre

Offensive Security R&D

Offensive security-oriented R&D professional; avid open-source contributor and Python enthusiast. Previously consulted across healthcare, energy, and manufacturing sectors.

Srikanth

Multi-Cloud Architect & Lead Software Engineer — JP Morgan Chase

AWS Certified Solutions Architect with 14+ years of experience specializing in cloud migrations, IaC with Terraform, and database automation. MS in Electrical Engineering from SUNY.

Tyler Hudak

Director of Incident Response — Inversion6

Seasoned incident response and digital forensics expert with 25+ years of hands-on experience. Has helped many companies recover from ransomware, business email compromises, and APT-level attacks.