In-Person

Dallas CISO Community

Executive Summit

November 6, 2025 | The Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas

November 6, 2025
The Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas

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Governing Body Co-Chairs

Sara Andrews

Experian
Global CISO

David Bell

CBRE
SVP, CISO

Sonja Hammond

National Veterinary Associates
VP, CISO

Mustapha Kebbeh

Ultimate Kronos Group
Chief Security Officer

Scot Miller

Mr. Cooper
SVP, CISO

Scott Moser

Sabre Corporation
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Robert Pace

Invitation Homes LP
VP, CISO

Becky Palmer

National Life Group
Chief Information Security Officer

Shamoun Siddiqui

The Upbound Group
VP, CISO

Sonya Wickel

Triumph Group
VP, Information Technology & CISO

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CISO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Dallas CISO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda

November 6, 2025

morning afternoon

8:00am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast

9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Adaptive Cybersecurity Resilience for the Extended Enterprise

Angshuman Chattopadhyay

Global Practice Head - Cloud, Infrastructure & Zero Trust Security

Wipro

Changes are now the norm in cybersecurity and emerging threats and/or business-led technology adoption bring new kind of risks. Securing a dynamic hybrid cloud environment requires an adaptive resilience strategy spanning an integrated architecture with ecosystem of tools, rationalized to optimize costs and efficiencies to change enablement process more quickly. This enables secure incorporation of AI and Agentic AI within context of your organization, to move towards a fully compliant multi-cloud environment.

Join this session to learn:

Enhancing hybrid cloud cybersecurity resilience using adaptive approach of zero trust security
Responding to dynamic threats using insights and connected controls
Maturing architecture with constant identification of risks while ensuring seamless user experience

9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom

Be Ready! Preparing Your People for a Cyber Crisis

Jamie Knobles

Director, Cyber Resilience & Readiness

Immersive

Security leaders face unprecedented challenges as evolving threats, including those posed by GenAI, rapidly increase enterprise risk. While new technologies offer defenses, they also introduce vulnerabilities. A cyber-ready workforce is crucial for organizational resilience, but how do you equip your organization to face the future of threats with confidence?

Join this interactive boardroom to discuss:

Acting decisively under pressure to manage and mitigate threats
Maintaining stakeholder confidence and protecting reputation during disruptions
Sharing threat intelligence and preparing for long-term attack consequences

10:25am - 11:10am Networking Break

10:35am - 11:00am Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

11:10am - 11:55am Executive Boardroom

Reducing Application Delivery Tech Debt from the Inside Out

Jason Trunk

Chief Enterprise Architect

Island

With high volumes of sensitive data now flowing through web browsers, three in five organizations say data leakage is likely given current IT and security infrastructures. Stop playing catch-up. Discover new approaches to enterprise operations to reduce risk while simplifying operations.

Join this session to discover:

How disparate IT and security solutions create technical debt
What challenges impact internal and end user stakeholders
How simplifying IT can strengthen security, and boost productivity

11:55am - 12:30pm Lunch Service

1:05pm - 1:30pm Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

Secure by Design — Strategies for Success

Gaurav Kapil

SVP, CISO

Bread Financial

Adopting a secure by design approach ensures that security is a foundational part of product development, not an afterthought. This involves proactively addressing security at each stage, from design through implementation and beyond, to lower the risk of breaches.

Join this session to learn how to:

Integrate security thinking into every development decision
Make security a collective commitment across all teams
Openly discuss security protocols and vulnerabilities to strengthen accountability

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

Crafting a Powerful and Purposeful Executive Presence

Everett Bates

Head of Information Security

Crunchyroll

Eric Bowerman

CISO

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Your career trajectory is shaped by more than just your achievements—how others perceive your executive presence can open doors or close them. Personal branding is about consciously shaping those perceptions. Are you aware of how others see you?

Join this engaging session to explore:

Steps to intentionally develop a genuine executive brand
Identifying your blind spots and leverage opportunities for influence
Methods for building or restoring recognition for what matters most to you

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

Agentic AI — Balancing Identity and Risk

Rich Dandliker

Chief Strategy Officer

Veza

The first generation of AI agents promises cross-app automation for workers. Enterprises will design some for specific purposes, while employees will bring in consumer-grade agents. These varying models of identity handling in AI agents make managing risks more challenging than ever.

Join this roundtable to discuss:

Diversity of AI identity models
Management of enterprise-grade AI identity risks
Balance of productivity and security for consumer-grade AI

2:15pm - 3:00pm Networking Break

2:25pm - 2:50pm Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

3:00pm - 3:45pm Breakout Session

CISO Exchange - Tackling Security’s Hottest Issue

Sailaja Kotra-Turner

CISO and VP Infrastructure and Operations

Brown-Forman

Cybersecurity is now a headline issue, CISOs must bridge the gap between technical priorities, business strategy and mental health. This session offers a unique opportunity to choose pressing topics and collaborate with fellow security leaders in open, insightful conversations.

In this workshop, you’ll:

Identify and unpack industry-wide security concerns
Assess how new trends are shaping business decisions
Unpack mental health, it not the reward for high performance—it’s the foundation

3:00pm - 3:45pm Executive Boardroom

Securing Data in the AI Era

Brian Vecci

Field CTO

Varonis Systems

Mustapha Kebbeh

Chief Security Officer

Ultimate Kronos Group

Jimi Mills

VP, CISO

Texas Instruments

AI-powered threats are accelerating, exposing enterprises to new risks as sensitive data is accessed and manipulated by both human and AI actors. CISOs face the challenge of maintaining visibility, control, and compliance across complex environments as AI adoption grows.

Join this interactive conversation to:

Examine AI risk defense strategies to proactively identify and mitigate threats
Explore best practices for securing Microsoft Copilot and AI-powered collaboration tools
Share methods for detecting abnormal AI usage, managing permissions, and quantifying risk reduction

3:45pm - 4:00pm Networking Break

4:35pm - 4:45pm Closing Comments and Prize Drawing

November 6, 2025

morning afternoon

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The Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas

A block of rooms has been reserved at the The Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-877-619-2539. Please mention GCC Dallas Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.

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