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Ryan Boulais
Bunge
Global Chief Information Security Officer
Massimo Favro
NVR
CISO
Vishal Gupta
Lexmark
CTO & CIO, SVP Connected Technology
MAXIMUS
SVP & CISO
Prince George's County
CISO
Rolls-Royce North America
VP & Head of Cyber Security North America & Defense
MITRE
Chief Engineer, Enterprise IT Integration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Director, Office of Technology Evaluation
Stericycle
VP, Global IT Security & CISO
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer
ICF
VP & CISO
Graham Holdings
VP, IS & Privacy
College Board
Head of Information Security, Infrastructure and Workforce Technology
Peraton
CISO, Homeland Security
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Associate Director, Security Operations
Databricks
CISO, Client
Fannie Mae
Business Information Security Officer
Under Armour
Deputy CISO & Director of Global Security Operations
World Vision
CISO & Chief Privacy Officer
Arnold & Porter LLP
Firm Director, Information Security & Compliance
American Red Cross
VP & CISO
Virginia Tech
CISO
Cigna
CISO, US Healthcare
Sallie Mae
CSO
Coronis Health
Vice President Information Security
Common Securitization Solutions
CISO
Schneider Electric
VP, Enterprise IT Global Head of Security
FINRA
CISO
The Orbia Corporation
CISO
Idemia North America
CISO
MAXIMUS
Vice President of Digital Infrastructure and Technology Strategy / Chief of Staff to CDIO
State of Vermont
CISO
Perdue Farms
CISO
Montgomery County
CISO
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