Keynote speakers
May 8, 2012
Douglas Hubbard | The Failure of Risk Management
Douglas Hubbard is founder of Hubbard Decision Research and creator of Applied Information Economics (AIE) method. His career has focused on the application of AIE to solve current business issues facing today’s corporations. With more than 22 years of consulting experience, Hubbard provides risk/return analyses of critical projects, investments and other management decisions in the insurance, banking, utilities, government, entertainment media, military logistics and manufacturing industries. Hubbard is also the author of three books: “How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business,” “The Failure of Risk Management: Why It’s Broken and How to Fix It,” and most recently, “Pulse: The New Science of Harnessing Internet Buzz to Track Threats and Opportunities.” Hubbard’s career has focuses on the application of AIE to solve current business issues facing today’s corporations. Hubbard’s session description.
May 9, 2012
Jon Gordon | Mobile & Social: A Transformation
Jon Gordon is an editor at Minnesota Public Radio News, one of the leading public radio operations in the United States. He is responsible for strategy and execution of social media, audience engagement and distribution of news for mobile platforms. He created, produced and hosted “Future Tense,” a daily tech-themed radio report that aired on public radio stations across the country from 1996 to 2010. From his base in San Francisco, Gordon’s job on “Future Tense” was to present the most important and interesting technology news and information in a simple, straightforward manner. Gordon’s work has been recognized by the Associated Press, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Northwest Broadcast News Association and the UCLA’s Anderson School of Business. Gordon’s session description.
Session speakers
Andrew Borene | From American Frontlines to Assembly Lines: U.S. Innovation & Competition in a Global Robotics Revolution
Andrew Borene is Executive Director of Robotics Alley™ and Director & Counsel at ReconRobotics. Andrew is a former Associate Deputy General Counsel with the U.S. Department of Defense and has taught as adjunct faculty at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. He served on active duty as a U.S. Marine intelligence officer with the 1st Marine Division, including combat service in Iraq, and time as the executive officer for its Headquarters & Service Company at Camp Pendleton. During law school, he was a judicial extern in the chambers of Judge John Tunheim, U.S. District Court, Minnesota. In 2009, he was awarded a U.S. Department of State funded fellowship as an Emerging American Leader for the study of post-conflict peace-building in Northern Ireland. Andrew is a Director at Large with the FBI’s InfraGard Alliance Minnesota Executive Board where he assists the organization’s leadership in issues related to law, intelligence, information sharing, critical infrastructure protection and national security. He is also an alumnus of the Minnesota High Tech Association’s ACE Leadership Program, and founding editor of the American Bar Association’s “U.S. Intelligence Community Law Sourcebook”. Andrew holds a J.D. (University of Minnesota) and a B.A. in Economics (Macalester College). Andrew’s session description.
Jarret Brachman | Impostors, Insiders and Intruders: Mitigating the Threat from Within
Dr. Jarret Brachman is a leading expert on extremist movements. He began his career at the Central Intelligence Agency and went on to become the founding Director of Research at West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center. In 2008, Brachman published his first book, Global Jihadism and returned to his hometown to launch a new program on security at NDSU. Brachman advises clients on issues related to counterterrorism and violent extremism across the U.S. intelligence, military and law enforcement communities. Brachman has testified before Congressional subcommittees, the British House of Lords and has appeared in nearly every major print and television media outlet. Jarret’s session description.
Barry Caplin | #*%! my CISO Says
Barry has been the Chief Information Security Officer for the MN Dept. of Human Services since 2003. He is responsible for information security and security technologies department-wide including the development and implementation HIPAA compliant security policy and security architecture. Barry has more than 25 years of experience in information technology and security. He holds an MS in applied mathematics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (aka Virginia Tech), and the CISSP, ISSMP, CISA, and CISM certifications. He is a soccer coach in Apple Valley and serves on the soccer boards of the Valley United Soccer Club and Valley Athletic Association as director of coaching. Barry’s session description.
Special Agent Robert Cameron | Cyber Crime: They Will Not Stop for Lunch
In 1995 Robert Cameron joined the Navy as a Cryptologist. He served at the National Security Agency, leading an engineering team responsible for the installation and accreditation of networks. Upon leaving the Navy, Robert worked as an Information Systems Security Engineer for Booz Allen Hamilton. In 2002, Robert took a Special Agent position with the FBI. Since that time, he has operated as a case agent specializing in the investigation of internet related criminal violations, counter-terrorism, and counter-espionage matters. He has extensive experience in international operations, incident response, and the development and implementation of honeypots and wireless networks. Robert’s session description.
Geek Girls | People Online: Security, Privacy and Reputation @the Office and @Home
Nancy Lyons:
Think strategically, act thoughtfully, be a good human.
Nancy works at the intersection of technology, community, and people. As a leader and technologist, she creates solutions that further community and business goals by meeting the needs of individuals. Her guiding philosophy is that a human-centered approach to technology is the only way to get results that make a difference. Problem solving is about empowerment: motivated people create good products. Nancy supports clients and teams by fostering a collaborative, idea-driven culture that nurtures creativity and brainpower.
Nancy is President/CEO of Clockwork Active Media, a leading digital agency specializing in designing and developing business solutions. She speaks nationally about work culture, social media, technology, and leadership. She’s been recognized for her role as owner and CEO of Clockwork by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and gives back to the community by serving on the Board of Directors at The Family Equality Council.
Meghan Wilker:
Meghan specializes in using strategy, technology, and process to bring people and products together. Her public speaking, writing and outreach guides individuals and businesses to develop smart digital products. Whether she’s managing a team or mentoring students, she believes that technology creates endless opportunities to make life easier and to produce meaningful connections. She empowers users to proactively engage with the web by being aware, educated, and attentive and spearheads dialogue that drives evolution within the interactive community.
Meghan is the VP, Managing Director at Clockwork Active Media, a digital agency specializing in designing and developing business solutions. She’s a contributing writer at GTDtimes.com, creator of Summerofdresses.com, and was named as a “Woman to Watch” by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Rebecca Herold | Cloud Computing in Healthcare: Key Security and Privacy Issues
Rebecca is a widely recognized and respected expert in information privacy, security and compliance. Rebecca has been named in the “Best Privacy Advisors in the World” list all years Computerworld magazine has released their rankings, along with receiving many other awards and recognitions. Rebecca has been leading the NIST Smart Grid privacy subgroup since June, 2009. Rebecca’s Compliance Helper service helps healthcare organizations and their business associates to meet their HIPAA, HITECH and other information security and privacy requirements. Rebecca has been an Adjunct Professor for the Norwich MSIA program since 2004, and she is working on her 15th published book. Rebecca’s session description.
Fred Klapetzky | Session TBD
Fred Klapetzky, managing director at Marsh Risk Consulting, is the firm’s practice leader for the U.S. Business Continuity Management Practice. Klapetzky has performed technology and business continuity assessments/evaluations/planning for numerous clients. Klapetzky has also completed data center redesigns, consolidations, insourcing and outsourcing projects. He has integrated NIMS and ICS components into plans for airports, colleges and universities and manufacturing companies. Klapetzky was also a pioneer in computer crime investigations and helped develop many of the methods and techniques in use today by federal, state and local law enforcement.
David Mann | How to Speak Like a Human Being
David Mann is a speaker, trainer, and professional actor/director. He has spoken at General Mills, Mayo Health System, Boston Scientific, Merrill Lynch, The Hartford, and many other companies. He is on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and has taught persuasive presentation technique through storytelling at Loyola and Lousiana State University. David has also performed or directed plays at the Guthrie Theater and Children’s Theatre Company, and was awarded a Bush Artist Fellowship for Storytelling. David’s session description.
Deviant Ollam | Physical Security on the Front Lines
While paying the bills as a security auditor and penetration testing consultant with his company, The CORE Group, Deviant Ollam is also a member of the Board of Directors of the US division of TOOOL, The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers. Every year at DEFCON and ShmooCon Deviant runs the Lockpicking Village, and he has conducted physical security training sessions at Black Hat, DeepSec, ToorCon, GovCERT, AusCERT, HackCon, ShakaCon, HackInTheBox, CanSecWest, ekoparty, and the United States Military Academy at West Point. His favorite Amendments to the US Constitution are, in no particular order, the 1st, 2nd, 9th, & 10th. Deviant’s session description.
Mike Rothman | Seeing through the Clouds: Tactics to Deal with Limited Cloud Visibility
Mike Rothman, President of independent research firm Securosis, specializes in the sexy aspects of security, like protecting networks and endpoints, security management, and compliance. Mike’s bold perspectives and irreverent style make him one of security’s most sought after speakers and commentators. After 20 years in and around security, he’s one of the guys who “knows where the bodies are buried” in the space. Mike is the author of “The Pragmatic CSO,” which introduces technically oriented security professionals to the nuances of what is required to be a senior security professional. Mike’s session description.
Christopher Veltsos | Are We There Yet? Information Security Grows Up
Chris Veltsos is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Information Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato where he regularly teaches Information Security and Information Warfare classes. Beyond the classroom, Chris is also very active in the security community, engaging with community groups and business leaders. Chris has presented at regional and national conferences, and provided input for groups like NIST, ISACA and the SANS NewsBites newsletter. Chris regularly consults in the field, including performing security assessments of academic institutions for the Advance IT Minnesota center. You can find him online at @DrInfoSec. Christopher’s session description.
Jacob West | Software Security Goes Mobile
Jacob West is Director, Software Security Research for HP Enterprise Security. West is a world-recognized expert on software security and brings a technical understanding of the languages and frameworks used to build software together with extensive knowledge about how real-world systems fail. In 2007, he co-authored the book “Secure Programming with Static Analysis” with colleague and Fortify founder Brian Chess. Today, the book remains the only comprehensive guide to static analysis and shows developers how it can be used to avoid the most dangerous vulnerabilities in code. West is a frequent speaker at industry events, including RSA Conference, Black Hat, Defcon and OWASP, among others. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, West holds dual-degrees in Computer Science and French and resides in San Francisco, California. Jacob’s session description.
