SecureWorld Kansas City 2023

Kip Boyle is the Virtual Chief Information Security Officer of Cyber Risk Opportunities, whose mission is to help executives become more proficient cyber risk managers. He has over 24 years of cybersecurity experience serving as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and in other IT risk management roles for organizations in the financial services, technology, telecom, military, civil engineering, and logistics industries.

Naeem Babri is a cybersecurity practitioner who works at T-Mobile, focusing on cyber risk assessments, information security, and cyber security controls. Naeem has worked in IT and cybersecurity for the last 20+ years. His expertise in information security, IT operations, and support has led to various roles at T-Mobile, formerly Sprint. His various Board services include serving as President and advisor of ISSA-KC since 2014, board member for InfraGard, and as an advisor for various conferences. Naeem is an avid runner, enjoys photography, and is an arts patron in addition to his various community projects. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Resource Management and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Donna Gomez, CRISC, is the Security Risk and Compliance Analyst at Johnson County (KS) Park & Recreation District. Previously, Donna served as the Critical Infrastructure Protection Senior Manager and Risk Compliance Analyst for a municipally owned utility. Donna has been an information security professional since 1999, where she began documenting processes for IT and customer support staff, then training people to not click on suspicious attachments in emails. She served as Past President of the InfraGard Kansas City Members Alliance and is past President of the Greater Kansas City Chapter of ISACA. Donna serves on several of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) Working Groups including the Metrics Subcommittee, Security Awareness, and Business Resiliency. Donna also serves as a member of the MARC Cybersecurity Task Force and volunteers with the ISACA Foundation as a mentor and promote diversity and inclusion in the Cyber Risk and Audit profession. She is the Director of Membership & Recruitment for the Kansas City Metroplex for Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS).

She previously served as a member of the ASIS Professional Standards Board drafting team developing the Security Awareness Standard published in 2020. Her passion is to continue expanding the information sharing community and build partnerships to help strengthen the security resiliency and awareness of anyone responsible for protecting the critical infrastructure.

Corian Kennedy is a cutting-edge technologist and cybersecurity expert with a deep passion for hacking and the power of AI. As a top researcher in the field, he has pioneered some of the most innovative and futuristic technologies that have revolutionized the world of cybersecurity, leveraging the latest advancements in hacking and AI to stay one step ahead of cybercriminals. With a current role in advanced research and hacking for one of the most prominent cybersecurity firms in the world, Corian has helped shape the industry's future and continues to push the limits of what is possible in the field of cybersecurity.

Reanna Schultz is from Kansas City, MO, and attended the University of Central Missouri (UCM). She graduated in 2018 with her Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity: Secure Software Development and in 2020 for Master of Science in Cybersecurity: Information Assurance. While being in the industry, Reanna has been exposed to numerous SANS hosted classes. Reanna volunteers as a National Cyber League coach and provides her industry expertise by doing guest speaker talks for numerous colleges and high schools across the Midwest to STEM students. Reanna currently works as a Team Lead at Garmin and directly reports out of their SOC.

Mike Miller is a Chief Information Security Officer for Appalachia Technologies. For more than 25 years, Mike has specialized in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity and GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance). He has served as an effective liaison between technology and stakeholders, for organizations of all sizes. Mike continues to follow his passion by helping organizations understand business risk and strategically aligning a company’s security posture to protect it.

Rob Arnold is Director of Information Security at Children International, where his job is protecting the data and systems we use to fight to end global poverty. Twenty-eight years of working in Information Technology in the public and private sector has given Rob the conviction that successful outcomes happen when you don’t let the technology overshadow the people and the process.

A seasoned information technology leader with over 25 years of information security experience. Capable of translating low level security details into executive level business decisions. Believes good compliance does not mean good security, nor does good security mean good risk management. Passionate for employee development. Experience includes healthcare cross-disciplinary compliance and privacy, software development, information security program management, cyber security managed services, federal government IT cloud deployments, global transition operations, and 20 years in the military.

Rob is a Senior Solutions Engineer from Okta with over 14 years of experience in Information Technology. His expertise falls with the Identity, Virtualization, and End User Computing spaces in regulated environments. Rob holds a MS of Information Technology Management and BA of Communication from Oakland University. He additionally sits on the Sigma Pi Fraternity Educational Foundation Board that facilitates scholarships and grants for its membership.

Yaron Levi is the CISO for Dolby Laboratories. Prior to joining Blue KC, he was CISO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City; a Director of Information Security for Cerner Corporation; an Information Security Business Partner for Intuit; an Information Security Architect and Product Manager for eBay; and a Director of Cloud Security for ANX. Yaron is a Research Fellow for the Cloud Security Alliance, serves as an advisory board member for several information security companies, and is co-founder of the Kansas City CISO forum. He graduated from the FBI CISO academy in 2018, and currently serves on the board of InfraGard KC.

Kip Boyle is the Virtual Chief Information Security Officer of Cyber Risk Opportunities, whose mission is to help executives become more proficient cyber risk managers. He has over 24 years of cybersecurity experience serving as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and in other IT risk management roles for organizations in the financial services, technology, telecom, military, civil engineering, and logistics industries.

Joshua Brown is a Chief Information Security Officer, with deep experience in designing and building information security programs to deliver efficient and effective risk management practices. HIs core expertise is in zero trust design, implementation of data-centric risk mitigation, raising security awareness, and aligning security strategy with business requirements.

Kevin Augspurger is an accomplished IT professional with over 18 years’ experience in the industry, 9 of which have been in the telecommunications field. In his career, Kevin specializes in networking, IT security, server/cloud infrastructure, IT management, and facilities/real estate. Additionally, Kevin holds certifications including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Routing + Switching; CCNA Security; and Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA).

Prior to the start of his career, Kevin studied Computer Science at the University of Kentucky and earned a BA in Film from University of Kansas. Outside of work, Kevin enjoys building arcade systems, volleyball, watching movies, being a dad.

April Boyd-Noronha, also known as The STEM Broker, consults parents, educational and civic entities on actively engaging the NextGen as they pursue careers in STEM. She is currently the Global Diversity & Inclusion Advisor and Board Member of the XR Safety Initiative (XRSI), the first global non-profit with the mission of helping build safe and inclusive realities.

April has over 20 years of experience in academia and advanced technologies as an author, college professor, global keynote speaker and thought leader. Her expertise is on the future of work and emerging trends on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for persons of historically marginalized populations. She also is the new Global Security Awareness Manager for Cardinal Health. April continues to blaze a trail in equitable practices as the first Black elected school board member of the Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) which is the 3rd largest school district in the state of Kansas. She is the parent of three children who all are pursuing a STEM career track in cybersecurity, engineering, and avionics (drones).

Vaibhav Malik, also known as "VB," is a seasoned networking and security professional and industry thought leader with over 12 years of experience in the field. He holds a Masters in Telecommunication from the University of Colorado Boulder and an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Currently, Vaibhav is serving as a Global Partner Solution Architect for Cloudflare, a leading web performance and security company. In this role, he is responsible for working with Cloudflare's global partners to help them design and implement effective security solutions for their customers.

Prior to his current role, Vaibhav worked at several large service providers, security and networking companies where he played a key role in helping Fortune 500 clients with their network, security, and cloud transformation projects. He is recognized as an expert in Zero Trust Security Architecture and has been an evangelist for the importance of adopting an identity and data-centric approach to security. Vaibhav is a sought-after speaker and has delivered talks on cybersecurity at various industry events and conferences. His expertise and experience in the field make him a valuable asset to any organization looking to improve their cybersecurity posture.

Nader Zaveri has over 15 years of experience in IT security, infrastructure, and risk management. Nader has led hundreds of incident response investigations related to on-prem or cloud-based environments. He has helped investigate and understand the storyline of the attack for the most allusive threat actors such as nation-states. He also leads the remediation efforts with his knowledge and experience by providing strategic short, medium, and long-term remediation recommendations to directors and C-level executives. He also leads the efforts in providing tactical recommendations to specialists, to improve the security posture of an organization. Nader also has experience with leading transformational projects over infrastructure and processes with technical and organizational change components in response to rapidly evolving business needs and regulatory requirements. Nader Zaveri conducted interviews and presentations for dozens of organizations and conferences regarding cloud and on-prem Incident Response and Remediation topics. He regularly provides security updates and briefings to C-Suite personnel during and after an incident, as well as assists with post-remediation and hardening efforts for the organization. Prior to joining Mandiant, Nader Zaveri spent several years in leadership positions at major cyber security consulting firms. Before joining consulting, Nader worked as a lead practitioner for multi-national organizations. When Nader is not working, he is helping and mentoring young professionals with their entry into the workforce and Cyber Security. Nader juggles about 5-10 mentees at a time to help them navigate their studies and career paths.

Jason Cradit is a highly-skilled technology executive with a passion for creating innovative solutions in the energy and utilities industry. For two decades, Jason has helped companies use technology to streamline their processes, reduce costs, and increase efficiencies by challenging the status quo and leading teams to set higher bars with modern technologies. He is a versatile executive with experience as a software solutions leader, consultant, and operator. Jason's academic journey includes a bachelor's degree in business management from Baker University, a master's in computer science from the University of Kansas, and a master’s in business administration from Rockhurst University. Additionally, he holds many industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Architect, Azure Architect, and many more.

Randy Raw is Chief Information Security Officer at Veterans United Home Loans in Columbia, Missouri. He has more than 25 years of experience in both public entities and private industry, having built several Information Security programs from the ground up. He is a proponent of risk-based, layered security measures that utilize both preventative and detective approaches to achieve the right solution for the organization. Randy is a CISSP and is active in the Central Missouri InfoSec community. He has spoken at SecureWorld on many technical topics and turns his focus towards helping others move from the technical trenches to a leadership role.

Sherry's management career over the last 20 years has spanned multiple IT service areas including information security, infrastructure support, customer support, and disaster recovery\continuity. Perhaps her proudest accomplishments are the programs and teams that she has built from the ground up and the large-scale projects that she has managed successfully in very challenging and highly-regulated environments including the legal industry, healthcare, Fortune 100 finance and electric/nuclear utilities.

As a result of these opportunities, she has earned a reputation as a forward-thinking and capable leader who strives for nothing less than outstanding results and is adept at establishing successful information technology, security and compliance programs in support of organizational objectives while managing cost and risk.

Dr. Cooper holds a doctorate in Computer Science. She holds a Master of Science in Criminal Justice and a Master of Arts in Business Administration. She has earned several security certifications; Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Security Auditor (CISSA), and Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE). Dr. Cooper is employed with T-Mobile Corporation as a Security Risk Manager. She has 20 years of telecommunications and Cyber security experience. She is also an adjunct professor teaching course curriculum under Cyber Security degree programs with the University of Wisconsin and University of New York. She sits on multiple cybersecurity boards and is an advocate for equal opportunity for women and minorities in STEM careers. She is passionate about helping others and has demonstrated this through her community works, as well as being the recipient of multiple awards for being a champion and a bridge builder.

Cindi Carter is a global, multi-industry Cybersecurity and Information Technology Executive who consistently seeks the optimal outcome for any endeavor. As a transformational leader from startups to enterprises, she excels at building cybersecurity practices in highly-regulated industries, turning strategic goals into actionable outcomes, and highly collaborative engagement across the organization for managing cyber risk.

At Check Point Software Technologies, Cindi is a Chief Information Security Officer in the Office of the CISO, leading Check Point's Healthcare Center of Excellence where human safety is essential to care.

Cindi is the founding President of Women in Security - Kansas City, was honored in SC Media magazine’s “Women to Watch in Cyber Security," and was also featured in Cybersecurity Venture’s book, “Women Know Cyber: 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime.” She presents at conferences worldwide, holds several recognized IT, security, and project management certifications, and has a Master of Science degree in Information Technology.

Britney began the first decade of her security career in the U.S. Army where she managed over 90 teams and traveled to assess the security of international government partners. She oversaw the Information Security Department for AMC Theatres where she was responsible for the development and implementation of the global strategy. She has since transitioned to Cardinal Health, initially leading Cyber Operations and now performing as the Director of Information Security Business Partnerships, providing Business Support, Security Awareness, and Compliance Operations across the Globe. Britney is a certified CISSP, CISM, PMP, SSAP. and holds certifications for CompTIA S+, CCSK, and IT Business Management. She holds a BS in Applied & Discrete Mathematics and an MS in Cybersecurity. Britney was also named an IT Security Power Player by SC Magazine and named as the Security Professional of the Year by ASIS Kansas City Chapter in 2020.