SecureWorld Twin Cities 2019

Larry Wilson was formerly the Chief Information Security Officer for Sumitomo Pharma Americas, Inc., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) President's Office. In the CISO role, Larry was responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing compliance with the SMPA / WPI / UMass Information Security Policy and Written Information Security Plan (WISP). In addition to designing and deploying the respective cybersecurity programs, Larry has developed and delivered cybersecurity training at multiple industry events, workshops, training venues, etc. Courses include Designing and Building a Cybersecurity Program, Designing and Building a Ransomware Program, and Designing and Building a Third-Party Risk Program. Larry has also worked with multiple companies in multiple industries to help design, build, and maintain their Cybersecurity Programs, Ransomware Program, and Third-Party Risk Programs.

Brent Lassi is currently the CISO at Bluecore, Inc. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the information security field. Brent's previous roles include CISO at Carlson Wagonlit, Director of Information Security at UnitedHealth Group, CISO and VP of Information Security at Digital River, Inc. for a decade. He also co-founded one of the world’s first application security companies, specializing in secure design and review of software.

Jennifer Reicherts is an Information Security Analyst with over 16 years of experience working in the Healthcare and Public Health sector. Her passions include IoT cybersecurity and threat intelligence. Jennifer is a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and an Executive Board Member of InfraGard Minnesota Member Alliance.

Carlos has specialized in Identity and Access Management systems for the past 20 years. His experience has been in the architecture and implementation of large enterprise and consumer IAM systems. Most of his career has been spent designing and running the large scale IAM systems for UnitedHealth Group. His experience and leadership led him to work on unique challenges such as helping to stabilize and improve the 2013 troubled implementation of healthcare.gov, as well as other state health exchanges. In his current role, he works in collaboration to drive the future technology state of UnitedHealth Group and has been a member of the Identity Defined Security Alliance Customer Advisory Board since 2017.

Christopher is President and CEO of Rimage Corporation. He has more than 25 years of experience leading global security and technology transformation for Accenture, FICO, Digital River, and EQ Holdings, with deep expertise in governance and compliance, business continuity and disaster recovery, cloud architecture computing, and sustainability. GDPR, DPO, CIPPE, CRISC, CISO, MBCP

Chris McMahon is a Special Agent for the United States Secret Service. Prior to joining the Secret Service, Chris was a Prince George’s County, MD Police Officer. Chris is a well-seasoned criminal investigator specializing in cyber-enabled financial fraud, money laundering, credit card/ID fraud among other crimes. Chris began his Secret Service career out of the New York Field Office spending time between the Fraud Squad and Electronic Crimes Task Force where he earned the designation NITRO Agent for specialized training in network intrusions. While in the New York Field Office, Chris ran point on several large-scale multi-national criminal investigations targeting transnational organized crime groups. Chris is currently assigned to the U.S. Secret Service, Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC) where he specializes in Business Email Compromise schemes and account takeovers focusing on the international nexus of cyber-enabled financial crime.

Jason Rader joined Insight in 2015 as the National Practice Director of Security. He is charged with managing Insight’s security portfolio including strategic consulting offerings and technology focused solutions. Jason has over 20 years experience and has a deep understanding of the skills, tools, and methodologies required to deliver true solutions related to today’s security challenges.

With a background in broadcasting and operational security, Alex specializes in secure communications and education, awareness program development, the psychology of social engineering, human-based risk mitigation, and behavior analytics. She has over 12 years of experience developing and implementing security awareness, communication, and education strategies in Fortune 50/100 companies and other global enterprises. Alex is OPSEC Manager II Certified by the U.S. Army and the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center (JIOWC). She volunteers with local law enforcement agencies educating parents, community groups, and youth organizations on information security and social media safety in her free time.

Lynette Crane, MA, is a Minneapolis-based mentor to introvert CEOs, an acclaimed national speaker, corporate trainer, executive coach and author, and Founder of Quiet Brilliance Consulting LLC Trained in psychology, she has more than 30 years' experience in her field. Lynette Crane and Quiet Brilliance Consulting help smart companies who are looking everywhere for leadership and innovation to recognize the treasure they may already have within their workforce, and to unlock the full revenue-boosting potential of these SMEs (subject matter experts) to drive innovation, turbocharge collaboration and retain top talent in an increasingly competitive market.

Frank Leyva is a Systems Engineer with Radware, a market leader in cybersecurity with a focus on Network and Application level availability, and security. Prior to that, he was a subject matter expert in network security defense with a leading anti-malware company, performing advanced threat analysis, deep packet inspection, and creating hacker profiles for after attack reports. His skillset spans across all infrastructures, from on premise, physical, and virtual, to cloud, ISP, hosting, and carrier grade networks. He has spoken at many engagements with security partners, vendors, and C-level executives, continuously striving to stay up to date with current security trends, vulnerabilities, and exploits. As a prior service Marine, he is a member of LinkedIn Vets, and is also a member of InfraGard North Texas chapter, Dallas Hackers Association, and is an advisory board member for Navarro College.

Milinda Rambel Stone is an executive security leader with extensive experience building and leading security programs, including Information Security Governance, Vulnerability Management, Incident Investigation & Response, Security Awareness, and Risk Management & Compliance. With significant experience in creating and managing large-scale information security programs in technology, healthcare, and financial services, today Milinda puts this expertise to work as a VP and CISO at Provation Medical.

Brian Bobo is the Chief Information Security Office for Sun Country Airlines in Eagan, Minnesota. He is responsible for all aspects of the security and disaster recovery strategy, implementation, and effectiveness. Sun Country Airlines focuses on vacation destinations taking vacationers to the tropical beaches of Mexico, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean, as well as flying charters to support our troops across the world.

Previously, he was the Director of Global Security at Ecolab, a leading provider in water, hygiene, and energy technologies to foodservice, food processing, hospitality, healthcare, industrial, and oil and gas companies in over 170 countries. In this role, Bobo was responsible for the planning and execution of effective processes and technologies for incident response and security operations. He also leads the security awareness and continuous improvement of security.

Prior to Ecolab, Bobo was the CISO for Schneider, a leading provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services. In this role, Bobo was responsible for the planning and execution of effective processes throughout the enterprise for information security, personal and physical security, as well as disaster recovery, business continuity and emergency preparedness. Prior to that, Bobo was a Technologies Services Manager for Target Corporation, where he managed corporate-wide information protection and IT security teams. Bobo worked for Target for 12 years, holding various positions with increasing responsibility, including warehouse management, IT security and disaster recovery. Bobo has 30 years of military experience serving in the U.S. Army and Army National Guard. He most recently led the Cyber team for the Minnesota Army National Guard prior to being promoted to the head of IT for the Minnesota Army National Guard.

Bobo received his Bachelor of Science degree in History and Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida and a Master's Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. In addition, Bobo has earned the Certified Information Systems Security Professional and Certified Business Continuity Professional certifications.

Brent Lassi is currently the CISO at Bluecore, Inc. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the information security field. Brent's previous roles include CISO at Carlson Wagonlit, Director of Information Security at UnitedHealth Group, CISO and VP of Information Security at Digital River, Inc. for a decade. He also co-founded one of the world’s first application security companies, specializing in secure design and review of software.

Tammylynne Jonas (TLJ) is a seasoned digital and technology executive with almost 20 years of experience leading large, international teams. TLJ is the Global CIO for Self Esteem Brands, the parent company for Anytime Fitness. In this role, TLJ has responsibility for multiple franchise brands, with almost 5000 locations across almost 40 countries. She owns development, infrastructure, security and data/ analytics. Before SEB, TLJ was the CIO for Holiday Companies. TLJ spent 15 years at Kohl’s Department Stores, and worked for Accenture before that.

TLJ holds an Executive MBA in International Business from Marquette University, and has undergraduate degrees in Math, English and Spanish. TLJ sits on the Board of Directors for the MN Better Business Bureau, the Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota, The Minnesota CIO Advisory board, the Twin Cities Innovation Council, and is a volunteer for the Girl Scouts.

In 2019, TLJ was named a finalist for “CIO of the Year” in the Minneapolis- St. Paul Business Journal. In addition, she was named a finalist in the “Wavemaker of the Year” by Team Women. In 2017, she was named “Young Alumna of the Year” by Marquette University. In 2015, she was named “40 Under 40” by the Milwaukee Business Journal. TLJ resides in Medina, Minnesota, with her husband and 3 kids: 10, 7 and 5.

Michael Blaha is currently Sr. Director of Cloud Operations and Security at NucleusHealth. Throughout his career, Michael has made a focus of integrating security and cloud native principles into his delivery and operations teams in both the healthcare payer and healthcare Software-as-a-Service space.

Dr. Jack Freund is a leading voice in cyber risk measurement and management. He is an expert at building relationships to collaborate, persuade, and sell information risk and security programs. Jack is currently serving as Director, Risk Science at RiskLens and previously worked for TIAA as Director, Cyber Risk. Jack holds a PhD in Information Systems and has been named an IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy. Jack’s book on quantifying risk (Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach) was inducted into the Cybersecurity Canon in 2016. Jack’s writings have appeared in the ISSA Journal and he currently writes a column for the @ISACA newsletter.

Joshua Carlson is a privacy lawyer but also is a technologist and understands sytem engineering, he has for a long time held his CISSP, CIPP, CIPP/G, CIPP/E and provides guidance and advisory to organizations around the world.

Dr. Benjamin Edwards joined Cyentia at the beginning of 2019 as hire #1. He was formerly with IBM Research, where he worked in applying advanced machine learning techniques to solve real world security problems and shaped the next generation of analytical security models. Before that he received his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico with a research focus that blended the fields of security, data science, and complex systems. His work has lead to a better understanding of global attack trends, the effects of security interventions, and even nation state cybersecurity policy.