Yael has spent over 20 years in leadership roles in Fortune 100 companies building and optimizing corporate functions, messaging and culture. Having worked at BlackRock, JPMorgan, SAP, Andersen and Priceline she has experience in senior leadership of companies across the maturity spectrum and particularly skilled in risk and cybersecurity domains. Currently she works with senior security leaders and executive leadership to refine their strategic roadmap, messaging, leadership and personal branding to accelerate effectiveness and impact for their organizations.

Christopher Hadnagy is the founder and CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC and founder of the Innocent Lives Foundation, a non-profit organization which helps unmask online child predators. Chris is also a well-known author, having written five books on social engineering. Chris’ new book, “Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You”, was recently published January 5th 2021. Christopher Hadnagy is an Adjunct Professor of Social Engineering for the University of Arizona’s NSA designated Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO).

Damon has worked in various aspects of technology for 21 years including programming, management, research and development, and cyber security. His passion and joy is found in bringing his unique brand of creativity to every new challenge, and he is an advocate for the value of continuous learning and self-development. Damon is most happy and engaged when experimenting, creating, or tackling a new problem.

Rachel is a hacker and the CEO of SocialProof Security where she helps people and companies keep their data safe by training and pentesting them on social engineering risks. Rachel was also 2nd place winner of DEF CON's wild spectator sport, the Social Engineering Capture the Flag contest, 3 years in a row. Rachel has shared her real life social engineering stories with NPR, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The New York Times, Business Insider, CNN, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, Forbes and many more. In her remaining spare time, Rachel is the Chair of the Board for the nonprofit Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) where she works to advance women to lead in the fields. 

Brian is an experienced IT leader and manager, having spent over 20 years in both higher education and as a consultant serving public and private sector clients. Prior to joining EAB, Brian served on the Information Security teams at George Washington University and the University of Maryland, College Park. As a consultant, Brian worked in both Advisory and Assurance practices at KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers. At EAB, Brian is responsible for the development and implementation of information security strategy, as well as building a team of information security professionals to manage information risk for both EAB and its partners.

Outside of work, Brian is active across the information security industry, both as a mentor and participant in several working groups. In his spare time, Brian enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and geeking out on baseball statistics.

Brian has Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and a Masters in Business Administration, both from the University of Maryland at College Park.

David Spark (@dspark) is the creator, author, and producer of the CISO Series. He’s a veteran tech journalist and founder of Spark Media Solutions, a B2B content marketing agency for the tech and security industries. Spark has been the creative director, producer, voice, and face of many content marketing campaigns for numerous Fortune 1000 B2B tech and security companies. For more than 23 years, Spark and his articles have appeared in more than 40 media outlets including eWEEK, Wired News, Forbes, PCWorld, ABC Radio, John C. Dvorak’s “Cranky Geeks,” KQED’s “This Week in Northern California,” and TechTV (formerly ZDTV). Outside of tech, security, and marketing, Spark squandered more than a dozen years working as a touring stand up comedian, a San Francisco tour guide, and comedy writer for The Second City in Chicago.

Jimmy Sanders has spent the better part of two decades securing data and systems from cyberthreats. He is the Director of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and also serves on the ISSA International Board of Directors. He has been a speaker at BlackHat, SecureWorld, and InfoSec World as well as other notable events. Prior to DVD.com, Sanders held senior security management roles at organizations that include Samsung, Fiserv, and SAP. He is a Cybersecurity Committee Advisor for Merritt College and Ohlone College, and on advisory boards for other colleges and non-profit movements. Sanders maintains the certifications of CISSP, CRISC, and CISM. He holds degrees in psychology and behavioral science from San Jose State University.

Prior to joining the product intelligence provider, Amplitude, Rose was most recently CISO at Mailchimp and director, global executive risk at managed security provider Kudelski Security.

Chris Nickerson, CEO of Lares, has spent the last 23 years of his career leading, inspiring, and sometimes irritating, the security industry. With Lares co-Founder Eric M. Smith, he created the unique methodology used at Lares to assess, implement, and manage information security realistically and effectively. Collaborating with a group of other InfoSec researchers, he founded the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES), and is working with the Red Team Alliance Training Collective to create a certification for Red Team Testing.

Wolf has more than 20 years of experience as an IT and cybersecurity strategist. Wolf has led IT and security for a regional hospital, a money management firm and multiple consulting services as Vice President. Passionate about community, Wolf co-founded the OWASP Detroit chapter and organizes the annual Converge and BSides Detroit conferences. Wolf regularly discusses a variety of IT and security topics on his popular video blog, “Stuck in Traffic.