Faculty Directory

Bob Chaput, author of Enterprise Cyber Risk Management as a Value Creator and Stop the Cyber Bleeding, founded Clearwater Security, a leading provider of security services, where he now serves as executive chair. With over 40 years of experience, he advises Fortune 100 companies and government agencies. Chaput educates industry leaders through articles, presentations, and webinars and holds numerous professional certifications. His work has been featured in major publications like Modern Healthcare and The Wall Street Journal and has been recognized by CyberCrime Magazine as a 2024 Cybersecurity Pundit.

Matt Chiodi brings over two decades of security leadership at industry leaders Palo Alto Networks, RedLock, Cognizant, Deloitte, and eBay to his role as Chief Trust Officer at Cerby. He has led world-class threat research, including the Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Cloud Threat team. He has served on boards of directors, including Infragard, an FBI/private sector partnership to protect critical infrastructure. Chiodi actively serves on the cybersecurity advisory board at Messiah University, his alma mater.

Dr. Anton Chuvakin is now involved with security solution strategy at Google Cloud, where he arrived via Chronicle Security (an Alphabet company) acquisition in July 2019.

Anton was, until recently, a Research Vice President and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) Security and Risk Management Strategies team. Anton is a recognized security expert in the field of log management, SIEM and PCI DSS compliance. Anton has published dozens of papers on log management, SIEM, correlation, security data analysis, PCI DSS, security management.

In addition, Anton teaches classes and presents at many security conferences across the world; he addressed audiences in United States, UK, Australia, Singapore, Spain, Russia and other countries. He works on emerging security standards and serves on advisory boards of several security start-ups. Before that, Anton was running his own security consulting practice, focusing on logging, SIEM and PCI DSS compliance for security vendors and Fortune 500 organizations. Dr. Anton Chuvakin was formerly a Director of PCI Compliance Solutions at Qualys. Previously, Anton worked at LogLogic as a Chief Logging Evangelist, tasked with educating the world about the importance of logging for security, compliance and operations.

Stephen is the CEO and a board member of Summit Technology Laboratory (STL), a deep tech projection mapping start-up based out of Irvine CA. Stephen serves on the boards of Education Loan Finance (ELFi), a not-for-profit student loan financial holding company, Support Systems Associates INC (SSAI) a medium size defense contractor and the Jack and Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation (JAJF), a national charity. Stephen served 32 years in the United States Air Force Special Operations community retiring as a Major General. He is a combat pilot with multiple deployments in Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, Afghanistan and Iraq with leadership tours at the squadron, group, wing and Task Force level.

Edna Conway, CEO of EMC ADVISORS and an ultimate change agent, ensures security and resiliency are built in an enterprise and across its third-party ecosystem. With over 40 years of experience, she served as Microsoft’s Chief Security & Risk Officer for its Intelligent Cloud business, Cisco’s Chief Security Officer for its Global Value Chain, and Assistant Attorney General for New Hampshire. Recipient of over 40 awards from government, industry and academia, Edna seeks out and harnesses the power of diversity of thought, exemplified by her collaborative authorship in four books spanning areas such as Securing IOT, Designing Digital Strategy, Practical Cybersecurity Architectures and Security Careers Beyond Hacking.

Most notably, she brings energy, astute observation of dynamics, genuine caring and a healthy dose of humor to build lasting camaraderie and respect while delivering resiliency and security that “just works”.

Josh is the Chief Security Officer and SVP at PTC, a global computer software and services company that provides CAD modeling, Internet of Things, and Augmented Reality software products. He is also a Co-Founder of @IamTheCavalry and @RuggedSoftware to encourage new security approaches in response to the world’s increasing dependence on digital infrastructure. Additionally, Josh serves as an adjunct faculty for Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College.

Earl Crane is a cybersecurity executive and trusted advisor to public and private sector organizations, helping them manage their strategy, risk, and cybersecurity programs. He has made appearances in The Wall Street Journal, American Banker, National Public Radio, and The Council on Foreign Relations. He has spoken at multiple conferences, including RSA, SXSW, the World Bank, and Mexico's National Cybersecurity Forum.

Mr. Crowley has 20 years of industry experience managing and securing networks. His consultant company Montance® LLC , based in the Washington, DC area focuses on effective computer network defense. His work experience includes penetration testing, security operations, incident response, and forensic analysis.

His current primary focus is cybersecurity operations. Montance® LLC is a trusted independent Information Security partner providing cybersecurity assessment, and framework development services enabling clients to create a new SOC, or improve existing security operations. We are committed to enhancing your SOC capabilities to execute its mission: to provide optimum security protection for digital assets. Montance® LLC has provided services to organizations large and small in the financial, industrial, energy, and medical