Faculty Directory

Alexis is a Principal at AG Partner, a cybersecurity solutions firm specializing in security architecture, evaluating and implementing cybersecurity programs, and advising organizations of all sizes across security domains. Previously, she was the Chief Security Architect and Merchant Technology Change Executive at Bank of America; she has also spent considerable time with the federal civilian cybersecurity organizations on policy and technical programs. 

Justin has over twenty years of experience in system administration, software development,
and information security. His core skills include regulatory and contractual compliance,
program management, payment card standards, and general governance and privacy practices
and frameworks.

He founded episki, a cloud-based governance tool geared toward helping mid-market
organizations manage their security programs. Justin also performs fractional CISO and
security consulting services for various clients in multiple industries, including areas
involving GRC, DevSecOps, Privacy, and other matters.

Before his current roles, Justin consulted with Fortune 1000 companies in information
systems, audit, governance, and cybersecurity. He has led the governance and security
practices for leading eCommerce and large financial services companies. Additionally,
Justin has spoken at conferences concerning risk management, the payment card industry
(PCI), security leadership, and general information security practices.

Dustin is the Chief Information Security Officer at Moderne, a product which performs automated code refactoring at scale.  He is also a Co-founder at Katilyst, which enhances corporate security culture through engaging security champion programs. Previously, Dustin spent over a decade in technical roles as a software engineer and application architect in retail, US Department of Defense (DoD), and video game industries before moving into cybersecurity executive leadership and successfully implementing cybersecurity, application security, and security culture programs at large and small companies.

Ryan is the Founder and CEO of Neuvik, a cybersecurity research and development consultancy. He has spent the better part of two decades enhancing cyber programs at the world's largest institutions — from the Department of Defense to some of the most successful private and commercial organizations. He focuses largely on providing advanced capabilities for CISO's, as well as testing for best possible security practices at board of directors' requests.

Ryan’s C-level work experience also includes developing Board level metrics to measure and manage enterprise cyber risk, developing and instructing C-Suite cyber risk management courses, and establishing functional reporting metrics for assessing cyber readiness.

Dave has 30 years of industry experience. He has extensive experience in IT security operations and management. Dave is the Global Advisory CISO and Head of the Special Operations & Engagements team for 1Password. He is the founder of the security site Liquidmatrix Security Digest & podcast. He is currently a member of the board of directors for BSides Las Vegas. Dave has previously worked in critical infrastructure for 9 years as well as for companies such as Duo Security, Akamai, Cisco, AMD and IBM. Previously he served on the board of directors for (ISC)2 as well as being a founder of the BSides Toronto conference. Dave was a DEF CON speaker operations goon for 13 years. Lewis also serves on the advisory board for the Black Hat Sector Security Conference in Canada and the CFP review board for 44CON in the UK. Dave has previously written columns for Forbes, CSO Online, Huffington Post, The Daily Swig and others. 

Shannon is the Founder and CEO of ThirdScore. This followed her role as VP, Security at Adobe, where she led Product and Software Security. Shannon is also the Founder of DevSecOps, a non-profit organization committed to uniting security with DevOps and Agile practices via experimentation and education. Shannon is an award-winning security innovator and leader experienced in developing emerging security programs for Fortune 500 companies including Intuit, ServiceNow, Sony, Sempra, Savvis, Cable & Wireless, 99 Cents Only, Exodus, and Bank of America.

Anna is the Vice President Risk Officer Digital at the Navy Federal Credit Union. She returned to Navy Federal in 2023 from her previous time here from 2019 to 2021, when she was as Vice President of Vulnerability, Risk and Enterprise Security Services. Prior to her current role, Anna was the Senior Vice President Advance Cyber Defense and Digital Forensics and Incident Report teams at Booz Allen Hamilton Commercial sector. Before her time with NFCU and Booz Allen, Anna managed Global Information Security Engineering and Operations for Marriott International. In her earlier career days, Anna held various positions in the security field with Accenture and Sun Microsystems/Oracle.  As a technology executive, Anna is focusing on empowering innovation, fostering collaboration, and promoting risk-based approach to security. Her mission is to protect and enable the business by transforming the culture from “No” to “KNOW”.