Adele Burnes has spent her career in workforce development and economic empowerment. She has worked at this important issue from many angles including government policy work, tech startups to develop startup ecosystems, and leading strategy and operations for Year Up Bay Area, the most effective workforce development program ever measured in the US, and as the first ever Regional Director of Apprenticeship for the Bay Area Community College Consortium. Today as Deputy Chief at DAS, Adele’s work is focused on policy and strategy to expand apprenticeships in CA to create a more equitable and accessible on ramp into a wide variety of careers from the building trades to healthcare, tech, education, public service and every sector of our economy.

John Cleveland is California’s Deputy State Chief Information Security Officer with the California Department of Technology (CDT). 
Prior to his current position, John was manager of CDT’s Statewide Security Operations Center. His other positions included security operations chief at the Employment Development Department, chief information security officer at the Department of Child Support Services, and chief technology officer at the Contractors State License Board. He has been instrumental in his previous roles devising and implementing security operations strategies and has built security controls for some of the state’s largest benefit-based systems.
John brings over 20 years of private sector information security and technology management experience, including roles as service delivery manager for Banyan Systems, consulting manager and security practice manager at Lucent Worldwide Services, and principal consultant and owner of his own security consulting business. 
He is an Iraq war veteran with over 10 years of military service.

Kathy Cruz is a Director in KPMG’s Advisory Services, helping government clients build digital trust through cybersecurity strategies, risk mitigation practices, and strengthened operational controls. Focusing on integrating cybersecurity initiatives throughout the enterprise, she helps clients mature their cybersecurity programs and create the needed flexibility to address the changing cyber landscape. Kathy helps government clients focus on building cyber security resilience for their organizations, supporting business objectives and services to the public.
Previously, Kathy was Senior Advisor to California’s State Chief Information Security Officer providing leadership in cybersecurity strategy and major initiatives. With over thirty years of experience in both the private and public sector, Kathy is a recognized innovator and leader. A five-time Chief Information Officer with a customer-centric mindset, she has been instrumental in implementing complex and innovative technical solutions to solve business problems, advance operational efficiency, improve the delivery of products and services and advance business opportunities. Kathy’s broad background includes working globally with executives, clients, investors, Board of Directors, and leaders in California state government.
Kathy is the recipient of CIO Magazine 100 Award, recognizing the top 100 CIOs in the U.S. She is also recipient of the Silicon Valley YWCA Tribute to Women in Industry (TWIN) Award. Kathy is a past Board member of the Gentle Barn Foundation headquartered in Santa Clarita, CA, a past Board Member of the Career Action Center in San Jose, CA, and a former member of Golden Gate University School of Technology and Industry Executive Advisory Board. Kathy previously served as an Ensign in the California State Guard, Cyber Operations Detachment.

Dustin DeBrum is Operations Director for the California Cybersecurity Institute, New Programs, and Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub) at Cal Poly, where he supports cyber education initiatives and outreach to build a skilled cyber workforce capable of navigating today’s complex threat landscape. His higher-education career spans over 21 years at Cal Poly supporting university commercial operations and enterprise technology services. Before Cal Poly, DeBrum worked for multiple dot-com companies in Silicon Valley. In addition to his experience, DeBrum has presented and hosted workshops, conferences, and online webinars on space cybersecurity, technology disability policy, credit card security, and cloud deployment strategy. DeBrum holds a Bachelor’s degree in Twentieth-Century Science & Technology History from San Jose State University and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from Cal Poly.

Eric is a seasoned pentester and a Principal Security Consultant at Secureworks. On a daily basis he attempts to compromise large enterprise networks to test their physical, human, network and wireless security. He has successfully compromised companies from all sectors of business including: Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Entertainment, Amusement Parks, Banking, Finance, Technology, Insurance, Military, Retail, Food Distribution, Government, Education, Transportation, Energy and Industrial Manufacturing. Before entering the cyber security arena, Eric attained both a BS and MS in Civil Engineering along with his Professional Engineering license.

John Evans serves as a Chief Technology Advisor (CTA) at World Wide Technology (WWT). In this role, Evans engages with clients on strategy, innovation and transformation to develop and deliver solutions that are tailor-made for business in government and education. He is a highly consultative and knowledgeable technology advisor focused on achieving tangible operational and business outcomes for WWT’s customers at enterprise scale. Prior to joining WWT, Evans served as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Deputy Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the State of Maryland, where he helped lead statewide technology and security initiatives. Evans brings over 15 years of technology expertise with extensive experience with security, cloud, and mission critical applications with a primary focus on the SLED market. Prior to his role within the State of Maryland, Evans worked in various executive-level, program management and network operation positions for organizations such as ManTech, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Secure Network Systems and Vigilant Watch Integration. Evans is also an Adjunct Professor – Graduate School, Cybersecurity for University of Maryland University College.

Adam German is the Chief Information Security Officer for the California State Controller’s Office (SCO), where he has close to two decades of experience working for the world’s fifth largest economy’s Chief Fiscal Officer. SCO ensures the state government’s monetary resources are independently accounted for and disbursed according to law in a timely manner. As the CISO, Adam works towards securely deploying robust security protections, and developing strong guiding principles to ensure the long-term successful protection of government resources.
Adam has extensive knowledge in the field of Information Security, and his record of achievements demonstrate his success at leading, managing, and delivering security solutions. He is the current President of the ISACA-Sacramento Chapter. He also teaches ISACA certification courses, participates in multiple local and national security forums, and volunteers his time serving with information security think tank groups.

Jose A. Jaramillo, LWDA Agency IT Risk Officer, has been serving Californians as a risk, governance, and compliance professional for over ten years. Jose previously served as the Information Security Officer at the California Department of Real Estate (DRE). Jose was DRE’s first Information Security Officer (ISO), responsible for securing the personal information of over 430,000 real estate licensees. In his role as ISO, he worked diligently to build an Information Security Program from the ground up. Jose has over two decades of IT experience working in state government and the private sector. Some of his experience includes: managing enterprise risk, IT governance, implementing enterprise security policy and procedure suite, compliance, incident response and technology recovery. Jose holds a Master in Public Administration, from the McGeorge School of Law; a B.S. in Management Information Systems and Accounting, from the University of the Pacific.

Jennings has over 23 years of experience in the K-20 sector, as well as 21 years of experience in the FCC E-rate program. He is an accomplished leader of sales, marketing & compliance/support teams. He brings to Fortinet extensive expertise in SLED, EDU, K-12, Education technology, funding, purchasing practices, e-rate federal funding consulting/compliance and strategic planning. He has proven to be successful in providing consultative services to local government & local education agencies (LEA’s) as well as school districts and state agencies.

Moinul Khan is the VP and GM of the data protection business at Zscaler. Moinul brings 20+ years of experience in enterprise security. Before joining Zscaler, he led product and strategy in Palo Alto Networks, Netskope, Juniper, and other companies and built market-leading products in many security domains.

Douglas Leone, is the Agency Information Security Officer (AISO) at the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. He has been at the front lines of building secure systems for Californians moving from practitioner to an Information Security Officer in 2013 when he obtained his CISSP. Doug grew up in Virginia, coming west after his six-year enlistment in the United States Navy where he began his information technology career. After serving in the military, Doug has architected and built secure systems for over 50 Sacramento businesses in the private sector before joining California state service. He has earned over 30 information technology certifications for Microsoft, Cisco, Novell, and other industry-leading companies and has obtained his Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification. Doug’s philosophy is ensuring trust and enabling business by building security and privacy by design into systems from concept throughout operations and maintenance.

Joe Maio is an Information Security Officer and the Security Operations Center Manager for the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA). In this capacity, Joe works towards implementing security technologies, policies, and procedures to ensure the long-term successful protection of California's natural resources and the CNRA's 32,000+ member workforce and technologies. Joe's knowledge and skills span a broad array of information technology practices, including information security, privacy, database administration, eDiscovery, cyber forensics and investigations, server administration, application development, and project management. He has an aptitude for developing custom security solutions that are used for proactive cyber defense and incident response, and aspires to protect the State of California from the cyberthreats of today.

Michael is a Senior Cyber Security Advisor for IBM Security and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. He is the founder for “SecRT” which is are regional CISO/Security Leader Round Table groups across the US (1,300+ Security Executive Members). Michael is a frequent national public speaker and moderator, FBI InfraGard committeeman, NASCIO committee member, and recognized subject matter expert in Security and Threat Intelligence, Identity Access Governance, and Authorization. His prior roles iclude: Lead architect for many of the world’s largest authentication and authorization infrastructures, including two of the 1st billion user authentication infrastructures. Michael is a champion of regularly scheduled cybersecurity threat simulation exercises, training and education.

Michele Myauo, Ph.D., is a cybersecurity and IT executive, author, speaker, and professor. Myauo has over 20 yrs. experience leading cybersecurity, IT systems engineering, services sales and business execution globally across academia, industry, and government, including the U.S. Intelligence Community and departments such as Commerce, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, and State. At Accenture Myauo is a Managing Director leading the North America Public Service Security Industry focused on empowering state and local governments, educational institutions and non-profits in rapidly adopting secure and resilient cybersecurity solutions to innovate and achieve more sustainably.
Prior to Accenture, Myauo held leadership positions in cybersecurity and IT at Microsoft and IBM. Myauo was also a professor at The George Washington University. Myauo holds a Doctorate in systems engineering from The George Washington University, a M.S. in industrial and organization psychology from University of Baltimore, and a B.S. in psychology from Bethany College.

Zach Nandapurkar is a Technical Account Manager at Tanium based in San Francisco, California. Zach is passionate about digital transformation at the State of California, focusing on the execution of the Cal-Secure Plan and reducing cyber risk statewide. Zach is responsible for designing Tanium's response to Cal-Secure with mentorship from Chris Cruz, Tanium's SLED CIO. Zach is a graduate of the University of Southern California ('18) with a B.S. in Computer Science and Business Administration and in his free time enjoys skiing, traveling to new destinations in California, learning about California History and Politics, and watching USC Trojan Football.

Deputy Director Osborne was appointed by Governor Newsom and joined the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) in November 2019. Deputy Director Osborne provides direction and oversight to the newly formed Cal OES Homeland Security Division. In this role, Deputy Director Osborne is responsible for the State Threat Assessment System (STAS), the California Cyber Security Integration Center (Cal-CSIC), and the following homeland security programs: the Governor’s Homeland Security Advisory Committee; the Governor’s Creating Safer Communities Task Force; the Governor’s Cybersecurity Task Force; Port and Maritime Security; Chemical Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive material (CBRNE) Protection and Preparedness; Event Planning Security; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Statewide School Safety; and the BioWatch System. Moreover, Deputy Director Osborne provides administrative oversight to the application of California’s homeland security grants, known as the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) and Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) — funding that totaled $197,911,000 in FY2019 and received from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Prior to joining Cal OES, Deputy Director Osborne spent nearly 24 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a Special Agent, specializing in national security threat issues. Assigned to the Sacramento Field Office, his final assignment at the FBI was an executive management role as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) overseeing the National Security and Administrative Branches, where his responsibilities included International and Domestic Terrorism, Counterintelligence, Cyber, Critical Incident Response, Surveillance, Training, FBI National Academy, security, facilities, and oversight of all professional staff employees. Deputy Director Osborne also spent over a year in Washington, D.C. as Unit Chief of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Internet Targeting Unit.

Joe Panora has over 34 years of state public service with 14 years serving in correctional safety/public safety law enforcement as IT director/chief information officer (CIO).
Joe Panora was appointed by California Gov. Schwarzenegger and later Gov. Brown to serve as director of Enterprise Information Services (EIS) for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) since January 2008. During his career, Joe has also served for the following departments: Caltrans, Franchise Tax Board, Employment Development Department, State Controller’s Office and California Youth Authority. Joe retired from state service as the director of EIS for CDCR in December 2014.
As the EIS director, Joe was responsible for leading an organization with over 650 IT professionals. His team worked to deliver and improve statewide processes for education, rehabilitation, board hearings, health care, and offender/parole/juvenile operations. Also, this included the department’s IT strategic plan, policies, standards, enterprise architecture, procurement, customer service/field operations, and automation efforts. Over his tenure, Joe implemented an IT project portfolio worth over $800 million, which resulted in both a business and IT transformation for CDCR. Significant program and cost efficiencies were achieved as well as enhanced delivery of services.
Joe has received the following awards: 2014: Cybersecurity Leadership Innovation Award – Leadership Innovators Category (Center for Digital Government); 2013: Named one of Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers for his contribution to public-sector innovation; and 2010: Outstanding Technology Leadership Award at the California CIO Academy Awards, a program hosted by Public CIO magazine.
Joe holds a master's degree in Business Administration and Telecommunications, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Vitaliy Panych is the Chief Information Security Officer for the State of California at the California Department of Technology. He was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in February 2021 after serving in an acting roll for nearly two years.
Before landing at CDT in 2019 as the deputy state chief information officer, he was the agency information security officer for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 2016 through 2019. He joined the Employment Development Department in 2009 serving as its security and compliance manager. Prior to that, he was at the Franchise Tax Board in 2007, where he became a system software specialist and was later named Information security vulnerability management lead, a role he held until moving to the EDD. A veteran of government service, Vitaliy began his state career as a network engineer at the state’s Teale Data Center in 2003.
He earned bachelors’ degrees in computer science and political science from California State University at Sacramento. His professional portfolio is full of accreditations and distinctions, including several Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) credentials.

Andy Piazza is an accomplished security professional with 20 years of experience in security operations, threat intelligence, and incident response. Andy has developed multiple cyber threat intelligence programs for clients and is a frequent contributor to the CTI community through his personal blog and talks at industry conferences. He has worked alongside clients and stakeholders in multiple critical infrastructure sectors to improve their incident response capabilities, security operations integrations and processes, and threat management programs.
Andy is a US Army combat veteran with multiple deployments to Iraq, Central America, and Haiti. He has earned a Master's in Intelligence Studies from American Military University and a Master's in Information Security Engineering from SANS. He enjoys writing, mentoring, and project development in support of threat intelligence and cybersecurity operations. He’s also the Director of Operations for BSidesNOVA and the Global Head of Threat Intelligence at IBM X-Force. Andy can be found on Twitter as @klrgrz, on Medium at https://klrgrz.medium.com, and his personal site klrgrz.com.

David Rosado serves as the Regional Director for Region 9 at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), where he leads the effort to protect and advance the resilience of the nation’s physical and cyber infrastructure in the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the territories of American Samoa and Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Prior to joining CISA, Mr. Rosado had a distinguished career in public service and security management. Mr. Rosado served as Chief of Police in the City of Hartford, Connecticut where he oversaw a department with over 400 police officers and a budget of approximately $46 million.
Mr. Rosado also served for 20 years with the Connecticut State Police, where he achieved the second-highest rank in the agency as Lieutenant Colonel. In this role, he oversaw more than 800 sworn and civilian employees and was responsible for all operational components of the agency, including patrol, investigations, specialized units, and protection of critical infrastructure statewide.
After Mr. Rosado’s law enforcement career, he worked for Major League Baseball in New York City, serving on a national level as MLB’s Chief Security Liaison to all of Minor League Baseball. Mr. Rosado also served as Chief Operations and Chief Security Officer of a logistics and technology firm in Connecticut. Most recently, Mr. Rosado, also an attorney, worked in private practice at a litigation firm in Hartford, Connecticut.
Mr. Rosado is fluent in Spanish and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Connecticut, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Session 249, in Quantico, Virginia.

Mike Spanbauer is a Technology Evangelist for Juniper Security. Mike’s work and expertise in network and security advisory, consulting, and product strategy over the last 25 years provides a breadth of perspective across network and security execution, as well as approaches to solve for operational and governance needs that organizations face. He most recently served as Vice President of Research Strategy for NSS Labs, driving the enterprise research and consulting practice for NSS’ global clients. Prior to that, Mike held leadership roles at Current Analysis and HP in research, strategy, and competitive intelligence. Throughout his career, Mike has possessed a passion to help guide organizations to make well-informed decisions that ensure delivery on their intended technical outcomes. He brings this passion to Juniper’s customers, partners, and prospects, listening to their needs and challenges ensuring Connected Security continues to solve for them, day in and day out.

Maria S. Thompson is the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Lead for Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, she brings over 20 years of experience in information technology, strategic planning, computer network defense and risk management. Prior to her role with AWS, Maria served as North Carolina’s first State Chief Risk and Security Officer. There she was instrumental in establishing the Whole of State Approach to Cyber. This included the development and implementation of the state’s first Cyber Disruption Plan, and the Joint Cyber Task Force (JCTF). Maria also served 20 years in the United States Marine Corps and retired as the cybersecurity chief/information assurance chief for the Marine Corps. Other security roles held includes certification and accreditation (C&A) lead for the Multi-National Forces – Iraq and senior security engineer in a joint military organization and Security Operations Center lead for a federal agency.

Matthew Thompson, CISSP, is an industry-recognized thought leader in the area of Identity and Security Management and currently leads Socure's Public Sector business while also serving as the President of the Board for the Kantara Initiative, the leading global community commons improving trustworthy use of identity and personal data through innovation, standardization and good practice. Matt is an innovator in the digital identity space with several patents having co-founded ID.me, which was named to the “100 Brilliant Companies” list in 2014 by Entrepreneur Magazine. Matt has spent more than a decade working in the public and private sectors to promote privacy-enhancing, secure, interoperable, and user-friendly ways to give individuals and organizations confidence in their online interactions, which garnered him recognition by One World Identity as one of the “Top 100 Leaders in Identity” in 2017 and 2018.
Graduating as the Top Cadet from the Virginia Military Institute, Honor Graduate from Army Ranger School and with an MBA from Harvard Business School, Matt is a proven business leader, successful entrepreneur, Ironman triathlete, and decorated combat veteran. He served as an Army Special Operations Officer, completing four deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with multiple awards for his service in combat. Matt’s civilian experience includes positions at McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, Capital One and IDEMIA.

As Executive Editor at e.Republic, Steve is responsible for the coordination of editorial strategies and standards across all the firm’s media platforms. He directs the editorial teams that produce Government Technology, Emergency Management and Digital Communities and their respective Websites, in addition to developing and maintaining corporate policies and standards for editorial. Steve has over 20 years of writing and editing experience including more than 17 years covering technology in the state and local government market.
Steve joined e.Republic in 1996. During his tenure, e.Republic’s print and electronic media have received many awards for editorial excellence, including “Magazine of the Year” from ASBPE for Emergency Management in 2013, “Best New Web Site” from ASBPE for emergencymgmt.com in 2009, ”Best Overall Publication” at the Maggie awards for Government Technology in 2008 and “Magazine of the Year” from ASBPE for Public CIO in 2007.

Mark Weatherford is a globally recognized information security professional with experience at some of the world’s largest public- and private-sector organizations. He was appointed as the first deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity at DHS in the Obama administration and was chief information security officer for the state of Colorado and for the state of California under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the energy industry, he was VP and chief security officer at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, where he worked daily with Congress and electric utilities across North America on cybersecurity standards, regulations, and policy issues. He also served as a principal at The Chertoff Group and was VP and chief cybersecurity strategist at vArmour. Most recently, he was the VP and global information security strategist at Booking Holdings, the world’s largest online travel business with offices and employees in almost every country in the world and whose major companies include Booking, Priceline, Kayak, OpenTable and Agoda.

Chris Wysopal is Chief Technology Officer at Veracode. He oversees technology strategy and information security. Prior to co-founding Veracode in 2006, Chris was vice president of research and development at security consultancy @stake, which was acquired by Symantec.
In the 1990’s, Chris was one of the original vulnerability researchers at The L0pht, an ethical hacker think tank, where he was one of the first to publicize the risks of insecure software. He has testified to the US Congress on the subject of government security and how vulnerabilities are discovered and remediated in software.
Chris received a BS in computer and systems engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is the author of The Art of Software Security Testing.