Ms. Jimmie L. Collins has served, since February 2020, as the Chief for Planning and Operations at Hawaii State Office of Homeland Security. In this position, she creates and implements statewide planning, develops and fields exercises, and leads the office’s operations for a range of homeland security issues, including terrorism and domestic violent extremism, elections, and cybersecurity. In her position, she also oversees three statewide programs: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, Cybersecurity, and Emerging Threats.
Prior this position, Jimmie served in the Federal Civil Service for nearly 35 years across the Departments of Defense, Treasury, State, and Energy, including overseas tours in Japan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Iraq and travels throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Most recently, she served as Department of Energy (DoE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Senior Policy Advisor to Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Headquarters, in Hawaii. There she handled a broad range of strategic issues and provided advice and in-depth analysis on a broad range of technical, scientific, and policy topics.

Mr. Ford is 30-year veteran in cybersecurity, crisis response, and intelligence-led cyber operations in both government and commercial sectors. Prior to joining Mandiant, Mr. Ford served in executive leadership roles for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Mr. Ford served as the responsible executive to the U.S.
Cryptologic Centers for strategic and tactical oversight of global cyber operations and key asset protection. In these roles. Mr. Ford developed the framework used by the U.S. Government to manage risk of cyber threats supporting government and critical infrastructure capabilities receiving recognition by the White House National Security Council and the United States Congress.
Currently, Mr. Ford serves as the Head of Mandiant cyber security solutions to State, Local and Education markets as well as professional service solutions. Mr. Ford leads operations, strategy and solution for our global partners, and globally leads Mandiant’s Insider Threat risk offerings. Mr. Ford coaches boards and executives on how to measure and manage enterprise risk, regularly speaks at industry conferences. Mr. Ford is a member of the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace and the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise. Mr. Ford is the founder of Mandiant's Elevate program to advance women in IT security into senior leadership and Board positions.
Mr. Ford serves as an adjunct professor teaching advanced curricula on cybersecurity and risk frameworks at St. Mary’s University. Mr. Ford is a graduate of Harvard, John F. Kennedy School on Cybersecurity Policy; and a graduate of Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Business in Strategic.

The Office of Enterprise Technology Services’ Cyber Security Program is led by State CISO, Vincent Hoang, who is responsible for securing state government information resources and infrastructure. He brings 25 years’ experience in developing and implementing effective information technology strategies, including the application of cybersecurity, network management and systems design to improve business outcomes. Vincent most recently served as the enterprise architect for Hawaiian Telcom, where he secured infrastructure for customers and conducted network architecture, performance, security risk and systems infrastructure assessments. He also worked as a senior systems consultant for Bank of Hawaii and a security engineer for Munger, Tolles and Olson in Los Angeles, CA.

Jodi Ito is the Chief Information Security Officer with the University of Hawaii System. She collaborates with the Data Governance Director, University General Counsel, and the Office of the Vice President for Research & Innovation to secure all institutional information & research assets. Her responsibilities span cyber risk management, compliance, policies, research cybersecurity, vulnerability & risk assessments, incident response, and security awareness across all 10 UH campuses. She is active in professional organizations such as EDUCAUSE, CyberHawaii, NWACC, and REN-ISAC. She is a Co-Investigator for the Google Cybersecurity Clinic grant and NSF Scholarship For Services grant, and was the Principal Investigator for the NSA GenCyber Hawaii program from 2015-2024. She earned a BS & MS in Computer Sciences from UH Manoa. Jodi has been with the UH system for over 40 years.

Brian Uyder is Senior Director of Security for Microsoft’s State, Local Government and Education organization, helping public-sector leaders turn complex security challenges into stronger, safer organizations. Brian works alongside customers, partners, and Microsoft engineering teams to build security strategies that protect people, data, and critical services while enabling innovation. His work spans identity, threat protection, security operations, compliance, Zero Trust, secure cloud, and AI-powered security. As AI and autonomous agents reshape how organizations operate, Brian is focused on helping leaders embrace their potential while securing and governing this new agentic world. A customer-obsessed leader, Brian believes cybersecurity is about more than technology. It is about people, trust, collaboration, and building a more secure future together.

Johnny Wong is the VP of Global Solutions Architecture at Veracode, leading the global presales engineering organization and helping customers tackle complex application security challenges.
Johnny began his career as a software developer. After nearly five years of writing insecure code, he switched sides to help companies secure theirs. His cybersecurity career started in Identity and Access Management before transitioning into Application Security, where he has built and led high-performing technical sales teams.
Johnny holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Tufts University and lives in Boston with his family. A die-hard Celtics fan, he has no plans to leave.
Outside of work, Johnny loves traveling the world in search of great restaurants and unique culinary experiences. He's also an avid golfer who has discovered that fixing a golf swing can be harder than fixing insecure code.