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Alok Abhishek is a product management leader and has over 15 years of experience in AI, data management, and cloud technologies. Alok received the 2024 Globee Award for Artificial Intelligence Achiever of the Year in recognition of his contributions to the open-source AI community. He holds an MBA, a graduate certificate in data science from the University of Southern California, a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Manipal Institute of Technology, and multiple industry certifications.
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Noura Afaneh is a web content analyst at Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company.
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Helena Alexander is a chief analyst at Devart – one of the leading developers of database management software, ALM solutions, and data providers. In her work, Helena primarily concentrates on the dbForge product line, a suite of highly acclaimed tools designed to address all kinds of tasks across the most popular database management systems.

Marene Allison
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Marene Allison is the former chief information security officer for Johnson & Johnson, where she was responsible for protecting the company’s information technology systems and business data worldwide. Allison has held corporate roles at Medco, Avaya, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; served as an FBI Special Agent and in the US Army; and graduated from West Point in the first class to include women. She is on the boards of H-ISAC, West Point Women and ASIS International.
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Sandeep Anand leads the AI/ML Solution engineering and development team within Infor. Sandeep has 15+ years experience in the applied machine learning (ML) working to accelerate digital transformation in several fortune500 companies.
His domain expertise is in enabling organizations to leverage AI/ML for measurable business ROI quickly. He is the head of the Augmented Intelligence data solution portfolio within Infor which allows organizations to transform to leverage AI/ML in 90-120 days.
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Hitesh Sheth and Marene Allison's Bios:
Hitesh Sheth is the president and CEO of Vectra AI. Previously, he held the position of chief operating officer at Aruba Networks. Hitesh joined Aruba from Juniper Networks, where he was EVP/GM for its switching business and before that, SVP for the Service Layer Technologies group, which included security. Prior to Juniper, Hitesh held a number of senior
management positions at Cisco. Before Cisco, he held executive and engineering management positions at Liberate Technologies and Oracle Corporation. Hitesh started his career as a Unix programmer at the Santa Cruz Operation. He holds a BA degree in Computer Science from the
University of Texas at Austin.
-----------Marene Allison is the former Chief Information Security Officer for Johnson and Johnson, where she was responsible for protecting the company’s information technology systems and business data worldwide. Allison has held corporate roles at Medco, Avaya, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; served as an FBI Special Agent and in the US Army; and graduated from West Point in the first class to include women. She is on the boards of H-ISAC, West Point Women, and ASIS International.

Dr. Curtis Arnold
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Dr. Curtis Arnold is the Chief Scientist for Cyber at Core4ce, where he shapes strategic direction and senior-level planning for the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and other federal agencies. He previously served as President of Arnold & Associates Inc., a cybersecurity service company focused on future innovations, which was later acquired by Core4ce. Dr. Arnold also led the Sustaining Base Network Assurance Branch at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, overseeing Defensive Cyber Operations and providing 24/7 cybersecurity services to over 300 customers globally. With more than 20 years of experience in leadership, policy, and technical roles, he holds a BS in Information Security, an MS in Information Technology from Johns Hopkins University, and a D.Sc. in Cybersecurity from Capitol Technology University.
Mitch Ashley
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Daniel Avancini is the Chief Data Officer at Indicium, an AI and data consultancy.
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As a freelance writer with more than a decade of experience in B2B cybersecurity, Chester Avey provides articles and content of real value on topics including cybersecurity, information assurance, business growth, software solutions and e-commerce.
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Denis Avramenko is a solutions architect at Solvd, Inc. He has 12 years of experience in software development with extensive experience in leading and developing products. He loves to challenge new technologies, learn unknown domains and discover a clear and reliable path for his team.