Alexandra Shulman-Peleg

EY Americas Cloud Cybersecurity Leader, Managing Director - EY

As EY Americas Cloud Cybersecurity Leader, Alex focuses on engineering; architectural controls and processes; and security solutions for public cloud, and container platforms. She holds a PhD, MSc and BSc in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, has multiple patents and is cited in over 30 scientific publications.

Alec Pinkham

Head of Product Marketing - AppNeta by Broadcom

Alec Pinkham is the head of Product Marketing for AppNeta by Broadcom Software. Alec spent 7 years in technical marketing for AppNeta before coming to Broadcom with a background in software product management, testing, and mechanical engineering. Off the clock, he is an avid hiker, runner, and skier depending on the weather.

Andrei Robachevsky

Senior Director, Technology Programmes - Internet Society

I joined the Internet Society in March 2011. Prior to joining, I was Chief Technical Officer of RIPE NCC, responsible for the company’s IT strategy, including the management of one of the DNS root servers, K-root. I bring more than 20 years of experience in the Internet technical community, and I’m actively following Regional Internet Registry (RIR) and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) activities. In 2010-2012 I was a member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). My primary area of interest is security and resilience of the Internet infrastructure, bridging technology and policy. This work is based on active engagement with the operator, research, and policy communities. I was instrumental in creating an industry-led initiative called Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) and the development of its programs. I am also one of the main contributors to the Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit (IIAT), which was developed and promoted by the Internet Society. I’m based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Andy Brown

CEO - Sand Hill East, LLC

Andy Brown currently serves as CEO of Sand Hill East, LLC, which provides strategic management, advice and marketing services to emerging companies. Mr. Brown is also a member of the boards of directors of Guidewire inc. a public traded company in the PNC insurance business, Zscaler, Inc., a publicly traded company providing cloud security services, Pure Storage, Inc., a publicly traded software-defined data storage solutions company, Digital Asset, a company providing solutions in the DeFi and Digital Ledger workflow world, Moogsoft, a next generation AI-Operations company, Skyhive, a company providing Digital Reskilling & Education. He is also CEO and co-owner of Biz Tectonics LLC, a privately held consulting company. From September 2010 to October 2013, Mr. Brown served as Group Chief Technology Officer of UBS, an investment bank. Prior to that, Mr. Brown served in a variety of executive management and leadership roles at a variety of leading banking companies including Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse. Mr. Brown holds a BSc Honors Degree in Chemical Physics from University College London.

Aryo Kresnadi

Technical Director, Global Network Architecture - FedEx

As Technical Director, Aryo Kresnadi is responsible for setting network architecture strategies, futures and solutions for FedEx Global Enterprise Network supporting all FedEx information movement to ensure on-time delivery for all FedEx packages. Current responsibility includes research and development of architecture, design and implementation of the next-generation network for FedEx data center, multi-cloud, and edge network for the FedEx field locations to support next-generation sensors, robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. Aryo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Ohio State University and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from University of Pittsburgh. Aryo is currently based in Collierville, TN, the home of FedEx World Technology Center.

Barry Elia

Assistant Vice President – Managed, Transport, Edge & Cloud Services - AT&T Services Inc.

Barry is responsible for wireline services on the AT&T network including Transport, Managed for the customer premises, as well as Edge & Cloud-based services. In this role, Barry is leading the transition of these services to Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Network technologies that enable optimized delivery in real time. Additionally, Barry has responsibility for AT&T’s Network as a Service, Total Access Orchestration and Hyperscaler Network Integration teams. These Design and Architecture teams are charged with creating cohesive end to end services via a single buy flow using AT&T’s standard API strategy. Prior to his current role, he was a Lead Member of Technical Staff with AT&T Labs tasked with evaluating AT&T’s long-term strategy as it related to emerging and innovative technologies. This included driving the AT&T Secure Network initiative that laid the groundwork for the AT&T Dynamic Defense Service as well as AT&T’s current Edge Strategy. Barry also spent a number of years as Lead Design & Architect of AT&T’s BVoIP services, including SIP trunking, Hosted Voice, and Collaboration Services as well as leading AT&T’s first implementation of MPLS services. Barry was with IBM Global Network Services preceding AT&T as a Solution Architect who was instrumental in designing the internal IBM MPLS network. Barry has been with AT&T since 1999 and has several patents related to BVoIP as well as Network & Application Optimization. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science in Managed Information Systems from Colorado Technical University and is a proud Veteran of the United States Navy. Barry currently lives in Virginia with his wife and son and also enjoys spending time with his 2 adult daughters as much as possible.

Robert Wysocki

CTO - Microland Limited

Growing a technology team to develop an enhanced set of Practices and Solutions that will accelerate an enterprise’s Digital Transformation. Microland is enabling enterprises to adopt newer technologies, enhance productivity and provide deeper insights to gain business competitive advantage.

Brian Gilbert

Vice President Technology, Chief Technology Advisor - World Wide Technology

Brian is responsible for the Services, Advisory, and Field Technical Functions in World Wide Technology’s Eastern Operations. Most recently Brian was responsible for transforming and leading global technical operations, engineering, and architecture for a large UK Based Global Pharmaceutical as part of their Digital Transformation across Operating Model, Agile Transformation, Infrastructure modernization, Cyber Uplift, Hosting and Cloud Transformation, End User Experience, Service Management, and FinOPs Agile Funding Executive team, As a Client he also led JPMorganChase’s Global Network Engineering and Operations teams, where his teams successfully deployed an industry leading private fiber WAN and drove a major global refresh and insourcing effort. At Cisco Systems, Brian led the global sales and field engineering teams serving their largest clients and launched the Server Entry into those clients, also acting in the role of Corporate Engineering Liaison for all Data Center Products. Brian’s diverse experience and exposure as an executive in large tech companies, founder and leader of startup Tech and MedTech Device companies, advisor to multiple VC Tech companies, and as a non-profit Board member, has provided a unique view of the entire tech landscape including the funding, business, and operational vectors. A father of 2, avid musician, former marathon runner turned cyclist, reader, and boating enthusiast, Brian and his wife Mary, reside in the Cleveland Ohio Metro Area.

Charles Blauner

President - Cyber Aegis

Charles Blauner is an internationally recognized expert independent advisor on Cyber Resiliency, Information Security Risk Management and Data Privacy. Charles is the President of Cyber Aegis, a boutique cyber risk management consultancy. Charles is also a Partner and the CISO in Residence at Team8 Ventures, a Venture Advisor at the Cyber Mentor Fund, and an Executive in Residence at the Partnership for NYC FinTech Lab. Previously, Charles had a distinguished career working on Information and Cyber Security for over 30 years, 25 years in Financial Services, including being the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank, and most recently the Global Head of Information Security at Citi. During this time, Charles held numerous industry leadership roles including Chair of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC), founding Director of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), and the Chair of the OpenGroup’s Security Program. Charles has worked closely with banking regulators around the world (OCC, FRB, BoE, MAS, and HKMA) to help reduce the risk posed by cyber threats to the financial sector at large.

Chris McHenry

Head of Security Solutions - Aviatrix

Chris McHenry is a Head of Security Solutions at Aviatrix (https://www.aviatrix.com), the pioneer of Secure Cloud Networking, where he helps customers solve the new and unique challenges of networking within and between multiple clouds. He is an expert in the areas of zero trust networking and microsegmentation. Prior to Aviatrix, Chris spent more than 14 years at Cisco, where he led a global team of technical solutions architects responsible for Cisco’s cloud networking and security software portfolios. He has unique experience trying to drive innovation and disruption at large companies and enjoys being on the leading edge of major market transitions.

Chris Zanelli

Global Co-head IT Risk & Security Practice - Synechron Consulting

Chris has worked across multiple tier 1 global banks to establish maturity in Continuous Risk Assurance, DevSecOps capabilities, Risk Assessment Automation, and practical implementations of Zero Trust principles at scale. He joins us as a speaker for his 3rd ONUG event as a hands-on practitioner and evangelist in mature practices in the IT Risk Automation and Analytics space.

Christopher Moretti

Vice President, Global Technology & Cloud Transformation - Evernorth, A Cigna Health Company

Christopher Moretti has been an executive leader with Cigna since October, 2015 and is currently responsible for all infrastructure engineering Leading the Global Engineering & Infrastructure Services. In this role, Chris provides executive leadership over the teams that deliver Cigna’s voice & data networks, security engineering, contact center, database, compute, storage, information management, mainframe, cloud & devops. Previous to Cigna, Chris spent 14 years at General Electric and its subsidiaries in various executive leadership roles supporting its insurance, consumer and commercial banking businesses. While at GE, Chris attended and graduated many of their prestigious management training classes including AIMC and EIMP. Most recently, Christopher was Managing Director of Global Networks for J.P. Morgan Chase & Company based in midtown Manhattan. Chris started his career in IT performing many different hands on technical roles in client/server, network and security for various sized firms in the greater New York market including a period where he consulted for Greenwich Technology Partners. Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Connecticut and currently resides in Shelton, CT with his wife and 3 sons.

Denis Mandich

Co-Founder & CTO - Qrypt

Qrypt CTO and co-founder, Denis Mandich, focuses on quantum security, R&D, post quantum encryption (PQC) algorithms and standards bodies. He holds several patents in cryptography, cyber technologies and information processing. Denis a founding member of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), a founding member of the NSF-funded Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance (MQA), founding member of the Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT), advisor to the Quantum Startup Foundry and Board member of quantum chip manufacturer Quside. Prior to joining Qrypt, Denis served 20 years in the US Intel Community working on national security projects, cyber infrastructure, and advanced technology development. He has degrees in Physics from Rutgers University and speaks native level Croatian and Russian.

Don Duet

CEO & Co-Founder - Concourse Labs

Don is an accomplished leader in successfully developing and executing business and technology strategy. Don is CEO and Co-Founder of Concourse, an emerging leader in public cloud management and governance services, as well as a Senior Advisor at McKinsey Corporation. Don spent 28 years at Goldman Sachs, during which time he held senior leadership roles in Technology in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Don led the global technology division for Goldman from 2012 to 2016 and was named a partner of the firm in 2006 and Managing Director in 2000. Don was the CIO for Asia Pacific from 2001 to 2006 and served on the Asia management committee. Since relocating to the US in 2006, Don co-chaired the IBD Technology Investment Committee and was a member of the firm’s Firmwide Risk, Market Risk and Business Standards committee. Don played an integral role in creating Goldman’s business systems architecture, algorithmic trading and risk management platform as well as leading strategic firm wide investments in VDI, Data architecture, AI and Cloud / Software Defined Infrastructure. He also created and led the teams responsible for the development of Symphony and Orbit which were subsequently spun out of the firm as broader industry platforms. Within the technology industry, Don has been an active and vocal proponent of Open Source and Open Standards communities including acting as a founding board member of the Open Compute Project. Don and his family reside in New York City where he is actively engaged in education and arts, serving on the board of the New York Foundation for the Arts, Columbia University School of Professional Studies, Marist College board of trustees and Teaching Matters.

Ernest Lefner

Chief Product Officer - Gluware, Inc.

Ernest co-founded ONUG with Nick Lippis after realizing that the user community needed to take control of their own destiny and expedite the network transformation. At the time he was VP of the Internetwork Engineering organization at Fidelity Investments and under his leadership Fidelity hosted the first ONUG in Boston in February 2013. A 12-year veteran of Fidelity, Ernest was responsible for leading the team that engineered world class network, security, and application delivery services driving value to the customer beyond infrastructure management. Ernest also managed the Network and Voice service portfolio as well as Global Network Operations LAN/WAN teams and has held various technical and leadership roles.

Forrest Bennett

Information Security Advisor - FedEx

Cyber Security Advisor with FedEx Services, Inc. My current focus is on securing SDN and hybrid-cloud workloads as FedEx moves towards digital transformation and away from traditional L3 networks and data centers. In my role as Cyber Security Advisor I am called on to consult on many IT projects across the various operating companies that comprise FedEx. I am the team leader for the Network Security team that is responsible for implementing micro-segmentation, security analytics, identity services, and Wifi intrusion prevention among other security platforms and initiatives. I currently hold active ISC2 CISSP and GIAC GSEC certifications and have been a guest speaker on network and cloud security at various conferences including Proofpoint Connect, VMworld, and Future:NET. My background is 30+ years of experience as a Network Security Engineer / Network Manager / Network Engineer working in the IS/IT division of various companies which span half a dozen industries and government agencies.

Guruprasad Ramamoorthy

VP, Global Head of Network Architecture, Engineering & Operations - S&P Global

Guruprasad Ramamoorthy is the, Global Head of Network Architecture, Engineering & Operations and Site Lead for S&P Global India. He has been with the company since 2017 and is a hands-on technology executive with a unique blend of Product Development, Digital Infrastructure, End User Computing and Cybersecurity experience. Mr. Guruprasad is responsible for plan-build-run functions of our global network that spans across 80+ global offices, 20+ Data Centers and 4+ multi-cloud environments. He also leads various enterprise wide initiatives to rapidly transform our infrastructure to software-defined, re-imagine the edge and strengthen the cybersecurity.

James Walker

VP, Strategy & Transformation - IBM

James Walker, is an ONUG Board Member, VP of Strategy & Transformation at IBM Cloud, and has previously held senior executive roles in technology at Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse.

Jeff Binkley

Security Consultant - GSK

Jeff Binkley is a Cyber Security consultant with GSK leading the development and adoption of advanced automated network and identity based security controls. These new controls deal with modern threats in real-time, focus on quick time to deploy with minimal disruption. Jeff has 40 years of security and IT experience, retiring from JPMorgan Chase after 29 years as the worldwide Managing Director of the Data Center & Network Security Services infrastructure.

Jerald Murphy

SVP, Research and Consulting - Nemertes Research

Jerald Murphy is SVP of Research and Consulting for Nemertes. With over three decades of technology experience, Jerry has done everything from neural networking research, integrated circuit design, computer programming, designing global data centers, to being CEO of a managed services company. Jerry has worked in The United States Army, MCI Communications, META Group, Cognizant, and was the CEO of Banking Infrastructure Technology Services (BITS).

Jeremy Rossbach

Chief Technical Evangelist - NetOps - Broadcom

As the Chief Technical Evangelist for NetOps by Broadcom, Jeremy is passionate about meeting with customers to identify their IT operational challenges and produce solutions that fit their business and network transformation goals. Prior to joining Broadcom, he spent over 15+ years working in IT, across both public and private sectors, managing data centers for startups, healthcare, financial and federal system integrators. His previous roles as a data center administrator, engineer, architect and manager provided him invaluable insights into the challenges and goals of IT consumers.

Johna Till Johnson

CEO and Founder - Nemertes Research

Johna Till Johnson is CEO and Founder of Nemertes Research, where she sets research direction and works with strategic clients. Under her leadership, Nemertes has emerged as a leading trusted advisor to Fortune-50 and other world-class organizations. A widely regarded expert, Ms. Johnson currently serves as the content committee chair at the Wall St. Technology Association (WSTA), which provides technology guidance to some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated financial services firms. She regularly speaks at industry trade shows, conferences, and seminars, including Nemertes Navigator360, IDG’s FutureIT, ISC, and (WSTA). She writes regular columns on cybersecurity and IoT for TechTarget. Prior to founding Nemertes in 2002, Ms. Johnson served as chief technology officer (CTO) at Greenwich Technology Partners, a global consulting and engineering firm. Prior to that, she led the Global Networking Strategies Service business unit of META Group. Prior to that, as Senior Technology Editor she oversaw the lab-testing program at Data Communications magazine, providing testing and assessment of up to 16 emerging technologies per year. She also has designed and developed security, speech-synthesis, and free-space laser products at companies including Mosler Security Systems and Digitus Corp. Ms. Johnson holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering/computer science (BSEE/CS) from The Johns Hopkins University, has conducted graduate work in nuclear and particle physics at the University of Rochester, speaks three languages, and has published a science fiction novel. She is an avid urban kayaker and novice woodworker and candymaker.

Josh Hammer

Field Chief Security Architect - Oracle

Josh Hammer is a Field CISO with Oracle. In this role, he works with customers to help them build innovative cloud security architectures and strategies that standardize and accelerate the secure adoption of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Before returning to Oracle, he was a Security Partner Solutions Architect with Amazon Web Services. In this role, he works closely with various strategic security partners to build cloud-optimized architecture and develop strategies with business development teams. Before this, he was a Security Architect in the AWS Professional Services organization, where he helped large enterprises adopt AWS.

Khalid Raza

CEO and Co-Founder - Graphiant

Khalid Raza, CEO and Founder of Graphiant, was the co-founder and CTO of Viptela and is widely regarded as the “Father” of SD-WAN. He is a visionary in routing protocols and large-scale network architectures. In the past 25 years, he has redefined expectations and delivered innovative solutions across all industries for Tier-1 carriers and Fortune 100 companies. Now, Khalid Raza is leading the charge at Graphiant, a Silicon Valley-based provider of next-generation Edge services. Graphiant has developed the Graphiant Network Edge, an “as-a-Service” solution that provides connectivity between the enterprise WAN, hybrid cloud, network edge, customers, and partners. Graphiant’s Network Edge combines MPLS-like performance (guaranteed delivery and privacy) and Internet-class agility to enable network architects to build enterprise-grade networks at the speed of business.

Luc Boivin

Director Solutions Architecture - Verizon Business Group

Luc Boivin is Director of Solutions Architecture for Verizon Business Group. He leads a team of technology architects with deep expertise in software-defined networks, secure cloud networks, cybersecurity, collaboration technologies and contact centers. Luc and his team consult broadly with key Enterprise clients to help define their infrastructure strategies and transformation roadmaps. Luc has been deeply involved in several outsourcing projects with Verizon customers. Luc spent his career at the forefront of technology. He started in research at M. I. T. and Bell Labs. He held product development and management leadership positions with a successful start-up and at Ciena. He has been consulting with large Enterprise clients at Verizon since 2006. He holds several U.S. patents and maintains active professional certifications including CISSP, TOGAF and ITIL.

Mark Eisenberg

Developer Support Account Manager - Microsoft

Mark has over 30 years of technical sales and account management experience in the software and semiconductor industries. For the past decade, his entire focus has been on bringing the benefits of cloud computing to the enterprise. Most recently his cloud vision has expanded to include microservices and DevOps. He passionately believes that the current wave of technology innovation can significantly improve the state of the art in enterprise software application delivery. Prior to turning to the dark side Mark had 10 years of experience as an embedded software developer. He prides himself on having kept current on the technology front while still being able to find his way around a debugger. Mark holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University.

Mark Finch

Snr Director, OT Cyber Security - GSK

Mark Finch is a seasoned cyber Security professional currently leading GSK’s global Operational Technology (OT) cyber security transformation program. Mark began his technical career over 35 years ago and has at various times been a C programmer, telecoms engineer, ethical hacker and security architect. He developed a deep interest in OT and process automation security during a 20 career designing and securing global production systems at General Motors. After moving to GSK in 2018, he developed the corporate OT security standards and governance model that are now in use throughout all GSK manufacturing and laboratory facilities worldwide and now heads up the GSK OT cyber security function.

Matt Addicks

Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Private Networks - Cradlepoint

Currently leading product marketing and go-to-market strategy efforts for Private Networks at Cradlepoint (part of Ericsson), Matt and his team are responsible for positioning and messaging, along with further developing and executing Ericsson’s Enterprise Wireless Solutions go-to-market strategy. Matt is focused on enabling partners and customers to capitalize on opportunities that private cellular brings to the enterprise such as automation, efficiency and increased safety.

Michael Elmore

SVP, Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - GSK

Michael Elmore holds the position of SVP, Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at GSK. Prior, he was CISO for Haleon, GSK’s Consumer Healthcare business, which demerged in mid 2022. In this role, Michael was responsible for successfully standing up the Cyber Security Office for the new company. Before GSK, Michael was the Chief Experience Officer for Cisco’s Enterprise Networking & Security Business Unit, and before Cisco, he was the Global CISO at Cigna Healthcare (Fortune 50).

Michael Haugh

VP of Product Marketing - Gluware

Michael Haugh brings over twenty-five years of experience and leads Product Marketing at Gluware. Prior to Gluware, Michael was VP of Product Management at ClearPath Networks. He has previously held roles in System Engineering, Product Management, and Marketing at Ixia and Spirent. Michael also worked at IBM Global Services and AT&T in Network Operations, Network Engineering and as a Design Engineer. Michael, Cisco CCIE #4334, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and holds a B.S. in Engineering from Southern Illinois University.

Michael Thomas Clark

Technology Industry & IT Consulting Executive - Renaissance Tech & Media

Michael is a veteran technologist with over 30 years’ experience in large enterprise computing. He began his career as a network and server engineer at Bausch & Lomb in the early days of distributed computing before moving on to Fidelity Investments and progressively larger systems management roles. He finished up his time at Fidelity in Enterprise Architecture, where he focused on various platform infrastructure initiatives, including leading the effort to develop a unified compute platform strategy for the firm. Michael has spent the last decade engaged in an array of global professional services activities, working with private-equity firms and startups in healthcare data management and network security.

Mike Fratto

Senior Research Analyst, 451 Research - S&P Global Market Intelligence

Mike is a senior research analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence leading the Observability and networking research segments. He focuses on understanding the competitive landscape of the segments he covers by understanding the competitors strategies and putting them into context. He has extensive experience in enterprise security and network infrastructure products as well as consulting with enterprise IT, equipment and software vendors, and service providers.

Olivier Huynh Van

CSO and Co-Founder - Gluware

Olivier Huynh Van is the Chief Science Officer and visionary inventor of Gluware technology, leading the company’s R&D efforts. Previously, Olivier was the former CTO of Yelofin Networks and has 20 years of experience designing and managing mission-critical global networks for ADM Investor Services, Groupe ODDO & Cie, Natixis, Oxoid, and Deutsche Bank. Olivier holds a Master’s Degree in Electronics, Robotics and Information Technology from ESIEA in Paris, France.

Peter Campbell

Sr. Director, Cloud Security Strategy & Engineering - Cigna

Security leader focused on making multi-cloud environments a safer place. Enables new and untried technologies, running proof of concepts and designing secure configurations that enable the business to leverage new technology safely. Ensures that the security vision is consistently executed across all phases of the software lifecycle. Promotes patterns for security automation that leverage policy as code to scale security across multiple Cloud’s. Contributor to the open source community.

Phil Tee

CEO - Moogsoft

Phil Tee is the CEO and co-founder of Moogsoft, the pioneer and leading provider of artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps). Phil is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, and expert in IT service assurance — a category he was instrumental in shaping through his invention of Netcool (acquired by IBM) nearly 25 years ago. Within 5 years of graduating from Sussex, he co-founded Omnibus Transport Technologies Limited (OTT) to build and market Netcool/Omnibus. Since then, Phil has led numerous companies to successful exits, including RiverSoft (IPO) and Njini (acquired by Riverbed). More recently at Moogsoft that he co-founded in 2011, he invented the technology that supports over 200 customers worldwide, including SAP, American Airlines, Yahoo!, Verizon, Outsystems, BNYM and HCL Technologies. Moogsoft has 72 patents and more than two dozen peer reviewed publications covering the technology, many of them authored or co-authored by Phil. Phil holds a PhD in Informatics and is also a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence.

Scott Waller

CTO - 5G Open Innovation Lab

Scott Waller is a passionate technical leader and architect for some of the world’s largest networks for 30 years. A veteran in network architecture at Microsoft to leading the technical teams at Cisco for Microsoft and Amazon, his expertise spans enterprise and cloud-scale networking to global IoT networks. Now at the 5G Open Innovation Lab, he leads technical innovation between an ecosystem of startups, enterprise and service provider partners centered around 5G and Edge computing.

Senad Palislamovic

Head of Technology - Nokia

As Head of Technology at Nokia enterprises, Senad Palislamovic is responsible for the strategy and technical evolution of Nokia’s enterprise presales organization, solution architecture and sales engineering teams. As part of his role, Senad is directly engaged with the customer base spanning from Fortune 500, large and small enterprises all the way to public and private utilities and energy companies. Senad’s technical involvement with Nokia’s enterprise customer base spans the entire Nokia ION wireline and wireless portfolio. His current focus is in data center technologies and ongoing DC evolution. Prior to this role, Senad led a sales engineering organization focusing on SDN and SDWAN technologies as part of Nuage Networks BU. Before Nuage, Senad worked as Consulting Engineer within Nokia’s RBC ION organization focusing on the service provider market. And before joining Nokia, Senad spent ten years with Juniper Networks in various customer facing engineering roles. Senad holds a BS Degree in Telecommunications from Weber State University and has over 20 years of experience in networking and telecom industry, is a co-author of JUNOS High Availability Book, and numerous IETF RFC Standards in the area of IP/MPLS Control Plane signaling.

Stephen Collins

Service Provider CTO - ONUG

Stephen Collins is Principal Consultant at 1024tm, a boutique consulting firm that serves leading-edge networking, telecom and cloud infrastructure companies across multiple segments of the enterprise IT and service provider markets. His clients range from startups to billion-dollar businesses, with projects typically involving a mix of business and product strategy, go-to-market planning, thought leadership, product marketing, business development and sales enablement.

Steve Westmoreland

Senior Manager, Cyber Security Consulting Practice - EY

Stephen (Steve) Westmoreland is a Senior Manager in the Consulting practice of Ernst & Young LLP. Steve is part of Ernst & Young’s Cyber Security practice focusing on Application Security, Cloud Architectures, Secure-By-Design Architectures, and Advanced Security Operations. With more than 35 years of experience in Information Technology and Information Security, he has held numerous executive and technology leadership roles ranging from technology start-ups to Fortune 50 corporations. He has an extensive background in Cloud Transformation, DevSecOps architecture/deployment, Information Security Operations, and Information Security Continuous Compliance. He has successfully designed, architected, and implemented Cyber Security programs that address extremely high compliance requirements while addressing the cultural shift within the organizations to support those programs long term.

Steve Wood

Distinguished Engineer - Cisco

Steve Wood is a Distinguished Engineer and Product Architect providing strategic direction for SD-WAN, Cloud, Network-as-a-Service and Enterprise Networking products in Cisco’s Enterprise Network Group. A 20-year veteran of Cisco, his expertise spans ASIC design, Routing, 3G/4G and Wifi Mobility as well as Cloud and Enterprise Architecture. He is a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies worldwide deploying networks to solve business problems, through deep knowledge of platform technology and network design. He is chair of the ONUG Network Cloud working group.

Tim Silverline

VP of Security - Gluware

Tim Silverline has been heavily involved in the networking and cybersecurity industry for the past 20 years working for and with companies of all sizes. As VP of Security for Gluware, he is responsible for product roadmap as it relates to security technologies in addition to helping ensure the security of the company and its software. Tim has worked closely with the CSNF team to identify different manners in which the metrics surfaced from security technologies in the cloud could be leveraged to perform automatic security responses to various types of events and will be showcasing some specific example use cases of this at ONUG Fall 2022.

Tony Berg

VP/CTO, Global Enterprise Segment - World Wide Technology

Tony Berg is VP/CTO for the Global Enterprise Segment. Tony is responsible for driving strategy and planning for a group of 300+ highly consultative and knowledgeable technology individuals focused on achieving tangible business outcomes through leveraging best-of-breed solutions that align with our clients’ IT strategy, architecture and business priorities. These experts are dedicated to strategically and intimately partner with our customers who are deeply exploring transformational change through best-in-class technology and services.

William Collins

Principal Cloud Architect - Alkira

Over the last 15 years, William has worked across large enterprises and startups, specializing in networking and cloud architecture. His focus has been centered on helping enterprises adopt the cloud with practical solutions that are grounded in real- world outcomes. Over his career, he has helped enterprises build large-scale networks, driven modernization through cloud adoption, and excels at optimizing complex environments through good design practices and automation. He is also passionately involved in the AWS Community Builder program, where he focuses on mentoring and sharing knowledge.

Xiaobo Long

Head of Backbone Network Services - Citi

Xiaobo leads a team to deliver leading edge technology solutions in support of Citi IT strategy. She drives critical solutions to secure Citi’s hybrid cloud environments to enable Citi to reduce risks and stay compliant while allowing Citi’s businesses to benefit from the opportunities that cloud services provide. Xiaobo started her career as a Network Engineer at Goldman Sachs in 2009 after she got her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has been selected for “Rising Star Award” to represent Citi at the Women’s Bond Club in the financial industry in 2017. She is also on Palo Alto Network Vendor’s Cloud Customer Advisory Board.

Yesim Akdeniz

Managing Director for Network Services - Citi

Yesim Akdeniz is a senior Managing Director in Citi technology organization and has been responsible to driving significant transformation across the technology infrastructure landscape over the last 5 years. She has been part of the core leadership team that has driven 30%+ savings across the operating expense, while significantly modernizing Citigroup’s technology capabilities, enhancing customer experience, business agility and managing risk.

Zaheer Aziz

Principal Architect - Cisco Systems, Inc.

Zaheer is a distinguished technology leader with over 25 years of experience in networking, security, and cloud. He currently serves as the Services Incubation Lead for SASE and SDWAN at Cisco Customer Experience, having joined the company through its acquisition of Viptela. Zaheer is a recognized expert in his field, having authored two books – “Cloud Scaled Cisco SD-WAN Solution” and “Troubleshooting IP Routing Protocols” – and holding multiple patents. He is a frequent speaker at leading industry events such as ONUG and CiscoLive, where he shares his insights on the latest trends in networking and security. In addition to his professional achievements, Zaheer is also a passionate coach and mentor, helping to develop the next generation of technology leaders. When he’s not working, Zaheer enjoys playing cricket and ping pong, and spending time with his family.

Matt Davy

Chief Network Architect - Visa

Matt Davy has been a Chief Network Architect at Visa since 2016. During that time he has led multiple transformational projects focused on Visa’s global backbone, Internet connectivity and network automation. He is also active in efforts to improve Internet routing security including co-chairing a working group within the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative. Prior to joining Visa, Matt spent 19 years in various areas of the networking industry including large Internet Service Providers, universities and startups and has a broad range of experience including operations, engineering, research, training and product development.

Tony Tauber

Distinguished Engineer - Comcast

In his role as Distinguished Engineer at Comcast, Tony Tauber focuses on Backbone and Core network architecture and engineering with particular attention to measurement, manageability, and automation as well as network and routing security. He also partners with the research and education communities on projects and previously chaired the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG) Program Committee. In the past, he held senior network engineering positions at BBN, GTE Internetworking, Genuity, Level3, and MIT Lincoln Lab as well as served as co-chair of the Routing Protocol Security working group in the IETF. He has been the lead engineer and architect for Comcast’s RPKI and Anycast routing initiatives.

Mark Casey

CEO - Apcela

As CEO of Apcela, a four-time Deloitte Tech Fast 500 company, Mark leads the team in revolutionizing high performance networking and security for enterprises on a digital transformation journey to cloud. Apcela’s software-defined, cloud-optimized Arcus Platform™, is a low latency global prem-to-cloud and cloud-to-cloud network, seamlessly distributing security infrastructure closer to users and applications, paving the way to zero trust adoption. Prior to Apcela, Mark held senior roles in sales, marketing, and finance at AT&T, Verizon, and CSX.

Dave Ward

CEO - PacketFabric

Dave Ward has served as head of Cisco’s Chief Technology and Architecture Office. He has also served on the Boards of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, Advanced Imaging Society, Linux Foundation, Linux Foundation Networking, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector, Governmental Advisory boards and Open Networking Foundation. Currently, he is the CEO of PacketFabric, a company that is redefining excellence in the Network-as-a-Service category by delivering on-demand cloud access, Internet, and point-to-point connectivity through an API-driven platform, empowering users and businesses worldwide.

Salvatore Rannazzisi

Associate Director - Merck

Sal is a systems architect for the Merck digital manufacturing organization. He is bringing his 25 years of enterprise in network architecture, and engineering and is now delivering innovative enterprise solutions into the OT space. Over the past several decades he has driven many large-scale global projects including SSL VPN, virtualized data center fabrics, campus architecture, SDWAN, NFV, and intent-based automation. He has also been part of the ONUG Community for over seven years and is currently an active member of the Hyperautomation and Network Cloud Working Groups.

Patrick Filkins

Research Manager, IoT and Telecom Network Infrastructure - IDC

Patrick Filkins is a Research Manager within IDC’s Network Infrastructure group covering IoT and Telecom Networks. Patrick’s research focus includes worldwide coverage of Mobile Network Infrastructure and the rapidly growing 5G ecosystem, including topics such as vRAN, Open RAN, 5G core, SDN/NFV, cloud-native networking, and the evolving Telco Cloud and Carrier MEC segments. In addition, Patrick contributes to IDC’s coverage of the intersection of public cloud and telecom network infrastructure, with a focus on telecom and enterprise network workloads deployed in the cloud. Patrick also leads IDC’s worldwide coverage of the enterprise cellular market, to include Private LTE/5G infrastructure, CBRS, and the LTE/5G router market. In his additional role covering Edge IoT Infrastructure, he is responsible for market and technology trends, forecasts and competitive analysis related to the IoT network edge infrastructure, gateways, protocol strategies (e.g., 5G/Wi-Fi), including the LPWAN domain (NB-IoT, LTE-M, LoRaWAN, SigFox). While contributing to ongoing forecast and market share updates, he also contributes to custom projects for IDC’s Consulting practice.

Ahmed Moussa

Managing Director for Solution Architects - Verizon

Ahmed Moussa is the Managing Director for Solution Architects dedicated to Verizon’s top 26 Global Enterprise customers, the Signature markets, since August 2022. He leads a team of experts who build solutions tailored for our top business customers to both enable their digital transformation journey and achieve immediate business outcomes. Prior to joining the Verizon Business Group, Ahmed led several technology teams in Verizon Global Network & Technology since 2014. He led the Radio Network Planning group who enabled the first Gigabit wireless network in the US, 5G Ultra Wide-Band, 5G Nationwide, and Internet-Of-Things networks. He also played a key role in aligning network and customer device strategies working with tier 1 telecom infrastructure, handset and chipset OEMs. Prior to joining Verizon, Ahmed worked for Vodafone in New Zealand and Egypt. He led the team to design the first 4G network in New Zealand in 2013 and optimized wireless voice and data networks since 2004. Ahmed holds a B.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunications from Ain Shams University in Egypt, and an MBA degree in Marketing and Finance from the American University in Cairo.

Marcus Burton

Product Lead - Private Networks - Cradlepoint

Marcus is a wireless industry veteran with a broad set of experiences in product management, marketing, and CTO strategy roles—a lot of his focus has been on data analytics and AI, cloud systems, policy, and user experience. Marcus is currently a product leader working on Cradlepoint and Ericsson’s private cellular networks portfolio. In the past, he built wireless and analytics solutions for enterprises at Ruckus Wireless and Extreme Networks. He lives in West Michigan with his wife and crew, and has too many personal interests to list–faith, philosophy, fly fishing, literature, motorcycling, hunting, golf, and on and on.

Predrag “Pez” Zivic

Business Solutions Architect, Incubation Team - Cisco

Over the past 28 years of his security career, Pez has worked for Global Fortune 1000 clients as a senior advisor on security, risk, and governance. As a passionate, accomplished, and experienced security practitioner, Pez was among the first 100 professionals worldwide to be certified ISO17799/BS7799 ISMS Lead Auditor. He also holds a CISSP and other certifications. Mr. Zivic was a global security strategist for F5, Palo Alto Networks, and Pensando (acquired by AMD). Today, he diligently works on consistent cross-cloud protection as a service strategy with Valtix (acquired by CISCO).

Yabing Wang

VP & Chief Information Security Officer - Justworks

Yabing Wang is the VP and Chief Information Security Officer at Justworks, a tech-forward payroll and PEO company supporting SMB. She has been in the technology world for 25+ years and has 20+ years of extensive leadership experience in cybersecurity across different industries. She has built global security practices and strengthened cyber resilience at multiple fortune 100 companies such as Allstate Insurance Company, Alight Solutions, Carrier Corporation, and H-E-B. Prior to her cyber journey, Yabing had her background in philosophy and computer science, as well as in application development in her early career at Netscape.

Lauren Dana Rosenblatt

Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer - IFF

Lauren is the VP, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for IFF. She defines the strategy, design, and implementation of all technology, automation, and data initiatives for IFF information security. As a trusted member of the IT leadership team and infosec steering committee, she provides the strategic vision to drive innovation and support IFF’s corporate strategy. Lauren serves on the Retail and Hospitality Information Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) Board, Evanta (Gartner) Fortune 1000 CISO Community Governing Body, Security Innovation Network (SINET) Innovation Award Judge, and National Retail Federation (NRF) IT Security Council Executive Committee (Board).

Ted Turner

Cloud Solutions Architect - Formerly with Intuit

Ted is an industry veteran with over 30 years’ experience in building, operating and scaling production environments. Using DevOps principles he is helping to change monolithic code into smaller manageable components while migrating services out into the Cloud. Making systems observable throughout the microservice creation and cloud migration.

Vishal Jain

Co-Founder and CEO - Valtix

Vishal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Valtix. Vishal is a seasoned executive and has held engineering leadership roles across many successful startups and big companies in the networking and security space. Vishal was an early member of Andiamo Systems, Nuova Systems, and Insieme Networks, which were acquired by Cisco Systems. Vishal was also responsible for leading the security engineering team at Akamai and built their live streaming service in their early days. Prior to starting Valtix, Vishal was co-founder at Pensando Systems where he was leading security and infrastructure teams. Vishal holds an M.S in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Ricky Tsui

Sr. Director - Business Development & GTM Execution - AT&T Business

Ricky partners with AT&T’s largest Fortune 1000 enterprise clients, playing the role of trusted advisor by assisting them with business, technology & market transitions. Ricky provides strategic direction and practical guidance across business and technology landscapes. His experience covers the full spectrum: From development of vision and strategy, to tactical implementation and service assurance. In his current role, Ricky leads a diverse team of Sales Engineers & Principal Solution Architects responsible for consulting with sales teams, clients & partners to provide technical expertise in the design, customization, and implementation of the most complex technical products and services. Ricky also plays the role of Group CTO as he builds direct relationships with client C-Suite leaders to establish AT&T as a trusted advisor & strategic business partner.

Amir Khan

President, CEO and Founder - Alkira

Amir Khan is a computer networking visionary who founded and led Viptela’s market-leading, cloud-first, Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) business before the acquisition by Cisco. As prescient as he was in identifying the $8B opportunity for SD-WAN, Amir recognized that network hampered the cloud journey and founded Alkira in 2018 with Atif Khan to reinvent networking for the cloud era. Amir’s vision is to deliver the cloud network as a utility. As CEO/Founder, he has led Alkira’s delivery of the industry’s first on-demand, as-a-service, point and click, unified multi-cloud networking service that enables cloud architects to design, build, and deploy a global multi-cloud network in minutes. Alkira enables enterprises to implement 50% less firewall capacity, and reduce TCO by up to 40%. Before Viptela, Amir held leadership roles at Cisco, Juniper, and Nortel. He holds 4 patents. Amir earned an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mississippi.

Adrian Douglas

Senior Leader, Global Networks - Itron, Inc.

Adrian Douglas is a senior leader of Global Networks at Itron, Inc. With a combination of degrees in technology and business, Adrian was inspired to pursue a career in technical sales and operations. Prior to working at Itron, Adrian led pre-sales teams focused on networking supporting data, voice, and video solutions for BT, Rhythms NetConnections, and Anixter. In addition, Adrian had the pleasure of starting a successful triple-play service company in the beautiful ski resorts of Colorado. In his free time, Adrian can be found scuba diving around the world and spending time with his wife and son in the mountains of NC or St Pete Beach in Florida.

Will Saybe

Director, Americas - ISG

Will directs ISG’s Network Audit group which focuses on validation and cost out projects for our clients. He developed a playbook for structuring cost savings strategies for client’s telecommunications spend. These projects consistently deliver cost reduction through audit, negotiation and inventory validation efforts. These projects exemplify the overall experience of the greater team and deliver great results to our clients. Will began his career 24 years ago at Teldata Control performing Telecom Audits for clients primarily in the greater New York city area. Will held several positions within Control Point Solutions, Telwares and Alsbridge before joining ISG). He held positions of Senior Consultant, Inventory Services Manager and Project Manager of Inventory Services. Throughout his career he has worked on hundreds of projects globally focusing on securing telecommunications savings for his clients. Will has directed the ISG Network Audit team for the last twelve years. During this time the group has delivered over $70M in refunds and approximately $108M in cost reductions for ISG clients.

Induprakas Keri

SVP, Hybrid Multicloud - Nutanix

Induprakas (Indu) Keri is currently SVP, Hybrid Multicloud at Nutanix. This portfolio includes Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2). At over $1B+ in annual revenue, NCI is the industry-leading Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) offering that brings scale-out and elastic web-scale architecture to the enterprise. NC2 extends NCI to hybrid, multi-cloud environments to enable seamless application workload migration and data management across public clouds, on-prem deployments, and service providers. Indu previously served as the Chief Product Security Officer (CPSO) at Nutanix where he led Nutanix’s company-wide product security efforts. As a long-time C-level executive, Indu has served as Chief Operating Officer at Limelight Networks, CTO at SunGard and CISO at Intuit. Currently, he is also a visiting scholar at MIT where he works on FinTech and Space. Indu started off his career as an engineer at Silicon Graphics (SGI) where he implemented his dissertation work into the high-end parallelizing compiler delivered by SGI. His other work experience includes stints at McKinsey & Company, BEA Systems and Oracle. He has a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell.

Christopher Edson

Senior Security Engineer - Tenable

Chris is a tenured senior security engineer specializing in helping Tenable customers design and secure modern cloud computing infrastructures. Chris has been with Tenable for over seven years and brings the unique perspective of acquired expertise across the entirety of the Tenable product portfolio. As a power user of Nessus prior to joining Tenable, Chris started his career as a Tenable fan and is passionate about helping the community and customers transform and upgrade their vulnerability management program in the cloud. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Security from University of Maryland, Baltimore County and is certified in Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution architecture, design and security.