Christopher John Cowen is a Cyber Security Subject Matter Expert supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).  Mr. Cowen has worked within Information Technology for over 18 years helping businesses and government agencies leverage technology to drive organizational growth and performance.   Mr. Cowen has coordinated, designed and served as the subject matter expert on numerous sophisticated multi-year enterprise level projects.  

Mr. Cowen is currently focused in area of enterprise security and researching emerging trends within the information security space.  Prior to working for DTRA, Mr. Cowen was the lead information technology specialist with the United States Capitol Police where he coordinated multijurisdictional events that required working closely with other domestic and international law enforcement agencies, these events included The President’s State of the Union Address and multiple United States Presidential Inaugurations.

Mr. Cowen is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He is also a Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) and a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).  He has been asked to present at conferences around the world including Qatar, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Jordan, China, and India.

Mr. Cowan has a Bachelor of Science from the Richard Stockton University and a Master’s of Science from the University of Wisconsin.

Jeremy Anspaugh is a Cyber Security Subject Matter Expert who has supported DTRA for over two years. During this time, he has authored and presented multiple, cyber security training and briefing packages for DTRA partners throughout the world. Mr. Anspaugh has worked in the

Digital Forensics’ field for over ten years and has a bachelors in Computer Forensics and multiple industry certifications.

An industry Veteran in  Netwroking and Cyber Security working as a Solutions Architect for Enterprise Networks focused on ITS vertical. Past experiences include working with Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks as a Tehnical Consultant . Responsible for developing and promoting security solutions, focusing on technologies such as security, networking, data centre and virtualisation. Developing security architectures, implementation strategy and developing the technical resources to create and present a customer reference architecture.

An SME in Datacnter/Virtualization security focusing on integration with mutiple SDN freameworks and  Public Cloud Security for workloads on the Public cloud.

Sudipto has over 20 years experience in Information Technology spanning retail, automotive, telecom and the National e-Governance Program (NeGP). He has responded to and mitigated cyber threats on behalf of several public and private enterprises across India. Helping organizations to adopt risk assessment methodologies is his forte.  Sudipto is adept at establishing incident/event escalation processes and integrating them with Security Operation Centres (SOC) that involves tracking, following-up and resolving incidents. He often works closely with forensic teams in the area of cyber-crime investigation. He has also established Cyber Security Centres of Excellence within organizations that includes building SOCs and Cyber Ranges from scratch. He has led the core team that established TCG Cyber Range – the first commercially available, state-of-the-art Cyber Range of India.

Sudipto is a Bachelor Degree holder in Computer Science and a BSI:ISO 27001:2013 Lead Auditor. He has various industry accredited certifications in the area of Cyber Security like Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Security Analyst, Certified Incident Handler, IRCA Certified Lead Auditor, Mile2 Certified Network Forensic Expert, McAfee SIEM and DLP specialist. In 2015 Sudipto obtained a professional certificate in “Cyber Security: Application, Technology and Policy” from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.

Vikas has experience in cyber security and related areas of over a decade. In the past he was involved with vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, security audits and network assessments for various organisations across multiple domains. At present he is a core member of the Cyber Range team of TCG Digital. Using the Cyber Range Vikas has been researching evasion techniques that malwares use to escape detection. He is specifically interested in behavioural patterns of malwares and how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning can be used to detect them. Of late Vikas, a techie to the core, has been enamoured by software defined radios and signals hacking and has been dabbling with them.

Vikas did his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Masters in Microelectronics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Neeta Verma is the Director General of National Informatics Centre, the Premier ICT organization of Government of India implementing Digital India initiatives of the country.  She has been associated with the introduction of World Wide Web Services in Government way back in 1996.   She has consulted a large number of Government Departments on their Portal Development strategies. She has also developed ‘E-Government Toolkit for Developing Nations’ on the behest of UNESCO in 2005.

As National Project Coordinator, she has led the Architecture, Design & Development of National Portal of India, india.gov.in a gateway to Indian Government Information & Services in Cyber Space.  She has also authored Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW), widely referred by Government Departments across Central and State Governments.

She had set up the first ‘Internet Data Centre’ at NIC in 2002. 

She has guided a team of NIC officers right from concept to commission of first National Cloud for Government to offer cloud services to government departments for delivery of Citizen Services

She has led implementation of Open Data Implementation in Government through Data Portal India, data.gov.in.

She has also led the team in Design & Development of MyGov:  the largest Government Crowd Sourcing & Collaboration Platform, currently used by over 3.5 Million Citizens to engage with government.

Robie I. Samanta Roy is Vice President of Technology Strategy and Innovation at Lockheed Martin. Dr. Samanta Roy’s primary responsibilities include: 1) developing and providing technical intelligence and strategy for the corporation; 2) engaging the global S&T ecosystem outside the corporation – including government labs, universities, large and small businesses, and startups; and 3) fostering cross-enterprise innovation within the corporation.  In this role, he works with leaders from across the Corporation to develop and actively manage enterprise technology roadmaps aligned with customer and business area needs. Dr. Samanta Roy also serves as a liaison with government and non-government organizations critical to the formation of S&T policy and the execution of research.

Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Dr. Samanta Roy was a professional staff member with the Senate Armed Services Committee from 2010 to 2014 with the portfolio of the Department of Defense’s wide spectrum of science and technology-related activities. He came to that position from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where he was the assistant director for Space and Aeronautics from 2005 to 2009 and was responsible for space and aeronautics activities ranging from human space flight to the Next Generation Air Transportation System.  Dr. Samanta Roy previously served as a Strategic Analyst at the Congressional Budget Office and as a Research Staff Member in the Systems Evaluation Division of the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia. 

Dr. Samanta Roy earned his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT. He earned a master’s degree in space policy from George Washington University and diplomas from the International Space University and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Dr. Samanta Roy is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a member of the National Research Council’s Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.  He also chairs the Industry Relations Committee of the International Astronautical Federation and serves on the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences and on the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee.  Dr. Samanta Roy continues to serve in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Madhu Khatri is Associate General Counsel for Microsoft. She has over twenty years’ experience in corporate law ranging from litigation transaction support to in-house consulting. Madhu trained at the office of the Attorney General of India for several years where she worked in the Supreme Court of India on landmark cases like the challenge to the affirmative action program of the Government of India and the Bhopal Gas Leak matter, the world’s biggest mass tort. In the early 90s, Madhu joined the tax department of Arthur Andersen where she handled complex tax litigation for several years before moving to Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) where she worked with the corporate finance team and started the legal department of PWC. In her in-house positions, Madhu worked with Invensys Plc , General Electric , Wipro and now Microsoft.

          Prior to joining Microsoft, Madhu was the General Counsel at Wipro Ltd. for over six years. Madhu provided advise and counsel to Wipro on all legal issues in over 55 countries where Wipro has its offices and operations. In addition, she led the formation of and was the Executive Sponsor for Wipro’s Legal Process Outsourcing business.

          Madhu Khatri joined Microsoft India as an Associate General Counsel in 2011. At Microsoft India, Madhu leads the Legal & Corporate Affairs function for India. She acts as a trusted advisor to the business leaders in India and provides advise on a wide

Samir Shah is one of the pioneering members of Aurionpro’s management team, Samir has been a key driver of progressing Aurionpro’s vision of becoming one of the world’s most respected and innovative technology companies. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Samir had played a number of key roles in the organization, including establishing Aurionpro’s North America operations, driving and integrating a number of strategic acquisitions, launching operational streamlining initiatives that have improved profitability, and reorganizing the company globally in order to improve sales effectiveness.

Today, Samir leads the company from its North America headquarters in the Bay Area, CA and spearheads Aurionpro’s aggressive expansion plans, promotes a customer-first philosophy, and fosters a united and collaborative corporate culture. A respected expert across the banking and electronic payments industries. He holds an engineering degree in computer science and an MBA in finance. Samir has previously served on the boards of PaySimple and PriorityCommerce.

For more information visit us at: www.aurionpro.com

Sayeed (Sy) Choudhury is responsible for security and machine learning hardware and software features within Qualcomm Technologies Inc., including those found incorporated in Snapdragon processors. Prior to this, Choudhury was responsible for the AllPlay networked audio product line, as well as stewarded the company’s partnerships with Microsoft on Windows Mobile and Google on Android. 

Before joining Qualcomm, Choudhury led product management activities for the consumer electronics segment at Wind River Systems. He started his career as an embedded software and hardware engineer, originally receiving his BSEE from the SUNY at Buffalo.

Mr. Hao, having joined Huawei India Enterprise business group since beginning of 2016 and is dedicating to lead India enterprise business group to broaden business scopein more verticals , before which Mr.Hao worked in Huawei Enterprise Business Group South East Asia since October 2010, established the business management team of SEA Enterprise Solution and Marketing Dept since the SEA Enterprise Business Group was founded. In July 2005, he became one of Huawei people. He used to be the Managing Director of Huawei Vietnam Enterprise Business Group, and Director of Huawei Vietnam Network Solution Sales Dept, Director of Supporting Network Solution Dept in Huawei Asia Pacific Region.Graduated as a bachelor of Electronic Science and Technologies from University of Electronic Science and Technologies of China.

Vishak Raman is the Senior Regional Director for FireEye India & SAARC region. In his current role he is responsible to drive the awareness and adoption of advanced cyber security solutions, and help Indian Enterprises and Governments achieve cyber resilience to enhance their security posture.

He joins from Tata Communication where he was the Global Head of Content Delivery Network (CDN) & Managed Security Services (MSS) business. Vishak has over to two decades of rich experience in the Information Security Services space with stints in product management, sales, marketing and business development.

Prior to joining Tata Communications, Vishak was the Senior Regional Director at Fortinet (India/SAARC region) where he was credited with having built Fortinet’s Unified Threat Management success story in India/SAARC. He was also instrumental in setting up the first-of-its-kind Global Technical Assistance Center in Bangalore to provide support to Fortinet’s customers worldwide.

Vishak worked as a Country-Manager in Watchguard India and expanded the channel partner ecosystem to 100+ in India and SAARC region. He started his career with HCL Technologies where he managed the communications solution while simultaneously looking after the business in Pune, India region. Later, he joined Sify as a Product Manager, Internet Security.

Vishak holds an engineering degree in computer science from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and is a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) (1996 – 1998 batch).

Alok B. Lall, currently leads a team that is responsible for business strategy and marketing of Microsoft’s productivity platforms across consumer and commercial customers. He is accountable for revenues, Go-To-Markets, partnerships and developing a strong ecosystem that enables customers and partners to realize the value of Microsoft’s productivity platform. Alok also leads the charter of engaging with customers and partners to help them realize value through platform adoption.

In his prior role, Alok worked with Mr. Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India as his Business Director. In this multi-faceted role, Alok was responsible for driving external engagements for Mr. Pramanik, with customers, partners, industry associations and government elites, as well as internal rhythms for business reviews and execution on strategy. He is also responsible for Bhaskar’s communications and outreach through media and events.

Alok has been with Microsoft for more than 16 years now, having worked across both technical sales and marketing roles. Prior to joining Microsoft, Alok worked as a Technical Consultant with Sonata Software specializing in Lotus Domino® administration and development.

Alok is a B.E. (Honours) in Electronics & Telecom from National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam. In his free time, Alok likes to listen to music and travel with his wife, Ritu and daughter, Shreya.

Along with defining and executing Tech Mahindra’s Technology Solutions, Atul drives strategic initiatives that enable clients to transform their Business models leveraging technology advances – his current focus is Cyber-Security, Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS), and Healthcare Life Sciences opportunities. Atul completed his B.Engg. (1984) and MBA (1986) from Delhi University (India). In a career spanning 29 years, Atul has held CEO/CXO roles across multiple sectors including Technology, IT/BPO and Private Equity. His leadership and insights on transformation, have earned him a reputation for turning around businesses and building global, diverse, high-performing teams. He is a “Business Adventurer” – always looking for the next challenge and the associated “high”. Prior to joining Tech Mahindra, Atul’s assignments have included raising a small cap focused PE fund (Ambit Pragma, 6 investments), turning around Mahindra Satyam (President, Global Business), growing Aditya Birla BPO into an industry leader through the acquisition of Toronto listed Minacs, and leading global organizations at eFunds, Syntel, and HCL. As CEO of Mantra Online, he was credited with ending the Indian Government’s Internet monopoly in 2000. Atul is passionate about emerging technologies and enjoys mentoring entrepreneurs and start-ups. He co-chairs NASSCOM’s Task Force on Cyber Security. Till recently, he was actively involved with the Oditi foundation thatfocuses on skill development and employmentopportunities for the underprivileged. Atul currently resides in India with his wife, Jyotsna, and well-travelled Golden Retriever, Kaizer. An adventure lover and sports enthusiast, Atul spends his spare time skydiving, mountain biking and river rafting with his family. He is always game to get into a car and drive to explore–any place in the world

Samir Shah is one of the pioneering members of Aurionpro’s management team, Samir has been a key driver of progressing Aurionpro’s vision of becoming one of the world’s most respected and innovative technology companies. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Samir had played a number of key roles in the organization, including establishing Aurionpro’s North America operations, driving and integrating a number of strategic acquisitions, launching operational streamlining initiatives that have improved profitability, and reorganizing the company globally in order to improve sales effectiveness.

Today, Samir leads the company from its North America headquarters in the Bay Area, CA and spearheads Aurionpro’s aggressive expansion plans, promotes a customer-first philosophy, and fosters a united and collaborative corporate culture. A respected expert across the banking and electronic payments industries. He holds an engineering degree in computer science and an MBA in finance. Samir has previously served on the boards of PaySimple and PriorityCommerce.

For more information visit us at: www.aurionpro.com

Ravinder Pal Singh (Ravi) is an award winning technologist and has fathered various IT organisations and created their future technology avatars. Ravi is global speaker and international seasoned traveller with an extensive global experience ranging from strategy to execution in 5 continents. He is also a holder, in his personal capacity, of several technologies patents, advance practitioner of yoga and can fly aircraft. In recent past he has been associated with a leader in technology and big 4 management consulting firm to help their Fortune 500 customers and government institutions in transformation. In his last tenure at a leading Aviation Engineering Services firm Ravi realised 4 digit % increment in digitisation amidst constraint of cash and culture to achieve non-linear business growth (34x) across multiple continents. Now as Chief of Information and Innovation he is helping Tata-SIA (Vistara) to consolidate, identify, acquire, evaluate and incubate right technology for its business. He will also induce innovation and thoughtfulness as core to Vistara’s culture thus by creating communities and co-creation to realize ideas as true business differentiators. 

Mr. Jacob Peter heads the Global Sales and Marketing team for RBEI ( Robert Bosch Engineering and Business solutions). In this Mr. Jacob is responsible for the sales and Marketing of our products and solutions in the markets of APAC, Japan North America, EU and UK. IOT ( Internet Of Things) based solutions dominate the solutions suite. Before this assignment, Mr. Jacob was heading a engineering team that designs car multimedia systems for aftermarket in Bosch and prior to that as an software engineer implementing network management SW for PABX's for Bosch telecom. Mr. Jacob is passionate about topics that fall in the cusp of classical electronics and IT , like Infotainment & Telematics ( where a car interfaces with IT), Industy4.0 ( Where manufacturing machines interact with IT), IOT ( Where various devices in Home, Retail, Cities interact with IT).Being in touch with market trends and evolving organisational strategy based on it is something that excites him

Arvind is a seasoned executive management professional, technologist, thought leader and innovator. His areas of expertise include Digital Transformation, Internet of Things, Smart City, Enterprise Modernization and Development operations. Arvind has rich knowledge on digital lifecycle and monetization for large Fortune 500 companies in the Telecom, BFSI, Healthcare, Energy & Utilities, Automotive and Public sector.

Currently working as Vice President - Aeris Communications, a pioneer in IoT/M2M Technology Company headquartered in the Silicon Valley, leading the Aeris Sales Engineering, Solutions and Customer Success team in India. Prior to this, Arvind has held several key management, practice and technology leadership positions with leading technology organizations such as Dell, Tech Mahindra, and RazorFinish.com.

Vishak Raman is the Senior Regional Director for FireEye India & SAARC region. In his current role he is responsible to drive the awareness and adoption of advanced cyber security solutions, and help Indian Enterprises and Governments achieve cyber resilience to enhance their security posture.

He joins from Tata Communication where he was the Global Head of Content Delivery Network (CDN) & Managed Security Services (MSS) business. Vishak has over to two decades of rich experience in the Information Security Services space with stints in product management, sales, marketing and business development.

Prior to joining Tata Communications, Vishak was the Senior Regional Director at Fortinet (India/SAARC region) where he was credited with having built Fortinet’s Unified Threat Management success story in India/SAARC. He was also instrumental in setting up the first-of-its-kind Global Technical Assistance Center in Bangalore to provide support to Fortinet’s customers worldwide.

Vishak worked as a Country-Manager in Watchguard India and expanded the channel partner ecosystem to 100+ in India and SAARC region. He started his career with HCL Technologies where he managed the communications solution while simultaneously looking after the business in Pune, India region. Later, he joined Sify as a Product Manager, Internet Security.

Vishak holds an engineering degree in computer science from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and is a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) (1996 – 1998 batch).

Dr. Bhatnagar brings a wealth of telecom experience to Aeris, including heading digital services for 10 years in Europe, 5 years in the Americas, and 6 years in India. Prior to joining Aeris, he was Global Head for Digital Enterprise Services at Tech Mahindra, where Dr. Bhatnagar spearheaded the Internet of Things initiatives for the company and smart city projects for the Mahindra Group. Along with a team from Bosch, he co-authored the book Enterprise IoT, which covers IoT project management frameworks, and the methodology proposed in this book has been accepted by the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). Dr. Bhatnagar is the chairperson of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), recognized in India as a meeting place for sector leaders to interact and support standards, policies, and innovation. He is also a member of the Nasscom Regional Council and the Core Group by the Confederation of Indian Industry, and he received the ‘Digitalist Thought-Leader’ Award in the Internet of Things category at the Digital Transformation Forum 2015 by SAP India. Dr. Bhatnagar holds a PhD in IT and Computer Science from Singhania University, Rajasthan, India.

Tarang heads the Security Operations Centre at WNS and manages the 24*7 Incident Response and Security Monitoring team. He has been associated with WNS for over 15 years and has been instrumental in implementing various security solutions at WNS in the form of Intrusion Prevention Systems, Web Content Filtering Solutions, Email Firewalls, Host DLP, Web DLP and SIEM solutions.

Prior to WNS, Tarang was associated with IBM Global Services.

He has completed his Post Graduation in Information Systems Audits. He is a qualified Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, ISO27001 Lead Implementer, Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).

Shomiron is a highly experienced Intrusion Analyst, and has been building threat detection systems for more than a decade. He founded NETMONASTERY (NM) at the end of 2002, and set out to deliver quality attack detection products and services to its customers. Today NM serves the largest customers in the financial, telecom, media and e-commerce markets, with its geographical reach and presence spanning the globe. NETMONASTERY has been named Cool Vendor by Gartner in Security for Technology and Service Providers, 2014.

From his early years Shomiron has focussed on NM's core values and continues to be hands-on with his technology. Over the years he has worked intensively on, DDoS mitigation, Traffic Anomaly, Collaborative Detection Systems, Trace Tools, BigData, Real-time FishBowling, Multi-layer Correlation, Reporting Technologies, Audit Systems, Frameworks, Parallel Processing and Measurable Security. Specializations: Intrusion Analysis, Therat Intelligence, SIEM, DDoS Defense Strategies, Intrusion Prevention, Incident Handling, Multi-layer Correlation and BigData

Dr. Debabrata Nayak is the Chief Security Officer of Huawei Telecommunications (India) Co. Ltd. He assumed this role in May 2013.As the CSO, Dr. Nayak is focused on developing security strategies on Huawei platforms for the company’s expansive product and solution portfolio. His current role also involves guiding Cloud security, Enterprise security, Consumer security and Mobile Broadband security (MBB) and working on privacy guidelines of user content. In his earlier role at Huawei, Dr. Nayak has been the Head of Patent and Innovation and Director in security in Bangalore where he handled technology planning and business roadmap security operations. He has also been responsible for Huawei’s product transition to IPv6 migration.Prior to joining Huawei in November 2009, Dr Debu held senior cyber security roles in various organisations such as Senior Security Architect in Motorola; Information Security Officer in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and worked as a Security expert at Tata Elxsi. He was also involved in Ministry of Communication and IT of India for Secure mCheque project in IDRBT. Debu has been a consultant to various financial institutes for implementation of standards such as BS7799 and ISO 17799. Debu has extensively worked on LTE Security and WiMax Security and has designed security solutions for INFINET (Indian Financial Network for RBI) and IPv6 Security for Indian financial network Dr. Nayak has held prominent cyber security industry leadership roles that have seen him as the founding member of the TSDSI cyber security group. He is a Chairman of Global ICT Forum of India SIG (i.e. the Global ICT Standardization Forum for India); a co-Chairman for ASSOCHAM Cyber Law and IT Act 2012; Chairman for Huawei Senior Security Expert Management Committee 2012.Dr Debu is an active member of several national and international security groups including the Security Working group of TEC (DOT) NWG 17; the ASSOCHAM National Security Group and CII Innovation Group. He is a member of International Association for Cryptological Research; Motorola Information Assurance Forum; WiMax Forum (GWRG Group);  LTE Forum (BWA Group), 3GPP SA3 Security; Cloud Security Alliance; IEEE Security and Privacy and Cryptology Research Society of India; a key member in ITU SG17 Security (Cybex- deals country specific Security). He has also been a member of NIST cloud security group. DR Debu is also a certified lead Auditor of ISO 27001:2013 from British standard Institute (BSI). In these 22 years of working in the security domain, he has presented 62 papers in international conferences & technical journals, most recently presenting 10 Cloud computing security papers in ITU, CJK Korea, China and various international conferences in India like ASSOCHAM Cyber Security Conference, wireless vitae and NASSCOM DSCI. He has delivered speeches at more than 100 conferences in India and abroad on topics like Network Security, Information security, and Cyber security. Dr. Debabrata has secured his Master’s degree from NIT Rourkela specializing in Elliptic Curve Cryptography & Internet security and his Ph.D. in Wireless security from IIT Bombay focusing on a wide range of subjects such as Security System Performance Evaluation, Design of Secure Cryptographic System, Wireless Security Policy Design and Implementation.

Ms. Gowree Gokhale, is a senior partner who heads the Technology and Media & Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property Law practices at Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai.  Her specialisations include IP, TMT laws, gaming, commercial laws, strategic M&As, cross-border dispute resolution and life sciences laws.She has advised several Indian and foreign gaming companies on a variety of issues, including general gaming laws in India, IP issues, setting of India operations, payment solutions for gaming businesses (including virtual currency), mobile and internet gaming-related laws, tax issues, data protection and privacy issues.She regularly advises clients on IP management and protection strategy and has led several IP and technology related matters including IP litigations before different forums in India.She has been accorded special mentions and recommendations in a number of leading international directories like Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.She is also a member of the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL) and a regular speaker at a number of international and domestic events and conferences.

Sachin Lodha is part of TCS’s Corporate Technology Office and works out TCS Innovation Labs - TRDDC, Pune. He has led and shaped TCS’s Data Privacy R&D Program right from its inception in early 2005. Sachin Lodha graduated with a B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, in 1996 and received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rutgers University, USA, in 2002. Currently he is a member of TCS’s Corporate Technology Council.

Mr Pratap Reddy is currently the Additional Director General of Police, CID at Criminal Investigation Department, Karnataka State Police Mr Reddy is known as an honest and upright officer in the police circles. A 1991-batch IPS officer, he was the Director of Cyber Security, Nasscom a few years ago. He also has the experience of serving in CBI Bengaluru and had headed the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch in Mumbai. As a member of the Police Department, he is one of the rare officers with deep understanding and experience of technology issues. Having joined the prestigious Indian Police Service /Karnataka Cadre in 1991, he has seen early service in the districts as Superintendent of Police,Bijapur and Gulbarga Districts and served as Commandant, Karnataka State Reserve Police,Bangalore Pratap was responsible for unearthing large scale financial frauds in Banking and Securitiesdomain, while deputed to the Central Bureau of Investigation in Bangalore and headed the.CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch in Mumbai. As DIG of Police – Corps of Detectives,Karnataka led the much respected and premier specialized investigation agency in the state, and was involved in the areas of Special Enquiries, Homicides, Burglaries and Crime Against Women, investigations into financial frauds, rights violations by government agencies.

Meenu Chandra, Director IP Policy & IP Attorney (LCA) is instrumental in driving Microsoft’s IP Policy initiatives in India by engaging with Industry Associations, Trade Associations, Academia and other stakeholders. Until recently Meenu was the Team leader for the FICCI Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting activities Destroying the Economy (FICCI CASCADE) as well as lending expertise to FICCI IP Committee, Corporate Laws and Corporate Governance Divisions. In this role she was instrumental in raising the policy debate on anti-counterfeiting amongst stakeholders and gaining global recognition for FICCI CASCADE initiative. Meenu is a versatile and experienced legal professional with 16 years of post-qualification experience. She has a Masters in International Trade with Distinction from the University of Essex (UK). Prior to her stint at FICCI she has been leading the International Commercial and IP practice of a law firm based in New Delhi, where her emphasis has been on developing strategies for clients to enable them to minimise commercial risks through pre-emptive contract management, negotiation, conflict management and compliance management strategies. Her previous experience also includes research and training in the area of IP Law, International Commercial Law, Company law, Competition law in UK and Indian Universities. She has also been previously engaged in policy debates through her role as a WTO and IP Committee member in ASSOCHAM and played an active role at FICCI in taking these debates forward. She has various publications on ACTA, Anti-Counterfeiting, IP and Competition law. She is visiting Faculty at Indian Law Institute (ILI), Delhi and Amity University for their LLM programs.

As the Senior Director and Country Head for India at FireEye, Shrikant Shitole spearheads the
company’s efforts to assist more Indian organizations protect themselves from the consequences
of cyber attacks. He is charged with leading FireEye’s growth efforts in India.
A seasoned industry veteran, Mr. Shitole has over 25 years’ experience in information technology,
telecommunications and business management. Prior to joining FireEye, Mr. Shitole held senior
management roles across several IT and telecom enterprises including Nelco Ltd. (Tata Enterprise),
Avaya India, Cisco Systems, Sify Ltd., Siemens Ltd. and Alcatel Business Systems (India) Ltd. He was
most recently the Managing Director of Symantec’s enterprise security business in India.
He holds an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, India and a Bachelor of
Engineering degree in Electronics from Walchand Institute of Technology, India.

Kartik Shahani is Managing Director for RSA. Based in Mumbai, he is responsible for leading RSA’s business operations in the region and growing sales of the company’s offerings in the area of security solutions for business acceleration.

Kartik came to RSA with an illustrious track record, having held senior positions with McAfee India Sales Pvt. Ltd. and Netmagic. At both companies, he was instrumental in the complete turnaround of their operations.

Kartik also played a key role in setting up the High End Production Systems group at Xerox India. Kartik has worked in various capacities from a Programmer, Field Engineer, Enterprise Sales Manager to grow to the position of a Regional Leader during his distinguished career.

Kartik holds an Engineering Degree from the University of Bombay and an MBA from the University of New England, Australia.

Dr. Vinita Aggarwal is a senior Govt. officer from Indian Economic Service, 1985 batch. She has provided her valuable contribution to various Central Government Ministries and Departments namely Labour and Employment, School Education-HRD, Women and Child Development, Information and Broadcasting, Mines, Finances and DIPP.  Presently she is working as Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.  She has a wide range of experience in formulation of legislation, undertaking economic analysis and rendering advice for designing and formulating development policies, strengthening delivery systems, and monitoring and evaluating the public programmes.

As the Senior Director and Country Head for India at FireEye, Shrikant Shitole spearheads the
company’s efforts to assist more Indian organizations protect themselves from the consequences
of cyber attacks. He is charged with leading FireEye’s growth efforts in India.
A seasoned industry veteran, Mr. Shitole has over 25 years’ experience in information technology,
telecommunications and business management. Prior to joining FireEye, Mr. Shitole held senior
management roles across several IT and telecom enterprises including Nelco Ltd. (Tata Enterprise),
Avaya India, Cisco Systems, Sify Ltd., Siemens Ltd. and Alcatel Business Systems (India) Ltd. He was
most recently the Managing Director of Symantec’s enterprise security business in India.
He holds an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, India and a Bachelor of
Engineering degree in Electronics from Walchand Institute of Technology, India.

Deepak Maheshwari heads government affairs across India, South Asia and South East Asia in Symantec, the world-leader in cyber security. A public policy and regulatory affairs professional with more than two decades, he has played a pivotal role in development of Information & Communication Technology policy over the past two decades and has a keen interest in the interplay of technological innovation and socio-economic development. An oft-invited speaker, his views & reviews have been widely published. He has been associated with various industry and professional forums like NIXI, ISPAI, IAMAI, BSA, CCICI & IEEE.  He served for two consecutive terms as the elected secretary of ISP Association of India (ISPAI), co-founded National Internet eXchange of India (NIXI) and currently chairs BSA Policy Committee for Asia Pacific. An IIT engineer, he is also a law graduate and has previously worked with Microsoft, MasterCard, Sify and HCL. 

A specialist in cyber law and legal aspects of cyber security, Vishal has gained diverse knowledge through his assignments with organisations such as Union Government Ministries, Government Departments, law firm, consulting firm and reputable education institutions.

Vishal was a member of the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012 -17) Government of India – Working Group on Cyber Laws and Legal Framework and Working Group on Cyber Security. Vishal chaired the subgroup which was constituted under the main working group responsible for suggesting the emerging legal framework towards issues on the Internet, intellectual property law and Internet governance.

In the year 2002, Vishal engineered Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Hon’ble High Court of Bombay for appointment of adjudicating officers to decide the fate of multi crore cyber crime cases in India. The PIL also resulted in the appointment of Chairman and the establishment of Cyber Appellate Tribunal at New Delhi.

Mr. Jones has been involved in the professional education services industry for more than a decade in the U.S. and Asia.  His experience spans business unit management, and mergers and acquisitions, including corporate restructuring.  Based at (ISC)² regional headquarters in Hong Kong, he is responsible for the overall operations of (ISC)² in the region and supporting the organization's vision.  Clayton has led the establishment of (ISC)² offices in Japan, China and most recently India.  He also works with different government agencies and corporations advising on workforce development within the information security profession.  He is a regular speaker at information security events in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Philippines and Hong Kong.  Clayton has a B.Com from Calcutta University and a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta).  In April 2009, Clayton received the Membership Growth and Support Award during the (ISC)² 20th Anniversary Founders Celebration in recognition of his contributions to the development and growth of (ISC)² credentials and the profession in the Asia-Pacific region.

Nandini is the Co-Founder and Chief People Officer at Indusface (www.indusface.com). Indusface is redefining application security with its disruptive technological innovations. Aspiring to be a global appsec leader, Indusface is growing at an incredible pace with more than 800 global customers spread across 17 countries who trust it with their web and mobile application security. 

At Indusface, Nandini is responsible for the evolution of Indusface's culture, growth story as well as the sound people and process practices in place which empower and engage every team member to contribute to the organisation's success. Nandini is dedicated to driving organizational development strategies that support the company's global growth, talent management, rewards and recognition for its employees worldwide. She has been instrumental in ensuring cost effective operations and infrastructure are in place, thereby assisting the organization to achieve its strategic goals at an optimum pace.

With an experience of over 18 years, Nandini in the past has successfully set up and managed an Internet services business. An avid writer and golfer, Nandini is a Gold Medalist from M.S. University and holds a Master’s Degree in Science.

Fifteen years of experience in Internal Audit, Risk Management and Information Security across industries. Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA); Certified Risk & Insurance Management (C-RIM) and Certified for Personal and Leadership Effectiveness Program, XLRI Jamshedpur.
An audit background professional with strong business process analysis skills and cross functional experience in Internal Audit, Information Security, IT Control reviews, Risk Management, Compliance, Operations and Process improvement. Previously worked for Aviva Life Insurance where I was managing Internal Audit across functions including Operations, Distribution, Human Resources, Information Technology, Information Security, Business Continuity Planning, Compliance and Marketing. Prior to Aviva, worked with Max New York Life Insurance in various capacities

“Mr. Pradeep Ghosh has over a decade of experience within the Data Recovery Industry. In the role of National Manager for India Business, He has been instrumental in establishing Stellar Data Recovery’s leadership position in India. His Data Recovery team in India is consulting clients on their Data Recovery & Secure Data Erasure needs and he manages these endeavors & expectations. Pradeep has prior affiliations with Wipro and Zenith India Ltd over a career that spans over 18 years. He is a music enthusiast and loves travelling. “

Shomiron is a highly experienced Intrusion Analyst, and has been building threat detection systems for more than a decade. He founded NETMONASTERY (NM) at the end of 2002, and set out to deliver quality attack detection products and services to its customers. Today NM serves the largest customers in the financial, telecom, media and e-commerce markets, with its geographical reach and presence spanning the globe. NETMONASTERY has been named Cool Vendor by Gartner in Security for Technology and Service Providers, 2014.

From his early years Shomiron has focussed on NM's core values and continues to be hands-on with his technology. Over the years he has worked intensively on, DDoS mitigation, Traffic Anomaly, Collaborative Detection Systems, Trace Tools, BigData, Real-time FishBowling, Multi-layer Correlation, Reporting Technologies, Audit Systems, Frameworks, Parallel Processing and Measurable Security. Specializations: Intrusion Analysis, Therat Intelligence, SIEM, DDoS Defense Strategies, Intrusion Prevention, Incident Handling, Multi-layer Correlation and BigData

Aditya is working in the capacity of a Senior Analyst at Data Security Council of India. Having been involved with the endeavours like Cyber Security Task Force, Cyber Security Skill Building & Cyber Security awareness, Aditya has been working closely with different sets of stakeholders from across the board. Aditya has done his masters from IIT Delhi.

Currently Dr. Prabhat Ranjan is heading India's Technology Think Tank, TIFAC as its Executive Director. TIFAC is an autonomous body of Dept of Science and Technology, GOI. For nearly 20 years Dr. Prabhat Ranjan has done research work with Nuclear Fusion. Dr. Prabhat Ranjan did modelling and simulation and used this to improve the performance of Tokamaks in India. Dr. Prabhat Ranjan was associated will all the three Tokamaks in India (2 running and 1 under development). Dr. Prabhat Ranjan has made major contribution to improving the performance of both the running tokamaks. From 2002 to 2013, Dr. Prabhat Ranjan was involved with research and teaching related to Embedded Systems and Sensor Networks. Dr. Prabhat Ranjan also took up a major challenge in collaboration with PRL Planetary exploration group to detect presence of water in the permanently shadowed polar craters of moon using sensor network technology for India's Chandrayaan-II mission. As mission plans changed, Dr. Prabhat Ranjan worked on other projects too.

Rohit Srivastwa, a security evangelist & researcher, is the founder of ClubHack - India's first member driven community to spread the security awareness. His expertise includes cybercrime investigation, cyber warfare, cyber threat intelligence, wireless security, computer forensics, IT infrastructure and e-Governance. Rohit has worked with many intelligence agencies on numerous assignments of national security.

Shri Sandeep Mittal, an IPS Officer of 1995 batch, is Director, NICFS, Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi and has interests in issues pertaining to Drugs, Cyber Security, Cyber Law and Cyber Crime.

He is a Postgraduate in Cyber Defence and Information Assurance of Cranfield University, United Kingdom.

He has published research papers in peer reviewed Journals on various aspects of cyber domain.

He is a British Chevening (???????) Cyber Security Fellow and a Commonwealth Scholar in Internet Law & Policy, University of Strathclyde (?????????????), United Kingdom. He actively blogs, writes and speaks on policing, drugs and cyber issues.

PVS Murthy is an Executive Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and has over 20 years of experience in Information security and business continuity risk management and overall experience of 32 years.

Murthy specializes in information security management, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Business continuity management, Security Assessments, Project & Program management, design and development of information security policies and procedures and managed security services. He has managed a number of large projects in these areas.

Murthy’s professional experience encompass working across different countries and broad range of industries including banking, retail, technology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare,  manufacturing, telecom and Governments.

•Murthy currently manages 600 member strong Cyber Security Practice with responsibilities for winning, delivering and supporting Cyber security projects.  Continuous client interaction, delivery supervision, offerings development and maturity. He is an active contributor to forums like Data Security Council of India (DSCI). Has publications to his credit in journals like InfoSecurity

Global experience with Information risk and technology leadership roles for 23 over years. Majority of this tenure, with large financial institutions in Singapore and India. Joined Deutsche Bank in Singapore in 2000 as Regional Head for Information Security Engineering, Moved to Mumbai in 2004 Presently, Director - Country Head CISO for Deutsche franchise in India , responsible for Information Security for the banking franchise in India and Org leadership responsibilities for 300 plus roles within India Security Operations Center Prior to this, Director Technology, responsible for COO / Chief of Staff Functions for 700 FTE Technology Operations Centres in India requiring management oversight of technology organization, operations, financials and client relationships for Deutsche franchise in India Held other diverse roles such as Global technology relationship lead for captives in US, UK, and APAC. Information technology relationship for India captives and retail bank and Setup of Information Security Center within India captives Prior to joining DB in Singapore in 2001, he was responsible for conceptualising , designing and implementing a multi-year strategic Information Security middleware program delivery for Global Applications portfolio with Standard Chartered Bank within their Singapore Region.

Durga Prasad Dube has extensive experience of almost 30 years in working for both Public, Private and Research organizations in senior positions in the area of Cyber security and Information Risk Management( IRM) and a consistent track record of success in getting initiatives off the ground and flourishing, in the quickest possible time frame. Currently Durga Prasad Dube is the Senior Vice President and Head IRM of Reliance Industries Limited- the largest business conglomerates in India. Durga Prasad Dube is responsible for design and implementation of state of the art Information Security and Information Risk Management processes and technologies in various businesses viz Petroleum Supply chain, Retail,Lifescience etc . Prior to this Mr Durga Prasad Dube worked for almost three years as Executive Director of Paladion Networks- one of the biggest pure play Technology Risk Management company in Asia. Mr. Durga Prasad Dube headed the BFSI vertical which constitutes almost 80% of the revenue of the company. Before that Mr. Durga Prasad Dube was for a year in Wipro InfoTech as Consulting Advisor, Strategic Information security Services. My role here was to design innovative Technology Risk Management solutions for the BFSI sector. Prior to this Mr. Durga Prasad Dube was in IDRBT for 6 years as Faculty and Head Consulting.

Bhanu Bhaskar is an officer of the Indian Police Service with a special interest in the investigation of socio-economic crimes and works in India’s Central Bureau of Investigation. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations, and a master’s of Philosophy on Policy Analysis. In 2006, he was the Chevening British Council Fellow, working on wildlife crime and other enforcement issues. During his fellowship year, he will concentrate on enforcement issues including strategies to combat human trafficking and wildlife crime.

Parag Deodhar is CA, CISA & CFE with over 18 years of experience in Governance, Risk Management, Information Security, Audit, Program Management, Operational Excellence. CISO for AXA Group companies in Asia and Japan. Heading Operational Risk for all AXA group entities in INDIA including Bharti AXA Life Insurance, AXA Business Services & AXA Technology Services. Specialties: Governance, Risk, Information Security, Business Resilience, Compliance, Audit, Strategy, Start-up, Operational Excellence, Banking and Finance, Insurance, Outsourcing/Offshoring

Vikram Gidwani currently serves as the Sales Director- South Asia, for the Digital Security Solutions Division at Entrust Datacard, a leader in the Security, Identity and Payment Solutions. In his currently role he is tasked with driving sales for digital security solutions, including Public key Infrastructure (PKI) and Strong Authentication initiatives, in the South Asia market.
He brings with him over 18 years of experience in the Information Security Industry, most recently with Vasco Data Security, as Country Manager. He has previously worked with companies like IBM, RSA Security (EMC) and Wipro InfoTech and driving Sales in their security divisions.
He holds an Engineering degree in Electronics, and a Master’s in Business Administration.

A seasoned professional and technical leader with 15+ years of experience helping build technology solutions for multiple industries - financial services, healthcare, telecommunication, government to name a few. Lead projects with SMBs to Fortune 100 organizations ranging from Product Management to Security Architecture and Strategic Consulting to Risk Assessments. Proven track record of working on challenges that require a combination of technical creativity and people engineering to produce better than expected results.

Specialties: Global team management, Product management, Technical Sales, Security Architecture, Information Security Management, Strategic Consulting, and Compliance Readiness-Review-Remediation.

As DGM, Aditya heads SAARC and Middle East business for GMO GlobalSign, and is responsible for devising and implementing organization’s enterprise and channel strategy across his business territories.

From the very onset, Aditya has played a pivotal role in GMO GlobalSign’s success story in India, buidling an effective sales and operations team, leading key strategic initiatives, building profitable partnerships, identifying new markets, while also improving operational efficiencies acros the organization.

Under his leadership, GMO GlobalSign India operations have been growing rapidly, with the addition of newer and bigger enterprise clients, increased penetration into newer industry sectors and geographies. Earlier in his career, Aditya has held key positions in globally renowned brands like Oracle, Unilever, Kraft Food, L'Oreal in Sales & Marketing domain.

With a rich and diverse experience in selling and marketing technology solutions, Aditya is skillfully leading operations for one of the most reputed Certificate Authorities in the world and helping the organization achieve ambitious business targets.

Aditya loves to travel and has keen in interest in sports biking.

Sudipto has over 20 years experience in Information Technology spanning retail, automotive, telecom and the National e-Governance Program (NeGP). He has responded to and mitigated cyber threats on behalf of several public and private enterprises across India. Helping organizations to adopt risk assessment methodologies is his forte.  Sudipto is adept at establishing incident/event escalation processes and integrating them with Security Operation Centres (SOC) that involves tracking, following-up and resolving incidents. He often works closely with forensic teams in the area of cyber-crime investigation. He has also established Cyber Security Centres of Excellence within organizations that includes building SOCs and Cyber Ranges from scratch. He has led the core team that established TCG Cyber Range – the first commercially available, state-of-the-art Cyber Range of India.

Sudipto is a Bachelor Degree holder in Computer Science and a BSI:ISO 27001:2013 Lead Auditor. He has various industry accredited certifications in the area of Cyber Security like Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Security Analyst, Certified Incident Handler, IRCA Certified Lead Auditor, Mile2 Certified Network Forensic Expert, McAfee SIEM and DLP specialist. In 2015 Sudipto obtained a professional certificate in “Cyber Security: Application, Technology and Policy” from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.

Extensive information security 'aka' cybersecurity management experience. More than 15 years of experience in delivering across multiple facets of security space - As CISO understanding of risk management & as Security Services leader understanding business of cybersecurity, founded on strong understanding of business needs and creating programs, teams to deliver the the outcome.
Specialties:  InfoSec Risk management programs- Program/product/project management- Client needs assessments- Managed Security Services Delivery - Security Operations Centre (SOC), - Managed Application Security- Compliance & BC/DR- Partner relationship management
- Industry and service provider context

Sahir Hidayatullah is the CEO of Smokescreen Technologies -- one of India's hottest new cybersecurity companies. Smokescreen’s proprietary technology detects targeted hacker attacks before they cause business impact. Sahir was one of India's first ethical hackers and is a serial entrepreneur. His companies have investigated many of the highest-profile data breaches in the country, with clients that include critical national infrastructure, global financial institutions, and Fortune 500 companies. His work has been a cover feature story in Fortune India magazine, and his thoughts on technology risk management appear regularly in the print and television media.

Drew Schuil, Senior Director – Product Strategist

Drew has 17-years of experience in the area of information security and enterprise software.  During Drew’s 9 years at Imperva, he has held key leadership roles and worked with customers in 22 countries. Drew is also a frequent speaker at industry events such as the RSA Conference and ISSA.

Currently working as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in BSE Ltd. Mr. Shivkumar Pandey has 17+ years of industry experience in IT Service Delivery and Cyber Security across fast paced industries like BFSI, ITES & Telecommunication. Mr. Shivkumar Pandey has been performing at leadership roles in Cyber Security and IT infrastructure Management across these organizations for past 15+ years. Prior to joining BSE Ltd as CISO, Mr. Shivkumar Pandey was associated with NPCI - CISO, Reliance JIO, SUD Life, Future Generali India, Kotak Mahindra, and TATA AIG. Mr. Shivkumar Pandey has Master in Information Management (MIM) and Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecomm from Mumbai University. Mr. Shivkumar Pandey has in-depth understanding of securing Core Insurance Systems, Core Banking Systems, and Payment Systems (RuPay Cards, IMPS, CTS, NFS, UPI and NABCH payment systems). Mr. Shivkumar Pandey has extensive management and domain experience in driving the Information & Cyber Security programs in all key aspects i.e. Incident Response, Security Analytics, Threat Intelligence, Security Monitoring, Malware protection, Compliance, Policy, Standards (ISO 270001:2013 standards, PCI DSS 3.1 standards and BCMS ISO 22301), Procedures, Awareness, Identity & Access Management, IT-GRC, Network Security, Cryptography, Data Protection, Third Party Management and Business Continuity Planning. Mr. Shivkumar Pandey has rich experience in delivering simultaneous large scale, mission critical projects on time and within budget for multinationals and organizations of National significance. Mr. Shivkumar Pandey has been honoured with “Top 100 CISO Awards” for 6 consecutive years from 2011 to 2016.”

Siva is a well-rounded IT professional with rich senior management experience gained by working for organizations around the world. He has demonstrated abilities in building and running IT organizations. He has held several sensitive roles such as CIO, CTO, Chief Architect and Project Director for large projects. Currently he is the Global Chief of Security for Bharti Airtel where he is harmonizing different facets of telecom security namely IT, Network, Regulatory and Physical security functions to offer an integrated security front to combat emerging cyber threats.
Earlier as the CISO of SingTel Optus, Siva successfully transformed a back office security function into a strategic business enabler and a channel for enhancing customer experience.
Siva is a keen researcher of Corporate Innovation, enjoys increasing organizational innovativeness by working on the mindsets at the grass root levels to foster a wider innovation culture

With over 16 years of experience in Enterprise Security and Privacy Service Industry, Dhruv Khanna – an Executive Management Alumnus from IIMC, is successfully leading to build a robust environment to achieve a Cyber Secured Indian Market. Before joining Data Resolve, Dhruv was associated with IBM for six years as India-South Asia Service Line Leader for security and privacy services.

Dan is the Director of Carleton University’s Global Cybersecurity Resource (GCR). The GCR is an emerging ecosystem in which peers co-create globally to address world-wide challenges (such as cybersecurity) and benefit locally (e.g., enhanced entrepreneurism and talent growth).

Mr. Craigen has had numerous roles over his 35-year career, including being a visiting scholar with Carleton University; a science advisor and high assurance expert for the Government of Canada; and President of ORA Canada, a company that focused on High Assurance/Formal Methods and successfully distributed its technology to over 60 countries.

Mr. Craigen was the Chair of two NATO research task groups pertaining to validation, verification, and certification of embedded systems and on high assurance technologies.

Recently, Mr. Craigen contributed to the development of three Carleton University Technology

Innovation Management Program courses with a strong cybersecurity flavour: cybersecurity game changers; open source and cybersecurity; and critical infrastructure and cybersecurity.

Mr. Craigen has published extensively with a recent focus on cybersecurity and entrepreneurism and a past focus on high assurance technologies.

Mr. Craigen received his BScH and MSc degrees in Mathematics from Carleton University.

Partner and National leader for Cyber Risk and Security with over 20+ years of proven success in developing, managing and advising global enterprise clients on technology, security, risk management and compliance matters. Responsible at Deloitte for product development / innovation, service delivery, business development, client relationship & P&L management

 Experienced in the strategy, design and implementation of solutions for enterprise technology and security infrastructure cloud and non-cloud, social, identity management, disaster recovery, business continuity, fault tolerance, contingency and crisis management, application / infrastructure integrity, GRC and managed services

 Proven success in performing risk assessments / technology, business / technology audits, establishing global compliance programs, managing audits and compliance against regulatory / standards / leading practices and establishing control environments

 Consulted and provided solutions in the areas of enterprise business / technology strategy, business process optimization / re-engineering, enterprise infrastructure design & optimization, establishing and managing global business and technology operations and change management

Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sehgal is B.E (Electronics) from Nagpur University and M.Tech (Computer Sc.) with Distinction from DAVV State Univ, Indore.He has established state –of-the-art Honeynet Technology research lab. As a trainer he has designed and upgraded innovative training programs and workshops on ‘Networking and Cyber Security’, including ‘Network Penetration Testing and Cyber Attacks methodologies’.He has been instrumental in imparting IT trainings at Army commands and for International participants. He has undertaken many R&D projects in Cyber Security mostly on Honeynet technology development and has been instrumental in research data sharing with LEA and Academic/Research Institutes. Was amongst the first batch to be trained on Incidence response and Forensics at Carnegie Mellon University, USA under a National initiative by the MeitY under project ISEA. Conducted Workshops on Information Security for the Defense Personnel, Banking professionals , Govt. officers;  and on “Honeynets- Attack data capturing & analysis”. Academic faculty and research scholars at Tezpur University, Pantnagar University (CSE Deptt), Chandigarh Univ, Integrated defense staff.Guest  Faculty in National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR, Chd.) on Network Perimeter security and wireless security.Invited speaker at seminar for defense officers at Central Command on Information Warfare, Invited Speaker at CII, DSCI workshops.

Soo Kiat brings with him more than 21 years of experience from IT industry. He has held roles spanning from R&D product design & development to senior technical leadership roles within APAC across enterprises and the IT/Telco sector. Soo Kiat also possess a keen knowledge and deep understanding of business solutions that ranges from Data Centres to Managed Services, Network Planning and Design to Security Infrastructure Planning. In his current role as a Technical Director of APJ, Soo Kiat leads a team of presales that helps customers to harness critical information essential to advance and protect an organization’s best interest by improving their overall posture. 

Rabih Maarbani has 15 years of experience in the telecommunications, security and fraud fields and currently serves as the Regional Sales Director APAC at ThreatMetrix. Prior to ThreatMetrix, Rabih was the first employee and VP Worldwide Service Delivery at TrustDefender, a leader in malware cybersecurity and secure browsing solutions. During his tenure at TrustDefender, Rabih also held key roles in business development, marketing, channel development and corporate development. 

Prior to TrustDefender, Rabih founded a consulting practice where he provided cross-functional expertise to prominent security vendors, a telco, an ISP and an investment bank. Previous to this, Rabih was a Solution Development Manager at Telstra International, where he spearheaded the development of the Global IP Security Solutions portfolio and was instrumental in the rollout of the BigPond Security Suite.

Rabih holds a Bachelor of Engineering Honors (Telecommunications) degree from the University of Wollongong, as well as a Master of Business Administration (Distinction) degree from the Sydney Business School. 

Ajay Kumar is Regional Managing Director - Asia Pacific for payments portfolio at Entrust Datacard, based out of Singapore, focusing on payment solutions that bring enhanced customer experience and security to card portfolio. Specially, Ajay is responsible for branch transformation platforms that enhance the security and card portfolio performance.

With more than 16 years of experience in payments domain, Ajay has worked in sales, business development, strategy and marketing functions with various financial institutions and innovative payments technology organisations where he scaled up the businesses multi folds at senior management position.

Ajay is a subject matter expert in payments domain and well-connected professional in the industry across the Asia Pacific region.
Ajay possesses a Post Graduate in Business Management in marketing from a premier institution and is a qualified B2B strategic marketing management professional from IIM Ahmedabad. He is certified in Digital Marketing and completed LEAP (Lead, Education, Advancement Programme) from Smart Card Alliances, USA.

Pramod’s career spans an entrepreneurial and professional career across the globe in the US, UK and Asia.  He has built global businesses in Financial Services, Business process Management and Skills Training.  Pramod is the founder of Genpact starting in 1997 and considered the pioneer of the Business Process Management industry in India today, which employs over a million people in India. Under his leadership, Genpact has also been the pioneer of this industry in China, Eastern Europe and Latin America.  Genpact is acknowledged today as the leader in its industry with over 65,000 employees across 17 countries and over $2b in revenues, and is a public company listed on NYSE.  Pramod built the company from inception till 2011 when he stepped down as CEO.

Prior to Genpact, Pramod’s career with GE spanned 25 years across Europe, US and Asia.  He started GE Capital’s initial operations in India as the CEO in 1994 and was also the President of GE Capital Asia from 1999.   During this time, he was the architect of GE Capital’s businesses in Commercial and Consumer Finance and joint ventures with SBI in credit cards and HDFC in Consumer Finance. Prior to that he worked with GE Capital in Corporate Finance in New York and Stanford, CT., as well as with GE in London and New York.

Currently Pramod is focused on building “The Skills Academy” a scalable, high quality skills training business focused on enhancing employability for our youth at the grassroots level.  The Skills Academy focuses on lower income youth and operates multiple training centres across Odisha, Bihar, UP, Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra and other States, and has trained nearly 50,000 youth until now. He is also engaged in Social Impact Investing and Advocacy through Asha Impact, a “ virtual" fund in partnership with Vikram Gandhi, formerly of Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley.  Pramod is also currently promoting a number of different companies in Analytics, Financial Services, and Housing Finance, as well as Healthcare and Education. 

Pramod serves on the boards of NDTV, ICRIER, DLF Ltd and SRF Ltd, and is on the Governing Boards of IIM Lucknow, Shri Ram School, Help Age India and IFMR Rural Channels.  He is also on the advisory Board of CISCO in India, and is also a Strategic Advisor to Private Equity firms, Kedaara in India and CVC in Asia.  He also works with a number of NGOs focused on Eco-tourism and schooling for handicapped children.

Pramod has been the Chairman of NASSCOM and was voted IT Man of the Year.  He is currently the President of TIE-NCR.  Pramod is a UK Chartered Accountant and has a Bcom degree from Delhi University.

Arvind Gupta currently heads the Digital India Foundation which works on Digital Inclusion, Internet Governance and Smart cities. He also leads BJP’s (India’s ruling & world’s biggest party) Information and Technology Team. He spearheaded the Digital and Social Media campaign for Prime Minister Modi during Elections 2014 for which he was awarded the Digital leader of the year and PathBreaker award and has been covered in leading PR, trade publications including WSJ, FT, Gartner, PRWeek.

Mr. Gupta is an Innovation Evangelist who has over 20 years of experience in leadership, policy & entrepreneurial roles, both in Silicon Valley & in India. He is an Eisenhower fellow for Innovation and an active member of Industry Forums NASSCOM, TiE and Founding Member of ISPiRT (Indian Software Products Industry Round table). He is on the Board of Directors of IIT – BHU Alumni Association, PAN-IIT Alumni Association and Illinois Alumni Board. He also mentors many start-ups like IdeasWall, TrueValueAdvisors, Team361, SatvaCart and is a Guest Speaker at Global B-Schools and CxO events.

He holds a B.Tech in Electronics Engineering from IIT-BHU and a Masters in Business & Computer Science from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He is based in New Delhi and tweets at @buzzindelhi.

Vikram Gupta is the Founder, Managing Partner and Investment Committee Member at IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited. He has about 16 years of experience in Private Equity, Business Consulting, M&A, Strategy and Operations in Healthcare and Life Sciences, Education, Consumer Goods and other industries. He has held leadership positions across various well-known companies in India and Abroad.Prior to founding IvyCap, Mr. Gupta was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) with IndiaVenture Advisors Private Limited, a Private Equity Fund Management company sponsored by the Ajay Piramal Group. Mr. Gupta conceptualized, raised and deployed the first PE fund from the group, a Healthcare and Life Sciences Focused PE fund. He raised the entire fund from a large base of institutional and HNI (High Networth Individual) investors in India. He managed all the aspects of the Private Equity business including Fund Raising, Investors Relationship Management, Deal Sourcing, Deal Evaluation, Deal Closure, Fund Portfolio Management, Value Creation, Risk Management and Exits.In an earlier stint, Mr. Gupta worked in the US with IBM Business Consulting Services for about four years in strategy and planning, business development and project management across various assignments. He conceptualized and led IBM's Healthcare and Life Sciences practice for Clinical Genomics. He has also held senior positions with Indian companies including A F Ferguson & Co., Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Lupin Laboratories and Piramal Healthcare across different areas including, Business Consulting, Strategy and Planning, M&A, Business Development and Manufacturing. Mr. Gupta has experience of starting-up companies in the areas of Medical Tourism, Outsourcing Strategy Consulting, and a Commercial Laundry.Mr. Gupta has published many reusable and licensed assets including Patents, White Papers and Technical Documents. He has various awards and recognitions to his credit. He has completed his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi and has dual MBA degrees in Strategy and Finance from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA and Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.