SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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DEREK JETER

Five-Time World Series Champion & Hall of Famer - Major League Baseball

By the time he stepped away from baseball in 2014 after a historic 20-year career, Derek Jeter had established him­self as one of the most respected men to ever have played the game. In recognition of his on-field accomplishments and impact on the game, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the Class of 2020.

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CHRIS VOSS

CEO - The Black Swan Group

Christopher "Chris" Voss is an American businessman, author, and academic. Voss is a former FBI hostage negotiator, the CEO of The Black Swan Group Ltd, a company registered in East Grinstead, England, and co-author of the book Never Split the Difference.

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PETER HINSSEN

Technology Entrepreneur - Nexxworks

Peter Hinssen is a serial entrepreneur, adviser and keynote speaker on the topics of radical innovation, leadership and the impact of all things digital on society and business. Peter has also written three acclaimed business books: The Network Always Wins, The New Normal, and Business/IT Fusion.

MAINSTAGE SPEAKERS

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RICH FENNESSY

CEO - Trace3

Rich is a Fortune 500 CEO with 32 years international management experience and widely recognized for outperforming expectations, and for achievements in business and technology. Throughout his career Rich has acquired, sold and managed 20 companies worldwide.

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TYLER BEECHER

Executive Chairman - Trace3

Tyler is the Executive Chairman of Trace3. Most recently, he served as the CEO for 5 years prior. Under his leadership Trace3 experienced unprecedented growth and is currently 1B+ in revenue. In addition to enabling great growth through business strategy, he has infused the organization with cultural strength and energy.

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ASHTON MULLINIX

Senior VP of Strategy and Analytics - Detroit Lions

Ashton Mullinix is the Senior Vice President of Strategy & Analytics for the Detroit Lions. For the past nine years, he has served in several different capacities within the NFL at the league and team level. In his role, he is involved in many high-profile projects that are focused on maximizing revenue and personalizing the fan experience.

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TONY OLZAK

CTO - Trace3

Tony Olzak is a leading visionary in applying technology to business problems and initiatives. He is a sought after speaker, co-author of multiple industry certification books, Co-host of a podcast dedicated to technology founders. He brings over 19 years of industry experience leading consulting, engineering and development teams.

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BRYAN KISSINGER

VP, CISO - Trace3

Bryan is an IT and security professional with over 20 years of experience in designing and implementing practical IT risk and information security solutions that drive business value. Bryan is well-known for his ability to rapidly mature IT risk and information security programs and quickly deliver on the implementation of emerging technologies to solve complex business issues.

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KATHERINE WALTHER

VP, Innovation - Trace3

Katherine is dedicated to disseminating information about the future of technology to IT leaders across a wide variety of domains. Pairing a unique combination of real-world technology experience with insight from the world’s largest venture capital firms, her focus is to deliver market trends in the key areas impacting industry leading organizations.

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CHRIS NICHOLAS

VP, Cloud Solutions Group - Trace3

Chris Nicholas brings a breadth of knowledge around the Azure Cloud Platform along with over 16 years of experience in technology. Chris is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, community contributor and a member of the Microsoft Cloud Architecture Group within the Datacenter Optimization Team.

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SANDY SALTY

CMO - Host, Outlier Award Gala - Trace3

Sandy Salty is the Chief Marketing Officer of Trace3. A key strategic contributor to company-wide initiatives, Sandy has built various teams from the ground up including the Marketing organization, and the Partner Development organization which she continues to lead. She has designed a platform to stratify a complex partner ecosystem and identify the next round of strategic partnerships to take Trace3 to $2B in revenue.

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MOHIT TIWARI

CEO and Co-founder - Symmetry Systems

Mohit Tiwari is the CEO and co-founder of Symmetry Systems. His work on high-assurance systems has received multiple industry and research awards for applied cybersecurity research, transitioned into production by a startup (TortugaLogic) and large companies, and led to Symmetry via pilots with cloud-providers and hospitals.

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VIKRAM KAPOOR

Co-founder and CTO - Lacework

Vikram Kapoor is co-founder and CTO of Lacework. Prior to founding Lacework, he was Senior Director of Engineering at Bromium. At Bromium, he was responsible for managing the engineering team as well as creating and driving strategies in alignment with Bromium’s vision and business goals. Vikram has also held senior engineering roles at Pillar Data Systems and Valicert, and he holds several patents.

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ERIC KNIPP

VP, Americas Systems Engineering - Cisco

Eric Knipp is the Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Americas Theatre. In this role, he leads the largest systems engineering team within Cisco and works closely with Sales leadership to develop Cisco’s technology go-to-market and ensure customer satisfaction. In addition, he is responsible for leading Cisco’s Architectural Specialist and Innovation Engineering teams in the Americas.

BREAKOUT SPEAKERS

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John Brett

Director of Subscription Sales
Pure Storage

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Mike Brooks

Practice Leader, Data & Analytics Strategy
Trace3

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Mark Butler

Advisory CISO
Trace3

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Julie Chickillo

VP, Head of Information Security
Guild Education

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Allen Clingerman

Chief Technology Strategist
Dell Technologies

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Jeff Denworth

Co-founder & CMO
Vast

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John DiGiovanni

Architectures Leader
‍Cisco Systems

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Marc Donovan

VP of Sales
Nutanix

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Brian Friedopfer

VP, Contact Center and Collaboration
‍Trace3

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Chris Gordon

Sr. Cloud Architect
‍Trace3

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Marty Hess

Regional Vice President, Cloud Alliances
Fortinet

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Dave Linder

Co-founder & Pure Storage Evangelist
Trace3

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Josh Lindsrtom

Managing Director of Intelligence
Trace3

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Asher Lohman

Field Chief Innovation Officer
Trace3

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John McGivern

Sr. Director of Cloud FinOps Consulting
Trace3

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CJ Metz

VP, Modern Infrastructure Solutions
‍Trace3

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Dave Linder

Practice Director, Converged Core
‍Trace3

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Scottie Miller

Technology Fellow for Systems Architecture
DreamWorks

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Jose Monroy

Technical Account Manager
Intel

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Amel Mujdzic

Cloud Architect
Trace3

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Sean Nilsen

Sr. Practice Director, Strategic Engagements
Trace3

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John Osley

Sr. Manager, Americas Channels
Riverbed

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Darren Patterson

Practice Director, Cloud Solutions
Trace3

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Chris Pedigo

GTM CTO
Lacework

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Steven Robb

GM, LCM
Trace3

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Darren Sack

Principal Consultant
Trace3

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Milo Sanchez

Practice Director, Network
‍Trace3

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Neal Steber

Cloud Services Director
HPE

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Parker Stevens

Sr. Cloud FinOps Consultant
Trace3

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Brian Stockbrugger

Cloud Security Architect
Microsoft

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Sarah Stone

Sr. Cloud FinOps Consultant
Trace3

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Abid Syed

Azure Practice Leader
Trace3

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Aiden Waldon

Director, Public Cloud Architecture and Engineering
Fortinet

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Jimmy Xu

Practice Director ‍
‍Trace3

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Adam Yaws

Product Sales Manager
Harness