Mary Beth has over twenty years of finance, technology and security industry experience. She is an advisor to Clearforce, HyTrust, Robodub, Bluewater International and in 2018 founded The Cyber Guild and Uniting Women in Cyber in Washington, DC.

Previously Mary Beth was the CEO and President of LemonFish Technologies and CEO/CFO of two companies acquired by Deloitte and Microsoft.

Hosts:

Olga Polishchuk and Jeremy Haas , Workforce Show-Cyber

Sponsor: Looking Glass Cyber

Traci Silas was delegated by former Secretary Napolitano as the career Senior Director of the Federal Advisory Committees (FACA) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Prior to accepting her position as FACA director in 2013, Mrs. Silas served as the director of the Information Disclosure Office of DHS office of policy, privacy attorney for Booz Allen Hamilton, an international real estate attorney for Sothbys' International, a student ambassador for the United Nations Center for Human Rights and a legal intern for the Honorable Noels A Kramer of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Mrs. Silas holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton University; an international certification in European Common Law from the University of Nice in France: and international certification in European general practice from the University of the Netherlands Antilles in Curacao; and Juris Doctorate on general practice, international law and real estate law from Hofstra University School of Law. Recently Mrs, Silas completed the Excellence in Government Fellows Program, coursework at Harvard University's School for Continuing Education, found HappyGovLLC and developed the "Happy You" mobile application. Mrs. Silas lives in Calvert County Md with her husband and five children.

A woman leader, a professional, and a person who speaks to how technology has transformed her industry.

Wendy is a Principal in Grant Thornton’s https://www.grantthornton.com/ Public Sector Practice. Wendy has over 25 years of experience providing insights to federal, state, local and not-for-profit clients. Wendy’s professional experience is in enterprise risk management, business process optimization, project management, financial management, internal controls and strategic planning. Wendy is the National President-Elect for the Association of Government Accountants https://www.agacgfm.org/home.aspx from 2019-2020 and President 2020-2021. In her leadership roles, Wendy will represent AGA’s 96 chapters and more than 14,250 members across the United States.

Wendy holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Norfolk State University, an MBA in Management and a MS in Finance from the University of Maryland and an Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University

Sponsored by: Fairfax City, VA; LookingGlassCyber; Scientific Logic

ZOLAIKHA STRONG

Director of Energy Policy and Electrical Markets for the Copper Development Association (CDA)

Zolaikha Strong serves as the energy expert on sustainable energy markets for the copper industry. She supports policy makers in the development of energy policies and regulations, collaborates with manufacturers on the development of new technologies, promotes the value of copper related solutions in energy efficient systems, and builds partnerships with sustainable energy advocates.

Among her many activities, Strong recently hosted an electric vehicle summit in Washington, D.C. entitled, “EVs: Navigating the Road Ahead, an industry event powered by CDA.” The event gathered industry stakeholders for two robust panels featuring key leaders discussing the technology and policy advancements needed to accelerate the EV market.

Among her many speaking engagements and presentations, Strong has presented at the American Solar Energy Society’s Solar Conference, the TechConnect World Innovation Conference, the Alliance to Save Energy’s Energy 2030: On the Road events, the Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) – Policy Forum and the GLOBALCON Conference.

Strong has also commissioned industry studies on electric vehicles, energy storage, solar energy and wind energy.

Strong served on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC) and as co-chair of the Outreach and Education Sub-Committee. She is also a member of the Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Innovation Technology Roundtable, and an active participant and contributor to policy initiatives for the Alliance to Save Energy, the American Wind Energy Association, Energy Storage Association, American Copper Policy Council and the High Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition.

A regular contributor to many energy and policy publications, Strong has been recently published in The Hill, The Washington Times, ElectroIndustry Magazine, Renewable Energy World, Metal Center News, Wind Systems Magazine, IAEI Magazine and Energy & Mining International as well as Wind Power Engineering and Development’s Wind Talks podcast.

Prior to her work at the Copper Development Association, Strong was the Manager of Federal Regulatory Affairs at the Edison Electric Institute in Washington, D.C. During her time at Edison Electric Institute, Strong developed, analyzed, and advocated the Institute’s positions for federal and state energy regulation and legislation. She also has served as an Energy Analyst with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where she developed and implemented regulatory policy to foster nationwide competitive energy markets. Zolaikha was the International Policy Fellow and directly reported to President Clinton during his post Presidential transition while he was establishing the Clinton Foundation. Zolaikha was also an intern at the White House during the Clinton Administration.

Zolaikha holds a graduate degree in Public Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Seton Hall University

Asaad Taha is a leading Social Impact Entrepreneur and Senior Principle Adviser with multisectoral expertise on the continuum of social impact programs—from the strategic level to frontline delivery.

His background shows a quality education in multidisciplinary fields and 14-plus years in health, development, and management. In-the-trenches experiences have built his reputation in systems thinking and development, program design and execution, results-based monitoring and management, and implementation and oversight of donor and government-funded programs.

Sponsored by The Workforce Show and Science Logic and LookingGlassCyber

Dr. Steve Bennett,

Director, Global Government Practice

As the Global Government Practice lead, Steve Bennett is passionate about helping governments around the world put their data to work for the citizens they serve. In his current role, he drives strategic industry positioning and messaging in global government markets. A thought leader in decision science and the application of analytics in government, Steve works to ensure that analytics solutions at SAS deliver maximum value for governments around the world.

Prior to #SAS, Steve held a number of leadership positions during his 12 years in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Following the events of September 11th 2001, Steve led the design and application of quantitative analysis to inform some of the United States’ most challenging security decisions, most recently as the Director of the National Biosurveillance Integration Center.

Over the course of his career in Government, he led numerous efforts to provide analytic decision support to senior officials in the White House and across the U.S. Government, Including # DHS Steve is relentless in his commitment to helping governments improve decision making, and pursues better organization, management, and use of data as critical to that endeavor.

Steve holds a doctorate in Computational Biochemistry from Stanford, as well as undergraduate degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Caltech, and has authored a number of publications. When not supporting improved analytics in government, he is coaching youth soccer, leading children’s ministry at church, or building something in his workshop.

Sponsored by: ScientificLogic, LookingGlassCyber, FairfaxCity

Chris is the founder and CEO of HypaSec. Previously, Chris headed the Information Protection Group, network operations, security operations and joint-international intelligence team for the Aramco family. Helping to recover Aramco from a nation-state attack to implement digital security and reconnect international business operations. Responsible for all digital IT and ICS assets throughout the EMEA region (minus KSA) and Latin America. Subsequently, establishing and assisting global digital security teams, standards, security driven legal contracts for secure software development with third parties, the Aramco EU/UK Privacy group with internal and external council and computer emergency response teams. Chris has practical and strategic hands-on experience in several cyber warfare incidents. USAF Space Command, detecting and helping to halt the July 2009 Second Wave attacks from the DPKR against South Korea and helping to recover and reestablish international business operations after the world’s most devastating cyber warfare attack, Shamoon in 2012. Expert advisor and panelist for several governments and parliaments. Author of several books, offensive security trainer, digital security course creator, recognized expert in several digital security fields including IT/IOT/ICS SCADA space, maritime, aviation, oil & gas, electric, water and nuclear. You can read more about Chris' on Wikipedia about her work: https://t.co/r660FCTuun

Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City, ScienceLogic

Bianca Costa David

CIO/Director of Systems and Data Division

Bianca works for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) as head of the sub -cabinet office, Office of Systems and Data, responsible for assuring that all systems work at HHS including electronic heatth records ,

Interoperabity of legacy systems, new systems and state of the art applications in IT make her job challenging, But before entering public service she wanted to be a lawyer.

She has been with HHS for 9 years during which she has seen a dramatic growth in new products, solutions and systems which require a broad background in IT. Prior to HHS she owed with FEMA for 5 years.

Learn about her career in government, her enthusiastic volunteer work in organizations that benefit the community--and especially women. And hear what her recommendations for growing a career in IT.

Some links to Bianca's sites:

Women of God Network (nonprofit)

http://www.womenofgodnetwork.org

Travel Blog

https://diaryofthetravelingpairs.blogspot.com

\Sponsored by: LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City, Science Logic

Sponsored by: LookingGlassCyber, ScienceLogic, and Fairfax City

Nakul Munjal has worked in the cybersecurity industry since 2003. In 2006, he administered the first computer-based bar exam in the country. In 2009, as part of the founding team for IBM Security Systems in New York, he helped multiple Wall Street banks, insurance companies and rating agencies navigate new cybersecurity requirements resulting from the 2008 financial crisis. He is regarded as a subject matter expert in Identity and Access Management technologies, where he was an executive covering North America and Latin America for Micro Focus. Nakul began Status Identity after observing Chief Security Officers often struggle with inconvenient security controls that cause productivity losses in their organizations. With increasingly stringent cybersecurity policies through GDPR, NYDFS, FISMA and others; this problem was compounding. Nakul is passionate about reducing the security burden on individuals while preserving their privacy and digital rights. He believes that the distribution of personal data must be limited; and can be effectively used to empower users. Nakul holds a Bachelors in Biology and Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an MBA with Honors from Babson College

Sponsored by: ScienceLogic, LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City

LUIS E. BORUNDA

Deputy Secretary of State, Maryland

What does it take to be an advocate for education--whether apprenticeships or college. Where does he see the future of work heading and how will workforce challenges be addressed? .

This and other topics are discussed with Luis Borunda ,who among his many accomplishments, was the U.S. Hispanic

Youth Entrepreneur program to address education drop out rates of Hispanic youth.

In addition to leading five divisions of the Secretary's office he is active in the Maryland Hispanic Business Conference.

Host: Victor deLeon