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Starting his career in Army Signals, Andrew has spent the last 20+ years working across a variety of ICT roles. As a Technologist, with a passion for security Andrew has designed and delivered secure solutions across Government and Private organisations.

In his current role as the Director of AUSHIELD, Andrew leads Cybermerc’s technical teams to deliver sovereign cyber threat intelligence solutions along with protecting Australian organisations.

Andrew is regularly engaged for bespoke technical research and enjoys giving back to the industry through volunteer work and technical presentations at conferences.

William is an IT Professional and ISACA-certified Cyber Security Auditor with over 15 years experience in Networks and Information Technology across a broad range of industries including local government, insurance, public health, construction, automotive and commercial design.

William is the Cyber Risk Lead at InConsult, helping organisations to develop or improve their Cyber Resilience. In recent years, he has worked with a large number of Local Government Areas, State Government, Insurers and Health Insurers to assess maturity, aid in continual improvement and even develop complete frameworks from scratch in line with ISO 27001, APRA CPS 234 and the NIST Cyber Security Framework.

With a highly technical background, William provides a uniquely personal point of view having dealt with threats first hand. Through framework development, awareness training, phishing campaigns and much more, he is on a mission to help critical areas of Australian business better prepare rather than waiting around to respond.

Kevin Chen is one of the pioneer preachers of the Chinese blockchain industry and a well experienced international investor in the Fintech industry. He has achieved successful business investment and management experience in China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai and Australia. Kevin is the founder of Australia KJ Strategic Investment Pty Ltd and CloudTech Group and served as the Chief Strategic Officer of China Fortune Holdings Limited during 2017-2019 and the Financial Director of Country Heights Holding Berhad, Malaysia, from 2020-2022. As one of the most well-known institutional investors in the blockchain industry, Kevin is actively involved in project incubation and early investment. He has been an angel investor in many well-known projects, such as Binance, VeChain and aelf cloud network. After founding CloudTech Group in Dubai and Australia, he led the team to successfully establish the Blockchain World Summit and host the DCS 2021 summit in Dubai.

Jim Bates, PMP (certified Project Management Professional) is the founder, President and CEO of Business Improvement Group, Inc. (BIG) and an Adjunct Professor in several schools at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), including the Master of Science in Project Management (MSPM) program. Jim has served in various volunteer roles with the Project Management Institute Alaska Chapter (PMIAK) Since 2011 and served as Chapter President from October 2019 through December 2021.

Jim’s vast career spans 40+ years with proficiencies in Business Management, Project Management, and Information Technology. Jim is a certified leadership coach with GiANT, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and holds Master Certificates in Business Analysis, Lean Six Sigma, and Project Management from Villanova University. Jim has been published in CIO Review and Government Technology magazines among various other publications, and is a public speaker and renown expert on leadership, business process improvement, project management, and information technology.

Jim is an experienced executive and consultant who is passionate about leading business transformation and offering innovative, high-value solutions to everyday business challenges. He has a proven ability to successfully analyze an organization’s critical business requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, and align and integrate technology. He strives to help companies develop innovative and cost-effective solutions for enhancing competitiveness, increasing revenues, and improving customer service offerings.

Jim and his wife, Mechelle, (both life-long Alaskans) live in Eagle River, Alaska where they raised seven children. They now enjoy 15 grandchildren. Jim likes outdoor activities, woodworking, and reading. He enjoys giving back, and in addition to his contributions to local charities, has been involved in numerous missions to Africa and the Philippine Islands contributing to, promoting, and implementing quality-of-life improvement.

Asaf helps cyber security and SaaS companies land their first $1M ARR. Asaf has tackled this challenge for his own companies and multiple clients. He has co-founded education, software and telehealth businesses and is now working with Cyber security, InsurTech and automation startups in Israel, US and Australia. 

Struggling to get sales results in his startup in 2013, Asaf had to figure out that “marketing and sales thing”.  As a Major in the Israeli Air Force in a Cyber Security Unit, Asaf has learnt that nothing is done without proper intelligence. He quickly realised the current marketing and sales approaches lacked fundamental elements to be effective.

So he developed a framework that has allowed him to land for his own companies and his clients over $46M in revenue, win multiple awards and unlock growth for clients globally.

Asaf is the Co-Founder of Cannvalate, Managing Director of Ducere Global Business School, Faculty of Cyber (acquired), and is working with public and private companies globally.

Louay Saleh is a Cyber Security Senior Manager with more than 13 years of experience in the domain and overall experience of more than 21 years. When he was at his junior year at the university, Louay started to develop his passion for Cyber Security and realized that this is the field in which he wants to specialize.

Starting his career in the Software Development area and then moving to the IT Support and Operations, Louay was always aiming to advance his knowledge and experience in different IT areas in order to move to the Cyber Security. It was when he joined one of the Big 4 firms; Deloitte, that Louay was finally able to start working in that area. He worked in both Security Consulting and IT Audit; where he advised large customers mainly in the Banking, Financial, and Telecommunication fields. He then moved to Ernst & Young for a few months and similarly working with the same type of customers, before joining the National Bank of Egypt. Louay was responsible for building and leading the team in charge of the technical assessment activities such as the Vulnerability Management and Penetration Testing, in addition to the Incident Handling and Cyber Threat Intelligence. Louay considers those areas as his main specializations so he always tries to advance his knowledge and skills. A great deal of that is through doing the hands-on himself; whether during the work assignments or during the leisure time, as he always believes in building a good technical foundation and enhancing it whatever the job position one reaches. However, he also believes in balancing the technical expertise with the excellent leadership and business skills.

Louay acquired a few certificates such as GWAPT, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, and C|EH, and attended many hands-on trainings. Louay is also a seasonal Capture The Flag (CTF) player.

Sailor, Soldier, Hacker, Spy, Advisor, Alchemist

Jasun Tate is the founder of Black Alchemy Solutions Group a boutique privacy solutions development and cyber crisis management firm. He maintains a total of 17 years of actionable Cyber Warfare, Exploitation, and Defense experience both with the United States government and with a number foreign governmental agencies across the globe. Some of the agencies Mr. Tate has given his time, life and space working with include (but are not limited to)

• National Geo-spacial Intelligence Agency • Department of Defense

With his Public Sector career spanning between various Department of Defense entities and US Intelligence Agencies. Having worked directly in countries all around the world in both advisory and operational capacities he has seen the world from a cyber lens of exploitation unlike many others.

Mr. Tate’s unique blend of cyber and tactical operation experience and delivers a unique blend of cyber security, intelligence operations, and tactical situational awareness with a level of relevance only obtained in the field. Beyond his public sector career, he has held senior officer positions with Fortune 100 companies.

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Lachlan Feeney is the Founder and CEO of Labrys – Australia’s leading provider of blockchain development and consulting services. Lachlan founded Labrys out of his bedroom at the age of 19. He was an early adopter of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology and immediately realised the potential to build a better, more democratised future, with the technology. Labrys has worked with ASX listed Downer EDI, The Government of the Solomon Islands and global blockchain platform NEM Group, among others. Lachlan is on a mission to turn Labrys into a global blockchain-consulting authority as the technology moves further into the mainstream. Prior to starting Labrys, Lachlan has worked as a developer at fellow blockchain agency; Civic Ledger and as a cryptocurrency researcher at the Student Trading and Investment Association. Lachlan is also a co-author of The Handbook of Board Governance (2nd Edition).

Satnam Narang is Staff Research Engineer at Tenable with over 14 years of experience in the industry (M86 Security and Symantec). He contributed to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, helped develop a Social Networking Guide for the National Cyber Security Alliance, uncovered a huge spam botnet on Twitter and was the first to report on spambots on Tinder.

He’s appeared on NBC Nightly News, Entertainment Tonight, Bloomberg West, and the Why Oh Why podcast.

Marilise de Villiers, Founder & CEO, ROAR! Coaching & Consulting.

Marilise is a Performance Coach, Best-selling Author, TEDx Speaker & award-winning Behaviour Change Consultant that specialises in Finance, Technology & Cyber Security Awareness, Culture & Talent. She’s a podcast host, international keynote speaker & regular podcast guest.

ROAR! is passionate about people living successful, healthy, and happy lives. It’s about making your whole life work and becoming your whole self.

Marilise combines over two decades of experience as a chartered accountant and change consultant in finance, audit and cyber security awareness, culture and talent. She’s led the design and roll-out of global behaviour change programmes in consulting, research and operational delivery roles, across a broad range of industries and disciplines. Over the last decade, she’s been specialising in addressing cyber security behaviours and culture, encouraging organisations to move away from compliance-led‚ tick box approaches, towards risk-based, people-centric approaches that embed secure mindsets and habits into organisational culture. She emphasises the need for a speak-up culture that allows suspicious behaviour and mistakes to be surfaced and addressed.

Marilise’s coaching curriculum is science backed and centred on the strategies and thought processes of the world’s highest performers. It focuses on clarity, energy, courage, productivity, influence, and purpose.

Her signature ROAR! Blueprint is designed to:

ROAR is a four-step process to having courageous conversations – with others and with yourself. It stands for Recognise, Observe, Assert, Redirect.

Marilise is South African-British, married to Heinie and they have two boys, Heinrich (14) and Andreas (12).

Her motto is: work hard, play hard & be kind.