SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Anatoly Bodner, Global Head of IT Security Capabilities, The Kraft Heinz Company

Bio coming soon!

Snehal Contractor, Sr. VP, Global Sales Engineering, Stellar Cyber

Snehal Contractor is responsible for Global Systems Engineering at Stellar Cyber. He is an engineering professional with over 30 years of experience in technical sales, marketing, and management.

Snehal has worked for startup companies such as Netscreen, Palo Alto Networks, Riverbed, Fortinet, Aerohive, Cisco, and USRobotics. During his tenure at these companies, he has supported the largest Service Providers and System Integrators globally. Some of the accounts he has supported are Accenture, Dimension Data, Verizon, French Telecom, ATT, Forsythe Security, and Sprint; these accounts eventually became the top partners for his company. Snehal is called upon to be a trusted consultant to on-board these global partners from business development to complete technical enablement. Snehal earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of Illinois.

Jeffrey Deakins, CISO, Marmon Holdings, Inc.

As the first CISO for Marmon (28,000+ employees), I have designed, built, and implemented a new strategic cybersecurity program in partnership with our executive team, internal audit, and IT Teams. As a highly skilled and experienced CISO, I have a proven track record of success in implementing and managing security strategies to protect organizations from cyber threats. I deeply understand industry best practices, regulatory compliance, and the latest security technologies. I am a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills, able to inspire and guide teams to achieve common goals. My ability to communicate complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders has helped me to build strong relationships across the organization. I am excited to connect with other security professionals and continue to learn and grow in my field.

I hold two master’s degrees in Information Technology and a CISM and CISSP certification.

Technical Products: SentinelOne (EDR), Azure (Cloud), ProofPoint (Email Filtering), Cisco Umbrella (URL Filtering), Workday, Salesforce (CRM), Okta (IAM/MFA), BitSight, Power Automate (RPA), Nessus, KnowBe4 (Phishing), Wombat (Phishing), ServiceNow, Active Directory, Microsoft Security Products (Security E5), Python, SQL Server, NIST CSF, CIS 8.0, and much more.

Larry A. Dunham, Digital Risk Officer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Larry Dunham’s introduction to the world of IT began as a child when his father gave him a COBOL programming manual and a pad of coding sheets. Thirty years ago, his career in electronics led him into a hardware/software support role for his employer’s PC-based products, and later to enterprise IT and IT security management. Before coming to the University of Illinois in 2014 he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for a Springfield, Illinois financial services firm, managing a body of security policy and overseeing a full external IT Security audit on average every two weeks by one or another of their corporate clients in the financial world.

Upon beginning his tenure at the university, Larry was asked to help establish a Governance, Risk and Compliance program and is currently engaged in transforming risk management from an operational function to a strategic planning resource. In addition, Larry has been an adjunct instructor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois – Springfield for over a decade, primarily teaching information security and information risk management topics to undergrad seniors and graduate students from all over the world. 

Stacy Estrada, Asst. Director, Enterprise Architecture and Security, Montage Health

Stacy Estrada has nearly two decades of experience as an IT practitioner and leader and has worked with the US Department of Defense and a large healthcare provider/payer in California. Stacy is a highly experienced Information Security and Information Technology leader with a strong background in leading and security and technical teams, developing and implementing security roadmaps and programs, aligning security with organizational goals, and project management leadership in security and infrastructure implementations in high availability environments.

Stacy graduated from Yale University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. She enjoys mentoring through programs such as Women in CyberSecurity (WiCys). Born and raised in California, Stacy is looking to expand her network in the Midwest. 

Joe Gonzalez, Sales Engineer, Cyberhaven

Joe Gonzalez brings over a decade of experience as a cybersecurity professional. He was a founding Sales Engineer at notable companies such as Duo Security and Wiz. He was also a Senior SE at Attack Surface Management company, Censys before making his way to Cyberhaven. During his years of experience, he’s worked with most of the Fortune 100 and helped the most innovative companies solve difficult security challenges. Working with organizations immediately post incident as well as working through multi-year projects to transform cybersecurity programs. His technical background includes focuses on IAM, MFA, Networking, Cloud Security, Attack Surface Management and Data Security. He is passionate about promoting Cyberhaven’s data lineage approach and feels that data security is the most critical area of cybersecurity at this time.

Marty Kondziolka, Area Manager, AccessIT Group

Bio coming soon!

Derek Milroy, Sr. Security Architect, Large Midwest Enterprise

Derek has been implementing security in corporate environments, as both an internal employee and a consultant, for twenty plus years.

His main areas of focus are: PCI DSS Compliance, Vulnerability Management, Threat Modeling, Network Security, IDPS, Incident Response, Windows Hardening, Log Management/SEIM, and Securing Cloud/Hybrid Environments. He has also crafted and implemented standards, policies, and procedures to maintain the security of his employer’s / client’s environments.

Additionally, he has a strong background in Risk Management including implementing Risk registers and performing Security/Risk Assessments (CIS Top20 and NIST).

Mike Neuman, AVP, Security & Compliance, VelocityEHS

Mike is well versed in navigating the complexities of regulated environments, improving cybersecurity operations, and continuously driving compliance. His has successfully lead onshore and offshore teams while maintaining high performance standards and focusing on business solutions and client engagement. Prior to joining VelocityEHS, Mike served as the Vice President of Information Security at Backstop Solutions Group, where he spearheaded the development of a process-driven approach towards achieving FedRAMP certification and SOC2 Type II certification. Earlier in his career, Mike drove the efforts at Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) to achieve PCI compliance as a merchant and service provider. Mike earned his MS in Communications System Management from Northwestern University and a BA in History and Political Science from Purdue University.