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Ms. Tenenbaum was appointed by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2009, as Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and served until November 30, 2013. Tenenbaum established a leadership philosophy aimed at making the agency more accessible and transparent; making education and advocacy a priority; and being firm, but fair in enforcing product safety laws.

During her tenure, she fulfilled a key promise to the Congress and consumers by working closely with agency staff and industry and consumer stakeholders to complete all the major safety rules required by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), a law that reformed and empowered the CPSC. In implementing the Act, Ms. Tenenbaum advocated and the Commission supported

• the establishment of the strongest baby crib safety standards in the world;
• the lowest lead limit for children's products in the world;
• mandatory standards for toys, toxic metals, and juvenile products; and
• premarket testing of children's products by independent, third-party laboratories.

Prior to becoming Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Ms. Tenenbaum served as South Carolina's State Superintendent of Education from 1999-2007. During her tenure as State Superintendent, student achievement in South Carolina improved at the fastest rate in the nation, with scores increasing on every state, national, and international tests administered. At the end of Ms. Tenenbaum's tenure, the prestigious journal Education Week ranked South Carolina number one in the country for the quality of its academic standards, assessment, and accountability systems.

Tony provides consulting and industry experience in organizational development, procurement transformation, spend analytics, category management, strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, supplier management, supply chain performance and third party risk management.

• 11 years international experience in procurement, supply chain and project management
• 7 years experience as a procurement consultant operating across many industries

Throughout his career, Tony has delivered wide-ranging category management and sourcing leadership across traditional and auction platforms, that have resulted in value delivery, sustainable results and improved supply chain resilience.

• Source-to-Pay Procurement transformation
• Spend assessment and savings delivery
• Category Management strategic planning
• Utilization of reverse and forward auction platforms
• Procurement strategy, process, and governance redesign
• Supplier performance measurement and management design
• Contract drafting and negotiation
• Training and development programs to transfer knowledge and best practice

• 2011 Arab Games Qatar
• 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
• 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa
• 2006 & 2010 FIFA World Cup bid for South Africa
• 2005 ICC Women's World Cup
• 2004 Olympic bid for South Africa
• 2003 ICC World Cup

Security Design of Sport Facilities
In addition Malcolm has also led the security design and security peer review of various sport facilities for National Olympic Committees, FIFA World Cup Organising Committees and world renowned football clubs.

Safety and Security Assessments
Malcolm has performed a variety of safety and security assessments for major sporting events in a variety of countries, sports and events ranging from Summer- and Winter Olympics to FIFA World Cups and others, which has assisted in keeping abreast of new technologies and practices.

Current Role
In his current role at the ICSS, he is responsible for the strategic positioning and management of the Safety and Security Directorate and the delivery of sport safety and security related advisory services for major sporting events, sport organisations and sport facilities on a global basis.

These practices included more than 60 risk management professionals. Her experience includes all areas of regulatory compliance, BSA/AML work, handling lending and real estate transactions, managing loans in litigation and bankruptcy, supervising enforcement action compliance and drafting and negotiating contracts.

Lyn is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and an Anti-Money Laundering Professional.

She is a frequent speaker at banking events and regularly publishes articles on a variety of banking-related topics. Her publications include:

• Reference Guide to Regulatory Compliance, published by the American Bankers Association, the official study guide to the CRCM examination
• Law and Banking textbook published by the American Bankers Association
• Consumer Lending textbook published by the American Bankers Association
• ABA Compliance Audit Manual co-author of the original edition
• Quick Reference Guide to Regulatory Compliance
• Consumer Lending published by The Institute for Financial Education (now BAI)

Lyn is the recipient of the ABA 2012 Distinguished Service Award. She received her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University.

In addition, Mark plays a key role in recommending and overseeing improvements to the organization's financial processes, policies and system of internal controls for existing and newly acquired businesses.

Mark has as extensive and successful background ranging from his service in the U.S. Air Force to various accounting and finance roles.

Mark received his B.S. in accounting and finance from Wright State University, Dayton Ohio. Mark is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. Additionally, Mark is a member of several professional organizations.

Breiten earned bachelor of arts degrees in Business Administration and Spanish from Wartburg College.

He has successfully Implemented security program based on modern security architecture principle like Innovation, Agile Architecture, Vendor Independence Products, Federated and Distributed Solutions supported by Agile Iterative Portfolio and Program Management approach using matrix organizations and supplemented by modern GRC tools. He recently received "The Face of GRC Industry Award" at GRC Summit 2014 for his contribution toward GRC industry specially for designing the first “Continuous Compliance solution” over Metric Stream GRC platform. He was also awarded “CISO of the Year” finalist by ECH Council in Sept 2014. Currently he is working with CIO-CISO Forum to prepare and present multiple case studies for Innovative and Agile Security and GRC solutions for CIO-CISO forums Summits for 2015-2016.

Michael has contributed to U.S. Congressional reports and committees, and currently serves on the Leadership Council of the OCEG and chairs the OCEG Technology Council, OCEG Policy Management Group, and the OCEG GRC Architect Group.

Michael is quoted extensively in the press and is respected for his commentary on broadcast news channels. He is an Honorary Life Member in The Institute of Risk Management for his contributions to risk management and GRC. In June 2007, Treasury & Risk recognized Michael as one of the 100 most influential people in finance with specific accolades noting his work in “Governance and Compliance: Saving the Planet and the Corporation” and as a “Rising Star in Rocky Times: Corporate America’s Outstanding Executives.”

Prior to founding GRC 20/20 Research, Michael was a Vice-President and ’Top Analyst’ at Forrester Research, Inc. Before Forrester, he led the risk/compliance consulting practice at a professional services firm, and prior to that has specific experience managing compliance and risk within commercial organizations.

Michael’s educational experience consists of a Juris Doctorate in law and a Bachelor of Science in Business. Michael is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School with a research focus in ethics and church history. He is a GRCP (GRC Professional), CCEP (Certified Compliance and Ethic Professional), and a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional). OCEG has recognized him as an OCEG Fellow for his contributions and advancement of GRC practices around the world.

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Previous Work Experience
His previous experience includes marketing and public relations for security, compliance, and risk management vendors.

Education
Chris has an M.S. in business ethics and compliance from the New England College of Business and Finance and a B.S. in marketing from California State University, Fresno.

In his current role, Frank has management responsibility over the Operational Risk Management Group, which consists of the Operational Risk Management, Vendor Risk Management, Information Security, IT Risk, and Business Continuity Planning departments. Prior to joining Hudson City Savings Bank, Frank spent eleven years at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, where in his last role; he served as Director and Head of the Operational Risk Management Group.

Frank brings over 18 years of experience in the banking industry designing and implementing risk management frameworks, and throughout his career he has spearheaded multiple large-scale projects to reduce inefficiency, minimize risk exposure, and comply with regulatory requirements. Frank received the distinction of Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) from the Association for Financial Professionals and obtained the Certification in Control Self-Assessment (CCSA) from the Institute of Internal Auditors. Frank graduated from Swarthmore College with a BA in Economics, and received his MBA from the City University of New York, Zicklin School of Business.

Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President (and founding family member) for one of the largest global manufacturers of bullet resistant armor for the police and military markets.

In 2007, as part of a cooperation agreement with the United States Department of Justice and subsequent Immunity from Prosecution in the UK, Mr. Bistrong assisted the United States and other governments in their understanding of how FCPA violations occurred and operated in international sales. Mr. Bistrong's cooperation, including covert cooperation, and as a cooperating witness, which covered five years, was one of the longest in US white-collar criminal investigations. In 2012, Mr. Bistrong was sentenced as part of his own Plea Agreement, and served fourteen-and-a-half months at a Federal Prison Camp.

Richard now blogs at www.richardbistrong.com about current FCPA and anti-bribery compliance issues, drawing from his own perspective to discuss trends and compliance challenges, especially as they might impact overseas business executives and groups. Richard consults with organizations via his consulting practice Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC where he looks at organizational messages, including “unspoken messages,” as well as individual ethics as potential red-flags of corruption. He asks the question: Are individual and corporate ethics, strategy, compensation and behavior all aligning with the programs of anti-bribery compliance? Richard also delivers a very powerful and emotional message that bribery is a real world crime with real world consequences to those in the field.

Mr. Bistrong has a BA from the University of Rochester and an MA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia, including studies at the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, Austria. He is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. Mr. Bistrong resides in the New York Metropolitan area with his wife and has two children.

Richard can be reached via his blog, LinkedIn, or at Richardtbistrong@gmail.com. He frequently tweets about #compliance and #fcpa topics at @richardbistrong.

Dave was embedded in the Office of Internal Governance Global Trade Controls Organization for 6 years as a Sr. Trade Control Specialist with responsibilities for IT requirements globally. Dave has received multiple company-level awards while at Boeing, including both the Atlas and CIO awards. Dave is a married father of 7, lives in Olympia WA, operates a family farm and enjoys his family above all.

In his last role, Peter and the team he led worked closely with other business partners to grow, protect and sustain the Company’s business by assuring the safety and sustainability of the global liquid food ingredient supply (juice, coffee, tea & dairy ingredient supply). This work included assisting with the authorization, governance and development of over 600 supply points around the world.

Mr. Chatel received his Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Technology with a minor in Agronomy from Cornell University. He obtained his Masters of Science Degree in Environmental Engineering from Northeastern University. As he completed graduate school, Peter accepted a position with Arthur D. Little, Inc. (ADL) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During his seven years with ADL, Peter was recognized with this firm’s prestigious Presidential Award for his leadership in significantly growing the EHS Auditing and Training business. He also was elected Director and asked to lead the EHS Auditing practice before departing for The Coca-Cola Company.

Dave served as the Associate Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies from August 2009 until May 2014. As a leading political appointee for the Obama Administration in charge of federal IT innovation, he transformed his office into a powerful engine for making government operations more open, transparent, and participatory.

Through the use of innovative technologies, his office connected the public to government information and services through the Internet, collaborative Web 2.0 and public dialogue tools, call centers, and other emerging new media and citizen engagement technologies. His office created several award-winning web sites, including USA.gov, Data.gov, Challenge.gov, USABusiness.gov and several others. In addition, his office housed the PMOs for the Federal Cloud Computing and Federal Cloud Credential Exchange, the GSA FedRAMP program (currently the world’s largest implementation of how to efficiently and continuously evaluate cloud services provider security/privacy), and the Presidential Innovation Fellows projects, including GSA’s “18F” innovation project teams and portfolio.

Dave’s career spans nearly three decades with diverse IT roles inside and outside of government, including Managing VP for Gartner Inc.’s government research team, where he managed the global government research agenda and analyst support, and contributed to worldwide events and consulting; VP for e-government and technology at the Council for Excellence in Government, where he established the pioneering CIO SAGE mentoring activity for incoming government CIOs; and Director for Information Management Studies at the Government Accountability Office, where he conducted wide-ranging reviews of IT management capabilities throughout the federal government, founded GAO’s “best practices” reports, and helped write landmark IT reform legislation such as the 1996 Clinger-Cohen Act and the 2002 eGovernment Act. He also served on the Federal CIO Council Executive Committee, IAC/ACT Executive Advisory Board, Institute for Innovation for IAC/ACT, and the Executive Advisory Committee for AFCEA/Bethesda.

During his career, Dave has been recognized as an influential IT leader, including the following achievements: the 2014 AFFIRM Career Leadership Award, 2014 National Association of State CIOs Technology Champion Award, Executive Mosaic’s 2013 Washington 100 List for driving value to the American public through strategic vision, innovation and achievement, 2013 FedScoop 50 Federal IT Leader Award, 2013 American Council for Technology (ACT) John J. Franke Award for high impact, long-term leadership in the federal government, 2012 Fed100 Government Eagle Award recipient as the most significant individual affecting federal IT, 2012 FedScoop 50 Golden Gov Leadership Award, and a four-time winner of Federal Computer Week’s “Top Federal 100″ (1998, 2001, and 2004, 2012) for impact on government IT directions and improvements. Additionally, under his leadership, GSA received the 2013 Innovation in American Government Award from the Ash Center and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for the Challenge.gov web platform used by 59 federal agencies to run challenges and prizes to crowd source for innovative solutions for tough government problems.

Dave has a Bachelor of Arts and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Texas, and a doctorate in public policy from the University of North Texas. He also completed post-graduate work in IT management at Harvard and George Washington universities.

He joined Goldman Sachs as a partner in 1999. Prior to joining the firm, David worked in various capacities at Irving Trust Company, Drexel Burnham, and Bear Stearns.

David is a member of the Board of Trustees of Hamilton College and serves on the board of the Robin Hood Foundation.David earned a BA in Political Science from Hamilton College.

Lenhart’s CareSource career includes leadership positions in Internal Audit and Special Investigations, and the Finance department. In Finance, he was responsible for strategic department growth in line with corporate goals. Kurt has more than 16 years of experience in building and implementing a risk management culture through coordination and educational activities. Early in his career, Kurt was an Information Technology auditor at Deloitte.

Kurt earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and management information systems from Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio. He has also achieved a Certification in Health Care Compliance Designation from HCCA in 2014.

Lenhart resides in the Dayton, Ohio area with his wife and four children. He enjoys golf, landscaping, coaching children’s sports and generally all outdoor activities.

His previous roles ranged across the full risk spectrum including governance, forensic investigations, cyber security, operations, protective teams, compliance, financial exposure, business continuity, assurance etc. While working with the Canadian Federal Government, Rob was actively involved in National Crisis Management Planning including the coordination of Counter-Terrorism scenarios involving Prime Ministerial Cabinet officials and heads of military special forces as well as law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

He is a published author and frequent speaker on leading enterprise governance and operational risk management best practices, including Oprisk & Regulation North America / Europe, Risk Management Association (RMA), Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). He has also served in executive positions on industry boards, including the Conference Board of Canada’s inaugural Chief Security Officer Council, and the U.S. Chief Information Security Officer Forum (ISSA).

Born in Toronto, Rob has an MBA from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management as well as a degree in Criminology & Public Policy from the Universite d’Ottawa. He has also actively continued his education through various risk training and executive programs (e.g. Harvard Business School, University of Washington Graduate Banking School, Center for Creative Leadership, Queen’s University – Finance, Certified Information Systems Security Professional - CISSP).

In addition, as a 2X full Ironman triathlete, Rob has shared his learning experiences with professional and youth audiences on overcoming adversity and building personal and team resiliency to achieve their goals. Rob has also coached youth sports and has been involved in various community volunteer and fund raising efforts.

He now lives in Charlotte with his wife and two children.

In addition, Alfred previously worked at Headquarters BAE Systems, Inc. from 2006-2011, as a Manager within the International Trade Compliance function.

Alfred’s current responsibilities at BAE Systems, Inc. include working in partnership with the Business Sector Senior Export Directors and the International Trade Licensing professionals to effectively manage the company’s international trade compliance posture through internal audit, new acquisition assessments, investigations, disclosure reporting, training and regulatory awareness programs throughout the corporation by providing education to its U.S. owner or managed non-U.S. companies plus international affiliates and field offices.

Alfred has also held positions as a Program Manager with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement on matters directly relating to export enforcement. To include, Alfred served twenty-three proud and honorable years in the U.S. States Air Force wherein he concluded his career with the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

Alfred received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Maryland and his Masters of Business Administration from National Louis University. From 2012 to 2014, Alfred has served as an active member of the Defense Trade Advisory Group. Alfred has also served as a Conference Director or Committee Chair for several Society for International Affair Conferences, and as a Guest Speaker of Panel Speaker on several industry-wide conferences.

Previously, Tom was senior privacy manager at CVS Health, where he established the policies and work procedures that govern the company’s vendor assessment program. This included designing the risk methodology for assessing vendors and the methodology for re-performing vendor assessments. He also oversaw all assessments for existing and potential third party service providers that in any way use or access proprietary PII, PHI, card holder (PCI), and proprietary data. Tom is a respected subject matter expert on third party risk, and was on the Steering Committee for the Shared Assessments Program; the founding organization for standardized and objective vendor management assessment methodologies, and the trusted source for third party risk assurance. He is also an active blogger for the Huffington Post’s Business section on risk and has had blogs published on various industry websites such as Shared Assessments, Government Health IT, and ISACA.

For his service as Inspector General of the Department of Defense, he was awarded the Depart-ment of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the highest honorary award presented by the Secretary of Defense to non-career federal employees.

Prior to his service as Inspector General of the Department of Defense, Mr. Schmitz was a Partner in the international law firm of Patton Boggs LLP and at the same time a Captain in the United States Naval Reserves, serving as Inspector General of the Naval Reserve Intelligence Command. He has extensive experience in overseeing compliance with various international and security-related laws, including but not limited to the Inspector General Act, Intelligence Oversight laws, the Posse Comitatus Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and laws administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

Mr. Schmitz co-founded the law firm of SCHMITZ & SOCARRAS LLP in October 2014. Before that, he served as CEO of JOSEPH E. SCHMITZ, PLLC, a veteran-owned small business law firm that he founded in 2008. From September 2005 through 2008, Mr. Schmitz served as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of the Prince Group in McLean, Virginia. From January 2009 through April 2010 he served as Managing Director in the Washington D.C. Office of Freeh Group International. His pre-Inspector General public service included: twenty-seven years of naval service, first on active duty and then as a reserve officer; law clerk to the Honorable James L. Buckley, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; and Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, the Honorable Edwin Meese III.

Mr. Schmitz has published numerous articles and has testified as a constitutional expert before U.S. Senate committees, and before various state legislature committees. From 1995 until 2002, he was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he developed and taught a seminar on advanced Constitutional Law. He is an alumnus of the American Council on Germany Young Leaders Program, the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, and the International Association of Independent Private Sector Inspectors General.

In May 2013, the Center for Security Policy Press published Mr. Schmitz’ latest book, “THE INSPECTOR GENERAL HANDBOOK: FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE, AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL ‘ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC’,” as the first-ever practical handbook that answers the questions, “By what authority?” and “For what purpose?” American Inspectors General do what they do. This new Inspector General Handbook is designed to be useful both to IG professionals and to other military, civilian government, and corporate leaders, including general counsel, who sooner or later will need to work intelligently with an Inspector General.

Mr. Schmitz graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1978, and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Stanford University in 1986. He is a Senior Fellow for the Center for Security Policy, and a regular Newsmax “Insider” on constitutional issues under the banner, “Support and Defend.” In 2010, Mr. Schmitz was selected by the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition as one of 28 Community Leadership Awardees, and in 2013 he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (Virginia Chapter) as an “Outstanding American.”

Mr. Pinkett serves in a leadership capacity as chairman of the National Bankers Association and vice chairman of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. He serves on the board of directors/trustees for Montclair State University, Lead New Jersey, Global Impact Investment Network, Gil St. Bernard’s School and University Ventures. He also serves on advisory committees for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Minority Depository Institutions and the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Urban Research.

Pinkett holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from Cornell University as well as Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

John and his ORM Department staff members interacts with all business and support functional areas as well as other control functions such as Market Risk, Credit Risk, Legal, Regulatory Compliance, Finance, and Internal Audit within Mizuho and regulators. John partakes on global ORM and SOX initiatives together with Mizuho’s parent company and its’ subsidiaries management team.

Prior to joining Mizuho, John has extensive financial services operational, regulatory and audit experience with a concentration in the capital markets and broker-dealer industry. He has held several high-ranking positions in Internal Audit at financial service firms, including investment banks, broker/dealers, on-line securities trading companies and banking institutions and has established first time internal audit and ORM departments for organizations. John’s professional experience includes PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, NatWest Markets, N.A., Datek Online Holdings Corp., Fortis Financial Services, and Friedman Billings Ramsey Group. John serves on the Executive Committee of The Risk Management Association – New York Chapter and was the President of The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association – Internal Auditors Society for 2013. John has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University, is a Certified Financial Services Auditor of the Institute of Internal Auditors, and has Series 99 and several GARP SOX Certifications.

Beth has held several leadership positions since joining Corporate Audit in 2004. During this time she has led the Automation Team, developing automated testing and continuous monitoring of key controls. From 2009 through 2011, Beth was the Business Support lead for the Corporate General Auditor.

Prior to joining Corporate Audit, Beth held several key positions in Global Treasury Services (GTS), including serving in a Business Support role for the GTS Product Solutions Executive. She was instrumental in the design and implementation of an integrated data repository for a variety of GTS clients around the world, all of whom were previously on multiple systems after several mergers and acquisitions. This cutting-edge solution resulted in significant cost savings and improved work efficiency.

As head of technology strategy for GTS, she spearheaded the introduction of personal computers to the sales organization. She also was the first person to develop operational and sales reporting, earning special recognition for leadership and innovation from Bank of America Chairman and CEO Hugh McColl.

Beth joined Bank of America in 1985 and is located in Charlotte, NC. She resides with her husband Glenn in nearby Gastonia, NC. Beth is certified in Six Sigma Greenbelt, Lean Process, and Change Process & Capability Maturity Model. She attended Lee College in Cleveland, TN, with a concentration in Business Education and a minor in Biblical Studies.

Kaivan has more than 29 years of risk, security, technology and banking industry expertise, and he has enjoyed a career spanning over 19 years with FIS. Kaivan has served in several leadership roles at FIS, including senior vice president of technology, responsible for all internal systems at FIS; GM community banking; CIO community banking; product development/professional services; and facility management account manager.

Prior to joining FIS, Kaivan spent eight years at Bank of Smithtown, a commercial bank in Smithtown, N.Y., where he began as a computer systems analyst and ended his tenure as EVP of operations. Before that, he worked as a computer systems analyst at Lawrence Aviation, a company that created military aircraft components. Kaivan holds a master’s degree in business administration from Adelphi University. He also received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the State University of New York.

Prior to joining TCF, Mr. Stautz was with Norwest Corporation for 15 years.

Mr. Stautz holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois and is a certified public accountant with an inactive license to practice public accounting.

The SINET model is designed to advance innovation by connecting the ecosystem of the entrepreneur; academia, science, private industry, investment banking, system integration, policy, innovators, law enforcement, venture capital and the Federal Government to include the civilian, military and intelligence agencies. In 2001, Robert spearheaded the development of the U. S. Secret Service’s first public-private partnership Cybersecurity initiative in the Western Region of the United States. Since 2005 he has been advising and coordinating the public private sector outreach for the DHS S&T and SRI International.

Robert has served on the US Air Force Cybersecurity Advisory Board and has been called upon numerous times by Federal Government Agencies and universities such as Stanford and UNC Charlotte to help coordinate their private sector outreach to the venture capital community and both large and small businesses. In his previous career Robert served twenty-two years as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service where he held a number of executive leadership positions within the Presidential Protection, Protective Intelligence, Inspection, Criminal Investigation Divisions and the Counter Assault Team. His executive protection experience spanned 10 years at the White House serving Presidents Ronald W. Reagan, George H. Bush, William J. Clinton and numerous Heads of State.

He serves on the Board of Advisors for The Chertoff Group, as Director Emeritus for the San Francisco Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, National Cyber Security Hall of Fame Board of Directors and is a certified graduate of the Federal Government’s Senior Executive Service Program.

Prior to her assignment as Chief Risk Officer, Anne served as the Director of NSA’s Commercial Solutions Center, responsible for NSA’s interface and partnerships with the private sector. Prior to that, she served as Special Assistant to the Director, NSA, for the Enduring Security Framework (ESF), building a deep and effective partnership between leading companies, the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, NIST and NSA, on initiatives across a broad set of technical and policy areas. In this capacity, Anne also led the Department of Defense’s Defense Industrial Base Pilot, defining the first policy and legal framework for government sharing of classified signatures and indicators with Internet Service Providers. Prior to ESF, Anne served on the U.S. Cyber Command Implementation Team which led the planning and standup of USCYBERCOM.

Prior to joining NSA, Anne served as the Navy’s Deputy Chief Management Officer and a Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Navy, with responsibility for guiding Navy enterprise IT programs.

Anne first joined government service in 2007 as a White House Fellow, working for Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The nonpartisan White House Fellows Program was founded in 1964 and is one of America’s most prestigious programs for leadership and public service.

Prior to joining government service, Anne was Senior Vice President of Operations at American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (AST), where she was responsible for directing operations, including dividend distributions, and complex mergers, and acquisitions processing, for approximately 2,000 publicly traded companies. Anne joined AST in 1994 as a software programmer, was promoted to the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) in 2003 and Senior VP of Operations in 2005. As CIO, she led a team that designed and implemented systems to automate the granting and exercising of stock options as well as online share purchases and sales. As Senior VP of Operations, she managed the acquisition and integration of the corporate trust operations of Wachovia Bank, NA.

Anne earned a MBA, Beta Gamma Sigma and a Masters of International Affairs from Columbia University. She graduated from Touro College, summa cum laude, where she was awarded the Hannah Lander Award for Academic Excellence and a Merit Scholarship.

Dr. Fonash also served as the chief with the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) Joint Combat Support Applications Division, providing technical software integration services to functional communities and guiding functional applications compliance with the standard common operational environment.

Before joining the Federal Government, Dr. Fonash worked for AT&T and the Burroughs Corporation (Unisys).

Dr. Fonash earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, and a Doctorate in Information Technology and Engineering from George Mason University.

He is author of the New York Times bestseller The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, the revelatory book that explains everything we know about what we don’t know. In it, he defines a “black swan” as a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: it is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. He concludes that black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives. He offers surprisingly simple tricks for dealing with black swans and benefiting from them, and changing the way we look at the world.

Previously, Taleb has held senior positions with major banks focusing on the trading and risk management of complex derivatives, and worked independently on the floor of the Chicago exchanges. He went on his own in 1999 and, until 2008, specialized in protecting portfolios against extreme events.

In addition to his other books and scholarly papers, Taleb is the author of the extremely popular Fooled by Chance: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, which was named by Fortune as one of The Smartest Books of All Time. His books have more than a million copies in print, and are translated into 27 languages.

He is currently a visiting professor at the London Business School. He held among other positions that of the Dean's Professor in the Sciences of Uncertainty at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and taught derivatives modeling at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. He has an MBA from Wharton and a PhD from the University of Paris.

The London Times has described Taleb as a “giant of modern thought… The hottest thinker in the world,” and GQ calls him “the most prophetic voice of all.”

Topics:
- The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
- Fooled by Chance: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life & in the Markets

Kevin brings over 20 years of high-tech product management and entrepreneurial experience to TRUSTe and is an industry thought leader, entrepreneur and visionary on privacy, online identity, reputation and trust. He has spoken at numerous industry conferences including the IAPP Data Protection Congress, Online Media Marketing and Advertising (OMMA), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Compliance Week Europe, Cannes Lions, Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) and the Application Developer Alliance.

Prior to TRUSTe, Kevin founded AssertID, a technology company that provides parental consent services to address the COPPA regulatory space in protecting children’s privacy online. Previously, Kevin spent eight years at VeriSign, including as director of product management for the SSL, authentication and security services business units. Kevin holds multiple patents and patent applications in online identity.

Kevin has a Masters of Science in Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he is a Sloan Fellow. Kevin also holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he concurrently served as a lab administrator for the University Computer Services Organization.

Sudheesh has helped many customers in implementing GRC convergence framework and Risk Management Frameworks. He conceptualized and implemented many innovative solutions including Risk Intelligence Framework, Integrated GRC Framework, Unified Control Framework and Control Automation solution. His experience includes:

• GRC Consulting experience including Enterprise Risk Management, IT Risk Management, GRC transformation, Security Architecture and Information Security Strategy
• Compliance assessments covering Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and Data Privacy
• Providing GRC advice to senior management (CXO Level) of fortune 500 companies on regular basis
• GRC tool experience including SAP GRC, Archer and OpenPages

Sudheesh has work experience in multiple geographies including North America, Europe, South East Asia and India. Prior to joining Wipro, Sudheesh worked with Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Risk Management & Audit Management domains.

Sudheesh is a Chartered Accountant by profession and has many security & project management certifications to his credit including CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, ISO 27001 LA and Stanford Certified Program Manager.

Hurley joined Integrys’ power generation non-regulated business in 2000, served as Interim Controller in 2003, and later became the Director of Portfolio Management and Planning for all non-regulated business. In late 2009 she moved to the compliance department as the selected Director - Compliance.

Prior to joining Integrys, Hurley was a consultant for Jefferson Well’s accounting and financial practice and served over 4 years with Schneider National working in Corporate Accounting and Tax.

Hurley has an undergraduate degree in accounting from University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional. She is a member of Wisconsin CPA, American Institute of CPAs and Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. She has presented on the topic of gamification in compliance training at an international Ethics and Compliance conference.

She is a board member of Brown County Junior Achievement and the Treasurer for Ashwaubenon Youth Baseball. Previously Hurley served as the president of the Northwest Brown County Thrivent Financial Chapter assisting members in the foundation’s unique approach of blending faith, finances and generosity.

As a former industry consultant and practitioner, Phil brings extensive hands-on experience to the FRBNY and promotes proven yet practical approaches for identifying and managing operational risks, improving workflow efficiency, and maintaining high internal control standards within financial institutions.

Before joining the FRBNY, Phil directed the Operational Risk practice at the International Management Advisory Group (IMAG) NY, and served as Vice President and Manager of Operational Risk at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ NY. Previously he headed Operations and Compliance at Leonia Bank plc, NY Branch and held several management positions in the financial control and banking services groups at IBJ Schroder, NY.

Phil holds a BA degree in Economics from Colby College and a MBA degree in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business. For several years he chaired the International Financial Services Association (IFSA) Risk Management Committee. Phil is an active speaker on current topics in operational risk management and risk self-assessment and has published articles on risk management in Operational Risk/Regulation magazine and the Risk Management Association Journal.

In addition to overseeing international and national strategic initiatives on financial crimes, including foreign bribery, cyberfraud, and identity theft, he led successful corruption-related prosecutions of two former Members of Congress, a former United States Treasurer, a former House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms, and ringleaders of mass-marketing fraud schemes. Previously, he served as Director of the Office of Financial Enforcement at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Counsel to the President’s Commission on Organized Crime, and an associate with a leading Washington, DC law firm.

Mr. Rusch received numerous awards for his work in law enforcement, including the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, the Attorney General’s Award for Fraud Prevention, the Chief Postal Inspector’s Award, and the United Kingdom Serious and Organized Crime Agency Director General’s Commendation. He also is Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches Global Cybercrime Law, and Lecturer in Law at the University of Virginia Law School, where he teaches Cybercrime.