Virtual Cybersecurity & Fraud Summit: Toronto 2021

David Balcar

Security Strategist, VMWare

Balcar has over 18 years of experience in security and extensive knowledge of security research, network penetration testing, incident response and computer forensics. At VMware, he is responsible for the activities of the VMware Carbon Black portfolio, including EDR, App Control, Cloud Endpoint, Cloud Enterprise EDR, Cloud Audit and Remediation and Cloud Managed Detection. He is also a featured speaker at global security conferences, presenting on subjects including security trends, penetration testing, top threats and network security hardening. Balcar is a member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association.

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Darin Hamilton

Global VP, Product SMEs, Tanium

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Adam Evans

CISO and VP, Cyber Operations, RBC

Adam Evans is VP, Cyber Operations and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for RBC. As CISO, Adam sets RBC’s cyber vision, strategy and program to reduce cyber risks and keep clients, employees, and systems safe. He is responsible for developing cyber solutions that can adapt to the evolving risks of next-generation cyber threats, leveraging machine learning, artificial intelligence, and behavioural analysis to prevent attacks with increased efficiency and speed. Adam leads RBC in managing cyber incidents and implementing incident response and red team exercises to identify and strengthen vulnerabilities and improve RBC’s cyber resilience. With over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry as a security professional, Adam is recognized as a thought leader in cyber security and global defense.

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Kush Sharma

Founder & Principal Sharma & Company, former CISO, City of Toronto

As the City of Toronto's first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Kush Sharma is accountable for setting the City’s information security strategy, governance, risk, compliance and cyber functions, reporting functionally to the City Manager. Kush works collaboratively with the City’s Senior Leadership Team and the City Clerk's Office to mitigate cyber risk. He also works in partnership with the City’s Agencies & Corporations and advises City Council on matters of information security. Kush leads the Office of the CISO, the City's newest division, which was established to oversee Cyber Diplomacy & Governance, Threat Management, Digital Trust, Business Application Resilience, Urban Technology Protection, and Digital Forensics & Investigations. Kush has 20 years of public and private sector experience, and is well respected within the industry. He has a strong reputation as a trusted advisor, known for innovation, partnerships, and service delivery. Kush also has broader leadership experience in various industry sectors, technology, change management, and business transformation. During his prior tenure as a Management Consultant, Kush had a global 50+ client portfolio advising leaders at some of the world’s largest organizations and government entities in developing and maturing their governance, risk and compliance postures. Kush has also supported numerous large and complex transformation programs, mergers and acquisitions, and external sourcing projects. Kush has a Bachelor of Commerce in IT Management and is a certified CISSP/CISM/CISA/CRISC professional. He is also a Governing Body member for Evanta (Gartner) Toronto & Global, on the SiberX CISO Advisory Board, and a frequent speaker, lecturer, trainer and author.

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Jiro Shindo

Director Digital Security Solutions, Entrust

Jiro Shindo has been involved at the cutting edge of encryption and key management products for over 25 years – from the early days of securing web servers to the current role to secure the trust, integrity, and control of information everywhere – SECURING A WORLD IN MOTION™. He is responsible for the promotion of the Entrust digital security solutions. Working together with his peers located across the region and worldwide and, as an integral part of the global strategy and marketing organization, he is an evangelist for information security, encryption key management, and of expanding the frontiers of marketing.

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Taher Elgamal

CTO, Security, Salesforce

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Zaki Abbas

CISO and SVP, Brookfield Asset Management

Zaki Abbas is the SVP, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Brookfield Asset Management. Zaki joined Brookfield in 2017 and has over 15+ years in the Information Security field. Before joining Brookfield Asset Management, Zaki was the AVP - Information Security & IT Planning at Economical Insurance. Previous, to Economical, Zaki worked as an Information Security Officer at Great-West Life for over 8 years and an Information Security Advocate at IBM for 10 years

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Samer Adi

IT Security Leader, Green Shield Canada

Adi is a strategic IT operations executive with expertise in driving information security programs within business units. He is a big-picture visionary who delivers business continuity while ensuring best-in-class security systems and implementing new technologies and process improvements to ensure up-to-date technology platforms. Adi leads by example, modeling accountability, ownership and clear and consistent communication. He is an adaptable leader who builds and fosters talented teams and champions excellence and innovation. He is an author, public speaker and motivator, and he is passionate about information security and data privacy.

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Ireen Birungi

CISO, Interac Corp.

Ireen Birungi is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Interac Corp., where she leads the technology and business security strategy and implementation. This includes operationalizing enterprise-wide cybersecurity program that supports continuous improvement; managing security risks and compliance with business, client, legislative and regulatory requirements; reporting and containing security incidents and breaches; identity and access management and privilege access management; and monitoring threats and taking preventative measures. Ireen has over 20 years of experience helping organizations excel in the areas of cybersecurity, risk and vulnerability management and IT architecture in a variety of industries across and Public, Private and Consulting sector. She began her career in the security operations centre for a major Canadian bank, managing processes around network devices and systems, administering cryptographic keys for ABMs and conducting vulnerability assessments on varying technologies. She then progressed to senior roles in governance, risk management and compliance providing consulting advisory services, including recommendations for improving security posture to a number of clients in the healthcare sector and telecommunications and ultimately ending back in operations, where she led the establishment of a cybersecurity operations centre for a major engineering organization. Ireen holds a degree in Economics from the University of Toronto and cybersecurity designations: CISSP, CISM, and CRISC and an active member of Evanta (A Gartner Company) CISO community, International Security Forum (ISF) and advisory board for siberX

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Nicole Ford

CISO and VP, Carrier

Nicole Darden Ford is an IT strategic leader with 20-plus years of success spanning the federal government and corporate venues. Nicole has extensive knowledge and application experience in cybersecurity, cyber forensics and homeland security practices. In her current role as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Carrier, she oversees global Information Security and Product (IoT) Cybersecurity. Prior to joining Carrier, Nicole was Vice President of Information Security and Chief Information Security Officer for Baxter International where she had global responsibility for Information Security, Information Governance and IT Quality Compliance. She was also Director of Information Security for Venable LLP, an AMLAW 100 law firm. She began her career in the U.S. military and federal government, including the Jt. Chiefs of Staff, where she handled security, network engineering and telecommunications. Nicole has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and a master’s degree in Management of Information Technology from the University of Virginia. She holds C|CISO, CISM, CEH and CISSP certifications. Nicole is an active corporate advocate for inclusion and diversity initiatives, women’s leadership and employee resource groups, including the Carrier Black Alliance. She currently serves on the boards of IT-ISAC, Tech Hub South Florida and the Lola Mercedes Parker Foundation. She is a past board member of H-ISAC, NTSC and Evanta. She is a charter member of the Stafford County Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc.

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Eric Ward

Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Initiatives and External Relations, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

Eric Ward is assistant commissioner for strategic initiatives and external relations with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. Immediately prior to joining the IPC, Ward was the senior director at Policy Horizons Canada, the federal government's center for strategic foresight. His career with the Government of Canada also spanned law, policy and management. Ward practiced privacy and information law as counsel to Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada and as senior counsel at the Department of Justice's Center for Information and Privacy Law. He also directed machinery of government and legal operations teams at the Privy Council Office

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Marco Petruccelli

VP, CIO & CTO, Lallemand

Marco is an executive leader with various technology, project and process optimization certifications and earned his EMBA from UQAM. Marco currently serves as the Vice President, Chief Information & Chief Technology Officer at Lallemand. Marco’s primary focus is to enable a complete digital transformation, enabling IT to become a true partner and business enabler. Prior to joining Lallemand, he was an Associate Partner at IBM leading a Business Transformation Team leveraging Cloud technologies focused on the Canadian market. Previously, Marco was Vice President, Cloud Business Transformation for McKesson Corporation focused on their businesses within North America & Europe.

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Frank Post

CISO, Ontario Pension Board

Frank is a security and technology executive with 30 years of global experience in commercial, telecommunications, managed services and public service sectors. Frank is responsible for the security program at OPB.

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Andrew Vezina

CISO and VP, Equitable Bank

Andrew Vezina is the CISO of Equitable Bank based in Toronto, Canada. He spent the last decade working in security leadership roles at BMO and CIBC, and the prior decade working in various security roles in the healthcare, retail and government sectors. Prior to moving into the security space, Andrew had a brief and unremarkable career as a software developer. Andrew’s current areas of research include the structure and organizational dynamics of high performance teams, quantification of cyber security risk, and optimization of DevSecOps activities for modern development practices

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Larry Cameron

CISO, Anti-Human-Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII)

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Karim Rajwani

SVP, COO, Financial Crimes Risk Management, Scotiabank

Mr. Rajwani is currently the SVP, Chief Operating Officer at Scotiabank, leading the bank’s Financial Crime remediation activities including transaction monitoring, screening, investigations and intelligence activities. Mr. Rajwani also has global responsibility for AML Threat Intelligence, as well as the Strategic Planning, Project Management Office and the AML Solution Delivery. Mr. Rajwani was previously the AML Advisor at various Fintech firms and Major Financial Institutions. Prior to that was he was the Global Head of Financial Crime Investigations and Intelligence, the Global Head of Financial Crime Technology Strategy, and the UK Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Deutsche Bank. In this role Mr. Rajwani was also responsible for the AML remediation program in response to regulatory actions as well as major client investigations. Mr. Rajwani was the Chief Anti-Money Laundering for the RBC Financial Group (RBC), where he oversaw the design, implementation and the day to day management of the Anti Money Laundering, Sanctions, Anti Bribery and Corruption and High Risk Client Management) Programs for more than 15 years. In addition, he was responsible for the AML Compliance, Investigations and Data Science teams globally. Mr. Rajwani has 40 years of risk management, compliance, audit and financial accounting experience. Mr. Rajwani was also a member of the Advisory Council on National Security for the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada between 2009 and 2012. He created and the Co-Chaired the Canadian Chapter of the Association of Certified Anti Money Specialists (ACAMS) and is a member of the Advisory Board of ACAMS, The Knoble and the Anti Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative. In addition to his risk management experience, Mr. Rajwani is a Chartered Accountant both in Canada as well as the UK and has worked for various Financial Institutions, Chartered Accounting and Management Consulting firms. In these roles, he has overseen the implementation of a number of enterprise-wide risk management and compliance initiatives.

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Pete Chestna

CISO, Checkmarx North America

Pete Chestna serves as the CISO of North America at Checkmarx, where he provides customers and prospects with practical advice for building successful application security programs. Bringing more than 15 years of direct AppSec practitioner experience, Pete has held roles ranging from developer and development leader to his most recent position as the Global Head of AppSec for the Bank of Montreal.

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Vivienne Suen

Cybersecurity Architect, CCSP IBM Security

Vivienne Suen is a cybersecurity architect with over 15 years’ experience advising IBM customers and partners on IT solutions and strategy. A passionate, innovative, and entertaining storyteller, she has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences and user groups.

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Vivienne Suen

Cybersecurity Architect, CCSP IBM Security

Vivienne Suen is a cybersecurity architect with over 15 years’ experience advising IBM customers and partners on IT solutions and strategy. A passionate, innovative, and entertaining storyteller, she has been a featured speaker at numerous conferences and user groups.

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