Cybersecurity Forum - March 8

Description

 Securing a Smart Factory 

 
Featuring:
Brian Rowe, Director Information Security & Technology - Rehrig Pacific Company
Tony Sharp, SVP Security Architecture and Engineering - Booze Allen Hamilton
Andy Ulrich, Head of Security, North America - Ericsson

Moderator: Scott Schindler, Cybersecurity educator and mentor


Brian Rowe is the Director of Information Security & IT at Rehrig Pacific Company, an industry leader in pallets, waste and recycling containers and supply chain solutions, where he oversees all aspects of corporate IT and security.  He joined Rehrig in 2018, after leading the security architecture practice at Bay Dynamics, Inc., where he also functioned as the organization’s Security Officer.  Prior to that, Brian spent nearly a decade at Dell, Inc, working across a number of business domains before finding a home in corporate information security, where he was Dell’s first data security architect.  Brian is passionate about the possibilities of leveraging secure technology to transform businesses and enjoys bringing that passion into dialog with the broader technology and security communities.

Scott Schindler is a 26-year IT and IT Security veteran with more than 70 technical certifications.   He built a cyber security nonprofit in 2018 to help drive cybersecurity education and employment opportunities, which led to the development of a full cybersecurity event company in 2019, ICI Events. He  is currently the vCISO Director for Tracepoint, a SMB, nonprofit, and local government cybersecurity provider.  Scott’s mission is to drive cyber hygiene and resiliency practices for organizations that do not have the resources to staff full-time enterprise-level cybersecurity leadership. 

Andy Ulrich is the Head of Security, North America, at Ericsson, the global telecommunications products and services company, with responsibility for managing security challenges in both the physical and cyber worlds. He has been in this role for seven years. He has been a cyber security leader for many years, with previous experience as the Chief Information Security Officer for MoneyGram, and a career in the US Army. Andy values communication about information security, and never passes an opportunity to speak about it to audiences who are either captive or voluntary, or to individuals who want to know more.