Speakers
Take a look at our speakers scheduled for the Cybersecurity Summit 2026!
Keynote Speakers
Gary Buchanan
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (invited)
Michael Duffy
Acting Federal CISO
The Office of Management and Budget (invited)
Wanda Jones-Heath
Principal Cyber Advisor
U.S. Airforce
Servio Medina
Director, BUMED N6 Risk Management, Oversight & Reporting
U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine & Surgery
Speakers
Lesley Bernys
Director, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center
U.S. Air Force
James Aaron Bishop
Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Airforce (invited)
Paul Blahusch
President
BA-Cybersecurity Consulting
Chad Buechel
Vice President
Leidos
Jeff Coburn
Mission Subject Matter Expert
Dell Federal
Steven Derr
Vice President, Cloud Operations & Engineering
Oracle
Cole Dutton
Cybersecurity Specialist and Program Lead
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Greg Edwards
Former Chief Information Security Officer - FEMA
Brian Epley
Chief Information Officer
U.S. Department of Commerce (invited)
Victor Foulk
Vice President, Emerging Technologies Practice
CGI Federal
Gregory Garrett
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Innovation Officer
Evolver
Eric Hay
SVP, Field Engineering
Quantum XChange
Brian Hulvey
Global Security Specialist
Splunk
Babur Kohy (Pending agency approval)
Director, Identity Assurance and Trusted Access Division
U.S. General Services Administration (invited)
Beckie Koonge
Assistant CIO
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Scott Kuffer
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
Nucleus Security
David Lackey
CEO / CISO and Founder
CISOnow
Dr. Edward Mays
Commissioner for IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity & Quantum
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (invited)
Dr. Brian McElyea
AI & Cyber Expert
Evolver
Johnny Miranda
Director of Security Engineering
State of Maryland (invited)
Dr. Diane Murphy
Director of Marymount's Center for the Innovative Workforce
Marymount University (invited)
Calvin Nobles, Ph.D
Portfolio Vice President and Dean of the School of Cybersecurity and Information Technology
University of Maryland Global Campus (invited)
Sean Ryan
Assistant Director, FBI Operational Technology Division
FBI (invited)
Ahmad Salman
Associate Professor, Information Technology
James Madison University (invited)
David Simpson
Professor
Virginia Tech
Abel Sussman
Senior Technical Advisor
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (invited)
Justin Ubert
Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Department of Transportation (invited)
Kenyon Wells
Senior Vice President, Consulting, Applications, Solutions and Technology
CGI Federal
Lauren Wisniewski
Water and Wastewater Sector Liaison
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Ron Thompson
Chairman, Former Agency Chief Data Officer and Deputy Digital Transformation Officer for NASA
West River Consultancy
Moderators
Jean-Pierre Auffret
Executive Director
George Mason University (invited)
Matt Hayden
Vice President, Cyber and Emerging Threats
General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc
Chad Mason
Vice President US Federal
Magnet Forensics
Luke McFadden
Senior Vice President
Gunnison
Jaime Rooke
Principal
The Cadmus Group
Gary Washington
Chief Strategy Officer
ACT-IAC
Eddy Zervigon
CEO
Quantum XChange
Industry Chair
Jenna Bradford
Regional Vice President of North America OCI Sales - Government, Defense, and Intelligence
Oracle
Host
Chris Painter
DHS Account Executive
SAIC