~ CISO Roundtable ~ Speakers Profiles
17 th October 2023 AISA Australian Cyber Conference 2023, Melbourne
Biography Dave Gerry
Chief Executive Officer Bugcrowd
Dave Gerry most recently served as Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Global Operations (COO) at WhiteHat Security, where he oversaw global revenue growth, service delivery, and customer-facing operations. Dave joined the company in 2017 and helped to lead WhiteHat through the sale to NTT in 2019 and, most recently, the sale to Synopsys in 2022. Dave has been in the AppSec market for nearly a decade and has held key leadership positions within several cybersecurity companies such as WhiteHat Security, Veracode, Sumo Logic, and The Herjavec Group. Dave is passionate about building programs that are repeatable, scalable, and predictable, helping to drive customer business outcomes and technical value. He holds an MBA from Suffolk University and a BA from Merrimack College. He lives with his wife, Jaclyn, and two daughters, Caroline (5) and Addison (2), in Southern New Hampshire
Biography Casey Ellis
Chairperson, Founder & CTO Bugcrowd
Casey is the Founder, Chairman, and CTO of Bugcrowd. He is an 18-year veteran of information security, servicing clients ranging from startups to multinational corporations as a pentester, security and risk consultant and solutions architect, then most recently as a career entrepreneur. Casey pioneered the Crowdsourced Security as a Service model launching the first bug bounty programs on the Bugcrowd platform in 2012, and co-founded the disclose.io vulnerability disclosure standardization project in 2016. A proud ex-pat of Sydney Australia, Casey lives with his wife and two kids in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is happy as long as he’s p assionately pursuing potential.
Biography Nick McKenzie
Chief Information & Security Officer Bugcrowd
Nick joins us most recently from National Australia Bank (NAB), one of Australia’s four largest financial institutions where he served as Executive General Manager-Chief Security Officer. At NAB, he was responsible for overseeing the enterprise security portfolio, which included cyber, physical security, investigations, and operational fraud capabilities to protect customers and employees, support business growth, and enable an operationally resilient bank. Nick currently serves as an advisory board member for Google, Amazon Web Services, and Digital Shadows. Prior to NAB, Nick held IT risk and cybersecurity leadership roles at Standard Chartered Bank, J.P. Morgan, and UBS.
Previously Nick held cybersecurity leadership roles at:
Biography Sajeeb Lohani
Head of Security Bugcrowd
Sajeeb Lohani is the Head of (Director) Cybersecurity at Bugcrowd and a Sessional lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Sajeeb holds OSCP and OSWE. Constantly passionate about contributing to and improving open source security software, Sajeeb is a core contributor and co- developer of Interlace, a popular open-source project used for organising and automating penetration testing workflows. Sajeeb is also ranked within the top 40 of Bugcrowd and #2 in DVuln. Sajeeb gives back regularly to the Melbourne cyber security community and is the founder of the Monash Cyber Security Club. Additionally, Sajeeb regularly presents at local meetups, and conferences. In addition to this he mentors at the Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN) workshops. Sajeeb also runs initiatives which attempt to responsibly disclose security issues within open source software projects, with the vision of making the world of software ‘more secure’. Sajeeb is also an active Bug Bounty participant and is proud to be listed in the hall of fame for Amazon, Yahoo, Github, Atlassian, Netgear, Okta, Spotify, AT&T, US Defense, and many more. Recently Sajeeb was invited to an exclusive Bug Bash event for Okta, where he notably placed second among a field that included some of the most talented hackers in the world. Sajeeb has also presented in many renowned conferences including DevSecCon Seattle, Bsides Perth, RuxCon, OWASP NewZealand, and many more.
Monash University Company Overview : Monash is a modern, global, research-intensive university, delivering education and research excellence in Australia and across the Indo-Pacific. The university is seeking to make a positive impact on today's global challenges – whether that’s by mitigat ing climate change, easing geopolitical insecurity or fostering healthy communities. They have a community of 86,000 students, 17,000 staff, and more than 440,000 alumni, along with over 150 active fields of research, 10 faculties, and over 4700 Higher Degree by Research students solving the challenges of our age. Products Purchased : VDP + BB Customer Representative : Dan Maslin, CISO Bio: Dan leads the Cyber Risk & Resilience function at Monash University. He has spent 20 years in IT and cyber security leadership roles across a vast array of industries.
Netskope Company Overview : Netskope is a global cybersecurity leader redefining cloud, data, and network security to help organizations apply Zero Trust principles to protect data. Netskope helps customers reduce risk, accelerate performance, and get unrivaled visibility into any cloud, web, and private application activity. Thousands of customers, including more than 25 of the Fortune 100, trust Netskope to address evolving threats, new risks, technology shifts, organizational and network changes, and new regulatory requirements. With over 2,500 employees, Netskope was founded by early architects and distinguished engineers from security and networking leaders like Palo Alto Networks, Juniper Networks, Cisco, and VMware. Products Purchased : MBB Customer Representative: David Fairman, CIO & CSO, APAC Bio: David Fairman is an experienced CSO/CISO, strategic advisory, investor and coach. He has extensive experience in the global financial services sector. In 2015, David was named as one of the Top 10 CISOs to know, and is seen as a thought leader in the cyber security industry as profiled by K-Logix.
Previously David held cybersecurity leadership roles at:
SJOG - Prospect Company Overview : St John of God Health Care is a leading provider of high-quality health and community services across Australia and New Zealand. SJOG was established more than 30 years ago by the Sisters of St John of God, who first arrived in Western Australia and comm enced caring for the community in 1895. They are one of Australia’s largest Catholic health care providers, employing more than 16,000 people. As a not for profit group, the hospital returns all surpluses to the communities they serve by updating and expanding their facilities and technology, developing new services, investing in people and providing our social outreach services to those experiencing disadvantage. Representative: Ryan LaRoche, CISO Bio: Ryan La Roche has recently joined St John of God Healt hcare as CISO. He has 20 years’ experience in cyber security spanning Australia, the UK and Asia. Ryan has worked as a cyber- transformation specialist and leader with many globally recognisable brands including Australia Post, ANZ, NAB, Tesco and Bupa.
Previously Ryan held cybersecurity leadership roles at:
Telstra Company Overview : Telstra Group Limited is Australia's largest mobile network that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets related products and services. It is a member of the S&P/ASX 20 and Australia's largest telecommunications company by market share. The company has an international presence spanning 15 countries, including China. As Australia’s leading telecommunications and information services company, Telstra is committed to helping their customers improve the ways in which they live and work through connection. Products Purchased : VDP Customer Representative: Luke Barker, Group Owner - Telstra Security Bio: Luke was previously Director & GM, BT Security where he was responsible for leading all aspects of the BT Cyber Security business across APJ & MEA as they continued their rapid growth in support of the many client organisations they secure & protect.
Previously Luke held a cybersecurity leadership role at:
Zonic Group Contact:
Bruce Reid General Manager - APAC Zonic Group BReid@ZonicGroup.com +61 499 888 466
Zonic Group Contact:
Mark Fox CEO Zonic Group MFox@ZonicGroup.com +61 2 800 600 24 | +44 7836 248 110
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