Rich Fennessy
Rich is a Fortune 500 CEO with 32 years international management experience and widely recognized for outperforming expectations, and for achievements in business and technology. Throughout his career Rich has acquired, sold and managed 20 companies worldwide.
RICH FENNESSY
CEO - Trace3
Joe Quaglia
Joe Quaglia is the President for Trace3 responsible for Sales, Services, Logistics, Warehouse and Sales Operations. In his role, Joe leads the Trace3 Go-To-Market (GTM) activities, client engagement and overall growth strategies for the company. Joe also supports Trace3’s differentiated value model built around the company’s brand pillars of Emerging Technology, Elite Engineering, and Client Intimacy.
JOE QUAGLIA
President - Trace3
Sandy Salty
Sandy Salty is the CMO—A key strategic contributor to company-wide initiatives, Sandy has built various teams from the ground up including the Marketing organization, and the Partner Development organization. Sandy has helped shape the brand and culture of the company through her conception of experiences like the Trace3 Annual Evolve Conference, The Outlier Awards, and The Legends Program.
SANDY SALTY
CMO - Host, Outlier Award Gala - Trace3
Bipul Sinha
Bipul Sinha is an accomplished entrepreneur, engineer, and venture capitalist. As the Chairman, Co-Founder, and CEO of Rubrik, Inc., he spearheads the mission to secure the world's data. Bipul's impressive career includes a tenure as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where he focused on software, mobile, and Internet sectors. His venture investments include Nutanix, Pulse News, Bromium, PernixData, and Hootsuite.
BIPUL SINHA
CEO, Chairman and Co-Founder - Rubrik
Jacquelyn Crowhurst
Jacquelyn leads a team of deeply technical Partner Solution Architects whose focus is on enabling partners to capitalize on the AI revolution through co-engineering innovative solutions and creating impactful services offerings.
JACQUELYN CROWHURST
Chief Architect, Global Partner Solutions - Microsoft
Tony Olzak
Tony Olzak is a leading visionary in applying technology to business problems and initiatives. He is a sought after speaker, co-author of multiple industry certification books, Co-host of a podcast dedicated to technology founders. He brings over 19 years of industry experience leading consulting, engineering and development teams.
TONY OLZAK
CTO - Trace3
Bryan Kissinger
A hands-on, results-oriented senior information technology and business professional with over 20 years of experience leading global teams in the successful delivery of technology solutions that enable business value. Accomplished IT and security program designer utilizing practical solutions that deliver rapid return on investment.
BRYAN KISSINGER
SVP & CISO of Security Solutions - Trace3
Kerry Singleton
Kerry Singleton is the Global Security Channel Sales Engineer in Cisco’s Global Security Partner Sales Organization. In this role, he is responsible for the technical strategy and growth of Cisco’s Global Security Partner business globally. His remit also includes enabling Cisco partners to articulate Cisco’s value proposition as the No. 1 security partner and advisor in the industry.
KERRY SINGLETON
Senior Director, Security Global Engineering - Cisco
Richard Balducci
Richard Balducci is a seasoned information security leader at Integer Holdings Corporation, a global medical device outsourcing manufacturer based in Plano, TX. Richard has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and is currently pursuing his MBA. After 21 years in the financial services industry, in 2020 Richard joined Integer as Director, Information Security and CISO.
RICHARD BALDUCCI
CISO - Integer Holdings
Gina Yacone
Gina is the Advisory CISO for TRACE3's Mountain State region, based in Denver, Colorado. Gina aids senior security leaders by offering insight into the latest industry trends, assessing vulnerabilities, architecting robust security frameworks, and implementing advanced security solutions tailored to protect precious digital assets.
GINA YACONE
Advisory CISO - Trace3
Asher Lohman
Asher serves as Trace3’s VP, Data & Analytics. His jack-of-all-trades expertise in areas such as innovation and emerging technology, product development, infrastructure operations, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, GIS, Robotics, Data Science, and Enterprise Data & Analytics for companies ranging from Fortune 250 to medium-sized private equity to start-ups has allowed him to experience differing facets of leadership and innovation.
ASHER LOHMAN
VP, Data & Analytics - Trace3
Kevin Gall
Kevin Gall is dedicated to driving success in the Data Management and Analytics field at Dell Technologies. He leads the global pre-sales community with a strong focus on customer satisfaction and ensures that the Dell PreSales Community stays informed about the latest developments in this arena.
KEVIN GALL
Global Pre-Sales Engineering - Dell
Jason Johnson
Jason brings extensive experience in enterprise network operations and software development to his role as CIO at Sweetwater. He leads the in-house software development, cloud, and network infrastructure teams, ensuring continuous delivery and innovation of IT services to maintain Sweetwater's competitive edge. Jason holds 19 industry certifications and a Bachelor's Degree in Network Design and Management.
JASON JOHNSON
CIO - Sweetwater
Mike Jones
Mike Jones is the Vice President of Cybersecurity Shared Services for Nationwide. He provides strategic direction and leadership for the Cyber Product Delivery organization, leading our Identity & Access Management, Data Security, and Cloud & Application Security teams. Mike has more than 20 years of experience in Information Technology roles and is well respected in the industry, receiving various industry accolades and awards.
MIKE JONES
VP, Cybersecurity Shared Services - Nationwide
Amal Jayaraman
Amal Jayaraman is the Director of Infra Platforms at PayPal, with 27 years of extensive industry experience. In this role, Amal oversees a highly available and secure technology portfolio. Under Amal’s leadership, the infrastructure supports PayPal's impressive total payment volume of more than $1.6 trillion annually.
AMAL JAYARAMAN
Director of Infra Platforms - Paypal
Chris Nicholas
Chris brings a breadth of knowledge around the Azure CloudPlatform along with over 16 years of experience in technology. Chris is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, community contributor and a member of the Microsoft Cloud Architecture Group within the Datacenter Optimization Team. Chris specializes in working with companies to integrate, enhance, roadmap and architect cloud technology solutions.
CHRIS NICHOLAS
Senior VP, Cloud Solutions - Trace3
Fred Meek
Fred Meek is the SVP of Customer Solutions & Experience at Wiz, where he has been a leadership team member since 2021. With over a decade of experience in cloud security, Fred oversees global customer-facing functions, including pre-sales solution engineering, post-sales, and support.
FRED MEEK
SVP of Customer Solutions & Experience - Wiz
Barton Warner
Barton Warner is Senior Vice President of Infrastructure at Capital Group, leading the Emerging Technology and Enterprise Technology Services organizations. Prior to joining Capital, Barton was a senior leader at JP Morgan Chase (formerly WaMu) responsible for Infrastructure Delivery, and worked in multiple consulting roles as a Technology Principal for Fortune 500 clients.
BARTON WARNER
SVP of Infrastructure & Emerging Technology - Capital Group
Scott Miller
Scott Miller is a vastly experienced Cybersecurity Leader and Advocate with a rich professional background spanning the US Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, Federal Government, Manufacturing, and Fortune 50 Retail environments.
SCOTT MILLER
Director, Cybersecurity Services - Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Sean Sims
Sean Sims serves as the Assistant Vice President of Strategy & Transformation within Unum’s Digital Incubator & Advanced Analytics organization. In this capacity, he provides programmatic support across a portfolio of innovation initiatives. Mr. Sims is responsible for budget, strategic planning, reporting, stakeholder communication, and special projects.
SEAN SIMS
AVP, Digital Incubator & Advanced Analytics - Unum
David Gahagan
David Gahagan is a senior security leader with experience in technology, security, governance, and compliance at the largest public university endowment in the US. He has built and lead teams in a variety of disciplines including security, vulnerability management, infrastructure, and web application development. He is currently co-sponsor of UTIMCO's strategic AI governance and Microsoft AI program.
DAVID GAHAGAN
CISO - UTIMCO
Kristine Lee, MD
Kristine Lee, MD is an associate executive director with The Permanente Medical Group. Dr. Lee oversees the areas of Virtual Medicine as well as Technology, Innovation, the Division of Research, and TPMG Consulting Services. Dr. Lee’s main focus is to use technology to enhance and support inbasket management and patient chronic conditions management.
KRISTINE LEE, MD
Associate Executive Director - The Permanente Medical Group
Katherine Walther
Katherine is the VP of Innovation at Trace3, where she transforms enterprise challenges into innovative solutions. Dedicated to disseminating information about the future of technology to IT leaders across a wide variety of domains. Pairing a unique combination of real-world technology experience with insight from the world’s largest venture capital firms.
KATHERINE WALTHER
VP, Innovation - Trace3
Nate Smolenski
Nate is an experienced CISO, Security Advisor, and technology leader with over two decades of experience. Nate currently serves as Head of Risk and IR Services at Cyera; Nate and his team are focused on architecting and delivering critical data focused risk and security services to organizations wrestling with the impacts of digital transformation on their businesses.
NATE SMOLENSKI
Head of Risk and IR Services - Cyera
Terry Tripp
Terry Tripp is the Chief Revenue Officer of Tines, the trusted leader in smart, secure workflows. With three decades of leadership experience, Terry is skilled at identifying new market opportunities and enhancing customer relationships. Terry holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Miami University.
TERRY TRIPP
Chief Revenue Officer - Tines
Marco Casalaina
I make complex products usable, and currently I’m focused on bringing the benefits of artificial intelligence to everyone. I'm an expert in cloud computing, with years of experience bringing the power of the cloud to artificial intelligence, call center and unified communications applications. Proven ability working with engineering, marketing, sales, customers and partners to drive product definition and go-to-market strategies.
MARCO CASALAINA
VP of Products - Microsoft Azure AI