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Brett Leatherman is the Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division. Under Presidential Policy Directive 41, the FBI is the lead cyber threat response agency for the United States Government, and in this role, Mr. Leatherman serves as the senior executive managing the FBI’s strategy to impose cost on some of the most sophisticated cyber adversaries targeting US interests. Prior to this role, Mr. Leatherman held several key leadership roles within Cyber Division and the Dallas Division. Mr. Leatherman entered on duty as an FBI Special Agent in 2003. He first served in the Cleveland and Detroit Field Offices, while also serving as an FBI pilot and hostage negotiator. He graduated from Cornerstone University with a degree in Computer Information Systems and received a master’s degree in Cybersecurity Risk Management from Georgetown University. Mr. Leatherman holds several widely recognized cyber certifications and speaks domestically and internationally on emerging national security and cyber threats.

Ian Anderson is the Director of Enterprise Security, Network, and Monitoring for Oklahoma Gas & Electric, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ian has experience in government, energy, financial, and manufacturing industries. Ian has a bachelor’s degree in Management of Information Systems and a Master’s in Public Administration both from the University of Oklahoma. Ian also serves on the faculty of Arizona State University in the school of Politics and Global Studies and at the University of Oklahoma in the Price College of Business.

Dr. Kevin S. Griffin is a Senior Developer Technology Engineer at NVIDIA and the Founder of KSG Technology Consulting, working at the intersection of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, next-generation visualization, and national security. With over two decades of experience spanning the commercial technology sector, defense laboratories, and the intelligence community, Dr. Griffin helps researchers and developers accelerate innovation across AI/ML pipelines, security-adjacent computing environments, and advanced scientific visualization platforms.

At NVIDIA, his work focuses on integrating scientific visualization applications with NVIDIA’s Omniverse platform and the ANARI (Analytic Rendering Interface) API standard, leveraging parallel architectures, CUDA, and PyTorch to accelerate complex computing workflows. Through KSG Technology Consulting, he advises organizations on emerging technology strategy and leads the development of a secure, unified AI agent platform ...

Curtis Coleman is a tenured Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Cybersecurity Education Center at Oklahoma Christian University, a National Security Agency (NSA)-designated National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. He is a retired U.S. Air Force officer with more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in cybersecurity.

For over 15 years, Professor Coleman served as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Seagate Technology, a Fortune 500 multinational digital storage company. In that role, he led the company’s global electronic security operations program, directing the implementation of enterprise-wide security policies, operational technologies, and risk management practices to protect Seagate’s worldwide data and information systems.

Professor Coleman currently serves, by appointment of the Governor of Oklahoma, as Secretary of the Oklahoma Cybersecurity Strategy Planning Task Force. In this capacity, he represen

Crys Davis is the Manager of Fraud Intelligence at the American Red Cross, where she works on detection and prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse, and protection of client data privacy. She has worked in this field for over a decade and specializes in how fraudsters attack organizations. Her more recent work has focused on how threat actors leverage various types of OSINT to share fraud tips and tricks with one another and how they target vulnerable populations, often hiding in plain sight.

Information technology leader and experienced practitioner with exposure in delivery of Cyber Risk Management for a number of regional, national and global organizations. Former Accountable Officer, proven ability to direct mitigation of risk and implement frameworks/controls that align with organizational goals and comply with regulations in Companies listed on the Stock exchange. Skilled in leading teams, Departments and 24x7 operations to ensure support, leading cyber investigations, safety of company data and high availability of systems and processes.

Michael Hightower founded SuccessEquip to help companies adopt emerging tech, including agentic and generative AI, IoT, and robotics. He has helped teams from startups to multinationals get more from their research and implementation programs by pairing hands-on technical experience with business strategy. Michael spent over a decade as a field engineer, working primarily with industrial equipment and electronics, then moved into robotics at a billion-dollar Scandinavian manufacturer as a technical specialist and global trainer. He personally deployed or assisted in the deployment of hundreds of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and supported a global fleet of thousands. He holds an MBA, is pursuing formal security certifications, and is deeply interested in the intersection of IT, OT, and IoT, specifically focused on AMRs and other industrial robotics.

Sumner is a graduate researcher at the University of Oklahoma Polytechnic Institute, working toward the second year of their master's in cybersecurity degree. His research focusses on CMMC and compliance efforts for small businesses

With over two decades of experience in Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cullen Landrum serves as an Principal Solutions Consultant at SailPoint, where he focuses on delivering advanced Identity Security solutions to organizations across a broad range of sectors. Cullen brings deep subject matter expertise in identity governance, access control, and compliance—helping enterprises align their security strategies with business objectives.

Before joining SailPoint, Cullen held roles at leading software companies including Aegis Identity, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems, where he provided strategic IAM support to clients in Higher Education, Federal, State, and Local Government. His career began at EDS, where he spent over 10 years as a developer working across platforms ranging from mainframes and Tandem systems to Java-based solutions.

Andrew Lemon is the founder of Red Threat Security where he serves as the lead over Penetration Testing and Red Teaming. Lemon honed his Red Teaming skills through years of incident response against APT groups that target the Hospitality, Legal, Oil and Gas, and Critical national infrastructure industries. Lemon used the Tools, Techniques and Procedures he learned from adversaries as a spring board to develop his Companies Methodology for adversarial emulation. This methodology has enabled his team to compromise a variety of targets, such as airports, utilities companies, oil tankers and drilling rigs, and gain physical access to hardened targets like ISP data centers, Chemical Production facilities, and Cash Depositories.

As CISO at Centre Technologies, Robert drives a culture of security across the organization, equipping teams to champion customer protection. With over 25 years in security leadership and consulting, he blends technical expertise with business insight to strengthen risk resilience.

Chris Ogles is the COO of Pinpoint Security, a cybersecurity consultancy focused on delivering practical, no-nonsense security programs to organizations that need results without the overhead. With over 26 years in cybersecurity, spanning enterprise environments at Hertz Corporation, IBM Global Services, and Chesapeake Energy, Chris brings an engineering mindset to every engagement: hands-on, bias to action, and intolerant of security theater.

At Pinpoint, Chris leads a growing Vulnerability Management as a Service practice for clients navigating an increasingly complex threat landscape. He holds a BS in Computer Science and specializes in helping organizations move from reactive, score-driven patching to risk-based programs that can actually keep pace with the threat environment.

Andre Piazza is a cybersecurity strategist with over two decades of experience translating complex threats into practical defense strategies. His work spans threat intelligence, fraud prevention, and preemptive security, with a focus on detecting adversary infrastructure during the staging window, before ransomware delivery, account fraud, or brand and supplier impersonation reach their targets. He researches how attackers weaponize AI and domain velocity, and how defenders turn public infrastructure signals into early warning and takedowns. A regular speaker at events including SANS, BSides, Hou.Sec.Con, and Cybr.Hak.Con, he focuses on giving practitioners methods they can apply immediately.

Sean Satterlee is a Senior Principal Penetration Tester for Device Recon Labs, and has Given an RFID hacking workshop at BSidesLV and another workshop at Defcon 24, Spoken at BerlinSides, BsidesOK, IWS, RMISC and local Infragard chapters. Sean has been active in the security industry for over 20 years, and a member of the DCG405, OKC2600 and the Telephreak:2600 groups.

As a Chief Architect and Field CTO within Red Hat's global Office of the CTO, Travis Steele leverages three decades of enterprise operations & leadership spanning the commercial sector, DoD civilian service, and the U.S. Navy. A Certified Chief Data & AI Officer through Carnegie Mellon University, he acts as a vital strategic link between cutting-edge commercial innovation and national defense, ensuring software lifecycles directly support software-defined warfare and the mission operational needs of the Air and Space Forces.

Travis has dedicated over 25 years to secure cloud-to-edge architectures, digital engineering, and the practical modernization of legacy Command and Control (C2) and Situational Awareness frameworks across the Department of War within civilian and systems integrator communities, as well as global commercial enterprise brands. His work focuses on operationalizing algorithmic warfare, establishing responsible AI frameworks, and driving enterprise automation 

Nathan builds bridges between complex, technical topics and the big picture and excels at translating technical nuance into business-speak. As a passionate advocate for the Oklahoma cybersecurity community for over two decades, Nathan has helped thousands of companies, from small businesses to Fortune 10, lower risk and secure their systems.

At the Oklahoma Cyber Innovation Institute, Nathan works on solving tough challenges in Oklahoma in the arenas of cybersecurity education, AI, drones/UAS, and other emerging technologies. Nathan also serves on several boards and advisory groups, as the current president of ISSA Oklahoma, and is a founder/organizer of BSidesOK.

Vanessa Toves is a Microsoft MVP and Microsoft 365 Solutions Architect. Vanessa has worked in the information technology field for over 25 years and has dedicated most of that to Microsoft technologies such as SharePoint (on-premises), Microsoft’s BI suite and Microsoft 365. As an avid speaker, she enjoys sharing her knowledge and empowering individuals and organizations to better use and protect their Microsoft data. As a Microsoft 365 subject matter expert for Druva, Vanessa works across departments from sales to engineering supporting the security of customer data.

Kris leads penetration testing at the 48th Cyber Test Squadron for the USAF. Kris has been a penetration tester since 2016, and co-founded Critical Fault in 2021.

Geoff Wilson is CEO and Founder of Go Security Pro and is an innovative cybersecurity thought leader with deep experience in defensive cybersecurity strategies. Having studied at Carnegie Mellon University and worked at the National Security Agency, Geoff has over 20 years of cybersecurity experience. Geoff has a Master’s of Information Security from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s of Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma. He taught a graduate-level Information Security course at the University of Oklahoma for four years. Geoff is a published author, was a federal cybersecurity auditor, and has consulted with the Executive Office of the President.

Trevor Wiseman is the founder and Principal Consultant at The Circuit LLC, a boutique advisory firm specializing in AI governance, cybersecurity strategy, and translating complex technology risk into boardroom-ready action. A U.S. Navy veteran, Trevor spent 12 years as Head of IT, Cybersecurity & AI Governance for a major broadcast media group, where he led cybersecurity operations, drove a 40% reduction in cyber risk, and maintained 99.9% infrastructure uptime across critical broadcast and emergency communications systems. He holds CCEP, AI Black Belt 3.0, and AWS Cloud Practitioner certifications, and serves on the GSDC Advisory Board. Trevor is the host of The Circuit podcast and LinkedIn newsletter, where he covers AI governance, non-human identity risk, and practical cybersecurity frameworks for security leaders. He has presented on ISO 42001 implementation and AI risk management for GSDC, InnoTech OKC, and IWS 2025.

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Danny is the CEO of StandsIT.

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