Featured Speakers


Rana el Kaliouby
Co-founder and General Partner
Blue Tulip Ventures


Alex Stamos
Chief Product Officer
Corridor


Michael Rasmussen
Principal Analyst
GRC 20/20


Paul McKay
VP and Principal Analyst
Forrester


Alejandro Chang
Head of IT Risk
OpenAI


Frances Skulas
Risk Management Principal
Humana


Jack Jones
Strategic Advisor
Black Kite


Joe Bonifaz
Director, Cybersecurity GRC
Boston Scientific


Katie DeLeon
Head of Product Compliance and Group Enterprise Risk
BNH


Kristin Colburn
Director, Data & AI Governance
Dayforce


Mergim Noci
Sr. Director, Risk and Controls
Priceline


Nancy Yuen
Senior Director, Finance & SOX Governance
SoFi Technologies


Olabode Olaoke
Lead, Cybersecurity Risk Governance, Vulnerability Management, and Vendor Security
Block


Olusegun Ajiboye
Cybersecurity Risk Manager
Block


Tara Mavrovitis
Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance and Head of Internal Audit
Collibra


Renee Murphy
Principal Analyst and Founder
Renee Murphy & Co


Raul Villar Jr.
CEO
Optro


April Crichlow
Chief Marketing Officer
Optro


Haibei (Happy) Wang
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Optro


Justin Greenberger
Chief Customer Officer
Optro


Richard Chambers
Senior Advisor, Risk & Audit
Optro


Guru Sethupathy
GM, AI Governance
Optro


Kieran Taylor
VP, Head of Analytics & Autonomous Solutions
Optro
Breakout session speakers

Aaron Orloski
Associate Director, IT Audit, FINRA

Alejandro Chang
Head of IT Risk, OpenAI

Alex Stamos
Chief Product Officer, Corridor

Ali Ziaee
Managing Director, Deloitte

Andrew D'Angelo
Director, Protiviti

Andy Deas
Managing Director, Deloitte

Angelo Poulikakos
Managing Director and Global Leader, Internal Audit & Advisory, Protiviti

Bob Maley
Chief Security Officer, Black Kite

Charles King
Partner, KPMG LLP

Daniel Stone
Director, Cyber & Business Resilience, Protiviti

Dr. Rana el Kaliouby
Co-founder and General Partner, Blue Tulip Ventures
Elizabeth Simon
Managing Partner, C2C Strategies

Erin Dempsey Heuwetter
Head of Risk & Compliance, Stash

Everardo Trujillo
Deputy CISO, Encore Capital Group

Frances Skulas
Risk Management Principal, Humana

Henry Gardener
Chief Risk Officer, Markel

Jack Jones
FAIR Founder, Black Kite

Jack Wooldridge
Senior Manager, Risk Consulting, EY

Jake Panek
Senior Director, Global Audit & Advisory, Nike

Joe Bonifaz
Director, Cybersecurity GRC, Boston Scientific

Jonathan St. Vincent
Senior IT Auditor, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Joseph Fontanazza
AI Governance Leader, RSM US LLP

Katie DeLeon
Chief Compliance Officer, BHN

Kristin Colburn
Director, Data & AI Governance, Dayforce

Marc Heon
Principal - Financial Services Office | Global Regulatory Compliance Solution Leader, EY

MARTIN PREEDY
Chief Audit Executive, Reddit

Mergim Noci
Sr. Director, Risk and Controls, Priceline

Michael Rasmussen
GRC Analyst & Pundit, GRC 20/20 Research

Nancy Yuen
Senior Director, SOX, Reg Reporting & Financial Data Governance, SoFi Technologies

Olabode Olaoke
Director, Cyber Risk Vulnerability and Vendor Security Assurance, Block

Olga Cuevas Gomez
Managing Director, EY

Olusegun Ajiboye
Cybersecurity Risk Manager, Block

Paul McKay
VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester

Regine Bonneau
Founder/CEO, RB Advisory LLC

Renee Murphy
Principal Analyst and Founder, Renee Murphy & Co, Renee Murphy & Co

Ryan Yee
Senior Manager, Deloitte

Sat Jagerdeo
SR Director Audit Technology, FINRA

Scott Cronin
Managing Director- Central Controls, Citibank

Tara Mavrovitis
Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance and Head of Internal Audit, Collibra

Telia Peter
Director Internal Audit, A. O. Smith Corporation

Trent Russell
Founder, Greenskies Analytics

Alan Gouveia
IT Risk & Compliance Practice Leader, Optro

Alanna Cornelius
Software Training Manager, Optro

Alex Kim
Senior Manager, Implementation, Optro

Alex Sudeora
Senior Manager, Implementation, Optro

Amanda Rivero
Software Training Lead, Optro

Amrit Bains
Senior Customer Success Manager (EMEA), Optro

April Crichlow
Chief Marketing Officer, Optro

Ariba Iqbal
Manager, Implementation, Optro

Arsh Kaur
Director, Product Management, Optro

Ashlee Holt
Director Technical Account Management, Optro

Bailey Avery
Project Lead, Implementation, Optro

Brent Simmonds
Senior Manager, Implementation, Optro

Bulut Ersavas
VP, Product, Optro
Celene Ennia
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Optro

Chris Rotante
Strategic Customer Success, Optro

Christian Burich
Product Solutions Manager, Optro

Cynthia Pai
Manager, Implementation, Optro

Darwyn Thiele
Sr. Manager Professional Services, Optro

Derek Morey
Senior Manager, Implementation, Optro

Elinni Veliz
Customer Success Manager, Optro

Ender Baykal
Product Solutions Manager, Optro

Guru Sethupathy
GM, AI Governance, Optro

Haibei "Happy" Wang
Chief Product & Technology Officer, Optro

Husein Nurbhai
Senior Manager, Implementation, Optro

Jeff Doll
SVP, Product & Engineering, Optro

Jennifer Zackoff-Handler
Staff Product Manager, Optro

Judson Aiken
Head of Global Markets, Optro

Justin Greenberger
Chief Customer Officer, Optro

Kevin Bick
Sr. Manager Professional Services, Optro

Key Perry
Senior Manager of Product Solutions, Optro

Kieran Taylor
Head of Analytics & Autonomous Solutions (VP), Optro

Kira Wolak
Strategic Customer Success Manager, Optro

Kyle Jasuta
Manager, Technical Implementation, Optro

Lisa Goldman
Sr. Director, Product (AI Governance), Optro

Liz Russo
Customer Success Manager, Optro

Lorsine Lai
Senior Manager, Implementation, Optro

Madison Dreshner
Principal, IT Risk and Compliance Solutions, Optro

Mike Wych
Sr Manager, Product Solutions (Strategic), Optro

Mitchell Nazarov
Senior Manager, Implementation, Optro

Natalie Dytrych
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Optro

Ofir Afenzar
Project Lead, Implementation, Optro

Rachel Feldkamp
Senior Manager, Implementation, Optro

Raul Villar Jr.
Chief Executive Officer, Optro

Ricardo Martinez
Principle Product Manager | Agentic Internal Audit, Optro

Richard Chambers
Senior Advisor, Risk and Audit and Former President & CEO of The IIA, Optro

Richard Marcus
Chief Information Security Officer, Optro

Sam Blank
Implementation Project Lead, Optro

Sarah Goff
Senior Manager Product Solutions - Strategic, Optro

Sean Wright
Customer Success Manager, Optro

Sheena Kapadia
Customer Success Manager, Optro

Stacey Waitz
Sr. Customer Success Manager, Strategic, Optro

Stephanie Parrish
Sr. Customer Success Manager, Strategic, Optro

Victor Vazquez
Customer Success Manager, Optro

Weston Prohaska
Product Manager, Optro

Zoscha Partos
Senior Manager, Customer Success - AI Governance, Optro
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