PRESENTERS: DAY 1

Day 1: Industry Trends

Day 1 focuses on ‘Industry Trends’ including VIP keynote and Canadian thought leader speakers, panels, and technical demonstrations.

President Cheryl JensenWelcoming Address

President Cheryl Jensen

Cheryl Jensen is the eighth president of Algonquin College. She joins Algonquin from Mohawk College, where she held the title of Vice President, Academic for five years. Cheryl joined Mohawk as a Chemical Engineering Technology professor in 1983 and served as Dean, Executive Dean, and Vice President of Engineering Technology, Apprenticeship and Corporate Training. Cheryl was instrumental in the development and launch of Canada’s first Bachelor of Technology collaborative degree program with McMaster University and the Hydro One – College Consortium.


Colleen MerchantOpening Keynote Presentation

Colleen Merchant

Director General, National Cyber Security Directorate, National and Cyber Security Branch, Public Safety Canada

Ms. Merchant, with a rich background in science, technology and security, is the recently appointed Director General of National Cyber Security at Public Safety Canada.
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Greg Young

Vice President, Gartner

Greg Young is a Research Vice President in Gartner covering network security. Mr. Young has more than 20 years of experience in IT security in both the private and public sectors. He spent his military career in technology security and was head of IT security for the Federal Department of Communications.button


Canadian Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Panel - Dave Black

Dave Black

Manager, Cyber Intel Team, National Intelligence Coordination Centre, RCMP

Dave Black has been a civilian member of RCMP for over 33 years. He joined the RCMP in a pre-internet / pre-cybercrime era and has transitioned into management of the Cyber Team, in HQ Ottawa’s Federal Policing, National Intelligence Coordination Centre (NICC). Dave is an active participant in many RCMP and Government workgroups linked to cyber security or cybercrime.

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Nadeem Douba

Managing Partner & Hacker at Red Canari

Nadeem Douba is a Managing Partner & Hacker at Red Canari; an Ottawa-based information security startup that offers highly specialized technical security services to clients in the public and private sector. With over 15 years’ experience, Nadeem specializes in performing and penetration tests and red teaming for Fortune 100s, critical infrastructure, health care, and law enforcement clients.

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Kris Klein

Partner at nNovation

Kris has more than a decade of public and private sector experience in the federal regulatory arena in Canada, and is one of Canada’s leading legal experts on privacy, access to information and information security issues.

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Kevin McNamee

Kevin McNamee

Director of Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive Security Labs

Kevin McNamee is director of Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive Security Labs and is responsible for the security research team that supports the ALU’s cloud based malware detection system. Previously he was director of security research at ALU’s Bell Labs specializing in the analysis of malware propagation and detection.

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Brian O’Higgins

Executive Fellow, Mistral Venture Partners

Brian O’Higgins is an Angel Investor and Board Member. He has more than 30 years of experience as a leader in security technology development—possibly known best for his role pioneering PKI (public key infrastructure)— and as the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Entrust, a leading Internet Security Company.
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Michael Power

Michael Power

Consultant, Legal and Consulting Services

Michael Power, based in Toronto, provides legal and consulting services to national and international clients on governance, technology, privacy and security-related issues. He has extensive experience providing legal and strategic advice in both the public and private sectors.

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T scassa Teresa Scassa

Research Chair in Information Law, University of Ottawa

Dr. Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in Information Law at the University of Ottawa, where she is also a professor at the Faculty of Law.

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Scott SmithScott Smith

Director, Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Director, Canadian Intellectual Property Council

Scott Smith is the Director of Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Director of the Canadian Intellectual Property Council.

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Trevor StevadoTrevor Stevado

Managing Partner & Hacker at Red Canari

Trevor Stevado is a Managing Partner & Hacker at Red Canari; an Ottawa-based information security startup that offers highly specialized technical security services to clients in the public and private sector. Trevor specializes in cutting-edge application and network infrastructure security research and has played a pivotal role in securing some of North America’s most critical information systems.

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E-Miller-Eric Miller

Vice President of Policy, North America and Cybersecurity

Eric Miller is Vice President of Policy, North America and Cybersecurity at the Business Council of Canada, which represents the CEOs of 150 of Canada’s leading companies.

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Foundation Sponsor Presenters

Sean EarhardSean Earhard

Head, Cisco’s Advanced Threat Solutions team

Sean Earhard heads Cisco’s Advanced Threat Solutions team for Canada, working with organizations to design and build strategies to secure their networks and users from today’s Advanced Threats.
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ashley LukeeramAshley Lukeeram, CISSP, CEH

Federal & Regional Director – Cybersecurity
RSA, the Security Division of EMC

Ashley is responsible for managing the business relationships with the Canadian Federal departments and regional enterprises by helping them address Cybersecurity issues through RSA’s portfolio of solutions.
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Tyson Macaulay

Chief Security Strategist and VP Security Services, Fortinet

Tyson Macaulay is the Chief Security Strategist and Vice President of Security Services at Fortinet. This role involves international business strategy and thought leadership for Fortinet, and developing Consulting Services capacity.
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Paul Reid

Paul Reid

Senior Director of Partner Engagement and Enablement, Interset

As Senior Director of Partner Engagement and Enablement at Interset, Paul Reid serves as an expert source for Interset customers, prospects, partners, industry analysts and journalists.
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