The Security Leaders SummitSM
The Security Leaders SummitSM - Northeast 2010 will be held on Friday, October 1, 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. In an intimate environment of 125+ security executives (director level and above), the Summit provides outstanding opportunities to build relationships with professionals from leading organizations across the northeast region.
With a focus on challenging their thinking around Innovation, Leadership, and Collaboration, the elite group of technology and business executives at the Summit will showcase leadership at its best. Through keynote presentations and interactive discussions, the Summit attendees will explore today's challenges and solutions, share insights, and have the opportunity to network with the region’s top security executives.
The Security Leaders Summit hosts to-date include:
 | Dennis Brixius Vice President & Chief Security Officer The McGraw-Hill Companies New York, NY |  | Todd Colvin Director of Enterprise Data Security Paychex Inc. Webster, NY |
 | Thomas Dunbar Senior Vice President, Global IT Chief Security Officer XL Global Services Stamford, CT |  | Howard Israel Corporate Security Officer Fidessa Corporation New York, NY |
| Roseann Larson Vice President of Global Information Systems - Risk Management and Compliance Estee Lauder Companies Melville, NY | | Brad Maiorino Chief Information Security Officer of GE's Corporate Division GE Fairfield, CT |
| Laz Montano Assistant Vice President, Security MetLife Troy, NY | | Roy Post Chief Information Security Officer AXA Financial New York, NY |
 | Deborah Snyder Chief Information Security Officer NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Albany, NY | | John Walp Chief Information Security Officer M&T Bank Corporation Amherst, NY |
 | Larry Whiteside Chief Information Security Officer Visiting Nurse Service of New York New York, NY |
With over seven years of delivering excellence, Executive Alliance is the creator and provider of premier leadership recognition forums and a national network that honors and celebrates outstanding achievements of executives in different industries. These forums facilitate the building of deep relationships within a network of peers, provide visibility for executives and their companies, and offer access and insight into the people leading these industries. Visit www.execalliance.com to learn more.
Executive Alliance has produced executive technology summits, roundtables and custom programs across the U.S. in cities including Atlanta, Dallas, Washington DC., Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Las Vegas, Boston, and internationally, London and Bangkok. Our sponsors for these programs include companies such as CA, Cisco, CSC, Fortify, HP, IBM-ISS, Novell, Qualys, RSA-EMC, Stonesoft, Symantec, Trend Micro, Verdasys, and Websense.
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CEO, Executive Alliance
As CEO of Executive Alliance, Mary Lou Heastings has responsibility for guiding the continued expansion of the company’s portfolio of technology related executive summits, awards, roundtables, and custom programs across the country. Ms. Heastings launched the publishing arm of Executive Alliance to promote the successes of executives in different industries. Ms. Heastings has significant experience in management, information technology, finance and operations.
Previous to Executive Alliance, Ms. Heastings had over 20 years of software experience in e-business and global reservations systems for the travel industry with responsibility for developing strategies and deploying enabling technologies in the business information environment. She directed a staff of 150+ technical professionals at Worldspan with responsibilities for implementing corporate business applications in the United States and 28 countries around the globe. In addition, Ms. Heastings has previous experience in strategic planning, business development, and software development with companies such as Delta Air Lines and Holiday Inn.
Ms. Heastings was co-recipient of the ATHENA Award for women business leaders having an impact on the workplace. She was recognized in “Who's Who in Technology"e; in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, on the cover of Georgia Trend Magazine as an executive leading change, and featured in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution for her leadership role in developing e-business strategies. An avid boater, Ms. Heastings received her Captain’s license in 2004.
Host and Announcer of Formula 1 Racing, The Speed Channel
Bob Varsha is one of the more prominent on-air personalities for SPEED Channel. He is the host of the network's live Formula 1 coverage along with David Hobbs and Steve Matchett. Bob began his television career covering sports for TBS in 1980, moved to ESPN in 1986, and moved to Speedvision in 1999, where he hosted Speedvision New,s Raceweek, and Speedvision coverage of Formula One, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Varsha also commentates on the Barrett-Jackson auction on Speed in Scottsdale and Palm Beach annually.
Bob Varsha attended Dartmouth College graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in foreign language in 1973. While attending Emory University Law School he competed as a two-time Olympic Trials marathon finalist. As a practicing attorney in Atlanta, Varsha accepted an invitation from Turner Broadcasting to cover a popular footrace in his home town in 1980, a performance that led to an offer of a part-time job from TBS and a new career.
Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer, AT&T Services, Inc
Dr. Edward G. Amoroso serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer for AT&T Services, Inc. His responsibilities include real-time security protection of AT&T's network and computing infrastructure – including mobility services; security policy, planning, and architecture for AT&T's enterprise; security support for AT&T's IPTV and entertainment initiatives; and lead design, development, and operations support for AT&T's managed and network-based security services.
Ed's twenty four-year career at AT&T began at Bell Laboratories, where he worked on securing the Unix operating system, as well as numerous federal government security initiatives. More recently, he has championed AT&T's network-based security strategy, centered around emerging in-the-cloud protection services such as Network-Based Firewall and DDoS Defense. Ed has authored numerous research papers, articles, and four books on information security, and is at work on a new book entitled "e;Protecting National Infrastructure from Cyber Attack," which should be available soon. He is the 1999 winner of the AT&T Labs Technology Medal for his contributions to large-scale intrusion detection.
Ed holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the Stevens Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the Senior Executive Program at the Columbia Business School. He has served as an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stevens for the past twenty years, and his work has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Network World and the New York Times.
Senior Vice President, PGi
As an innovator and progressive Security Specialist, Jeffrey continues to be at the forefront of creating and implementing new solutions and techniques to organize and protect data. Over his career, Jeffrey has delicately balanced the need for securing access to data, against usability, and the wide-scale adoption of entitlement and data loss protection solutions. Recently, Mr. DiMuro filed a patent for a newly developed e-Delivery solution which he coined S.T.E.P. - Secure Transfer Electronic Present. This bi-directional Secure Email solution creates an end-to-end encrypted pathway to transmit sensitive.
Jeffrey holds a BS in Finance from the College of NJ, and a JD/MBA from Widener University School of Law.
Chief Information Security Officer, DuPont
Larry Brock has been working for DuPont for 32 years in Information Technology, Research & Development, and Marketing. He has worked in several functional groups and businesses across DuPont; including the Corporate IT group, Imaging, Fibers, and Nylon. He served as an Information Security Officer within the U.S. Air Force and assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA). He served on active duty at the NSA for 4 years and then in a reserve capacity for 26 years. Mr. Brock has BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and is a certified information security manager, CISM.
President and CEO, Freud America, Inc.
Russell Kohl has been at the helm of the organization as President/CEO since 2002. Before assuming the head leadership role, he was VP of Sales and Marketing for two years at Freud. Prior to Freud, Russell held a variety of marketing and sales roles at Black & Decker/DeWALT, in addition to his experience as VP of Sales, Marketing, and Engineering with Peachtree Doors and Windows..
