Where Industry Leaders Meet to Shape the Future

Security Leaders Summit - Central
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The InterContinental Hotel Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Complimentary to our guests, the Executive Roundtables offer an intimate environment for senior IT executives to discuss their latest strategies and ideas around specific topics that are timely and relevant to today's leadership challenges. These programs provide interactive peer-to-peer discussions at the highest levels and the opportunity to forge relationships with industry leaders.
Example of past program participants include:
If are interested in attending or learning more about our executive roundtables and custom programs, please send an email to info@execalliance.com or call 678-445-1919.
Host and Facilitator for the Evening Discussion

Ariel Silverstone
Chief Information Security Officer
Expedia, Inc.
Sponsored By
Dinner Topic:
Against a backdrop of unprecedented growth in smartphones and tablets in the enterprise, a crush of software vendors mobilizing their business applications, and the revelation that web 2.0 technologies are here to stay, senior IT executives are finding themselves under intense pressure to define a new environment that positions their organizations competitively for the future. Additionally, as the trend towards the consumerization of IT continues to pick up speed, these executives must now layer in an increasing mandate to say yes to mobile devices on the corporate network.
This drive to support enterprise mobility arrives on the heels of nearly a decade of tens of billions of dollars of collective investment in security and compliance. Following several high profile data breaches and in response to substantial regulatory and industry policy, corporations around the world have erected infrastructures to lock down, manage, monitor, and report on the security of their IT environments. Today's influx of mobile devices threatens that model.
Newer computing models-- mobile devices accessing corporate resources and applications from anywhere, cloud services, virtualized desktops, and social networking, push traditional security boundaries. Creating even more pressure, IT organizations are expected to support their businesses faster than ever before; they are trying to accomplish in a year for mobile devices what took the industry the last decade for fixed IT infrastructure. Moreover, they're doing it across a greater number of platforms and with an explosion of mobile applications.
Join your peers for dinner and discussion on the the strategies for success and the technologies needed to control and respond to this rapidly changing environment.
1 Washington Avenue at South Pointe Park, Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Hosts and Facilitators for the Evening Discussion

Mayra Regalado
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
AutoNation, Inc.
Sponsored By
Dinner Topic:
Against a backdrop of unprecedented growth in smartphones and tablets in the enterprise, a crush of software vendors mobilizing their business applications, and the revelation that web 2.0 technologies are here to stay, senior IT executives are finding themselves under intense pressure to define a new environment that positions their organizations competitively for the future. Additionally, as the trend towards the consumerization of IT continues to pick up speed, these executives must now layer in an increasing mandate to say yes to mobile devices on the corporate network.
This drive to support enterprise mobility arrives on the heels of nearly a decade of tens of billions of dollars of collective investment in security and compliance. Following several high profile data breaches and in response to substantial regulatory and industry policy, corporations around the world have erected infrastructures to lock down, manage, monitor, and report on the security of their IT environments. Today's influx of mobile devices threatens that model.
Newer computing models-- mobile devices accessing corporate resources and applications from anywhere, cloud services, virtualized desktops, and social networking, push traditional security boundaries. Creating even more pressure, IT organizations are expected to support their businesses faster than ever before; they are trying to accomplish in a year for mobile devices what took the industry the last decade for fixed IT infrastructure. Moreover, they're doing it across a greater number of platforms and with an explosion of mobile applications.
Join your peers for dinner and discussion on the the strategies for success and the technologies needed to control and respond to this rapidly changing environment.
1426 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Host and Facilitator for the Evening Discussion

David S. Kaufman
Senior Vice President and CIO
Aramark Corporation
Sponsored By
Dinner Topic:
Against a backdrop of unprecedented growth in smartphones and tablets in the enterprise, a crush of software vendors mobilizing their business applications, and the revelation that web 2.0 technologies are here to stay, senior IT executives are finding themselves under intense pressure to define a new environment that positions their organizations competitively for the future. Additionally, as the trend towards the consumerization of IT continues to pick up speed, these executives must now layer in an increasing mandate to say yes to mobile devices on the corporate network.
This drive to support enterprise mobility arrives on the heels of nearly a decade of tens of billions of dollars of collective investment in security and compliance. Following several high profile data breaches and in response to substantial regulatory and industry policy, corporations around the world have erected infrastructures to lock down, manage, monitor, and report on the security of their IT environments. Today's influx of mobile devices threatens that model.
Newer computing models-- mobile devices accessing corporate resources and applications from anywhere, cloud services, virtualized desktops, and social networking, push traditional security boundaries. Creating even more pressure, IT organizations are expected to support their businesses faster than ever before; they are trying to accomplish in a year for mobile devices what took the industry the last decade for fixed IT infrastructure. Moreover, they're doing it across a greater number of platforms and with an explosion of mobile applications.
Join your peers for dinner and discussion on the the strategies for success and the technologies needed to control and respond to this rapidly changing environment.
5251 Spring Valley Rd, Dallas, Texas 75254
Host and Facilitator for the Evening Discussion

David Stanowick
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Alliance Data
Sponsored By
Dinner Topic:
Against a backdrop of unprecedented growth in smartphones and tablets in the enterprise, a crush of software vendors mobilizing their business applications, and the revelation that web 2.0 technologies are here to stay, senior IT executives are finding themselves under intense pressure to define a new environment that positions their organizations competitively for the future. Additionally, as the trend towards the consumerization of IT continues to pick up speed, these executives must now layer in an increasing mandate to say yes to mobile devices on the corporate network.
This drive to support enterprise mobility arrives on the heels of nearly a decade of tens of billions of dollars of collective investment in security and compliance. Following several high profile data breaches and in response to substantial regulatory and industry policy, corporations around the world have erected infrastructures to lock down, manage, monitor, and report on the security of their IT environments. Today's influx of mobile devices threatens that model.
Newer computing models-- mobile devices accessing corporate resources and applications from anywhere, cloud services, virtualized desktops, and social networking, push traditional security boundaries. Creating even more pressure, IT organizations are expected to support their businesses faster than ever before; they are trying to accomplish in a year for mobile devices what took the industry the last decade for fixed IT infrastructure. Moreover, they're doing it across a greater number of platforms and with an explosion of mobile applications.
Join your peers for dinner and discussion on the the strategies for success and the technologies needed to control and respond to this rapidly changing environment.
1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Facilitated Discussions by Industry Senior Executives
Sponsored By
Dinner Topic:
Against a backdrop of unprecedented growth in smartphones and tablets in the enterprise, a crush of software vendors mobilizing their business applications, and the revelation that web 2.0 technologies are here to stay, senior IT executives are finding themselves under intense pressure to define a new environment that positions their organizations competitively for the future. Additionally, as the trend towards the consumerization of IT continues to pick up speed, these executives must now layer in an increasing mandate to say yes to mobile devices on the corporate network.
This drive to support enterprise mobility arrives on the heels of nearly a decade of tens of billions of dollars of collective investment in security and compliance. Following several high profile data breaches and in response to substantial regulatory and industry policy, corporations around the world have erected infrastructures to lock down, manage, monitor, and report on the security of their IT environments. Today's influx of mobile devices threatens that model.
Newer computing models-- mobile devices accessing corporate resources and applications from anywhere, cloud services, virtualized desktops, and social networking, push traditional security boundaries. Creating even more pressure, IT organizations are expected to support their businesses faster than ever before; they are trying to accomplish in a year for mobile devices what took the industry the last decade for fixed IT infrastructure. Moreover, they're doing it across a greater number of platforms and with an explosion of mobile applications.
Join your peers for dinner and discussion on the the strategies for success and the technologies needed to control and respond to this rapidly changing environment.
Hosts and Facilitators for the Evening Discussions

Bill Boni
Vice President Information Security
T-Mobile, USA

Eric W. Cowperthwaite
Chief Information Security Officer
Providence Health & Services
Sponsored By
Dinner Topic:
As threats continue to increase in both magnitude and ‘mal-itude’, traditional approaches are consuming the energy and resources of the enterprise security organization without success. Weakened strategy, rising help desk calls, and lost productivity are tough to defend in the CEO’s office, particularly as the organization’s IT security budget creeps upward. Recent attacks have raised the visibility on how ineffective traditional, reactive solutions really are. As the CEO of INTEL recently stated “…wouldn’t it be great if we could move to a known good model where we could give you a trusted machine that only allowed in trusted software”.
Join an intimate group of your peers for a dinner program centered on the impact of Web 2.0 technologies and why their broad adoption leads us to the need for trust-centric vs. threat-centric solutions. At dinner, we will discuss:
Join us for dinner and conversation about a key new security that has “turned a corner and is coming out of the “trough of disillusionment” on the Gartner hype cycle ‘’, according to Neil MacDonald, Gartner VP and Fellow - http://blogs.gartner.com/neil_macdonald/2010/05/11/application-control-whitelisting-interest-is-growing-rapidly/
Hosts and Facilitators for the Evening Discussion

Ken Kilby
Chief Information Security Officer
BB&T
Sponsored By
Dinner Topic:
As threats continue to increase in both magnitude and ‘mal-itude’, traditional approaches are consuming the energy and resources of the enterprise security organization without success. Weakened strategy, rising help desk calls, and lost productivity are tough to defend in the CEO’s office, particularly as the organization’s IT security budget creeps upward. Recent attacks have raised the visibility on how ineffective traditional, reactive solutions really are. As the CEO of INTEL recently stated “…wouldn’t it be great if we could move to a known good model where we could give you a trusted machine that only allowed in trusted software”.
Join an intimate group of your peers for a dinner program centered on the impact of Web 2.0 technologies and why their broad adoption leads us to the need for trust-centric vs. threat-centric solutions. At dinner, we will discuss:
Join us for dinner and conversation about a key new security that has “turned a corner and is coming out of the “trough of disillusionment” on the Gartner hype cycle ‘’, according to Neil MacDonald, Gartner VP and Fellow - http://blogs.gartner.com/neil_macdonald/2010/05/11/application-control-whitelisting-interest-is-growing-rapidly/
Hosts and Facilitators for the Evening Discussion

Matthew Archibald
Managing Director and Chief Information Security Officer
Applied Materials
Sponsored By
Dinner Topic:
As threats continue to increase in both magnitude and ‘mal-itude’, traditional approaches are consuming the energy and resources of the enterprise security organization without success. Weakened strategy, rising help desk calls, and lost productivity are tough to defend in the CEO’s office, particularly as the organization’s IT security budget creeps upward. Recent attacks have raised the visibility on how ineffective traditional, reactive solutions really are. As the CEO of INTEL recently stated “…wouldn’t it be great if we could move to a known good model where we could give you a trusted machine that only allowed in trusted software”.
Join an intimate group of your peers for a dinner program centered on the impact of Web 2.0 technologies and why their broad adoption leads us to the need for trust-centric vs. threat-centric solutions. At dinner, we will discuss:
Join us for dinner and conversation about a key new security that has “turned a corner and is coming out of the “trough of disillusionment” on the Gartner hype cycle ‘’, according to Neil MacDonald, Gartner VP and Fellow - http://blogs.gartner.com/neil_macdonald/2010/05/11/application-control-whitelisting-interest-is-growing-rapidly/
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At this premier event for senior level staff, discussions for the day focused on how public safety organizations are utilizing and leveraging new approaches and technology to more fully protect their citizens and infrastructure from emerging threats. In today’s environment, virtually every municipality, agency, educational institution, mass transportation center, financial institution, utility plant and medical center must plan for threats and protect the security of its property, employees, customers, citizens and IT infrastructure. Additionally, businesses in every sector face challenges in protecting their customers, employees, and assets while working to reduce operating costs, improve productivity and increase profit as well as customer satisfaction.
Over the past several decades, surveillance techniques have matured dramatically. Analog technologies and security personnel are being replaced with Internet Protocol (IP) technology, leveraging digital video cameras, remote access, and intelligent analytics. This evolution provides organizations with significant opportunities to improve security and reduce operating costs. Security solutions that enable rapid response to security breaches and prompt investigation of events are the result of technology improvements that not only provide enhanced capabilities but provide the foundations for a Smarter Public Safety strategy.
From advanced video surveillance, video analytics, and information integration solutions, leading experts discussed how technologies are advancing the efforts of "real–world" public safety organizations. The day’s agenda included the following:
Morning keynote Mark Tanner, Former Director of the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, Counterterrorism Division of the FBI, focused on intelligence and information sharing abilities, technology innovations and associated challenges, and the challenges he sees with interoperability. Over the last ten years, the focus of physical security and public safety programs have shifted dramatically towards counterterrorism initiatives and thwarting cyber related crime. The ability to make this dramatic shift has largely been due to the ability to leverage existing technologies and the ability to take advantage of new innovative technologies being introduced to the market place. While many of the technologies hold great promise, a complex ecosystem is now in place that includes the stakeholders and providers of hardware, software, processes, and professional services. And with any ecosystem comes the challenges of integrating the pieces to make it whole. Mark concluded his keynote with his insights into how these challenges can and will be met. Download a copy of Mark’s presentation (
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In the second session of the morning, Stephen Russo, Director, Physical Security Technology with the IBM Corporation explored the ramifications of the world becoming ever more "connected" and how that expansion will affect the availability of data delivered from IT systems, smart devices, data warehouses, public records and beyond. The presentation reviewed how smarter cities are tackling the new reality that while the vast amount of incoming data designed to help them become more efficient is exploding, the ability to derive useful intelligence from it is actually becoming more difficult. From public safety and energy consumption to water management and infrastructure management, the session offered specific examples of how these broad new inter–connections are being more smartly managed through the use of ground–breaking new technologies. Download a copy of Stephen’s presentation (
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Craig Magerkurth, Technology Program Manager with theChicago Public Building Commission presented a "real–world" case study focusing on how the Public Building Commission of Chicago is leveraging new technologies to protect the infrastructure of the nation's third largest city. From city–wide surveillance tools to various additional deployed technologies currently protecting Chicago's lakefront, downtown area, expressways and tunnels throughout the city, the presentation offered attendees the opportunity to learn how Chicago developed a broad–ranging surveillance program designed to protect its citizens.
Bob Dolan, Regional Security Executive with Anixter kicked–off this session with an overview of current drivers and trends specific to new surveillance technologies. With lower cost technologies driving demand in the surveillance marketplace, more options are available now than ever before. To better understand what is fueling this growth, Bob’s discussed the marketplace relative to video surveillance, access control, and RFID. In his presentation, he discussed the need to understand the demands of the Public Sector with the important need to balance legal requirements. With insights gained from Anixter’s research and development teams, Bob brought to light current and future technologies and how these can be applied to address both needs and market demands. Download a copy of Bob’s presentation (
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City–wide surveillance is becoming increasingly popular across the world and thus a growing market segment for security technology manufacturers. With increasing implementation of video surveillance in public spaces, more and more research is being done around the subject. Stephan Kaiser, Director of Sales, North America for Genetec, Inc, a pioneer in the physical security and public safety industry and provider of IP license plate recognition (LPR), video surveillance and access control solutions, presentation focused on while having an effective city–wide deployment centers heavily on the variety of technology and how they are all interconnected, success in city–wide deployments goes beyond just the technology employed. The approach has to be a global one which should also include community involvement, shared infrastructures, and consideration of policing methods and environmental design. Download a copy of Stephan's presentation (
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Jack Murphy, Fire Marshal (retired) and COO of eBICard detailed the benefits of and requirements for the Electronic Building Information Card (eBIC) which is designed to assist First Responders and building owners and managers to more quickly mitigate an emergency event at a single location by supplying critical information about the specific building's features and systems. This session offered a broad review of this new tool (mandatory for compliance with NFPA 1620 – Standard for Pre–Incident Planning – 2010 Edition and the International Fire Code – 2012 edition) and how the eBIC gathers and centralizes crucial information about the structure and its contents. And importantly, how this information can provide crucial insight to First Responders around how tactics and resources may be deployed in a crisis management situation.
The adoption of Gov 2.0 technologies by public safety agencies is in a stage of exponential growth to combat crime, improve response operations and to save lives. Criminals and terrorists are using emerging technologies such as social networking to communicate and synchronize illegal activities. In this session, Scott Padgett, LTC (R), US Army Special Operations, Business Unit Executive, IBM Corporation, demonstrated how Gov 2.0 technologies transform tactical and strategic public safety operations to adapt and defeat emerging threats and crimes. In live demonstrations on the internet, Scott explored the art of “Tactical Tweeting”, demonstrated the Geospatial Common Operations Picture (GEOCOP) and brought to life why criminals and terrorists “Fear the Twordle”. Download a copy of Scott's presentation (
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With global cities becoming more focused on security, Public Safety professionals are continually tasked with understanding the multiple sources of new threats and vulnerabilities in order to more proactively prevent malicious attacks. Stephen Russo, Director, Physical Security Technology with the IBM Corporation provided a review of how leading public safety organizations are performing faster and more precise investigations by integrating their intelligence with more sophisticated video technology tools that enable them to more quickly search and analyze millions of pieces of incoming data. Steve discussed how integration technology advances such as data mining, analytical and visualization tools are creating "smarter public safety solutions" to give safety and security professionals new insights into how to respond to a constantly changing threat landscape.
Dr. Chiao–Fe Shu, Chief Technologist for Physical Security Services, with the IBM Corporation followed Steve with discussions on the recent research and development advancements as a result of working in actual city client environments. His presentation focused on the increasingly sophisticated nature of threats and escalating security overhead that are driving organizations to find and adopt new solutions. Video analytics, one of the solutions, can dramatically improve the effectiveness and response capability, but designing and implementing an effective solution can be a challenge. In order to overcome the challenges, Dr. Shu discussed how a paradigm shift of the technologies is needed to make them useful and effective tools. His presentation concluded with a summarization of the future research and development direction of video analytics.