Meet our leaders.

Richard A. Holmes is the Assistant Vice President Information Assurance and serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Union Pacific Railroad.  In his position, Holmes is responsible the Company’s information security and disaster recovery programs.  

Holmes began his career with Union Pacific in 1986 as a member of the Corporate Audit Staff where he spent 12 years performing financial, operational, and information systems audits of Union Pacific Corporation’s railroad, trucking, oil and gas, mining, hazardous waste, and logistics companies. 
 
Holmes transferred to Union Pacific Railroad’s Information Technologies in 1999 as the Director of Security.  Over the next 10 years he developed the Company’s information assurance, disaster recovery, business resumption and change management programs.  During this period he also managed the Company’s client computing systems and data network.  While retaining information security responsibilities, Holmes spent five years managing the development and maintenance the Company’s back-office applications.  He subsequently spent four years managing the Company’s computing infrastructure.  Prior to his current position, he was the CEO of PS Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Union Pacific Railroad that provides commercial software to the transportation industry.

Holmes is the founding chairman of the Railroad Information Security Committee for the Association of American Railroads. In this position, he led industry efforts to: 1) create the Surface Transportation ISAC; 2) perform industry-wide security assessments; and 3) develop the industry’s Risk Analysis and Security Management plan.  He was also very active in the establishment of public and private sector initiatives to improve the security of the nation’s critical infrastructure through his involvement with the National Infrastructure Advisory Council and the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security.
 
Holmes has a bachelor’s degree from Iowa State University and a master’s degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.

Assaf serves as Chief Information Security Officer & VP, Enterprise Cyber Security for PayPal where he oversees all aspects of PayPal’s security product and service delivery organization globally.  Assaf provides strategic leadership for PayPal’s Security teams, which build security products, manage security infrastructure, and provide security services for the company’s customer base.

Malcolm Harkins is the Chief Security and Trust Officer at Epiphany Systems. Malcolm reports to the CEO and is responsible for enabling business growth through trusted infrastructure, systems, and business processes. He has direct organizational responsibility for information risk, security, and privacy policy.

Christine is CISO and CTO of Finance of America. Prior to this role she was Global Head of Morgan Stanley’s Operational Assurance Team. Before that she was Technical Director for the U.S. Department of Defense. A Distinguished Cyber Visiting Fellow of the U.K. government, she holds a degree from SUNY at Buffalo.

Tim is the former CISO of TIAA where he was responsible for the information security strategy and governance, technologies, security engineering, and cyber defense and monitoring. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with a proven track record of transforming cybersecurity organizations into sustained highly effective organizations. He is a recognized leader in security with broad knowledge of business needs, deep understanding of technology and industry trends. His passion is in developing high performing teams by building a culture that embraces the power of finding the best in each team member and building creative recruiting pipelines into organizations. Tim has spent most of his career working at large financial institutions including Wells Fargo and Bank of America with extensive industry experience.

Niall is currently Chief Trust Officer and VP Trust at Workday. He has more than 18 years of experience building and managing Global Information Security, Audit, Fraud, Compliance and Risk Management programs for financial institutions, technology providers and cloud providers.

Sherry Ryan is Vice President and CISO of Juniper Networks. Previously, Sherry held similar leadership positions at Blue Shield of California, Hewlett-Packard, Safeway and Levi Strauss where she established and led their information security programs.

Tal Arad is the CISO & VP of IS&TS for Carlsberg Group. With over 25 years of experience, he has served in a multitude of security positions including CISO for CEVA Logistics, Head of InfoSec for Canon EMEA, security consultancy and the CSO for the MAMRAM, the IDF’s core computing center.

Highly experienced information security leader leading risk-based information security programs while mentoring a new generation of security professionals.

Tim is VP and Global Chief Information Security Officer at the Sherwin Williams Company with global responsibility for information and cybersecurity. Before joining Sherwin Williams Company Tim held IT security leadership roles at Kellogg’s and MasterCard for 13 years, including Senior Director of Global Information Security and Enterprise Security Solutions.

Jody Len, VP of Strategic Partnerships at Guidepoint Security, has over 18 years of sales experience in cybersecurity, growing revenue via partnerships, professional services organizations, and global consultancies. Previously, Jody launched and ran the global partner program at CrowdStrike.

David is a CISO, Advisor and a trusted business partner. His career includes Financial Services like Silicon Valley Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank, Software Product and Services with Intuit, and large diversified Media/Data company with Hearst Corporation with large stakes in TV, Newspapers, Magazines, Healthcare, Transportation and Financial (Fitch Ratings). He is an Advisor to various companies and Venture firms in Security and Technology.

Yossi Barkalifa is the CISO and Head of Customer Solutions at Laika. Yossi has a deep background in cybersecurity and developing and implementing information security programs for global organizations. Prior to joining Laika, he held leadership roles at DoubleVerify, Amdocs, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and other companies in industries that require the highest levels of information security and regulatory compliance.

Yaron Levi is CISO for Dolby. He was previously CISO for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, InfoSec Director for Cerner, Security Architect for eBay; and Director of Cloud Security for ANX. Yaron is a Research Fellow for the Cloud Security Alliance, holds a B.A in Social Sciences and Management and graduated from the FBI CISO Academy.

Peter Liebert is the founder and CEO of Liebert Security and Commander of the Cyber Operations Unit for the California State Guard. Prior to these positions, he was CISO for the State of California. He is also the SC Magazine 2019 CISO of the Year, a recognized expert in the cybersecurity community as well as a frequent speaker at industry events.

With 20+ years of field cyber experience, Rajiv has held CRO (Chief Revenue Officer) positions at Acceptto USA (acquired by SecureAuth, 2022), Solebit.io Israel (acquired by Mimecast, 2018), Immun.io Canada (acquired by Trend Micro, 2017), and at Cigital USA (acquired by Synopsys, 2016). Prior, Rajiv held management positions at PwC and Oracle in software engineering, product management and security operations. He is currently cofounder of iCISO.org (non-profit), angel investor and advisor to a select group of VCs. Rajiv holds BE/MS degrees in computer science & engineering, social sciences and mathematics, and an MBA from UC Berkeley. Resident in Silicon Valley, he is also a sommelier, cyclist, fitness enthusiast, and enjoys sports with his son, metal concerts with his daughter, and gourmet cooking with his wife.

Varun Badhwar is the founder & CEO of RedLock, a venture backed startup in the cyber-security space. Prior to founding RedLock, Varun cofounded CipherCloud where he was responsible for product strategy and worldwide field operations.

Kris is a security startup veteran who built successful teams in product management, UX/Design, sales engineering, product evangelism/marketing, education/training, consulting services, and incident response for Mandiant (acquired by FEYE 1.05B) and Cylance (acquired by BB 1.5B). He is an active industry advisor, published author, speaker, trainer, and inventor.

Moti was the founder and CEO of WatchDox until its acquisition by BlackBerry, establishing WatchDox as a visionary in the secure enterprise mobility and collaboration space. Previously Moti was General Manager of the application management business at EMC.

Robert Bigman, now retired from the Central Intelligence Agency after a distinguished thirty-year career, is recognized as a pioneer in the field of classified information protection and an information security trailblazer.