Category: GCF 2021 Speakers

Ms. Hamidi is an experienced board member and a successful strategy and marketing executive who has run industrial products and services businesses. She is an outside member of the Board of Directors of 1910 Legacy Enterprises, an ESOP company owning White Electrical, an industrial electrical contractor, and Axis Energy, an engineer-procure-construct firm specializing in renewable energy. Ms. Hamidi is particularly known for her ability to guide the creation of enterprise

Dave Tyson is the President of Apollo Information Systems, a concierge Cyber Security consultancy with operations across the USA and Canada. Over 30 years of experience in Cyber & Physical security leadership battling organized crime and nation state attackers has prepared him for all aspects of Enterprise Security Risk Management. He is also the co-founder of Cyber Easy Learning, an online and classroom Cyber Security training program that teaches Cyber

Wanda J. Silva is the Founder and President of Silva Capital Solutions, Inc. (1999 to Present). Based in Marietta, Georgia, Silva Capital Solutions remains the nation’s leader in providing merger, acquisition and financial advisory services to middle market companies including Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) and Outsourced Business Service companies. With 26 years of M&A experience, over 100 completed transactions in the Healthcare and Professional Employer Service (PEO) industries with an

Having worked in the healthcare industry for over 20 years, I’ve seen how fractured the systems are. I’ve seen firsthand how insane of an impact this has on our entire country and us as a people. Frustrating experiences for patients, avoidable errors that cause harm and physicians burning out from the load put on them are putting cracks in the healthcare system which will break open eventually. Technology has done

Keyaan J. Williams is the Founder and Managing Director of CLASS-LLC, a professional services firm that specializes in corporate governance, enterprise risk, and cybersecurity program management for global customers. Prior to CLASS-LLC, he managed large security programs at the CDC. A founding member of the Private Directors Association Atlanta Chapter, he currently serves as the chair of the risk committee for a global non-profit and as a strategic advisor for

Jim West possesses over 28 years’ experience in the Information Technology field with over 17 years focused within Cyber Security. He has worked in the IT and Security industry across many sectors of commercial, space, federal, and defense with expertise in Biometrics, Risk Management, Security Analysis, and Network and Systems Auditing. Jim holds multiple certifications which include; CISSP-ISSEP, ISSMP, CAP, GSLC, GCIH, GSNA, GCWN, G2700, PMP, CIPP, C-CISO, CEH, and

Aite-Novarica Group Strategic Advisor with more than 45 years of information security experience. I focus on cybersecurity, privacy, and IT risk. I provided high impact professional services to Fortune 500/Global 1000 companies, government agencies, and emerging technology companies from 1996 to 2019. Author and frequent public speaker on cyber security and privacy subjects including enterprise security strategy, application security, mobile device security, secure e-commerce, identity fraud prevention, wireless threats and

Amber Vanderburg is a multi award winning international businessperson, keynote speaker, and founder of The Pathwayz Group. In 2016, she left her job in corporate HR to become the only female, only American, and only blonde Academy elite football coach for the Adidas Gameday Academy/Paris Saint Germain Academy in Bangalore, India. She worked with an international team of coaches to transform the organizational design, training development, and corporate culture to

Heath Renfrow, the CISO and Managing Director of Disaster Recovery Services at Conversant Group, is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading cyber security experts. He has more than two decades of experience as a high-level information security specialist, much of it as a chief information security officer (CISO) in the United States Department of Defense, where he addressed some of the nation’s most significant cyber challenges. In 2017

Mr. Rayle is a Security professional with over 20 years of direct experience in security sales, consulting, management and leadership. He is currently a security strategist for technologies and processes. A key part of his job role is the translation of security drivers into business support programs. The creation of security strategies, communication of program value to the business, and integration of board level security concerns to operational portfolio activities