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Jasmine Wong is a cybersecurity creator and practitioner behind CyberJasBytes on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. She explains the security risks people should understand when using AI, as well as the questions teams face when adopting AI.

Drawing on experience across software engineering, identity and access management, and application security, Jasmine brings a practitioner’s perspective to conversations with builders, founders, and security professionals about secure AI adoption and implementation. She also founded Bytes Over Tea, an in-person community where people learn practical security skills and discuss AI security.

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Yasmine Ozeri is the VP of Marketing at Orchid Security, where she leads the company's global marketing strategy, brand, demand generation, product marketing, communications, and events. She is passionate about building bold marketing programs that not only capture attention but also deliver measurable business impact.Prior to Orchid Security, Yasmine spent four years at Wiz, where she built and led the company's strategic events program during its hypergrowth journey. She was behind many of Wiz's most recognized conference experiences, transforming industry events into memorable brand moments that generated significant pipeline and became benchmarks for creative B2B marketing.With more than 15 years of experience in B2B technology marketing, spanning startups and global technology companies, Yasmine combines creativity with data-driven execution to help marketing teams rethink how events contribute to revenue.

Hi, I'm Jeanette! I'm passionate about all things signals-based GTM + ABX + demand gen. Building full-funnel strategies that consistently create demand, capture it, and convert it is my bread and butter.

Over my career, one thing has stood out: I love helping founders and early teams build demand gen engines from scratch. Ones that create sustainable pipeline, respect cybersecurity buyers, and does it all in a tasteful way.

My #1 on StrengthsFinder is belief. When I really believe in something, I embed it into everything I do. And I believe the now and future of marketing is signals-based GTM.

Jessica Ray is the Chief Marketing Officer at DTEX, where she leads global marketing strategy and growth for one of cybersecurity's leading innovators in behavioral intelligence and AI risk management. She has spent more than a decade building high-growth marketing organizations that transform technical innovation into compelling market narratives across the enterprise cybersecurity industry.

Before joining DTEX, Jessica held senior marketing leadership roles at Shift5, Tanium, and Armis, helping scale category-defining cybersecurity companies through brand strategy, go-to-market execution, and demand generation. Throughout her career, she has focused on translating complex technologies into differentiated market positions that accelerate growth and build lasting customer trust.

Jessica began her career with the U.S. Department of State, serving at U.S. embassies overseas and earning a Top Secret security clearance. That experience continues to shape her perspective on the intersection of national security, technology, and business. Today, she is passionate about helping cybersecurity companies simplify complex stories, build category-defining brands, and navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Jocelyn Disque is Group Vice President at Touchdown PR, where she leads communications strategy for cybersecurity, AI, and B2B technology companies. She works closely with founders and security leaders to turn complex innovation into credible, insight-driven narratives that resonate with media, buyers, and the market.

Joe Cicero led Microsoft engineering teams that scaled endpoint protection to over 10 million devices and built one of the company’s first managed security services. Now an alliance strategist and AI innovator, he bridges technical depth with business growth, driving $10M+ in new cybersecurity revenue through data-driven partnerships and emerging tech.

John Knightly is a seasoned marketing leader with 20+ years of experience in cybersecurity, AI, infrastructure software, and more. Before joining Netwrix, he served as Zscaler’s SVP Portfolio Marketing, leading their transformation from a product-centric organization to a leader in Zero Trust platform solutions and helping more than double ARR from $1B to $2.5B. He’s also held CMO and executive roles at BlueJeans, HPE, Adobe, and BEA. With roots in sales and product management, John blends marketing strategy with technical insight. He holds a bachelor’s in statistics from Princeton University and an MBA from UCLA. He’s worked all over the world, including the US, Europe, and Asia, but now calls San Francisco home.

Joseph supports security and risk professionals, helping clients develop security strategies and make informed decisions to protect against cyberattacks. As a research director for Forrester, he leads the analyst team researching security leadership, the role of the CISO, infrastructure and operations, detection and response, and Forrester’s Zero Trust model of information security. His own research focuses on insider risk management, security operations, and security management.

Joseph has presented at industry events, been quoted in the media, and written on a variety of security topics. His almost 20 years of cybersecurity experience include marketing leadership and product marketing roles at Solutionary, McAfee, Vigilar, and IBM (ISS), where he focused on managed security services, consulting services, email security, network security, and compliance. As a marketing leader, Joseph helped align client needs with marketing strategy, messaging, and go-to-market activities while educating users about security strategy.

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Joy Hays is SVP of Marketing and Communications at the Center for Internet Security (CIS), the nonprofit responsible for the CIS Controls® and CIS Benchmarks™, globally recognized best practices that defend organizations in every sector against cyber threats. At CIS, Joy led the organization’s first-ever flagship integrated campaign, Secure by Design, which generated 1,400+ leads, 3,000+ content downloads, and 900k+ paid impressions in its launch quarter alone.

Joy brings 20+ years of results-driven digital and integrated marketing leadership across technology start-ups and Fortune 200 companies. As Chief Storyteller at AT&T, she led the Social Media Center of Excellence and orchestrated all branded digital efforts across AT&T’s entertainment, mobility, and business units including merging the DIRECTV and AT&T social ecosystems into a unified Fortune 10 environment. She has also served as head of Digital and Social Media at Capital One and Texas Instruments, and as Managing Partner at Digital Halcyon, where she delivered 100%+ YoY revenue growth through paid and digital strategy for clients.

A Brand Innovators 40 Under 40 honoree, PR News Social Media Icon Award winner, and recognized on MADcon’s Top 100 Leaders in Marketing & Advertising and the Social Media Today’s Movers & Shakers list, Joy has spoken at SXSW, the Social Media Practitioner Summit, and corporate events for AT&T, Texas Instruments, and Capital One. She is one of the few executives who has led marketing at both the Fortune 100 level and inside a mission-driven cybersecurity nonprofit and she brings both lenses to the stage.

Joyjit Roy is a technology and program management leader specializing in digital transformation, cloud modernization, and applied artificial intelligence. With over two decades of experience across financial, insurance, and eCommerce sectors, his work bridges large-scale enterprise delivery with AI and ML-driven automation.

He currently serves as a Lead Principal Technical Program Manager and AI/ML Cloud certified professional, leading modernization initiatives that integrate machine learning, automation, and agile delivery frameworks. His writing and research explore how emerging AI technologies such as generative models, multimodal systems, and agentic architectures can optimize enterprise operations and decision-making.

His key interests include applied AI research, agentic systems, cognitive automation, cloud-native architectures, and responsible AI adoption in large organizations.

Juliana Slye

Founder and CEO

Government Business Results, LLC (GBR)

Juliana Slye is the Founder and CEO of Government Business Results, LLC (GBR), a nationwide firm headquartered in Virginia. Tech companies rely on GBR for the Go-To-Market services (strategy, marketing, content, enablement) and staffing support they need to more effectively market and sell to government agencies. Recently, GBR was named one of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies by Inc.

Juliana has 20 years of experience in various business, sales and marketing roles helping tech companies achieve success in government markets. Prior to founding GBR in 2010 she managed strategy, marketing, enablement and solution development for global government industry teams at tech titans like Autodesk, Adobe, Macromedia and Silicon Graphics (SGI). She is the current Chair of the GAIN 2026 Executive Committee and engaged in various leadership levels across different industry organizations and communities. Juliana is a sought-after speaker, and regularly delivers training, seminars and panels on government marketing and industry growth topics.

Karen Buffo serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Veracode, where she leverages nearly two decades of global security expertise to architect marketing strategies that create meaningful value across all stakeholder communities—customers, partners, shareholders, and employees.

Her professional journey encompasses senior leadership roles at industry-leading organizations including MixMode, Anomali, The Symantec Enterprise Division of Broadcom, and Oracle. Throughout this progression, Karen has consistently demonstrated her ability to conceptualize and execute comprehensive global marketing initiatives that not only strengthen brand positioning but drive measurable worldwide growth.

What distinguishes Karen's approach is her multifaceted expertise spanning strategic planning, business enablement, and international marketing execution. This comprehensive background enables her to maintain a holistic perspective on organizational capabilities, market opportunities, and sustainable growth drivers—ultimately translating insights into lasting business value.

Beyond her corporate achievements, Karen actively contributes to the broader cybersecurity ecosystem as a sought-after keynote speaker, dedicated mentor, and engaged community advocate. Her thought leadership and commitment to advancing the industry reflect her deep understanding of both market dynamics and the evolving security landscape.

Karen holds a bachelor’s degree in Consumer Science and Business Administration, providing her with a solid foundation in both analytical rigor and business acumen that continues to inform her strategic decision-making and market-driven approach to growth.

Katelyn shapes strategic communications programs that help disruptive brands stand apart and lead their categories. With over two decades of PR experience, she has guided companies through milestone moments including acquisitions, national media recognition and executive visibility on some of the world’s biggest stages and publications. Her work has supported brands ranging from global enterprises to emerging technology innovators.

In addition to client leadership, Katelyn oversees V2’s content practice, helping teams integrate content strategy, executive thought leadership and social storytelling into campaigns that drive measurable impact.

I build revenue engines with a narrative-first approach

Kate Turchin is the Senior Director of Growth at Atico ATX and an advisor to early-stage cybersecurity startups struggling to turn positioning into pipeline. She specializes in helping companies clarify what they do, who they serve, and how to translate that narrative into real revenue.

With experience building and fixing go-to-market strategies in cybersecurity, Kate has seen firsthand how poor positioning – not poor execution –holds companies back. Her work focuses on helping teams cut through “everything platform” messaging and define a sharp, differentiated position they can win with through campaigns, events, and programs.

Kat Lewis serves as Chief Marketing Officer at OPSWAT. In this role, she leads a team of 80 global marketers in field marketing, revenue marketing, creative and brand, and corporate communications teams, driving pipeline growth, elevating brand awareness, and aligning go-to-market strategies and campaigns across more than 60 countries.

With over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and corporate communications within cybersecurity and government organizations, Kat brings a proven track record of delivering measurable business results. She is recognized for her ability to translate detailed insights into strategic initiatives, her passion for excellence, and her skill in navigating the complexities of the evolving cybersecurity landscape.

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Keith Ward is a veteran technology journalist, editor, and analyst with over 17 years of experience documenting the rapid evolution of enterprise IT, data center environments, and cloud infrastructure. Known for his technical depth and engaging presentation style, he currently serves as a webinar moderator and analyst for ActualTech Media (a Future B2B company), where he bridges the gap between complex enterprise technologies and actionable business strategies.

As a Marketing Operations professional, I specialize in translating strategy into scalable systems and actionable insights. My work centers on optimizing processes, leveraging automation, and enabling teams to deliver high-impact marketing programs.

At Varonis, I’ve led key initiatives to improve efficiency, strengthen data governance, and align marketing and sales operations across global teams. I bring a structured, collaborative approach that balances technical precision with strategic thinking.

Krissy Camacho is a marketing strategist and GTM operator with more than 20 years of experience helping B2B companies turn buyer insights into predictable revenue. Known for blending creative storytelling with analytical rigor, she has built and scaled win/loss programs, ICP frameworks, and AI‑enabled workflows for startups and global enterprises alike.

Her recently published book, A Marketing Detective’s Guide: AI‑Powered Win/Loss Decoding for Modern GTM Teams, distills two decades of hands‑on experience into a practical, detective‑style system for understanding why deals are won or lost and how those insights can transform targeting, messaging, enablement, and growth.

Lexi Croisdale is a marketing leader whose passion is rooted in visual storytelling, B2B content marketing, and organic growth. As the Director of Global Content Marketing at Varonis, she has scaled the company's LinkedIn and YouTube channels, editorial engine, and creator/influencer marketing programs. She also leads an organic growth team and function that spans thought leadership, social media, video production, brand narrative, AEO, and more, including spearheading marketing for Varonis Threat Labs. YouTube program. She brings a fresh perspective on what it actually takes to lead creative teams and earn executive buy-in for “brand awareness” initiatives.