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Randall Degges is VP of AI Engineering and Developer Relations at Snyk, where he builds AI-powered security tooling and leads the teams behind Snyk's developer relations and community. He's been writing software for over 25 years -- a former startup CTO who built some of the internet's most-used API services (ipify alone handles over 100 billion requests a month) along with a stack of open-source security tools. Before Snyk, he led developer advocacy at Okta and Stormpath.These days, Randall speaks and writes about where AI and security collide: shipping code fast without shipping vulnerabilities, why authentication still isn't a solved problem, and what secure development looks like when AI writes most of the code. He's a hands-on engineer who'd rather walk you through working code than a slide full of buzzwords.

From helping build a cyber startup from 10 to 200 employees to leading regional demand generation across Latin America and Africa, I’ve spent about a decade mastering the art of creating pipeline where none existed. I thrive on turning chaos into scalable processes, aligning marketing with sales and partners, and advancing brands through every stage of maturity.

Revenue marketer. Sales champion. Data devotee.For19 years, I've built regional, partner, and corporate marketing programs across the IT Networking and Cybersecurity industries that don't just generate activity - they move pipeline. I've learned that great marketing isn't measured in impressions or clicks; it's measured in the deals sales closes because marketing showed up as a true partner.I lead Global Field, Partner, and Corporate Events Marketing at Varonis, a leader in AI data security, where I get to do what I love most: aligning our channel organization with partners, launching go-to-market programs that give sales real momentum, and turning prospect and customer insight into campaigns that actually convert. Data isn't a nice-to-have process, it's the foundation every strategy is built on, from the first target account to the last touchpoint before close.Connecting with people is my passion. Whatever the background, whatever the communication style, I strive to find the common ground, because the best marketing programs aren't built in a vacuum, they're built in strong partnership with sales, the channel, and customers alike.

Ron Eddings is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer ofHacker Valley Media. Ron’s mission is to help unleash the potential ofcybersecurity professionals and companies through creative content.

Before setting his focus on creative content, Ron spent 12years as a security architect and supported government intelligence agenciesand Fortune 50 companies to become more resilient against cyber attacks.

Ron'scommitment to learning and storytelling make him a pivotal figure in shapinghow cybersecurity narratives are crafted and received. Ron has spoken atconferences worldwide and, as the host of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast, hasan audience that spans more than 150 countries

Human-first Product Marketer

I tell stories, build go-to-market strategies and execute marketing projects to simplify lives of Information Security professionals, salespeople and product managers in their jobs. My approach to GenAI agentic workflows in 2026 is to supercharge the quality of my output. But first start with human-first conviction and taste in any activity. I have grown mature appsec products worth $100M+ at 20-50% year on year and built up startup insider threat and CASB products to grow 100%+ yoy.

Samaresh Kumar Singh is an Engineering Principal at HP Inc. with more than 21 years of experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems, cloud-native platform architectures, and secure Edge AI / ML systems. His expertise spans agentic AI systems, GenAI / LLMs, Edge AI, federated and privacy-preserving learning, and secure hybrid cloud–edge computing.

In addition to building intelligent systems, Samaresh specializes in cybersecurity, Zero Trust architectures, and AI governance frameworks for production environments. He has led initiatives focused on securing AI pipelines across the full lifecycle from data ingestion and model training to deployment, monitoring, and continuous validation. His work integrates secure MLOps practices, model risk management, AI supply chain security, identity-centric access control, and runtime protection for distributed AI systems operating at the edge.

Throughout his career, he has architected high-throughput, low-latency services and resilient orchestration frameworks that deliver intelligence closer to devices and data sources while maintaining strong security, compliance, and governance controls. He actively contributes to the technical community, serving as a book review editor for Apress and Manning, and has reviewed more than 50 research papers for IEEE conferences and journals spanning AI/ML, distributed systems, edge computing, cybersecurity, and AI risk management.

Samaresh is passionate about translating academic research into secure, production-grade systems and mentoring engineers and researchers in building trustworthy, scalable, and governance-aligned AI platforms.

I'm Head of Demand Gen at Jazz, the DLP that doesn't suck, where I'm betting that brand-led demand beats another gated ebook nobody downloads. I also founded Demand Gen London, a 120+ marketer community, and host quarterly meetups with partners like LinkedIn, Cognism, Reachdesk and VEED.io — where marketing leaders say the things they can't share on LinkedIn.

The days of thinking about Demand Gen as a CPL & funnel exercise are over. If you’re not getting noticed, remembered & referred, no amount of ‘nurture’ emails can save you. You need brand to generate (real) demand.

Scott Johnson is the founder of Amplifyed, an Inc. 5000 agency that exclusively does SEO/GEO for cybersecurity companies. Scott lives in San Diego with his wife and daughter. When he isn't working or with his family, he's likely losing at pickleball or chess.

Seth Steinman is VP of Marketing at PreVeil, where he's helped 10x the business in under 3 years. With 15+ years in tech and cyber marketing, he specializes in building small teams that punch well above their weight.

A previous speaker at the Cyber Marketing Conference & CMMC Summit, Seth has been published in Security Boulevard, Digital Guardian, and Security Clearance Jobs.

Shlomi Ashkenazy is Head of Marketing at Rein Security and a B2B marketing and positioning expert who specializes in turning complex technologies into clear, compelling market narratives.

Over the past decade, he has worked with 50+ VC-backed startups across cybersecurity, AI, DevOps, fintech, and even quantum computing, helping founders move from “we have a great product” to “we’re defining a movement.”, changing thier karma as a result. His work focuses on positioning, product marketing, and building movements that drive real growth, often helping companies scale to 8-figure ARR and beyond.

Before Rein, Shlomi was Head of Marketing at Cybellum, and the Strategy Director at Atreo, one of the leading B2B tech branding agencies, where he led positioning and brand work for companies like JFrog, Axis Security, Bionic, Cybellum, and Claroty. Prior to that, he spent five years at Monitor Deloitte, building growth strategies for both startups and enterprises.

He sees his work as a mix of engineering and creativity. Designing positioning, categories, and messaging systems that do not just explain a product, but make the market move.

Solange Deschatres is an empathetic marketing leader with deep experience building growth, credibility, and demand for some of the world’s most recognized technology and cybersecurity brands, including Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, OpenText, and FIS. At Energize Marketing, she leads brand and growth strategy across integrated campaigns, demand generation, and content ecosystems designed to turn insight into impact.Known for her distinctive point of view, Solange blends creative intuition with strategic rigor, connecting audience psychology, storytelling, and data across complex B2B buying journeys.

Her work includes global product launches, executive thought leadership, high-performing content programs, and live experiences that consistently exceed expectations.Solange brings a rare ability to balance big-picture strategy with operational execution, translating ambitious ideas into scalable systems teams can sustain. Her approach is grounded in curiosity, empathy, and a belief that the strongest marketing earns trust first and delivers growth as a result.

Stephanie leads market strategy across the company’s IT portfolio, including ITPro, ActualTech Media and SmartBrief. She focuses on connecting audience insights, research and content strategy to help technology marketers better understand and engage today’s IT decision-makers. With extensive experience in B2B media and marketing, Stephanie is particularly focused on how changing buyer behaviors, including the growing role of AI in research and discovery, are reshaping the technology buying journey.

As Chief Innovation and AI Officer at Sendmarc, Stephen builds AI-powered solutions that transform how cybersecurity companies enable their partners. His experience spans building marketplace businesses across Africa to now creating AI agents that help partners understand products, assess security postures, and scale sales—all while integrating seamlessly into existing workflows. He's passionate about using AI to solve real business problems, not just as technology for technology's sake, but as a practical tool that drives measurable GTM results.

Steve boasts over 30 years of high-tech marketing experience and a track record of success. As the CEO of CyberEdge, he leads the company's sales, marketing, and consulting operations, while also serving as Chief Analyst for its custom research services. Passionate about cybersecurity, Steve holds a CISSP certification from ISC2, has authored more than a dozen security-focused books, contributes articles to Forbes Magazine, and speaks frequently at conferences and in webinars.

Before founding CyberEdge in 2012, Steve was head of products at Sourcefire (acquired by Cisco), helping lead the company to a successful IPO and top leadership position in the Gartner IPS Magic Quadrant. Earlier in his career, Steve was head of marketing at Oblicore (acquired by CA), and was among the first 100 employees at Citrix, helping to grow Citrix's revenue from $15 million to $600 million in just six years.

Steve holds BS and MBA degrees from George Mason University. Outside of work, he cherishes time with his two daughters and enjoys boating, scuba diving, motorcycle riding, and competing in the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour.

Story is a Product Marketing lead turned VP of Marketing and CMO who created the Positioning Hypothesis method, giving founders in the cyber and high-tech B2B space a guide for mapping uncharted territory. As an operator, she has a track record for making her companies look bigger than they are, and delivering hard outcomes from marketing. Her passions are two-fold: innovation and continuous learning.She has a broad, non-traditional background in professional and university athletics, psychology, and Consumer Packaged Goods, and a uniquely global approach and aptitude for business and marketing, having worked in over 30 countries. She is also fluent in Spanish.Story is currently the Head of Marketing at Eve Security and has most recently been the VP of Marketing at Geordie AI as well as the CMO of FusionAuth. She has now propelled two RSAC Innovation Sandbox finalists, crafting the winning pitch in 2026. She has earned degrees from both Stanford University (2005, B.S. Psychology) and Thunderbird School of Global Management (2013, MBA).Her early career was defined by competing in Division I NCAA tennis and competing professionally on the WTA Tour/ITF Circuit. During this time, she reached a career-high WTA ranking of 316 in singles (2006) and 189 in doubles (2009). She competed globally in 14 countries and won 10 professional titles in doubles and singles.

Omdia analyst, Theresa Lanowitz, covers vulnerability and risk management, aimed at ensuring security teams can successfully mitigate risk while enabling the adoption of cutting-edge technology to drive growth, innovation, and competitive advantage. Theresa is a well-established global influencer who speaks on trends and technologies to help today’s businesses flourish.

Prior to joining Omdia, Theresa was Chief Evangelist at AT&T Cybersecurity and its spinoff, LevelBlue, where she led strategic marketing, communications, PR, thought leadership, content, and evangelism for the world’s largest pure-play MSSP. Previously she was an industry analyst at Gartner, where she led the application quality ecosystem, championed application security, and created the AppDev conference. She then led analyst firm voke, where she covered emerging technologies and established the lifecycle virtualization category. Theresa was a product manager at Borland, where she launched the Java IDE, JBuilder and at Sun Microsystems she led strategic marketing for Jini, a precursor to IoT. She began her career as a software developer at McDonnell Douglas and held a Top Secret security clearance from the United States Department of Defense.

Theresa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Tony is the CMO at Seemplicity, bringing more than 25 years of experience scaling global B2B technology and cybersecurity brands. A seasoned marketing leader with a business-first, data-led approach to brand building and demand generation.

Throughout his career, Tony has built a proven, repeatable track record of value creation, category leadership, and brand transformation. Prior to joining Seemplicity, he served as CMO at Swimlane, where he successfully established the company as the AI security automation category leader, driving 4x revenue growth and an 800% expansion in the active sales pipeline, engaging more than 75% of the Fortune 500.

Before Swimlane, Tony was the CMO at Kemp Technologies, where he repositioned the company as the pioneer in “always-on application experience," driving nearly 100% revenue growth and paving the way for the company’s successful acquisition by Progress Software.

Tony’s extensive leadership background is rooted in deep domain expertise across the cybersecurity and networking landscapes. Earlier in his career, he held senior marketing leadership roles at marquee technology companies including Silver Peak (now part of HPE), McAfee, Solidcore (acquired by McAfee), Juniper Networks (now part of HPE), SS8 Networks, and Blue Coat (now part of Broadcom).

Known for cutting through the noise in highly competitive markets, Tony excels at building brands that not only perform but lead among customers and partners. At Seemplicity, he is leveraging his expertise in demand generation and category creation to propel the next phase of the company’s global expansion in agentic exposure management.

Tony co-founded W2 Communications 23 years ago to help set emerging and established technology companies apart from their competition. With 30 years in the cybersecurity industry, he thrives on creating innovative programs that deliver tangible results that align with clients’ corporate objectives.

Building W2 Communications into one of the leading independent cybersecurity communications firms, Tony has directed aggressive awareness and credibility programs, managed crisis communications initiatives and developed executive and thought leadership campaigns. He has consulted with start-up and emerging businesses, as well as global organizations such as Cisco, McAfee, Armis and Netskope.

Tony leverages a deep understanding of cybersecurity challenges, opportunities and issues that drive market news to create technology communications programs which position clients at the forefront of their industries. As a result, he has fostered long-term and trusted relationships with the industry’s top reporters, analysts and influencers.

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Umang runs product marketing for an emerging business at Zscaler and has previously led product marketing at Duo and Securiti.