March 21, 2024
AI Cybersecurity Leadership Forum
Hotel Nia, Autograph Collection
200 Independence Dr.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
A member of Marriott’s Autograph Collection, Hotel Nia is redefining the expectation for high-end hospitality. Positioned in the heart of Silicon Valley in upscale Menlo Park, the hotel is an ideal base for visitors to San Francisco Bay, Palo Alto, Redwood City, Stanford University and minutes away from California’s most innovative businesses including Google and Meta HQ.
If you are driving to the event, this venue is Valet Parking Only. The Mindfluence Discounted rate is $25 versus the standard rate $37 and is card only (no cash). Thank you!
Meet Our Guest Speakers
AI and Cybersecurity
Jack J. McCauley
Former Co-founder And Engineer, Innovator In Residence
Oculus VR, UC Berkeley
Strengthening your AI Data Strategy and What is the use of AI and ML in Data Analytics
Robin Patra
Director Of Strategy, Data, Analytics & AI
ARCO Construction
Legal and Ethical Issues in AI
Smita Rajmohan
Senior Counsel, Artificial Intelligence Ops
Autodesk
Meet Our Delegates
We are thrilled to have you!
Adil Rizvi
Senior Director - AIML Platform Engineering
ex Levi Strauss & Co.
Aditi Tanna
Technology Auditor
Oracle
Ajay Chandramouly
Director
Oracle
Akshaya Murthy
Director - AI Transformation
Zendesk
Al Ghous
CISO
TBD
Alexander Marzano
CIO
NexGen
Amanda Hua
Sr. Director of Software Engineering
Anywhere
Amir Abbas
Director, Cybersecurity & AI Services
Accenture
Anand Thangaraju
ex-Head of Product GRC
Early Warning®
Arun Krishnaswamy
CEO
Mool AI
Ashish Garg
CISO
RIGA Cyber
Ashish Kumar
Pre Sales Manager
Nokia
Atif Yusuf
CISO
Mitsubishi Electric USA
Atul Tiwary
VP Corporate Development
Barracuda Networks
Babbette Jackson
Sr. Insider Threat and Data Loss Prevention Analyst
Edward Jones
BG Badriprasad
Chief Security Architect
Ross Stores, Inc.
Bhavyank Shah
Lead IT Auditor
Oracle
Chirag Shah
Global Information Security Officer & DPO
Model N, Inc.
Chris Kirschke
Product Owner, GenAI Security
Albertsons
Christian Wagner
CISO
Former Clarivate
Datong Chen
Senior Director of Machine Learning Engineering & Data Science
Yahoo! Inc.
Datta Junnarkar
CIO - Maritime
Boeing
Dhawal A. Thakker
Principal - Cyber & Privacy Risk
RSM US LLP
Diane Gandara
Sales Executive
Independent
Dineshwar Sahni
Product Security Leader
Visa, Inc.
Gaurav Sabharwal
Head of Enterprise Applications and Client Data Strategy
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Gopi Ramamoorthy
Head of Security & GRC
Symmetry Systems
Hemam Muthyala
CSO, Head of Security
SPAN.IO
Husam Brohi
Principal
PwC
Ivan Stojkovic
Sr Research Scientist
Yahoo! Inc
Jack J. McCauley
Former Co-Founder and Engineer, Innovator in Residence
Oculus VR, UC Berkeley
Jane Paek
Head of Customer Engineering
Johan Dowdy
Global Head of IT & IT Security
Asana
Keyur Shah
Engineering Lead
Smartlinx Solutions LLC
Kiran Chadha
Sr. Program Manager
OpenText
Manny Thinakaran
Director of Security
Ingenio LLC
Maulik Shyani
CEO
CloudMatos
Monica Gasparrini
Manager - Content Analysis and Knowledge Engineer
Yahoo!
Nagaraju Chayapathi
Principal Enterprise Architect - Data, AI and Cyber Security
First Citizens Bank
Nikhil Sukhtankar
Director of Product Management, Conversational AI & Messaging
Paypal
Paresh Bhaya
Co-Founder
Natoma
Partha Dutta
Co-Founder
Pivot-XY
Pathik Patel
CISO Products
Informatica
Piyoush Sharma
CISO
In Transition
Pratik Savla
Chief of Staff, Enterprise Security and Compliance
Synaptics
Puneet Thapliyal
CISO
Headspace
Raj Potturi
Sr. Director Information Security & Risk Mgmt.
Applied Materials
Rajesh Dharmalingam
Security Architect
Delphix
Ray Cheung
Partner
Crowe LLP
Robin Patra
Director Innovation - Data, Analytics & AI
ARCO Construction
Rohan Singla
CISO
ChargePoint, Inc.
Rohit Jain
VP/CIO
IRhythm Technologies
Rohit Shirwadkar
Head of Security Strategy, AI/ML
Equinix
Ronit Polak
President
WiCys Silicon Valley Affiliate
Russ Walsh
Security Leader
AutoGrid (acquired by Uplight in 2024-Q1)
Sachin Vaidya
CIO
Heritage Bank of Commerce
Saikat Maiti
Founder/CEO
nFactor Technologies Inc
Sakthiswaran Rangaraju
Product Security Leader
Pure Storage
Samhitha Upadhya
Vice President Feature Lead
Bank of America
Sandeep Gilotra
VP, Data
OpenText
Sandeep Yadav
Head of Applied AI
Symmetry Systems
Sangram Dash
CISO and VI IT
Sisense
Semira Jahanian
Risk Manager - External Assessment
Visa
Shobhit Mehta
Security & Compliance Director
Headspace
Smita Rajmohan
Senior Counsel, Artificial Intelligence Ops
Autodesk
Srajan Gupta
Sr. Security Engineer
Dave
Sunzay Passari
Sr Director & Head of Digital Innovation
UPS
Surbhi Kaul
VP, Global CX
Juniper Networks
Surendra Vishwakarma
Vice President Technology
IT Solutions
Swadeesh Prasad
Technology Audit Manager
Meta
Tas Jalali
CISO
AC Transit
Vijay Jajoo
Partner
KPMG
Agenda
Thursday, March 21, 2024
9:00am - 9:30am
Stop by the Welcome Table and say “Hello” and pick up your Name Tag!
Coffee and Tea will be available!
9:30am - 9:35am
Welcome and Opening Remarks; Gina Gianikos, Mindfluence
9:35am - 10:15am
Invited Guest Speaker
Jack J. McCauley, Former Co-Founder and Engineer at Oculus VRInnovator in Residence at UC Berkeley
AI and Cybersecurity
10:15am - 11:00am
Brilliance Ballroom
PANEL #1
Reskilling in a world of Generative AI Systems
Moderator:
Sunzay Passari, Sr Director & Head of Digital Innovation, UPS
Panelists:
Ivan Stojkovic, Sr Research Scientist, Yahoo! Inc
Nikhil Sukhtankar, Director of Product Management, Conversational AI & Messaging, Paypal
Hemam Muthyala, CSO, Head of Security, SPAN.IO
Pathik Patel, Head of Cloud Security, Informatica
11:00am – 11:20am
Kevin Bayly
A Modern, AI Based Approach to Securing the Crown Jewels
11:20am – 11:35am
Kevin Hsieh, Founder, MirWork
Revolutionizing SMB Hiring with AI
11:35am – 12:30pm
Networking Lunch
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Dr. Shiva Kintali, Founder & CEO, R3AI
Unmasking the Risks and Biases of LLMs: Jailbreaking the Pandora's Box
He is a Mathematician, Cryptographer, Theoretical Computer Scientist and a Game-Theorist. His research interests include AI Safety, Explainable AI and Privacy-preserving Federated Machine Learning. He received his PhD from GeorgiaTech, Masters from USC and B-Tech from IIT Kharagpur. He taught at Princeton University for four years.
12:30pm - 12:50pm
Brilliance Foyer
Peer-to-Peer Meeting #1
12:50pm - 1:10pm
Brilliance Foyer
Peer-to-Peer Meeting #2
1:10pm - 1:30pm
Brilliance Foyer
Peer-to-Peer Meeting #3
1:30pm – 1:45pm
Presenter:
Saikat Maiti, Founder/CEO, nFactor Technologies, Inc.
Automating Security with Gen AI
1:45pm – 2:00pm
Presenter:
Abhishek Das, Acante Co-Founder and VP of Engineering.
The Impact of Data Security in the World of AI
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Brilliance Ballroom
PANEL #2
Leveraging AI for Future-Ready Business: Strategies, Risk and Opportunities
Moderator:
Adil Rizvi, Senior Director - AIML Platform Engineering, ex Levi Strauss & Co.
Panelists:
Sangram Dash, CISO, Sisense Inc.
Partha Dutta, Co-Founder, Pivot-XY
Chirag Shah, Global Information Security Officer & DPO, Model N, Inc.
Arun Krishnaswamy, CEO, Mool AI
Shobhit Mehta, Security & Compliance Director, Headspace
2:45pm - 3:20pm
Invited Guest Speaker
Robin Patra, Director Innovation - Data, Analytics & AI, ARCO Construction Company
TBD
3:20pm – 3:40pm
Alex Spiliotes
Applying GenAI to Improve Security Operations
3:40pm – 4:25pm
Brilliance Ballroom
PANEL #3
How to Improve your Security Posture using AI and ML
Moderator:
Datong Chen, Senior Director of Machine Learning Engineering, Yahoo! Inc.
Panelists:
Dhawal A. Thakker, Principal Cyber Risk, RSM US LLP
Amanda Hua, Sr. Director of Software Engineering, Anywhere
Rohit Shirwadkar, Sr. Manager, Cyber Security, Equinix
Anand Thangaraju. Director of Risk Management, Early Warning®
4:25pm – 5:10pm
An Interview with Smita Rajmohan by Anand Thangaraju
Legal and Ethical Issues in AI
Smita Rajmohan, Senior Counsel, Artificial Intelligence Ops, Autodesk
Anand Thangaraju. Director of Risk Management, Early Warning®
5:10pm - 5:15pm
Closing remarks. You did it! Kick off your heels and loosen your ties! (Actually, ties not required)
Thank you!
5:15pm – 7:00pm
Brilliance Foyer
An Intelligent Hour ~
Dress Attire:
Business Casual
Questions:
Gina Gianikos
847-800-4433
gina@mind-fluence.com
Think Boldly!
What People Are Saying
Ashish Garg
CISO
Mindfluence brings great quality events one after the other. The venues are amazing, the setting are relaxing that provide ample time for thought provoking panels and discussions with peers. I always get a lot out of these events and appreciate the entire team of Mindfluence for bringing such good topics for discussion.
Chirag Shah
Global Information Security Officer & DPO
Attending the AI Cyber Security Leadership event was an enlightening and impactful experience. The discussions and presentations were incredibly insightful, providing a deep dive into the intersection of artificial intelligence and security. I particularly appreciated the practical applications shared, demonstrating how AI technologies are being leveraged to detect and respond to cyber threats more effectively.
Gaurav Sabharwal
Head of Enterprise Applications and Client Data Strategy
A memorable and insightful experience. Looking forward to more in the future!
Ivan Stojkovic
Sr Research Scientist
Learned exciting insights, and met wonderful people!
Maulik Shyani
CEO
It's a well organized event with good content and networking!
Meghan Keding
Red Canary
It was a great first event with Mindfluence, appreciate you letting Red Canary be a part of it!!
Monica Gasparrini
Manager - Content Analysis and Knowledge Engineer
Very interesting people and speakers. Gina did an amazing job in organizing this, you can see her personal touch and care in all aspects of the conference. Her events stand out, I am looking forward to more: very impressive.
Partha Dutta
Co-Founder
Mindfluence has done it once again - engaging and thoughtful conversations on multiple fronts in a friendly environment - well worth the time!!!
Piyoush Sharma
CISO
Great fun! Mindfluence - where great minds come together.
Pratik Savla
Chief of Staff, Enterprise Security and Compliance
Mindfluence provides a unique platform to engage in thought-provoking dialogue that aims to stimulate new ideas and provoke debate in the arena of AI and ML Security
Puneet Thapliyal
CISO
Mindlfuence bring together the best minds of our industry and creates a high energy and collaborative networking environment where everybody gets to learn the latest advances in technology and business.
Russ Walsh
Security Leader
I've been to many cybersecurity forums such as 1-day seminars, webinars and full-week events, but the Mindfluence event was one of the best 1-day seminars I've attended - fantastic topics, speakers, and vendors.
Saikat Maiti
Founder/CEO
The Menlo Park 2024 Mindfluence tech drop was an amazing experience as we got to connect with some of smartest and most innovative companies and their leaders. We got a sense of where the industry is headed and how AI is reshaping enterprise security. This is a absolute must attend for any leader who wants to quickly check in on the pulse of innovation in the valley!
Sangram Dash
CISO and VI IT
Thank you for creating this opportunity to learn from my peers and leveraging the collective knowledge.
Surendra Vishwakarma
Vice President Technology
Mindfluence brought together thought leaders sharing how AI is being adopted in their industry.