Mindfluence

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!

Thanks to all the partners and delegates to make this series a successful one!

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

Adil Rizvi

Senior Director - AIML Platform Engineering

ex Levi Strauss & Co.

Aditi Tanna

Aditi Tanna

Technology Auditor

Oracle

Ajay Chandramouly

Ajay Chandramouly

Director

Oracle

Akshaya Murthy

Akshaya Murthy

Director - AI Transformation

Zendesk

Al Ghous

Al Ghous

CISO

TBD

Alexander Marzano

Alexander Marzano

CIO

NexGen

Amanda Hua

Amanda Hua

Sr. Director of Software Engineering

Anywhere

Amir Abbas

Amir Abbas

Director, Cybersecurity & AI Services

Accenture

Anand Thangaraju

Anand Thangaraju

Director of Risk Management

Early Warning®

Arun Krishnaswamy

Arun Krishnaswamy

CEO

Mool AI

Ashish Garg

Ashish Garg

Fractional CISO

Secutor Cybersecurity

Ashish Kumar

Ashish Kumar

Pre Sales Manager

Nokia

Atif Yusuf

Atif Yusuf

CISO

Mitsubishi Electric USA

Atul Tiwary

Atul Tiwary

VP Corporate Development

Barracuda Networks

Babbette Jackson

Babbette Jackson

Sr. Insider Threat and Data Loss Prevention Analyst

Edward Jones

BG Badriprasad

BG Badriprasad

Chief Security Architect

Ross Stores, Inc.

Bhavyank Shah

Bhavyank Shah

Lead IT Auditor

Oracle

Chirag Shah

Chirag Shah

Global Information Security Officer & DPO

Model N, Inc.

Chris Kirschke

Chris Kirschke

Product Owner, GenAI Security

Albertsons

Christian Wagner

Christian Wagner

CISO

Former Clarivate

Datong Chen

Datong Chen

Senior Director of Machine Learning Engineering & Data Science

Yahoo! Inc.

Datta Junnarkar

Datta Junnarkar

CIO - Maritime

Boeing

Dhawal A. Thakker

Dhawal A. Thakker

Principal Cyber Risk

RSM US LLP

Diane Gandara

Diane Gandara

Sales Executive

Independent

Dineshwar Sahni

Dineshwar Sahni

Product Security Leader

Visa, Inc.

Gaurav Sabharwal

Gaurav Sabharwal

Head of Enterprise Applications and Client Data Strategy

Pitney Bowes Inc.

Gopi Ramamoorthy

Gopi Ramamoorthy

Head of Security & GRC

Symmetry Systems

Hemam Muthyala

Hemam Muthyala

CSO, Head of Security

SPAN.IO

Husam Brohi

Husam Brohi

Principal

PwC

Ivan Stojkovic

Ivan Stojkovic

Sr Research Scientist

Yahoo! Inc

Jack J. McCauley

Jack J. McCauley

Former Co-Founder and Engineer, Innovator in Residence

Oculus VR, UC Berkeley

Jane Paek

Jane Paek

Head of Customer Engineering

Google

Johan Dowdy

Johan Dowdy

Global Head of IT & IT Security

Asana

Keyur Shah

Keyur Shah

Engineering Lead

Smartlinx Solutions LLC

Kiran Chadha

Kiran Chadha

Sr. Program Manager

OpenText

Manny Thinakaran

Manny Thinakaran

Director of Security

Ingenio LLC

Maulik Shyani

Maulik Shyani

CEO

CloudMatos

Monica Gasparrini

Monica Gasparrini

Manager - Content Analysis and Knowledge Engineer

Yahoo!

Nagaraju Chayapathi

Nagaraju Chayapathi

Principal Enterprise Architect - Data, AI and Cyber Security

First Citizens Bank

Nikhil Sukhtankar

Nikhil Sukhtankar

Director of Product Management, Conversational AI & Messaging

Paypal

Paresh Bhaya

Paresh Bhaya

Co-Founder

Natoma

Partha Dutta

Partha Dutta

Co-Founder

Pivot-XY

Pathik Patel

Pathik Patel

CISO Products

Informatica

Piyoush Sharma

Piyoush Sharma

CISO

In Transition

Pratik Savla

Pratik Savla

Chief of Staff, Enterprise Security and Compliance

Synaptics

Puneet Thapliyal

Puneet Thapliyal

CISO

Headspace

Raj Potturi

Raj Potturi

Sr. Director Information Security & Risk Mgmt.

Applied Materials

Rajesh Dharmalingam

Rajesh Dharmalingam

Security Architect

Delphix

Ray Cheung

Ray Cheung

Partner

Crowe LLP

Robin Patra

Robin Patra

Director Innovation - Data, Analytics & AI

ARCO Construction

Rohan Singla

Rohan Singla

Head of Security and Privacy

ChargePoint, Inc.

Rohit Jain

Rohit Jain

VP/CIO

IRhythm Technologies

Rohit Shirwadkar

Rohit Shirwadkar

Head of Security Strategy, AI/ML

Equinix

Ronit Polak

Ronit Polak

President

WiCys Silicon Valley Affiliate

Russ Walsh

Russ Walsh

Security Leader

AutoGrid (acquired by Uplight in 2024-Q1)

Sachin Vaidya

Sachin Vaidya

CIO

Heritage Bank of Commerce

Saikat Maiti

Saikat Maiti

Founder/CEO

nFactor Technologies Inc

Sakthiswaran Rangaraju

Sakthiswaran Rangaraju

Product Security Leader

Pure Storage

Samhitha Upadhya

Samhitha Upadhya

Vice President Feature Lead

Bank of America

Sandeep Gilotra

Sandeep Gilotra

VP, Data

OpenText

Sandeep Yadav

Sandeep Yadav

Head of Applied AI

Symmetry Systems

Sangram Dash

Sangram Dash

CISO and VI IT

Sisense

Semira Jahanian

Semira Jahanian

Risk Manager - External Assessment

Visa

Shobhit Mehta

Shobhit Mehta

Security & Compliance Director

Headspace

Smita Rajmohan

Smita Rajmohan

Senior Counsel, Artificial Intelligence Ops

Autodesk

Srajan Gupta

Srajan Gupta

Sr. Security Engineer

Dave

Sunzay Passari

Sunzay Passari

Sr Director & Head of Digital Innovation

UPS

Surbhi Kaul

Surbhi Kaul

VP, Global CX

Juniper Networks

Surendra Vishwakarma

Surendra Vishwakarma

Vice President Technology

IT Solutions

Swadeesh Prasad

Swadeesh Prasad

Technology Audit Manager

Meta

Tas Jalali

Tas Jalali

CISO

AC Transit

Vijay Jajoo

Vijay Jajoo

Partner

KPMG

Thanks to Our Partners

Thanks to Our Start Ups Participating in Our Tech Drop

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 VR
Innovator 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

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