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Event Date |
Wed Oct 2 ADT - Fri Oct 4 ADT (about 5 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Wed Oct 2 7:00am - Fri Oct 4 3:00pm |
Location |
Hilton Pensacola Beach
12 Via De Luna Dr, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561, USA |
Region | Americas |
We’re a community of leaders, innovators, and academics who come together to exchange ideas and forge new collaborations around innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.
Our focus is on cybersecurity, information technology, start-up tech, artificial intelligence, robotics, and emerging technologies. While we highlight the Gulf Coast tech and entrepreneurial community, we also explore and highlight emerging technology and innovators on the national scene.
2019 Speakers
Adam Ely
VP and Deputy CISO, Walmart
Don McMillan
Owner, Technically Funny, Inc
Quint Studer
Founder, Studer Community Institute
Dave Wagner
President & CEO, Zix / AppRiver
Molly Akin, CFCE, EnCE, MSDF
Special Agent Supervisor, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Cybercrime and Computer Forensics
Danielle Alvarez
Cyber Security Strategist, Hayes e-Government Resources, Inc.
Hannah Becker
Creative Director, Becker Digital
Samir Behara
Solution Architect, Designing Data Intensive Cloud Native Applications
Tara Blakely
Recruiter III, Human Resources & Talent Acquisition, Navy Federal Credit Union
Galen Counselman
VP of IT, Pen Air Federal Credit Union
Eman El-Sheikh
Director, University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity
Christian Garman
Director of Innovative Program Development
Rachael Gillette
Chief Leadership Development Officer, Studer Community Institute
Paul Glisson
VP of Medical Affairs, Baptist Health Care
Alan Gray
Director of Sales & Advancement, Pelican Drones
Lakisha Hall
Director, Data and AI Expert Labs & Learning, North America, IBM
Patrick Hilgendorf
IT Security Manager, Austal USA
Bill Hills
Retired EVP/CIO, Financial Industry
Robert Jones
Partner/Tax Attorney, Beggs & Lane
Rodney Landrum
Business Intelligence Consultant, Ntirety
Greg McMenimen
Director of Software Engineering, Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems
Tommi Lyter
Chief of Police, Pensacola Police Department
Deidre Melton
Internal Auditor & Investigator: CFE, CIA, CISA, CISM, CRISC, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
Jack Motley
CEO, YakMotley
John Myers
Vice President of Cybersecurity, Navy Federal Credit Union
Jim Nitterauer
Senior Security Specialist, AppRiver
William E. Pearson
Business Intelligence Architect, Island Technologies, Inc.
Shana Penna
CEO & Founder, Inmogeia Technologies, Inc.
Thad Phillips
Chief Information Security Officer, Baptist Health Care
Ebe Randeree
Associate Dean, Florida State University College of Communications & Information
Lloyd Reshard
CEO, Cognitive Big Data Systems Inc.
R. George Rey Sr
UAS Sector Chief of Infragard / Retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander
Steve Sarros
Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Baptist Health Care
Michael Sengbusch
CEO & Founder, Eletype, Inc.
Richard Shaw
Director of IT and DevOps, ActiGraph
Mike Simmons
Chairman and CEO, Sharpen Technologies Inc.
Dallas Snider
Associate Profession and Chair of Information Technology, University of West Florida
Glenda Snodgrass
President, The Net Effect, LLC
Ali Sontag
Recruiting Specialist, Zix/AppRiver
Chris Tonn
Owner and Founder, Pelican Drones
William Ussher
Campus Recruiting Program Manager, Human Resources & Talent Acquisition, Navy Federal Credit Union
Nino Vidovic
Founder, bluFON Corp
Carson Wilber
Director of Impact, INERTIA Education Programs
Jeremy Wyatt
President, ActiGraph, Future of Healthcare Technology Panel
Jack Zoesch
Partner/Attorney, Beggs & Lane, Representing the Entrepreneur in the Digital Age and Current Legal Issues Facing the IT World
2019 Sponsors and Partners
PLATINUM:
• GDIT
• Raytheon
GOLD:
• Gulf Power
• Vivid Bridge Studios
• Uniti
• App River
• Navy Federal Credit Union
SILVER:
• Cox Business
• CSpire
• Tek Systems
• Dell Technologies
BRONZE:
• AT&T
• Gulf Winds
• Networks of Florida
• RJYoung
• Meg Burke
• Virtual Cyber Studios
• Pen Air
• Mediacom Business
• Data Revolution
STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
• Florida West
• It Gulf Coast
• Taylor Digital Solutions
• Hilton Pensacola Beach
• Visit Pensacola
• Duncan McCall
• Strictly Social