Venue
Hilton Pensacola Beach
Hilton Pensacola Beach, 12 Via De Luna Dr, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561, USA

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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
Details

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.

Speakers

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

Sponsors & Partners

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