Women in Tech Summit 2024 | Prospera Events | 30 April 2024 | Austin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701, USA

The conference, creates an environment where education, innovation, peer-to-peer networking and the latest technology and business solutions are all available specifically for IT professionals. Experience the InnoTech exhibits, enjoy a cold beverage, network with other IT professionals from the region, and be present for a chance to win prize drawings at the InnoTech Happy 45-Minute Reception…a networking tradition!

2024 Speakers

Tanya Acevedo
SVP/CIO, CapMetro

Mandy Andress
CISO, Elastic

Christina Barker
Sr. Manager - Global Cyber Defense Team, Celonis, Inc.

Grace Beason
Co-Founder & Board Member, Mercury Risk and Compliance, Inc.

Michael Bedard
Director of Sales, SOPHOS

Patrick Benoit
Global CISO, Brinks

Jay Boisseau
CEO, Vizias,
Executive Director, Austin Forum on Technology & Society

Tim Brown
CISO, SolarWinds

Beth-Anne Bygum
CISO, Q2 Solutions

Karen Campbell
Chief Information Security Officer, Texas A&M University System (Member)

Marcus J. Carey
Principal Research Scientist, ReliaQuest

Lee Carsten
Vice President, Client Executive & ISSA Fellow, Aon Cyber Solutions

David Carter
VP of Engineering Excellence, Sapphire Ventures

Janet Cinfio
CIO, Acxiom

Joshua Danielson
Founder & CEO, Kustos

Venus Pineyro De Hoyos
CEO & Founder, The Inclusion Plus Institute and SafeSpace Plus

Numa Dhamani
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, KUNGFU.AI

Anissa Rodriguez Dickerson
Chief Executive Officer, Pecan Street

Fanny Dunnigan
President, Pathlynks

Trey Ford
CISO, Deepwatch

James Foutz
Program Manager, AFWERX

Rj Friedman
Head of Managed Security Services, Apollo Information Systems

Ray Gabriel
VP Information Services, McCoy Corporation

Heather Gantt-Evans
CISO, Marqeta

Greg Genung
Vice President, Business Intelligence, Deepwatch

Beth Goff-McMillan
CEO, SKG & Folio

Garrett Gross
Head of Product Management, Nudge Security

Gavin Grounds
CISO , Visionary , Risk Management , Board Member , Cyber Security , Risk Quantification , Enterprise Services , Cyber Security Strategy , GRC , CRQ , Security Services P&L, Mercury Risk and Compliance, Inc.

Michelle Gruener
Sr. Manager of Cybersecurity, Sailpoint

Javier Guerra
Founder & CSO, TechHuman

Emily Gupton
Chief Operations Officer, Folio

Joseph Hall
Head of Security Services, Nile

Lauren Hasson
Founder of DevelopHer, DevelopHer

Scott Hinson
CTO, Pecan Street

Blake Holman
CAO & CIO, BBG, Inc.

Lynda Jarrett
VP & Deputy GM, IT, Tokyo Electron

Diane Kenyon
Sr. Director, Project Management, LCRA

Zeina Kronfol
Career Transitions Coach & Consultant, Sea Rock Coaching

Kent Lewis
Founder, Owner

Laura Lorek
Publisher, Silicon Hills News

Chad Macy
President, The HT Group

Geeta Mahesh
Head of Retail Technology Innovation, PNC

Andi Mann
Global CTO & Founder, Sageable

Jackie McGuire
Senior Security Strategist, Cribl

Daniel Meacham
Principal GenAI Consultant & Entrepreneur, ecco.chat

Steve Meier
Co-Founder and Head of Innovation, KUNGFU.AI

Denise Patrick PhD
Founder & CEO, D Patrick Consulting

Mandy Plante
Sr Director, Data & Analytics, ex-eBay, ex-Dell

Nicole Pletka
Director of Operations and Project Management, Zeitcode and Austin Women in Tech

Eric Quitugua
Director Security Operations, SolarWinds

Lesley Robinson
Co-Founder, ayana Foundation, CEO, Embolden Consulting

Matthew Rosenquist
CISO and Cybersecurity Strategist, Mercury Risk and Compliance, Inc.

Joseph Salazar
VP & Team Leader 2024 Cyber Power Broker, Aon Cyber Solutions

Mike Santimaw
President & CEO, K48 Partners

John Sapp
VP, Information Security & CISO, Texas Mutual Insurance Company

Anh Selissen
Chief Information Officer, Texas Department of Transportation

Ran Senderovitz
COO, Wing Security

Lou Senko
Chief Availability Officer, Q2

Susanne Senoff
CISO, Pros Inc (US)

Ronnie Sheth
SENEN GROUP, Founder & CEO

Thom Singer
President, Austin Technology Council

Elin Smevige
Data Scientist, Dell Technologies

EcoRise Student

Jennie Trower
Safety Educator

George Trujillo
Independent, Data & AI Strategist

Charles Valentine
SVP, IT and Security (CIO), Crunchyroll

Meg Vrabel
COO, Capitol Factory

Meg Vrabel
Chief Operating Officer, Capital Factory

Michael Wharton
VP of Engineering, KUNGFU.AI

Janifer Wheeler
The JOYFull BadAss, Wheelhouse Learning Solutions

James Wickett
CEO & Co-Founder, Dry Run Security

Luke Wilson
Chief Data Scientist, Vizias, Board of Directors, Austin AI Alliance

David Zakariaie
CEO & Founder, Senseye

Alaina Zermeno
Senior Associate, Husch Blackwell

2024 Sponsors and Partners

TITLE SPONSOR:
• The HT Group

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Cribl
• Wing Security

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Consortium Networks
• CyberOne Security
• Zero Networks

CIO GALA LUNCHEON SPONSORS:
• Descope
• Luna Data Solutions Inc

SECURITY SUMMIT SPONSOR:
• Deepwatch
• DryRun Security
• Fortinet
• Nudge Security
• Palo Alto Networks
• Waypoint

WOMEN IN TECH SPONSOR:
• Acxiom
• Austin Women in Technology

SPONSORS:
• Checkpoint Software Technologies
• ServiceNow
• UnderDefense

PARTNERS:
• Austin ARMA
• Capitol
• Factory
• Cyber Breakfast Club
• Data Defense Partners
• IIBA Austin Chapter
• Project Management
• SIM
• Tech Allies/Technology Ball
• Texas AI
• WiCys Austin