What if securing buildings was as easy as your smartphone? – Damon McDougald, Blaine Frederick, Punit Minocha – ESW #382

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1. What if securing buildings was as easy as your smartphone? – Blaine Frederick – ESW #382

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VP of Product at Alcatraz AI

Blaine Frederick serves as the VP of Product at Alcatraz AI, a global provider of frictionless, AI-powered biometric access control solutions revolutionizing security through facial authentication. In this role, Blaine leads the Product and Engineering teams. He brings 20+ years of experience in the Physical Security industry with a specific expertise in the Biometric space. Prior to his work at Alcatraz, he served as Co-Founder and Principal of BDIS which provides Consultation and Professional Services for the physical security market. Previously, Blaine held the role of VP of Product for EyeLock, where he captained the firm’s vision for iris authentication products and solutions in physical and logical security as well as numerous other commercial applications. Blaine also acted as the former Director of Product Management at STANLEY Security, a global division of Stanley Black & Decker where he led the creation of the industry-leading security management software suite, Commander. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.

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Principal Researcher at The Defenders Initiative
Product Marketer and Content Strategist at OX Security

2. Funding, AI controls your PC, Cyberstarts stops Sunrise, public cyber goes private – ESW #382

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Principal Researcher at The Defenders Initiative
Fractional CISO | Author | Educator | Coffee Nerd at Cloud Security Labs
Product Marketer and Content Strategist at OX Security

3. Today’s Hybrid Work Era: Integrated Approach & Implementing Identity – ESW #382

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Global Cyber Protection Lead at Accenture

Damon McDougald is the Global Cyber Protection lead at Accenture. Damon has assisted his clients for more than 20 years, including some of the globe’s largest organizations, to help modernize, transform, and evolve their security controls to secure their digital core. Damon leads a global capability team of 7,000 dedicated security professionals providing advisory, system integration, and managed security services to organizations in every industry. Damon has delivered over 100 successful projects with over 50 global organizations.

EVP, Business Development & Corporate Strategy at Zscaler

Punit Minocha is an established security executive with a history of nurturing key partnerships to develop robust technology ecosystems, driving strategic growth initiatives including mergers and acquisitions, and overall corporate strategy at industry-leading organizations, including Palo Alto Networks and Trend Micro. As the Executive Vice President of Business and Corporate Development at Zscaler, Minocha is responsible for corporate and strategic development, including acquisitions, investments, technology alliances, partnerships, new business initiatives, and strategic planning. Minocha earned his MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

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Brainstem Hacker and InfoSec Enthusiast at Redacted