HOUSTON CYBER SUMMIT was founded in 2017, and has had five fantastic conferences to-date.

With previous speakers including Umesh Verma, Phil Beckett, Andy Sawyer, Jesse Carrillo, Elizabeth Rogers, and Mel Nevarez,
HOUSTON CYBER SUMMIT has always strived to provide the industry with top speakers from around the Houston region.

2022 HOUSTON CYBER SUMMIT

PAST HOUSTON CYBER SUMMITS

Topics covering the very latest developments in cybersecurity, ransomware, and government affairs are featured.

2022 AGENDA

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2022 SPEAKERS

Phil Beckett

Phil Beckett

CEO, C3HIE (HASA is now C3HIE)

George Buenik

Director of Public Safety and Homeland SecurityCity of Houston

Molly Cain

Associate Director,Enterprise Digitalization at Internal Revenue Service

George Crawford

George Crawford

CIO/CISO and Partner, Catapult Energy Services

Mary Dickerson

Mary Dickerson

MBA, CISSP, CISM, PMP, Chief Information Security OfficerUniversity of Houston | University of Houston System

Dr. Katie A. Evans

Dean, Professor of Mathematics, College of Science and Engineering – Houston Baptist University

Jason Haward‑Grau

Managing Director, Cyber Security ServicesKPMG

Peter Hill

Treasurer, InfraGard Houston

Kimberly Hubbard

MBA, MS, Dean, IT and Visual Communication, Lone Star College

Rashmi Kilam

Managing Director,Bouin Capital, LLC

Anthony Leatherwood

CFE, M.Jur., C, Chief Information Security Officer, Centre Technologies

Madhu Maganti

Madhu Maganti

CISA, CPA, Partner, ABIP AdvisorsCybersecurity & Technology Services Group

Dr. Heidar A. Malki

Ph.D, Interim Dean College of Technology-University of Houston

Mims Eric

Eric Mims 

CISSP, CCSP, Director, Enterprise IT Security & ISO, Information Security, University of Houston-System

Tom Moreno

Communications Team, Houston InfraGard Members Alliance

Richard Munassi

Managing DirectorTampa Bay Wave

Stan Napper

Founding Dean of Engineering, Houston Baptist University

Mel Nevarez

Mel Nevarez

Manager Identity and Access Management and Compliance, CenterPoint Energy

Thomas Raphael

Cybersecurity & CISCO Academy Instructor, Rose M. Avalos P-TECH School

Elizabeth Rogers

Elizabeth Rogers

CIPP/US, Partner, Michael Best

Andres Ruz

Chief Information Security Officer, 5 Factor Technology

Andy Sawyer

Andy Sawyer 

CISSP, CISM, C|CISO | Chief of Security and Facilities, Locke Lord, LLP

Anthony Souza

Anthony Souza

CISM, CRISC, CDPSE, Director of Cybersecurity (CISO) & Enterprise Architecture at CenterPoint Energy

Pierluigi Stella

Pierluigi Stella

CTO, Network Box USA, Inc

Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas

CISSP, CTO, BLUE LANCE, INC.

Camaron Thorson

Audit Partner, KPMG

Reva Verma

CEO, reneka DIGITAL

Umesh Verma

Umesh Verma

Founder, Cyber Houston and CEO, BLUE LANCE

Jon Villanti

Jon Villanti

CISSP, EVP, Chief Information Security Officer, Allegiance Bank

Madhu Maganti

Fernando Motta

Special Agent (SSA),Houston FBI Office

Kim Woodruff 

Kim Woodruff 

MBA, CISSP, CISM, President,
Houston InfraGard Members Alliance

Greg Wright

Greg Wright 

Advisor and Innovation Strategist for Technology Companies and the Founder, Hatch Pitch

Mariam Jacob

Mariam Jacob

Manager, Hatch Pitch

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