Shannon Lawson

CISO, City of Phoenix

Troy Leach

Chief Strategy Officer, Cloud Security Alliance

Leach has spent more than 25 years educating on and advocating for the advancement of responsible technology to improve the quality of living and parity for all. Currently Mr. Leach is the Security Executive in Residence for the non-profit, Cloud Security Alliance and sits on several advisory boards as an expert in information security and financial payments. Mr. Leach has also founded a consulting practice that advises on the opportunities to leverage blockchain technology, zero trust methodology and various cloud services to create safe and trusted environments. Previously, Mr. Leach helped establish and lead the PCI Security Standards Council, that creates global standards and certification programs as their CTO and Chief Standards Architect. Mr. Leach holds a Masters of Science from Syracuse University in Telecommunication & Network Management as well as Information Security Management.

Mike Manrod

CISO, Grand Canyon Education, Inc.

Mike presently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Grand Canyon Education, responsible for leading the security team and formulating the vision and strategy for protecting students, staff, and information assets across the enterprise. Previous experiences include serving as a threat prevention engineer for Check Point and working as a consultant and analyst for other organizations. He is also a co-author/contributor for the joint book project, Understanding New Security Threats published by Routledge in 2019, along with multiple articles/whitepapers. When not working, he spends time playing video games with his kids or doing projects around the farm.