FACILITATORS

Daina Proctor, recently named as one of Canada’s TOP 20 Women in CyberSecurity, is the Canadian national lead for IBM’s Security Intelligence and Threat Management practice. In her role she leverages her seasoned delivery experience to enable and evolve businesses with cohesive, transparent, and rapid threat management and intelligence programs. She has spent more than 15+ years leading and growing information security programs, from technology stack through operating models. Through escalating leadership positions with companies such as Nortel and CGI, and now IBM, Daina has grown and built security competencies in the Nordics, the Netherlands, UK, Australia as well as here at home in Canada. As an avid outdoors and sports enthusiast and mom to adult children, Daina balances her time between technology and being outdoors with her family.

AJ Khan is the CEO of CyberStrategiez Inc., an entity focused on providing a broad array of Cyber services through its various subsidiaries and partnerships. These include CloudGRC Inc., Cyber  Innovation Leadership Solutions (CILS), Vehiqilla Inc. and APMA Institute of Automotive  Cybersecurity (apmaIAC).  

AJ has over 20 years of experience in Governance, Risk & Compliance, and 13 years of experience in Cybersecurity Innovation and Emerging Technologies. AJ is an ardent advocate of Cyber Security and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). In his view, there is a critical need to address Cyber  Security in today’s Connected and Cloud deployments and if considerable effort is not made to address this issue, corporations will incorporate considerable Security Debt that will manifest itself later in the form of major security breaches. This will not only lead to loss of critical data and disruptions in operations activity but will also lead to a major loss in the brand equity and reputation. Hence, Governance, Risk & Compliance is imperative for today’s technology and business strategies. 

AJ is also passionate about Innovation & Entrepreneurship. His book “The Global Age of  Entrepreneurship” attests to his passion with regards to Innovation and entrepreneurship. The book aims to take the entrepreneur through the exciting journey of the entrepreneurship ecosystem to the stage where it is finally having a global presence. This journey starts by defining just who is an entrepreneur. Other important ingredients of the entrepreneurship journey are  Innovation, Branding and Marketing, Social Sales, Community Building, a Global Business Model and understanding the global marketplace. 

Combining his two passions, AJ is currently focused on Cyber Innovation and Cyberpreneurship in the areas of Cyber Governance strategies, policies & procedures, Payment Card security, SaaS  Apps Security, Industry4.0, SmartCities and Automotive Cybersecurity.

Kristen Currie currently leads The City of Calgary’s Payment Card Industry Compliance Team where she is responsible for ensuring ongoing secure implementation and compliance of payment channels. She has a passion for all things data related and has focused her career on ensuring data is protected and secure so it’s available to those that need it. Kristen’s career has spanned a number of levels of government starting with The City of Calgary in 1998 and then moving on to a long career working for the Federal government. Returning back to The City of Calgary in 2011, Kristen has been engaged in a variety of initiatives focused on data security and management, including information security policy development, incident response procedures and overall governance, risk and compliance. Her goal is always to ensure the business is supported to manage data, information and information systems in smart, secure business centric ways.

Kristen holds a M.Sc. from Brandeis University in Information Security Leadership, B.A. in Political Science from the University of Calgary, A continuing education certificate in Business Analytics: Decision Making Using Data from the University of Cambridge. She also holds several information security related certifications including her Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC).

On a personal note Kristen is a busy mom of three boys who spends most of her spare time playing driveway hockey and backyard soccer and reminding everyone to try not to break anything.

Rav Grewal is a Cyber security account manager at Darktrace, the world’s leading AI company for cyber defense. At Darktrace, Rav works with leading organizations in a range of industries to deploy and operationalize cutting edge technologies. During Rav’s tenure at Darktrace, the company has grown to over 4500 customers and has been the recipient of numerous achievements, including The Golden Bridge Awards - Company of the year and Fortress Cybersecurity Award for Antigena Email. Rav holds a Bachelor degree from Indiana University of British Columbia and is based in Darktrace’s Vancouver office.

Lily leads a global and diverse team of security professionals at Splunk that enable security teams worldwide through workshops and adversary simulation, help customers evolve their security operations, and implement advanced security use cases. She has 15+ years of experience working with education, government agencies, and private companies around the world, operationalizing their IT and security data sources to gain insight and mitigate threats. Lily is a founding member of the Women in CyberSecurity Silicon Valley Affiliate. She also maintains several professional certifications including the GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) and Continuous Monitoring Certification (GMON) and has presented at several industry conferences.

Tanya Janca, also known as SheHacksPurple, is the best-selling author of ‘Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’. She is also the founder of We Hack Purple, an online learning academy, community and podcast that revolves around teaching everyone to create secure software. Tanya has been coding and working in IT for over twenty years, won countless awards, and has been everywhere from startups to public service to tech giants (Microsoft, Adobe, & Nokia). She has worn many hats; startup founder, pentester, CISO, AppSec Engineer, and software developer. She is an award-winning public speaker, active blogger & streamer and has delivered hundreds of talks and trainings on 6 continents. She values diversity, inclusion and kindness, which shines through in her countless initiatives.

Advisor: Cloud Defense, NeuraLegion, ICTC PAC, WoSEC

Founder: We Hack Purple, WoSEC International (Women of Security), OWASP DevSlop, #CyberMentoringMonday

Amy Syed is a Kinesiologist and Rehab Professional is also a serial entrepreneur who believes significant impact can be made through intentional business concepts that foster resilience and sustainability. She is the Founder and CEO of FindyourHCP.com,and started Amy Syed Enterprises Inc. as the teaching arm of her business to teach others how to use their experiences and genius to create a successful business and career. Amy is the Host of podcast, Calm After the Storm and has been cast on The Social Movement - airing on Apple TV and Amazon Prime in 2022. Amy is a Humanist and an advocate for global protection of vulnerable women and children.

Aniko Kiss is a highly experienced and talented computer forensic investigator. She has delivered Mac and iOS forensics training to international law enforcement including the FBI, US Department of Defense Cyber Crime Centre, the Dutch National Police Academy, the United Kingdom (UK) police as well as local law enforcement agencies. She has conducted numerous computer forensic investigations for Law Firms, Investigative Agencies, Corporations, and Law Enforcement. Ms Kiss has assisted in preparation of legal proceedings both in civil and criminal matters in all levels of court. Her cases have involved first-degree murder, fraud, assault and others. She has been declared an expert in Computer Forensics, mobile devices, iOS devices, photo, audio, and video analysis in the Superior and Ontario Courts of Justice. Ms Kiss has spoken at numerous conferences, the most recent being the Human Resource Professional Association. She is the current chairman of the ASIS Professionals Best Practices Seminar.

Kirsten Turnbull is a Technical Specialist,  Security & Compliance at Microsoft  responsible for providing deep subject  matter expertise to customers in  Microsoft’s Security portfolio.  A career spanning almost 20 years in  Network Security covering both IT and OT  networks throughout most of Alberta has  provided Kirsten the insight into the  challenges that companies face when  implementing Cyber Security protections.  Having spent significant amounts of time  in the Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Utility,  Pharmaceutical, Mining and Start Up  industries has given Kirsten the ability to  truly understand the needs of each  specific industry and more importantly  the risks they face.

Kathy Macdonald is a retired police officer with the Calgary Police Service, with almost three decades of  investigative and crime prevention experience. She instructs cyber security courses at the University of  Calgary, and is one of the leading investigators for Toddington International, a global leader in Open  Source Intelligence (OSINT) training.  

Kathy recently published Cybercrime: Awareness, Prevention, and Response, a comprehensive Canadian  resource talking about how cybercrime affects individuals, businesses, governments, institutions, and or ganizations.  

In 2009, the Governor General of Canada, invested Kathy with the Member of the Order of Merit of the  Police Forces, M.O.M., in recognition to her commitment to cybercrime prevention. Kathy is on the Senate at the University of Calgary, and was recently awarded one of the Top 20 Women in Cyber Security  2020 - Canada. 

Yvonne E.L. Silver is the Founder of Flourish as well as Women & Wisdom Media, and a Certified BANK IOS 6- Intelligences Coach. Yvonne is a Speaker, Author, Certified Executive Coach (Royal Roads University) and Chartered Professional HR Consultant who is seasoned in business. She coaches and mentors visionary entrepreneurs and leaders to flourish in business – by mastering their authentic voice, having powerful and confident conversations, so they can thrive in a man's world - creating a sustainable business and a proud legacy. She leverages over 30 years of experience in eight high-growth start-ups and supporting Fortune 500 firms (as regional VP for a global talent management firm) and draws on experiences holding senior roles also of Founder, Consultant and HR Director.

Her overnight bestseller: "Words, Women & Wisdom: The Modern Art of Confident Conversations" brought out her passion for communications, and her Words, Women & Wisdom Radio Show & Podcast has hosted over 50 successful women entrepreneurs sharing stories of rising from tragedy to triumph. Yvonne received a Woman of Inspiration Award for her work as a Mentor and developing Mentorship Programs in 2018.

As a sought-after speaker, she has spoken for numerous conferences including the BPW International Conference, One Woman - Fearless 2018 Summit, Leading with Purpose Conference, YYC Chic Gala for Making Changes, CIWA - Canadian Immigrant Women's Association, Brilliant Women Retreat, The HR Institute and private clients including TD Bank. She has been interviewed on many podcasts including: Wings of Inspired Business, The Top 1% and The Winner's Journey, and hosts her own events and summits.

Cat Coode is a data privacy consultant with a mission to help protect your data. Backed by two decades of experience in mobile development and software architecture (BlackBerry), as well as a certification in data privacy law, Cat helps individuals and corporations better understand cybersecurity and data privacy.

She specializes in global privacy regulation compliance and delivering privacy education seminars. She is a member of the Canadian Standards Council for GDPR. She has worked with tech start-ups through to large organizations in a breadth of industries including healthcare, education, and social media.

Cat leverages her aptitude for teaching and her engineering background, in both her speaking and consulting engagements, to break down technical concepts in ways everyone can understand. Putting privacy at the foundation of everything you do.