QuinnBottum is the Co-Founder and CTO of Swoop Search.  Swoop is an data operation system for the Edge and other heterogeneous data environments. Swoop enables any piece of data, no matter where it is in the world, to be securely networked and processed using existing vulnerable networks and infrastructure in order to be understood as a part of a global contextual mosaic of information to ultimately drive decision support. Prior to Swoop, Quinn studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Edna Conway currently serves as Cisco’s Chief Security Officer, Global Value Chain, creating clear strategies to deliver secure operating models for the digital economy. She has built new organizations delivering cyber security, compliance, risk management, sustainability and value chain transformation. She drives a comprehensive security architecture across Cisco’s third-party ecosystem.

Conway is recognized domestically (US Presidential Commissions) and globally (NATO) as the developer of architectures delivering value chain security, sustainability and resiliency. She was recently appointed to the Executive Committee of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force. Her insight is featured in a range of publications, analyst reports, and case studies, including Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, Washington Post, CIO Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. 

Acknowledgement of her industry leadership includes membership in the Fortune Most Powerful Women community, and awards including: a Fed 100 Award, Stevie “Maverick of the Year Award,” a Connected World Magazine“Machine to Machine and IOT Trailblazer” Award, an SC Media Reboot Leadership Award, a New Hampshire TechProfessional of the Year 2018 Award, and CSO of the Year Award at RSA. 

Conway serves or has served on the company’s Cyber-Security Board, Risk and Resiliency Operating Committee, Global Compliance Governance Committee and Eco Board. She also serves as an independent advisor on the Executive Advisory Boards of ADP, LLC( ADP – Nasdaq), privately held SecurityScorecard, Black Duck Software(acquired by SNPS - Nasdaq), Edge Velocity,Axonius,InfoSec Global, Logik Systems, Inc. dba Logikcull.comand the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ leading technology industry organization, MassTLC.

Her work has been featured in a range of publications, analyst reports, and case studies some of which are referenced in her LinkedIn profile.  Her discussions on key issues can be found on Conway’s Blog. Twitter: @Edna_Conway.

Prior to Cisco, Conway was a partner in an international private legal practice and served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of New Hampshire. 

Peter Evans is a Principal in the Innovation & Enterprise Solutions group at KPMG. He leads the strategy group devoted to identifying, framing, assessing, and communicating high-priority marketplace trends and disruptions to senior firm leadership for business planning and investment prioritization. Prior to joining KPMG, Dr. Evans was Vice President at the Center for Global Enterprise a nonprofit organization established by Sam Palmisano, former Chairman and CEO of IBM. Dr. Evans also held key strategy and market intelligence roles at General Electric.

Terry Halvorsen started with Samsung electronics on April first of this 2017 as an Executive Vice President in the Business to Government group.  He has since been appointed as the Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President IT and Mobile Business to Business group Samsung Electronics.

Prior to Joining Samsung Electronics, Mr. Halvorsen Served as the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer from March 8, 2015 to February 28 2017.  He previously served as the Acting Department of Defense Chief Information Officer from June of 2014 until March of 2015.  He was the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer from November 2010 until May of 2014. 

As DoD CIO, Mr. Halvorsen was the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense for information Management / Information Technology and Information Assurance as well as non-intelligence space systems; critical satellite communications, navigation, and timing programs; spectrum; and telecommunications.  He provided strategy, leadership, and guidance to create a unified information management and technology vision for the Department and to ensure the delivery of information technology-based capabilities required to support the broad set of Department missions. As the Department of Navy CIO, Mr. Halvorsen was the principal Information Technology, Information Assurance and privacy policy advisor to the Secretary of the Navy. 

Before serving as the Department of the Navy CIO, Mr. Halvorsen was the Deputy Commander, Navy Cyber Forces.  He began serving in that position in January 2010 as part of the Navy Cyber reorganization. Previous to that, Mr. Halvorsen served as the Deputy Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command.  He was responsible for providing leadership for over 16,000 military and civilian personnel and supporting over 300 ships and approximately 800,000 globally dispersed computer network users.  In this position he was responsible for the business performance of Navy network operations, space operations, information operations and knowledge management. 

Mr. Halvorsen served as an Army intelligence officer active and reserve in a variety of assignments, including Operations Just Cause and Desert Storm.  He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Widener University and a master's degree in educational technology from the University of West Florida. He is a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow and an Excellence in Government Leadership Fellow.  He was awarded the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award for Civilian Executive Service in 2017.

Christopher Krebs serves as the first director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Mr. Krebs was originally  sworn in on June 15, 2018 as the Under Secretary for the predecessor of CISA, the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD). Mr. Krebs was nominated for that position by President Trump in February 2018.

Before serving as CISA Director, Mr. Krebs was appointed in August 2017 as the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection. In the absence of a permanent NPPD Under Secretary at the time, Mr. Krebs took on the role of serving as the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary for NPPD until he was subsequently nominated as the Under Secretary and confirmed by the Senate the following year.

Andrew McAfee is the Co-Director of the IDE and a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

His research investigates how information technology changes the way companies perform, organize themselves, and compete. At a higher level, his work also focuses on how computerization affects competition, society, the economy, and the workforce. In addition to having numerous papers published, McAfee also writes a widely read blog, which is at times one of the 10,000 most popular in the world. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 articles, case studies and other materials for students and teachers of technology. Prior to joining MIT Sloan, McAfee was a professor at Harvard Business School. He has also served as a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. McAfee received his doctorate from Harvard Business School, and completed two Master of Science and two Bachelor of Science degrees at MIT. He speaks frequently to both academic and industry audiences, and has taught in executive education programs around the world.

Adrien is co-founder and U.S. CEO of Mirakl, the global leader in online marketplace solutions. Since graduating from HEC Paris in 2001, Adrien's career has been focused on innovation, entrepreneurship and disruption. His background in corporate finance and management consulting has allowed him to support top Fortune 1000 companies in their strategic growth and transformation initiatives, including creating and leading FNAC's marketplace from 2008 to 2011. 

A serial digital entrepreneur, Adrien has always been driven by the desire to invent tomorrow's economy: All Instant, a NY based Instant Messaging platform sold in 2003 and SplitGames an online video games marketplace sold to FNAC in 2008. Along with co-founder Philippe Corrot, Adrien has built and led winning teams across the globe, created hundred of jobs, and generated billions in sales for customers. 

Outside of the office, Adrien enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters exploring their new home town of Cambridge, MA. But don't think you'll catch him trading Bouillabaisse for New England clam chowder any time soon. 

Geoffrey Parker is a professor of engineering at Dartmouth College where he also serves as Director of the Master of Engineering Management Program.

In addition, he is a research fellow and visiting scholar at MIT’s Initiative for the Digital Economy. He received a B.S.E. from Princeton and M.S. and Ph.D. from MIT. Parker has made significant contributions to the field of network economics and strategy as co-developer of the theory of “two-sided” markets. He is co-author of the award-winning book “Platform Revolution.” His current research includes studies of platform business strategy, Internet of Things data governance, and technical/economic systems to integrate distributed energy resources. Parker’s research has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the states of Louisiana and New York and numerous corporations.  He serves or has served as associate editor at multiple journals and as a National Science Foundation panelist. Parker is a frequent keynote speaker and advises senior leaders on their organizations’ platform strategies. Before attending MIT, he held positions in engineering and finance at GE.

Michael Schrage is a Visiting Fellow in the Imperial College Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship where he examines the various roles of models, prototypes, and simulations as collaborative media for innovation risk management.

He has served as an advisor on innovation issues and investments to major firms, including Mars, Procter & Gamble, Google, Intel, BT, Siemens, NASDAQ, IBM, and Alcoa.

In addition, Michael has advised segments of the national security community on cyberconflict and cybersecurity issues. He has presented workshops on design experimentation and innovation risk for businesses, organizations, and executive education programs worldwide. Along with running summer workshops on future technologies for the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment, he has served on the technical advisory committee of MIT's Lincoln Laboratory. He has been a contributor to such prestigious publications as the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, strategy+business, IEEE Software, and the Design Management Journal.

Marshall Van Alstyne is the Questrom Chair Professor of Management at Boston University, with expertise in network and information economics. His work explores how ICT affects firms, products, innovation, and society. Work or commentary have appeared in journals such as Science, Nature,Management Science, American Journal of Sociology, Strategic Management Journal, The Economist, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. He is coauthor of the international bestseller Platform Revolution, translated into eight languages, and co-creator of the concept of two-sided network effects taught worldwide. His joint article on the subject is a top 50 of all-time for Harvard Business Review. Van Alstyne has consulted for Accenture, Alibaba, BASF, BMW, Cisco, Dun & Bradstreet, Google, HSBC, Intel, Mahindra, Microsoft, NTT, SAP, Viacom, Telecom Italia, UBS and many others.  His work has received National Science Foundation IOC, SGER, iCORPS, SBIR and Career Awards, 10,000 citations, and a dozen various academic awards.  He is a frequent keynote speaker and board level advisor. He received a BA in computer science from Yale and MS and Ph.D. in information systems economics from MIT.    

Colonel Randolph S. Wardle is currently the Division Chief, Network Strategy and Plans (NSP) for the Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G-6, Headquarters, Department of the Army.  In this position, he supports the CIO/G-6 by advising on information technology strategy and plans throughout the Army.  This includes advising on the impact of communications security, force structure, equipping, budgeting, and employment of network, communications, and signal capabilities.  

He has more than 33 years of experience as a U.S. Army Signal and Infantry Officer and Enlisted Soldier. Prior to his current position, COL Wardle served as the 8th Army G6 in South Korea from 2016-2018; Joint Staff J6 Coalition Branch Chief at the Pentagon from 2012-2015; and G3, 5th Signal Command in the European Theater from 2011-2012.  As G3, he was the primary provider of C4I support, managing over $65 million in annual budgets and operational control of five Signal battalions, as well as associated theater support initiatives.  

From 2009-2011, he served as the G6, 1st Armored Division, in Europe and Iraq in support of non-combat and combat-related Command and Control operations.  Previous assignments also included G6, 25th Infantry Division (Light) in support of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Program Manager for the fielding and training of the Joint Network Node Satellite Systems to four combat brigades throughout the U.S. Army Pacific area of operations.  

COL Wardle holds a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Fresno, master’s degree in International Relations from American Military University, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.

His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Bronze Star Medal (three Oak Leaf Clusters), the Meritorious Service Medal (five Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters), and the Army Achievement Medal (two Oak Leaf Clusters). 

COL Wardle and his wife, Donna, have two daughters, Shelby and Shyanne.