Liam started his Information Technology career in Dublin, Ireland in 1998. He is an award-winning cybersecurity evangelist with over 20 years’ experience in the industry. In 2018, Liam saw that cybersecurity was becoming more complex. Organizations would rather ignore risks than tackle them as they could not afford the solutions to protect their data. CYRISMA was born to bring simplicity and affordability back to cybersecurity.
Dr. Mike Saylor is co-founder and CEO of Blackswan Cybersecurity, where he serves as the incident response lead, as well as the Executive Director of Cyber Defense Center, 501(c)(3). He is a 30-year IT/Cyber veteran with 24 years as a University Professor of Cyber and Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) – currently at the Univ. of Texas San Antonio. Dr. Saylor is also 24-year Infragard member, past president, and current Healthcare Sector Chief, and a Fusion Liaison officer for the North Texas Fusion Center.
Raffaele Mautone is Founder and CEO of Detroit-based Judy Security. Raffaele’s strategic thinking and effective leadership have been instrumental and paramount in his career as an IT, sales and operations professional. His extensive experience in the IT and security industry serves as the platform of Judy. Raffaele’s consistent record of leading teams through successful acquisitions; strategic planning and implementation and deploying large, multi-tiered complex programs has served companies such as Duo, FireEye, McAfee and Dell. He also has experience in implementing marketing and sales strategies, positioning companies for future growth, and deploying applications and business process improvements to assist with bookings, leads and new go-to-market programs. Raffaele holds a BS from Eastern Michigan University.
Sharon manages day-to-day content on ChannelE2E and serves as Editorial Director for CyberRisk Alliance’s Channel Brands. She also covers enterprise-class technology companies, strategic alliances and channel partner strategies. Sharon is a veteran tech journalist and editor with more than 25 years experience in the industry, and has previously held key editorial, content and leadership positions at Techstrong Group, CIO.com, Ziff Davis Enterprise and CRN.