Empowering the Next Generation of Cyber & Privacy Professionals

30 years experience, with ten years in the Australian Defence Force, working and leading people in the public and private sector including two roles as Assistant Director in Government. Managed people from 5 to 400, developed a broad range of plans, policies, guidelines and procedures. Undertaken numerous risk assessments and risk management plans and delivered national security education and awareness products and presentations. Extensive knowledge and experience in physical, personnel, information and cyber security. Experience in service delivery to both government and commercial clients. Leverage of my experience and knowledge to take a 'no nonsense' simply focus on outcomes to meet an organisations requirements. This is supported by undertaking studies in Smart City Certified Information Security Professional (SCCISP), an ISO27001 Lead Implementer, an ISO27001 Lead Auditor, a Certified Information Mapping Consultant and a Queensland Security Adviser/Consultant Licence in process.

Executive Advisor & Chief Security Architect (Director Level) at STC Solutions, managing security advisory, and supporting pre-sales team. 18 years building Impressive security track record, with IBM, SBM, Ernst & Young, Saudi Royal Guard, and STC Solutions. Design security architecture / solution from the scratch, optimize & integrate existing environment in mega projects addressing business imperatives and customer needs. Own solution from inception, costing, definition, value proposition, design through proposal and delivery’s governance. Perform security reviews, identify gaps in security architecture and develop security risk based solutions for CxO. Responsible for mega project, building world-class security roadmap includes architecture and services at many sectors e.g. Defense, Telco, National Security, and center government. Solid understanding of cyber security architectures and the ability to address the unique security considerations of defense, public security, and critical infrastructure sectors. Extensive leadership & technical skills to evaluate, plan, and build security programs.

Aleksandar Andric works in Cisco's Advanced Services Digital Transformation and Internet of Things Solutions group within the Connected Industries and Cities Practice.

VP, CYBER SECURITY / CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER (CISO) Speaker, Author and Innovator, I have 19 years of proven experience in information security, risk management and governance with specialization in the European and North American financial industries (TMX Group, Kotio SA, Euroclear SA/NV), banking (Croesus), manufacturing (Bombardier) and consulting firms (KPMG, Richter, Rodeus). Excellent knowledge of the regulations, standards and challenges of risks and cybersecurity of heterogeneous organizations. I am a permanent seeker of innovation in my practice, team management, high visibility projects and executive programs for managing corporate cyber risks and cyber-resilience, I am always looking for more and more challenging contexts within executive teams or boards of directors

Over 20 years of experience and specialization in Cyber Defense and Data Privacy in many organizations, with deep familiarity in Security concepts across multiple security domains.

With a Graduate Certificate and Masters' Degree in Information Systems Security, numerous industry certifications, and the first person in New South Wales, Australia, to be awarded the Australian Computer Society's Certified Cyber Security Professional certification, Raymond Frangie is a highly recommended and regarded Sessional Academic Lecturer, Academic Tutor and Cyber Security Deputy Unit Coordinator at Western Sydney University, International Industry Speaker, Industry Thought Leader, and an Information Security, Cyber Security and Digital Business Subject Matter Expert (SME), with over 21 years combined experience across Information Technology, Information Security and Cyber Security.