CIO & CISO Dinner

Jason is an accomplished technology executive with over 25 years of experience. He builds C-level relationships around strategizing alignment between cybersecurity and business outcomes. Jason's previous experience leading organizations responsible for driving transformation allows to connect with executives dealing with both technical and non-technical challenges. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Jason's previous experience includes 4 years as the global Head of Business Value Consulting at Zscaler, and then 20 years on the consumer-side of IT, including 7 years at GE in various leadership roles, latest being the Sr. IT Leader of Global Network Services.

Rick is VP, Information Security at Centene Corporation, and CISO of Carolina Complete Health based in Charlotte, NC. Rick supports both the NC health plan and corporate Centene in a cybersecurity leadership role. In his prior role, Rick worked as Virtual CISO supporting international companies. Rick also developed the curriculum for a Cybersecurity Master’s degree program for an International University. Rick is an avid speaker at cybersecurity conferences, and is a member of The CyberWire Hashtable. He is part of the editorial panel of the Council on Cybersecurity Critical Security Controls, and is the lead author on the newest version 8 of the Controls. Rick is also on the Board of his local ISC2 chapter. Rick ran ethical hacking, incident response and forensics, and risk management teams throughout his 25+ year cybersecurity career. Previously, Rick was cybersecurity practice lead for a private intelligence and security firm, was CISO a multi-national US company, and has held positions as a Risk Management consultant at Gartner, Chief Scientist for Lockheed Martin’s Center for Cyber Security Innovation, and Managing Principal in the Professional Security Services practice at Verizon.

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Rick is VP, Information Security at Centene Corporation, and CISO of Carolina Complete Health based in Charlotte, NC. Rick supports both the NC health plan and corporate Centene in a cybersecurity leadership role. In his prior role, Rick worked as Virtual CISO supporting international companies. Rick also developed the curriculum for a Cybersecurity Master’s degree program for an International University. Rick is an avid speaker at cybersecurity conferences, and is a member of The CyberWire Hashtable. He is part of the editorial panel of the Council on Cybersecurity Critical Security Controls, and is the lead author on the newest version 8 of the Controls. Rick is also on the Board of his local ISC2 chapter. Rick ran ethical hacking, incident response and forensics, and risk management teams throughout his 25+ year cybersecurity career. Previously, Rick was cybersecurity practice lead for a private intelligence and security firm, was CISO a multi-national US company, and has held positions as a Risk Management consultant at Gartner, Chief Scientist for Lockheed Martin’s Center for Cyber Security Innovation, and Managing Principal in the Professional Security Services practice at Verizon.