The Greatest Fears?
CISO Dinner
Visionaries
Erik Hart
CISO
Cushman & Wakefield
About Me
Erik Hart oversees global information security for Cushman & Wakefield, one of the world’s largest
commercial real estate services firms. A recognized thought leader with more than 20 years of experience in
providing information security services to various industries and organizations, he also serves in an advisory role
for numerous companies and organizations in the information security field, including Mimecast, CrowdStrike,
InfraGard Chicago Members Alliance and Western Illinois University.
Before joining Cushman & Wakefield in 2018, he served as CISO and Director of IT Risk Management for Zebra
Technologies, a provider of mobile, logistics and point-of-sale technology and systems to retail, health care,
transportation, manufacturing and other industries.
Erik earned his Bachelors from Western Illinois University and Masters from Western Governors University.
Peter Chestna
CISO, North America
Checkmarx Inc.
About Me
Pete Chestna serves as the CISO of North America at Checkmarx, where he provides customers and prospects with practical advice for building successful application security programs. Bringing more than 15 years of direct AppSec practitioner experience, Pete has held roles ranging from developer and development leader to his most recent position as the Global Head of AppSec for the Bank of Montreal.
Over the years, Pete has led organizational transformations from Waterfall to Agile to DevOps and from monolith to microservice architectures. He is certified as both a scrum master and product owner. Stemming from his experience as both an avid practitioner and consultant, Pete has spoken internationally at numerous prominent security and developer conferences including DevOpsDays, All Day DevOps, OWASP AppSec, and DevSecCon.
Pete has been granted 3 patents. He enjoys whiskey tourism, astronomy, model rocketry and listening to Rush in his spare time.
Cole Sinkford
CISO
GE Energy
About Me
Cole Sinkford is GE Renewable Energy’s Global Chief Information and Product Cyber Security Officer, responsible for cybersecurity across the organization. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity strategy and operations for Renewable Energy products and enterprise.
Prior to his current role, Cole served as the Deputy Chief Information Security officer of Renewable Energy, establishing Renewables’ standalone Cybersecurity capabilities. Prior to that, Cole spent 3 years as part of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff, leading numerous projects and audits across the Digital Technology and business environments. Cole began his career as an Aviation DTLP located in Cincinnati, OH and now resides in Chicago, IL.
Cole holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
Cole Sinkford
CISO
Globalfoundries
About Me
Cole Sinkford the Global CISO at Globalfoundries Inc. Prior to this he was GE Renewable Energy’s Global Chief Information and Product Cyber Security Officer, responsible for cybersecurity across the organization. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity strategy and operations for Renewable Energy products and enterprise.
Prior to his current role, Cole served as the Deputy Chief Information Security officer of Renewable Energy, establishing Renewables’ standalone Cybersecurity capabilities. Prior to that, Cole spent 3 years as part of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff, leading numerous projects and audits across the Digital Technology and business environments. Cole began his career as an Aviation DTLP located in Cincinnati, OH and now resides in Chicago, IL.
Cole holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
EVENT DETAILS
September 8, 2022
Agenda
5:30 PM-9:00 PM
The Greatest Fears?
In the past year, software-driven organizations have faced some of the biggest challenges in order to keep pace with the digital transformation they are experiencing. As a result, moving to new software development methodologies like DevOps to speed time to market - while doing it securely - is now top of mind. The need to better serve clients digitally is imperative and software developers and AppSec teams are expected to deliver increasingly secure applications to do so. Therefore, CISO’s of software-driven organizations are being tasked with taking immediate actions to improve application security without slowing development and time to release.
Panelists
Speaker
Peter Chestna
CISO, North America
Checkmarx Inc.
Pete Chestna serves as the CISO of North America at Checkmarx, where he provides customers and prospects with practical advice for building successful application security programs. Bringing more than 15 years of direct AppSec practitioner experience, Pete has held roles ranging from developer and development leader to his most recent position as the Global Head of AppSec for the Bank of Montreal.
Over the years, Pete has led organizational transformations from Waterfall to Agile to DevOps and from monolith to microservice architectures. He is certified as both a scrum master and product owner. Stemming from his experience as both an avid practitioner and consultant, Pete has spoken internationally at numerous prominent security and developer conferences including DevOpsDays, All Day DevOps, OWASP AppSec, and DevSecCon.
Pete has been granted 3 patents. He enjoys whiskey tourism, astronomy, model rocketry and listening to Rush in his spare time.
Speaker
Cole Sinkford
CISO
GE Energy
Cole Sinkford is GE Renewable Energy’s Global Chief Information and Product Cyber Security Officer, responsible for cybersecurity across the organization. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity strategy and operations for Renewable Energy products and enterprise.
Prior to his current role, Cole served as the Deputy Chief Information Security officer of Renewable Energy, establishing Renewables’ standalone Cybersecurity capabilities. Prior to that, Cole spent 3 years as part of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff, leading numerous projects and audits across the Digital Technology and business environments. Cole began his career as an Aviation DTLP located in Cincinnati, OH and now resides in Chicago, IL.
Cole holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
Speaker
Erik Hart
CISO
Cushman & Wakefield
Erik Hart oversees global information security for Cushman & Wakefield, one of the world’s largest
commercial real estate services firms. A recognized thought leader with more than 20 years of experience in
providing information security services to various industries and organizations, he also serves in an advisory role
for numerous companies and organizations in the information security field, including Mimecast, CrowdStrike,
InfraGard Chicago Members Alliance and Western Illinois University.
Before joining Cushman & Wakefield in 2018, he served as CISO and Director of IT Risk Management for Zebra
Technologies, a provider of mobile, logistics and point-of-sale technology and systems to retail, health care,
transportation, manufacturing and other industries.
Erik earned his Bachelors from Western Illinois University and Masters from Western Governors University.
Speaker
Cole Sinkford
CISO
Globalfoundries
Cole Sinkford the Global CISO at Globalfoundries Inc. Prior to this he was GE Renewable Energy’s Global Chief Information and Product Cyber Security Officer, responsible for cybersecurity across the organization. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity strategy and operations for Renewable Energy products and enterprise.
Prior to his current role, Cole served as the Deputy Chief Information Security officer of Renewable Energy, establishing Renewables’ standalone Cybersecurity capabilities. Prior to that, Cole spent 3 years as part of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff, leading numerous projects and audits across the Digital Technology and business environments. Cole began his career as an Aviation DTLP located in Cincinnati, OH and now resides in Chicago, IL.
Cole holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
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