EVENT SPEAKERS
Mark Bell
Cybersecurity Outreach Coordinator, Ohio Cyber Collaboration Committee
Mark primarily works with a wide range of partners throughout Ohio, organized into the Ohio Cyber Collaboration Committee (OC3,) to improve the cyber security posture of the state through education and workforce development, the creation of a Cyber Range in Ohio, the development of cyber response teams for Ohio, and the sharing of best cyber practices and policies throughout the state.
Prior to working for the Ohio National Guard, Mark worked as District Director and Deputy Chief of Staff for Congressman Patrick Tiberi.
In addition to his work at the Ohio National Guard, Mark continues to serve in the US Army Reserve as the Command Sergeant Major of a Military Police Brigade located in Inkster, Michigan.
Dan Faltisco
Senior Sales Engineer, Sophos
Daniel Faltisco is a Channel Sales Engineer with Sophos, serving the Northern Ohio region. His experience with Information Security extends back to his time in the military and continued in the professional world with his first job out of college, where he served as a Systems Administrator for a mid-size company in Buffalo, NY. In 2007 Dan came to Ingram Micro, the world’s largest IT distributor, as a Technology Consultant where he enjoyed working with Ingram Micro partners throughout the US to help them grow their Cyber Security practice. Dan moved his family to the Cleveland region in 2018 when he joined FireEye before moving on to Sophos in Mid-2020. Throughout his time in Northeast Ohio, he’s been focusing on advising the best Cyber Security practices and solutions for organizations of all sizes.
Rebekah Michael
Executive Staff Director, Ohio Cyber Range Institute
Rebekah, a professor at the University of Cincinnati has partnered with the Ohio Adjutant General's Department and will be speaking on how the OCRI provides virtual lab environments for both formal high schools and introductory & intermediate camps with interactive workshops for both students and teachers.
Tom Mroz
Senior Technical Marketing Engineer - Ask an Expert Panelist
Tom has been focusing on cybersecurity for over 9 years. Tom focuses on SASE, RSA, Emerging Security Vendors, as well as consults with partners on cybersecurity best practices to help secure end-users while helping our reseller partners grow.
Brian Rauls
Technical Marketing Engineer - Ask an Expert Panelist
Brian Rauls has had several roles over the last 9 years including Pre-sales engineer, Technical Account Manager, Solution Architect, and currently Technical Marketing Engineer. He supports MDR/SOCaas and Cloud Security as an SME in these categories as well as supporting the Emerging Vendors Group.
Brett Scott
Cybersecurity Expert and White Hat Hacker
Director and Founder of the National Cyber Warfare Foundation and Co-Founder of the Arizona Cyber Warfare Range. Brett is a leader in cybersecurity, secure coding, computer network attack (CNA), computer network defense (CND), and cyber warfare.
Jacob White
Security Consultant - Ask an Expert Panelist
Jacob White is a 13-year veteran in the IT industry. Starting out at the University at Buffalo’s CIT Service Desk, Jake has supported multiple channel business lines including system builders, high performance computing, and enterprise software before landing in security. He has specialized over the past 5 years on the vulnerability management and e-mail security space in addition to managed service delivery.