Agenda 

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 

Developing Cybersecurity 

Talent through Education and 

Training

Nurturing Cybersecurity 

Communities through 

Academia, Industry, and 

Government Collaboration

Professional Development

Tuesday November 7, 2017 

7:00 AM -

8:00 AM

Breakfast

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8:00 AM -

8:10 AM

Welcome

Exhibit Hall 101

Rodney Petersen, Director, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)

Rick Geritz, CEO, LifeJourney

Monday November 6, 2017 

1:00 PM -

5:00 PM

Pre-conference Seminar 1: 

Critical Success Factors for a 

Cybersecurity Apprenticeship 

Program (Link)

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Jennifer Carlson, Executive 

Director, WTIA Workforce 

Institute 

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Tony Bryan, Executive Director, 

Midwest Cyber Center 

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Carolyn Renick, U.S. 

Department of Labor's Office of 

• Apprenticeship 

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Girish Seshagiri, EVP/CTO 

• ISHPI 

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Khabran Peters, Apprentice 

ISHPI 

Pre-conference Seminar 2: How to 

Build Robust Internship Programs 

Between Employers and Academic 

Institutions (Link)

203

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• Patricia Carretta, The Council for 

the Advancement of Standards in 

Higher Education (CAS)

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• Patrick Weithers, CEO, NU-Pulse 

Technologies

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• Gregory Teets, Associate Professor, 

Clark State Community College

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• Matthew Brink, Asst Exec Dir, 

National Association of Colleges and 

Employers

Pre-conference Seminar 3: Application 

and Uses of the NICE Cybersecurity 

Workforce Framework (Link)

204

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• Noel Kyle, Cybersecurity Education and 

Awareness Branch, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security

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• Thomas Trevethan, Palo Alto Networks

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• Jeff Frisk, Director, Global Information 

Assurance Certification Program 

(GIAC)

Presentation (Link)

Presentation 2 (Link)

Presentation 3 (Link)

Presentation (Link)

Presentation (Link)

Presentation 2 (Link)
Maurice McDonald, EVP, Aerospace and Defense, Dayton Development Coalition

8:10 AM -

8:20 AM

Opening Remarks

Exhibit Hall 101

Mayor Nan Whaley, City of Dayton

8:20 AM -

8:35 AM

Remarks

Exhibit Hall 101 

Jeff McLeod, Director, Homeland Security and Public Safety Division, National Governor's Association

8:35 AM -

9:20 AM

Keynote

Exhibit Hall 101

Maj Gen Mark Bartman, Adjutant General, Ohio National Guard

9:20 AM -

9:30 AM

Conference Overview: Program Co-Chairs

Exhibit Hall 101

Faisal Kaleem, Metropolitan State University

Simone Petrella, CyberVista

Brian Gouker, Division Chief of the College of Cyber and Senior Education Academic Liaison, National Security 

Agency

9:30 AM -

10:15 AM

Break (Visit Exhibit Hall) and Cyber Soapbox Session

Exhibit Hall 102

Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and 

Workforce Development

10:15 AM -

11:00 AM

1-1

Leveraging simulators to educate 

non-STEM students in conducting 

real-time cybersecurity field 

research (Link)

302-304

• Dr. Aunshul Rege, Assistant 

Professor Criminal Justice, Temple 

University

2-1

Aligning Academic Supply and 

Industry Demand (Link)

305

• RADM (ret) Ken Slaght, CoChair & President, San Diego 

Cyber Center of Excellence 

(CCOE)

3-1

Preparing the Cyber Workforce Through 

Operational Research (Link)

306

• Dr. Julie Steinke, Lead Behavioral 

Scientist, The MITRE Corporation

11:00 AM -

11:15 AM

Break

Exhibit Hall 102

11:15 AM -

12:00 PM

1-2

CyberSecurity Resource 

Capability Landscape in Internet 

of Things (IOT) Industry (Link)

302-304

2-2

Centers of Academic Excellence 

in Cyber Operations

305

•

• Heather Eikenberry, Program 

Manager, National Security 

3-2

Equipped & Empowered: Ensuring 

Student Data Privacy & Security in 

Education

306

•

Presentation (Link)
• Deep Kakkar, Sr. Product 

Manager, Google

Agency/College of Cyber’s 

Centers of Academic Excellence 

in Cyber Operations

• Jonathan King, Chief Strategy Officer, iSAFE Ventures

12:00 PM -

1:15 PM

LUNCH

Keynote

Exhibit Hall 101

REMARKS: Will Markow, Burning Glass Technologies

Tyson Meadors, Director for Cybersecurity Policy, National Security Council, The White House

1:15 PM -

2:00 PM

1-3

Innovative Public/Private 

Partnership Approaches for 

Cyber-security Workforce 

Development (Link)

302-304

•

• Kevin Hofstra, CTO, Metova 

CyberCENTS

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• Rajni Goel, Professor & FulbrightNehru Scholar Cyber Security and 

Information Systems School of 

Business, Howard University

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• Lori Gordon, Director, Women in 

Homeland Security (WHS)

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• Eman El-Sheikh, Ph.D., Director, 

Center for Cybersecurity, 

University of West Florida

2-3

Cooperative Education Model: 

Accelerating the Development 

of Cyber Security Professionals (Link)

305

• Moderator

• Corrinne Sande, Principle 

Investigator, CyberWatch West

• Panelists

• Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, 

Executive Director, UW Center 

for Information Assurance 

Cybersecurity

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• Eric Yocam, Ph.D., Sr. Manager 

of Cybersecurity Innovation, 

Talent, Architecture and 

CyberLab|Technology, TMobile

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• Morgan Zantua, Director, 

Workforce Development, UW 

Center for Information 

Assurance Cybersecurity

3-3

Energizing the Cybersecurity Ecosystem: 

Transforming Our Higher Ed User 

Community Through Cyber-Mindfulness

306

• Moderator

• Thomas Skill, CIO, University of Dayton

• Panelists

• James D. Robinson, University of Dayton

•

• Kim Conde, University of Dayton

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• Elizabeth Timmons, University of 

Dayton

•

• Dean Halter, University of Dayton

2:00 PM -

2:15 PM

Break

Exhibit Hall 102

2:15 PM -

3:00 PM

1-4

Building a talented cyber security 

2-4

Risk Analysis for Financial 

3-4

Increasing Retention Capacity: Research 
workforce from older adult online 

learners (Link)

302-304

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• Steven Brown, Core faculty 

Information Assurance & Security, 

Capella University

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• Chris Wheedleton, Kaplan 

University

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• Heather Guessford, Kaplan 

University

Banking and Processing - 

Training Cyber Workforce 

through Academia & Industry 

Collaboration (Link)

305

• Moderator

• Paul Wang, Professor, 

Columbus State University

• Panelists

• Dr. Wayne Summers, Professor 

and Chair, CSU

•

• Chadwick Nelson, Student, CSU

from the Field (Link)

306

•

• Andrea Little Limbago, Chief Social 

Scientist, Endgame

3:00 PM -

3:45 PM

Break (Visit Exhibit Hall) and Cyber Soapbox Session

Exhibit Hall 102

CyberSeek - cybersecurity jobs heat map and career pathways portal (Link)

Will Markow, Burning Glass Technologies

3:45 PM - 

4:07 PM 

1-5

Advancing a paradigm shift in 

education & training to eliminate 

the cyber skills gap

302-304

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Linda Montgomery, Cyber World 

Institute & California State 

University - San Bernardino 

2-5

Preparing Regional Partnerships 

for Take Off

305 

•

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3-5

The Dynamic Role of HR in Advancing 

Organizational Cybersecurity (Link)

306 

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Bryan Fite, Global CISO, BT Security 

4:07 PM - 

4:30 PM 

3-5

The Virginia Cyber Range: Cloud-based 

Resources for Cybersecurity Education

306 

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David Raymond, Director / Deputy 

Director, Virginia Cyber Range / VT IT 

Security Office/Lab 

Presentation (Link)
Wednesday November 8, 2017 

7:00 AM -

8:00 AM

Breakfast

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8:00 AM -

8:15 AM

Welcome and Announcements: NICEWG Co-Chairs

Exhibit Hall 101

8:15 AM -

8:30 AM

Remarks

Exhibit Hall 101

Noel Kyle, Cybersecurity Education and Awareness Branch, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

8:30 AM -

9:15 AM

Keynote

Exhibit Hall 101

Angela M. Messer, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton Cyber Innovation and Talent Officer

9:15 AM -

9:30 AM

Remarks

Exhibit Hall 101

Michael Kaiser, National Cyber Security Alliance

9:30 AM -

10:15 AM

Break (Visit Exhibit Hall) and Cyber Soapbox Session

Exhibit Hall 102

NICE Working Group

10:15 AM -

10:37 AM

1-6

Virtual-Menternships with 

Measured & Verified CoCurricular Transcripts Scale 

Workforce Ready Cyber 

Candidate Supply (Link)

302-304

•

• Dr. Ian MacDonald, 

Cybersecurity Workforce 

Alliance, Interim Dean School 

of Math and Science, St Rose 

University, NY

•

• Ricardo Torres, President & 

CEO, National Student 

Clearinghouse

•

• Leo Van Duyn, Co-chair, 

NICE Workforce Workgroup 

- Taxonomy for the Private 

Sector

2-6

CyberPatriot: Building the 

workforce of tomorrow

305

•

• Bernie Skoch, Commissioner, 

CyberPatriot

3-6

Creating a Cyber 

Competencies 

Model Tool for 

Workforce 

Development (Link)

306

•

• Lisa Holman, 

Deputy CISO, US 

Postal Service 

Corporate 

Information 

Security Office

•

• Sarah Benczik, 

Senior Manager, 

Deloitte Consulting

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• Peter Slonina, 

Senior Consultant, 

Deloitte Consulting

10:37 AM -

11:00 AM

2-6

Evolution of Competition-Based 

Cybersecurity Education: 

Continuing to Inspire

305

•

• Daniel Ragsdale, Director, 

Cybersecurity Center Professor of 

Practice in Computer Science and 

Engineering, Texas A&M 

University

11:00 AM -

11:15 AM

Break

Exhibit Hall 102

Presentation (Link)

Presentation (Link)
11:15 AM -

12:00 PM

1-7

The Right One for the Job: 

Using Aptitude Assessment to 

Facilitate Cybersecurity 

Career Decisions (Link)

302-304

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Dr. Lelyn D. Saner, Cognitive 

Psychologist and an 

Associated Social Scientist, 

University of Maryland 

Center for Advanced Study of 

Language

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Dr. Erica Michael, Technical 

Director for Language & 

Performance Metrics, 

University of Maryland

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John Romano, CASL, Director 

of Information Technology, 

University of Maryland

2-7

Cybersecurity Curriculum 

Development Initiatives (Link)

305

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Moderator

Steve LaFountain, Dean, College 

of Cyber, NSA 

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Panelists

•

Omer IIker Poyraz, Research 

Assistant/ Ph.D. Student, Old 

Dominion University

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•

Dr. Seth Hamman, Assistant 

Professor of Computer Science, 

Cedarville University 

3-7

Addressing the cybersecurity skills gap 

with a "new collar" approach

306

•

• David Jarvis, Security and CIO Lead, 

IBM Institute for Business Value

•

• Heather Ricciuto, Security Academic 

Initiative Leader, IBM

12:00 PM -

1:15 PM

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Presentation (Link)

Presentation 2 (Link)

The Power of Tech-Savvy Boards: 

Leadership's Role in Cultivating 

Cybersecurity Talent (Link)

306

3-8

Centers of Academic Excellence 

in Cyber Defense:The 

Current State of CAEs

Cybersecurity Cadet Capstone 2-8

Solve Army Problems (Link)

Systems Engineered 

Projects - Leveraging 

Diversity at West Point to 

302-304

1-8

1:15 PM - 

2:00 PM 

Cynthia Irvine and Michael Thompson, Naval Postgraduate School

Should Cybersecurity be an Academic Discipline? (Link)

Allen Parrish, US Naval Academy

Stackable Credentials in Cyber Security (Link)

Dr. R ob R obertson, Southern Utah University and Matt H effelfinger, Las Vegas Sands Corp

Building New Cybersecurity Pipeline (Link)

Scott Cassity, SANS

Building Cyberspace Military Professionals (Link)

Major Logan Mailloux, Air Force Institute of Technology

LUNCH 

Lightning Sessions

Exhibit Hall 101 

 A quick series of compelling presentations from experts in cybersecurity, education and training 

Cybersecurity Veterans Assistance Project (C-VAP): Education, Training & Certification 

Through the Eyes of an Avatar (Link) 

Dr. Rob Williams, Discovery Lab Global

CyberCIEGE and Labtainers: Promoting Exploration in Cybersecurity Labs (Link)
2:00 PM -

2:15 PM

Break

Exhibit Hall 102

2:15 PM -

3:00 PM

1-9

Leveraging the right learning 

model and embedded 

analytics for outstanding 

results in cyber operator 

training (Link)

302-304

•

• P. Shane Gallagher, ADL 

Learning Scientist, IDA 

Adjunct Researcher, Institute 

for Defense Analyses|Science 

and Technology 

Division|Advanced 

Distributed Learning

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• Evan Dornbush, Point3 

Security, Inc.

2-9

Leveraging AcademiaGovernment-Industry 

Relationships for Quality 

 Cybersecurity Education (Link)

305

•

• Yair Levy, Professor of IS and 

Cybersecurity, Nova 

Southeastern University - College 

of Engineering and Computing

3-9

Solving the Cyber Talent Gap by 

Quantifying Capability (Link)

306

•

• Andrew Smallwood, Leader of the Cyber 

Futures Human Capital Team Strategic 

Innovations Group, Booz Allen Hamilton

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• Karen Stieg, Principal/Director, Booz 

Allen Hamilton

3:00 PM -

3:30 PM

Break (Visit Exhibit Hall) and Cyber Soapbox Session

Exhibit Hall 102

NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference/National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week

Davina Pruitt-Mentle, Lead of Academic Engagement, NICE

3:30 PM -

4:00 PM

Presentation of Certificates

NSA/DHS National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Designation Ceremony

Exhibit Hall 101

Dr. Leonard Reinsfelder, Commandant, National Cryptologic School, National Security Agency

Daniel Stein, Branch Chief, Cybersecurity Education and Awareness Branch

4:00 PM -

4:55 PM

Keynote: CISO Panel

Exhibit Hall 101

Moderator

Aric K. Perminter, President, International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals

Shannon Donahue, Director of 

Cyber/Information Security Practices, 

ISACA 

306

305

Lynn Clark, National Security 

Professor,, Army Cyber 

Institute (ACI) at the United 

States Military Academy 

(USMA) 

Ernest Wong, Research 

Scientist & Assistant 
Thursday November 9, 2017 

8:00 AM -

5:00 PM

Centers of Academic Excellence PI Meeting 

(by invite only)

Panelists

Deneen Defiore, SVP, Chief Technology Officer, Compliance & Security GE Digital

Chief Information Security Officer

GE Aviation

Deborah Blyth, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Colorado, Governor's Office of Information 

Technology

4:55 PM -

5:00 PM

Closing Remarks -- END OF CONFERENCE

Exhibit Hall 101

Rodney Petersen, Director, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)