Cindy Jones

President

@SinderzNAshes

Cindy Jones has been in the tech space for over 25 years, and has been a hacker her entire life (seriously… ask her about her grandmother’s toaster sometime). Cindy’s work has spanned consulting in federal, education, technology and healthcare spaces with expertise in the development, maintenance and management of information security programs. She is also a longtime contributor to the security community, including volunteering for both BSides Las Vegas and DEF CON for over a decade. She lives in the Los Angeles area, is a lifelong Dodgers fan, and her favorite color is purple. She uses none of these facts as security questions.

Russ Rogers

Vice President

@v3rtig0

Russ works for Xbox helping manage the security process for the company’s game studios, after over 25 years of working in the penetration testing, red team, and incident response fields. He spent 2 decades on staff with DEF CON and Black Hat before retiring in 2016. Russ currently sits on the BSides Las Vegas Board as Vice President of the organization. He has co-founded two veteran owned small businesses, written or edited over 20 books on security and hacking, and spoken events and organizations around the world. He has multiple college degrees, and his current passion is the simplification and visualization of complex data sets using 3D gaming software. Russ has recently come to terms with the fact he’s a grey beard, and he’s really okay with that. He’s excited to be donating his time and efforts to the BSides movement.

Jessica Archer

Secretary

@j3ssa

Jessica Archer currently serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors for BSidesLV, helping lead one of the most community-driven information security conferences in the world. A founding member of the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), Jessica has played a pivotal role in shaping the future of cybersecurity education and workforce development. With a strong record in building teams, delivering results, and crafting impactful programs, she brings a unique blend of strategy, heart, and innovation to everything she does. At TrustedSec, she contributes to elite offensive and defensive cybersecurity efforts, solving complex challenges with precision and purpose for her clients. Jessica also gives back by advising the Pacific Hackers Association and mentoring professionals, continuing her mission to grow and strengthen the infosec community.

Heidi Potter

Treasurer

@heidishmoo

Heidi Potter has spent much of her career bringing people together. Best known for her twenty years helping build and run ShmooCon, she remains passionate about creating welcoming spaces where people can learn, connect, and share ideas. She currently serves as COO of Turngate and spends her free time walking, biking, and occasionally embracing carefully managed chaos.

Julianne Renowden

General Director

Julianne has inhabited the IT world for over 25 years and has dabbled in nearly all of it. She definitely dabbles in quite a lot at $dayjob and is very proud to have been a part of various hackercons since 2016. She formally joined the BSides Las Vegas sponsorship staff for the 2018 event and they have not been able to get rid of her since. She is a serial volunteer and is frequently found tearing her hair out near Allentown PA (Billy Joel earworms strictly forbidden) though she normally spends as much time as possible visiting friends in Philadelphia and New York.

Spam

General Director

@sirspamsalot

Spam has been volunteering at BSides LV since year 2, when he forgot to grab a ticket and realized he could get a badge by helping out. You may find him wandering the halls at various hackers cons trying to right things that once went wrong (Like Caine in Kung Fu). He enjoys watching bad television and arguing about esoteric film production details.

Steve Ragan

General Director & Chief Media Officer

@SteveD3

Steve has been in the security space for more than 20 years. He got his start with firewalls and infrastructure management, and then moved into journalism, where he covered security full-time. Now, he’s back in security working on threat research and helping companies tell their stories. He’s a father of two, grandfather of two, and a noted technical geek with a comic book fixation.

Jack Daniel

Director Emeritus

@jack_daniel

Jack Daniel is a co-founder of Security BSides, a community builder, storyteller, technologist, and historian. Jack has over 20 years’ experience in network and system administration and security, and has worked in a variety of practitioner and management positions. Jack used to put letters after his name but he’s let them fall off and feels better now.

Iftach Ian Amit

Director Emeritus

@iiamit

Iftach (Ian) Amit, has over 25 years of experience in hands-on and strategic roles, working across diverse security fields: business, industry, marketing, technical and research. Ian is the co-founder and CEO of Gomboc.ai. Before starting Gomboc.ai he served as the Chief Security Officer at Cimpress. Previously, Ian held senior leadership roles at Amazon, ZeroFOX and IOActive. His career also includes time at Security-Art, Aladdin, Finjan, and Datavantage, as well as speaking at conferences such as BlackHat, DefCon, various BSides, and RSA. He founded the Tel-Aviv DefCon chapter (DC9723) and also was a founding member of the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES). Ian studied Computer Science and Business Administration at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center and lives in Manhattan

Kelly Gardner

Chief Operations Officer / Executive Producer

@nousie

Kelly Gardner, aka nous, is passionate about the InfoSec community, as she has found her home here since she first dialed into underground BBSs in the mid-90s. After years of making pastry for a living and herding the BSLV cats for fun, she took off her chef’s hat and joined Leviathan Security Group, where she is Chief Operating Officer. Kelly is also the secretary of the board of CTF Factory, Inc.

Ashley Richardson-Sequeira

Chief Security Officer

Ashley Richardson-Sequeira is a Senior Security Solutions Engineer at Censys, where she tracks IoT botnets and uncovers adversary infrastructure through internet-scale threat intelligence. She has over a decade of experience in IT and cybersecurity, appearing in training videos and classrooms across the nation. She served 13 years in the US Army, teaches at various colleges and was likely last seen volunteering at numerous conferences within the cybersecurity community. You can ask her about WWE, her IOT research or Korean BBQ.

Pablo Breuer

Chief Information Security Officer

@Ngree_H0bit

Dr. Pablo Breuer is president of Orthogonal Insights. He has previously been an executive at a publicly traded Fortune 50 company. A 22-year veteran of the Navy, Pablo’s tours included U.S. Special Operations Command Donovan Group/SOFWERX, the NSA, US Cyber Command ,and US Naval Forces Central Command. He is a DoD Cyber Cup and a Defcon Black Badge winner and has taught at numerous universities. He is a sought-after speaker in the fields of cybersecurity, mis/disinformation, and protecting critical assets from attack. Pablo sits on several Boards and has mentored countless students and professionals