Agenda

2008 Keynote Speakers

Mary Ann Davidson,
Oracle Corporation, Chief Security Officer

Mary Ann Davidson is responsible for Oracle product security, as well as security evaluations, assessments and incident handling. She represents Oracle on the Board of Directors of the Information Technology Information Security Analysis Center (IT-ISAC), is a member of the Global Chief Security Officer Council and the editorial advisory board of SC Magazine. She was recently named one of Information Security’s top five “Women of Vision” and is 2004 Fed100 award recipient from Federal Computer Week.

Tom Peltier,
Thomas R. Peltier Associates, LLC, President

Tom Peltier, who is in his fifth decade of computer technology, was awarded the 1993 Computer Security Institute’s (CSI) Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999 the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) bestowed its Individual Contribution to the Profession Award and in 2001 he was inducted into the ISSA Hall of Fame. Tom was also awarded the CSI Lifetime Emeritus Membership Award. Over the past decade, he has averaged five published articles a year on various computer and information security issues, including developing policies and procedures, disaster recovery

Eugene Schultz, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP
High Tower Software, Chief Technology Officer

Eugene Schultz is the author/ co-author of five books, one on Unix security, another on Internet security, a third on Windows NT/2000 security, a fourth on incident response, and the latest on intrusion detection and prevention. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Computers and Security and is an associate editor of Network Security and Information Security Bulletin. He has received numerous awards and has been elected to the ISSA Hall of Fame.

Elwood “Woody” G. Norris

American Technology Corporation,

Founder and Chairman

Named the 2005 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize Inventor of the Year and as the holder of 47 U.S. patents with more than 100 pending patents worldwide, Mr. Norris is widely recognized as a prolific inventor and a talented technology integrator. His interest in electronics started at a young age with rigorous experimentation, a method of inventing that continues to this day.

Many of Mr. Norris's inventions are not just single product ideas; they shatter technology barriers creating multiple applications and a lasting impact. The inventions of Woody Norris have been the keystone for several new companies. In 1980, he founded (and is currently Chairman of) American Technology Corporation (ATC) as a means to promote certain of his inventions. Today, ATC is publicly traded and is marketing acoustic products to customers around the world.

Dan Korem

Korem & Associates,

President

Dan Korem is a critically acclaimed author, documentary producer, and independent investigative journalist whose programs have been seen by over 150 million people worldwide. A regular keynote speaker for major organizations and associations around the globe, he is the president of Korem & Associates (K&A), which has trained over 30,000 professionals on-the-spot behavioral profiling skills-more than any other firm in the world. In 1981 as an independent investigative journalist, he produced the documentary Psychic Confession, the first “confession” of a suicidal cult-like leader three years after the Jonestown Massacre. From this case, he noticed a pattern and predicted the appearance of gangs in suburbs and small towns for the first time in history. This led to 7 years of research in 11 countries and his landmark book, Suburban Gangs–The Affluent Rebels (1994). In the late 1980s, the presidents of a number of major companies asked him if he could develop an on-the-spot profiling system for negotiations that could be used cross-culturally without stereotyping. After several years of research, the Korem Profiling System was developed and published in 1997 in his book The Art of ProfilingÐReading People Right the First Time. Today, K&A provides consulting and training for leading organizations, and shows them how to apply on-the-spot profiling to improve productivity that can be measured and solve key problems, including: sales and negotiations, hiring and leading teams, coaching and recruiting in collegiate athletics, and investigations. K&A’s clientele has included: American Airlines, the College of William & Mary, Wells Fargo, NASA Space Center, US military, and AIG.

In the early 1990s, on the heels of his at-risk youth research, he predicted that student-led terrorist bombings and shootings would hit North America (like the Columbine Massacre). He identified that these students had the same profile as most suicide terrorists, random workplace killers, postal shooters, and serial killers. The profile was the RANDOM ACTOR profile detailed in the Korem Profiling System. This research is used by military, law enforcement, and education professionals to thwart catastrophic acts and was published in his critically acclaimed book, Rage of the Random ActorÐDisarming Catastrophic Acts and Restoring Lives (2005).