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Mark is currently the Global Threat and Vulnerability Manager for Costs Coffee and for the last 8 months has been responsible for helping to reduce the external and internal threats the company face using different aspects of the Qualys suit to do so. Before this he has worked in multiple well-known companies in banking and broadcasting performing a similar role for the past 8 years.

Travis is the Vice President of Malware Threat Research at Qualys. He has spent the past 15 years in the security industry with a focus on digital forensics and incident response. He holds a wide array of certifications ranging from GIAC Certified Penetration Tester to the CISSP, as well as an MBA with a concentration in information security. Travis has presented his research at conferences worldwide at venues such as BlackHat, RSA, and SecTor.

Nayeem Islam is the Vice President of Product Management at Qualys for the TotalCloud initiative. Prior to joining he was founder and CEO of Blue Hexagon, a cloud security company that pioneered the use of AI to detect cloud threats. Blue Hexagon is now part of Qualys.

Ritesh Patel is Security Principal at BP, responsible for owning, developing and operating services which reduce the attack surface and vulnerabilities within BP. Ritesh is a solutions‐orientated security engineering professional with more than 20 years of experience developing and implementing complex infrastructures and technical solutions for industry leaders. Has high expertise in the design, installation and configuration of solutions to drive company growth and technical innovation and automation as well as proficient in determining system requirements and resolving technical issues quickly.

As President and CEO, Sumedh leads the company’s vision, strategic direction and implementation. He joined Qualys in 2003 in engineering and grew within the company, taking various leadership roles focused on helping Qualys deliver on its platform vision. From 2014 to 2021, he served as Qualys’ Chief Product Officer, where he oversaw all things product, including engineering, development, product management, cloud operations, DevOps, and customer support. A product fanatic and engineer at heart, he is a driving force behind expanding the platform from Vulnerability Management into broader areas of security and compliance, helping customers consolidate their security stack. This includes the rollout of the game-changing VMDR (Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response) that continually detects and prevents risk to their systems, Multi-Vector EDR, which focuses on protecting endpoints as well as Container Security, Compliance and Web Application Security solutions. Sumedh was also instrumental in the build-up of multiple Qualys sites resulting in a global 24x7 follow-the-sun product team.

Sumedh is a long-time proponent of SaaS and cloud computing. He previously worked at Intacct, a cloud-based financial and accounting software provider. He also worked at Northwest Airlines developing complex algorithms for its yield and revenue management reservation system. Sumedh has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering with distinction from the University of Pune.

Frank Gardner spent nine years as an investment banker in New York, London and Bahrain before switching to journalism and joining the BBC in 1995. Frank has reported extensively on the global ‘War on Terror’ in Guantanamo Bay, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. In 2004 Frank survived being shot six times at close range by Al-Qaeda terrorists in a Riyadh suburb in Saudia Arabia. He went on to write the best-selling book Blood and Sand, the poignant story of what can happen to your belief system when the culture you have embraced ends up trying to kill you. Frank has gone onto write three best-selling spy thrillers Crisis, Ultimatum and Outbreak. He was awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to journalism. In 2018 he was awarded the University of Southern California’s Tommy Trojan Trophy for distinguished speaking. As a career broadcaster and a witty and gifted communicator, Frank shares his passion for the Middle East, travel and adventure. He draws on a unique perspective and understanding of both domestic and international security.

As Senior Vice President of Product Management, Shailesh leads the product management team and drives the Qualys product vision helping customers assess and improve their IT, security and compliance posture. Since joining Qualys in 2012, he has worked in various security and compliance roles driving innovative solutions, including remote endpoint protection, endpoint detection and response, and SaaS security. In addition, Shailesh headed engineering, research and product management for Qualys Policy Compliance and File Integrity Monitoring, where he helped customers go beyond compliance to drive their IT GRC objectives. Before Qualys, he focused on security research for Symantec ESM and Compliance solutions. Shailesh holds a master’s in computer applications (MCA) from the Vishwakarma Institute of Technology and has various security certifications including CISA, CRISC, CISM. He is also a regular speaker at industry conferences.

As the lead officer spearheading critical initiatives within Falkirk Council’s ICT landscape, Murat Dilek is an accomplished professional dedicated to shaping and fortifying the organization’s digital infrastructure. With a wealth of experience in enterprise network management and Security Operations Centre (SOC) leadership, Murat has consistently demonstrated strategic vision and technical prowess.

One of Murat’s notable latest achievements has been the design and implementation of the Security Operations Centre (SOC) from the ground up. This involved defining robust processes, selecting and configuring cutting-edge security tools, and leading a team of skilled security analysts. Under their guidance, the SOC has become a linchpin in safeguarding the council’s digital assets against internal and external threats,
In the realm of cybersecurity, Murat architected and implemented a zero-trust network model, significantly enhancing security posture and mitigating potential threats effectively. Regular risk assessments and vulnerability management are second nature to Murat who addresses and mitigates security issues promptly to ensure the resilience of the ICT infrastructure.

Murat, a visionary architect and delivery leader, successfully orchestrated and implemented transformative projects, including Hybrid Cloud, Modern Workspace, SD-WAN, WiFi 6, immutable backup solutions, and data center relocation. He is dedicated to maintaining secure networks and information, gaining PSN Code of Conduct accreditation, and ensuring legal compliance across the organization. Their portfolio extends to full ownership of ICT disaster recovery, mitigating negative impact, and collaborating with corporate integrity and risk groups.

Mehul Revankar is a cybersecurity professional with more than 15 years of experience in Vulnerability Management, Policy Compliance and Security Operations. He leads Product Management and Vulnerability Research at Qualys for VMDR. Before joining Qualys, Mehul led the development of vulnerability and patch management products at SaltStack, and prior to that he led multiple research teams at Tenable. Mehul has a bachelor’s degree in electronics from the University of Mumbai and a master’s degree in computer engineering from George Mason University.

My initial foray into computing was through programming. It was and still is a key skillset in what I do today. I believe that good security is good systems administration. My role at Centrica is working with the Chief Security Officer and the Head of Security Architecture to create and take ownership of the security product roadmap, evaluating and creating a capability matrix for each application, service or platform already in place, covering antivirus, DLP, EDR, Threat Protection, Threat Intelligence and Incident Response..

Liam Baines is the Senior Vulnerability Manager for VMO2 and is responsible for leading teams that carry out vulnerability management activities across the majority of the organisation. With over 24 years’ experience in the telecommunications and cable industry, Liam’s direct work with customers at the beginning of his career instilled in him a strong customer focus that has persisted throughout his professional life. He worked closely on the Analogue to Digital Cable TV conversion and the introduction of ground-breaking Video On Demand services before moving into multiple technical programme management and OSS roles. For the last 7 years, his focus has been on compliance and vulnerability management both in the UK and across Europe. He was involved in the inception of the initial Virgin Media vulnerability management programme and has been working on it ever since. Liam and his teams are currently working on rolling out Qualys across the VMO2 Estate.

Eran Livne is Senior Director, Endpoint Remediation at Qualys, leading a team tasked with helping customers improve their security posture through cross-platform vulnerability remediation. He has more than 20-years of product management and computer science experience working in diverse IT and security markets. In 2014, Eran founded mobile security company, LetMobile, acquired by Ivanti. Following the acquisition, he drove Ivanti’s enterprise security and endpoint security and management solutions. Eran holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Tel Aviv University and an MBA in high-tech business administration from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Kunal is currently VP of Product Management for the CyberSecurity Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM), Web App and API Security product line at Qualys HQ in Foster City, CA. He is Qualys boomerang. He worked at Qualys for 3 years and incubated the XDR product line from inception. Kunal has spent 15+ years working at startups, and big and mid-size companies in cybersecurity, networking, and application security in both product and engineering roles at Juniper Networks, Extreme Networks, Sun Microsystems and Infinera. Prior to re-joining Qualys, Kunal was heading products at Israeli startup in API security and bot management AppSec space.