2026 Speakers
Jenson Jacob
Acting Chief Information Officer, New York State, Office of Information Technology Services
Deputy Comptroller, State Accountability, Office of the New York State Comptroller
Chief Technology Officer, New York State, Office of Information Technology Services
Rafail Portnoy
Chief Technology Officer, State of NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority
David Burmaster
Director of Procurement, Office of Information Technology Services (ITS), New York State
Deputy Commissioner, Merit System Operations, New York Department of Civil Service
Jesse Gardner
Director, Design System & Research, New York State Office of Information Technology Services
Fausto Franco
Deputy Superintendent for Information Security, New York State Department of Financial Services
State Chief Procurement Officer, New York State Office of General Services
Chief Information Security Officer, New York State Education
Deputy CIO, New York State Department of Health
Claudia Fisher
Executive Director of Security Shared Services (S3), Chief Information Security Office, NYS Office of Information Technology Services
Kylesha Davis
Director for Procurement, New York State, Office of General Services
Director of Internal Controls and Risk Management, New York State Thruway Authority
Counsel for the Office of Compliance, Risk, Innovation & Strategic Planning, Office of General Counsel, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Balakrishnan Prabhakaran
Director, AI Plus Institute, SUNY - University at Albany
Information Security Officer – Department of Taxation and Finance & Division of Tax Appeals, NYS Office of Information Technology Services
Elizabeth Mezzetti
Business Value Development Lead from the Chief Strategy Office, New York State, Office of Information Technology Services
Government Engagement Director, GovRAMP
Software Architect, Capital District Transit System
Margaret Käufer
President & Chief Visionary Officer, The STEM Alliance
Jacob Schwartz
Digital Equity Program Manager, The Fortune Society
Annmarie Lanesey
Founder & CEO, CanCode Communities
Jason Thomas
Sr. Industry Principal, Public Sector, UKG
Bill Greeves
Industry Executive Advisor of State and Local Government, Education, SAP
Kendall Jennings
Song Account Lead, US – Health & Public Services, Accenture
Mark Franklin
New York State Client Leader, IBM
Nidhi Sahni
Territory Leader - IBM Consulting, IBM
Kunmi Akingbade
Principal, Cyber & Strategic Risk Services, Deloitte
Jason Thomas
Sr. Industry Principal, Public Sector, UKG
Geoffrey Plante
New York State Account Lead Partner, KPMG
Lise Kirby
Manager, Solutions Engineering, Freshworks
Chris Glick
Security & Privacy Evangelist, Horizon3
Matthew Axtell
Head of New Business Development HPE GreenLake, Ea, MRA International
Corey Kiesewetter
Sr. Product Marketing Manager & Head of Data and AI Security Strategy, Forcepoint
DJ Warren
Senior Solution Engineer, AvePoint
Myke Lyons
CISO, Cribl