2015 Role Models
Linda McCarthy
Linda McCarthy has 20 years of security experience in identifying market opportunities, developing solutions, consulting, social media outreach, professional services, sales, writing, publishing, and education. McCarthy’s executive leadership includes Senior Director of Internet Safety, Symantec, VP of Systems Engineering, Recourse Technologies, and Manager of Security Research and Development, Sun Microsystems. Under the Office of the CTO at Symantec, McCarthy researched and developed new business opportunities and funded new initiatives such as, Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec Press, and safety outreach for teens. After leaving Symantec and seeing that every family needs access to internet security information, McCarthy began partnering with industry leaders like Microsoft and Facebook to make content she developed available for free on their sites. By 2013 McCarthy’s books and guides were translated into nine languages and have been downloaded over 3 million times. Microsoft has donated over one million dollars of McCarthy’s ebooks including Digital Drama and An Online Reputation that Counts. McCarthy has received the prestigious Women of Influence award for computer security from CSO Magazine and Alta Associates, an award honoring outstanding achievement in security, privacy and risk management.
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Jean Pawluk
Jean Pawluk is considered one of the world's leading experts in the design and implementation of electronic payment systems. Ms. Pawluk, a Distinguished Fellow of the Information Systems Security Distinguished Fellow of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) served as Chief
Architect of Visa from 2003 - 2010, where she was charged with balancing the performance demands of a critical commercial system with the security needs of that system. Before her tenure at Visa, she served in lead architect and technologist roles at Equifax and Tandem Computing. She was a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance, which coordinates security standards governing the cloud. She is also a board member for ISSA, where she is the national Co-chair for the Women in Security program; she currently serves on the advisory board of FatSkunk, as well. |
Devon Bryan
Devon Bryan is Founder & President of ICMCP and is currently the Vice President of Global Technical Security Services at ADP. Devon holds an undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Colorado Technological University. He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Information Privacy Practitioner - both USA and EU designations (CIPP/US/E).
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Veda Woods
Veda Woods is the Chief Information Security Officer and Deputy CIO for a non-partisan, non-political agency in the public sector. Spanning over 15 years, Woods’ extensive and diverse professional experience within information governance, risk management and compliance, includes maintaining the security posture of federal consulting firms and various federal, state and local government agencies within the Defense, Civil Service and Intelligence community. Woods is an alumnus of Norwich University, University of Maryland University College
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Delali Dzirasa
Delali Dzirasa is Founder and President of Fearless Solutions, a software firm based out of Baltimore, MD. Delali is a Certified Scrum Master and PMP® with a decade of experience leading agile software teams and programs. Delali Dzirasa graduated with a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2004. Delali always had a passion for entrepreneurship, and after working at a handful of technology firms he founded Fearless in 2009. Fearless delivers innovative products and services to our customers that make a difference drive a company. Delali strives to make a difference in technology as well as his surrounding community. He serves as a Board Member on the UMBC Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Visiting Committee and an active volunteer and member of the Central Maryland Chapter of AFCEA. He currently resides with his wife and son in Baltimore City, where he is passionate about increasing the rate of city youth heading into STEM based fields. When Delali isn’t busy running Fearless (rarely), he enjoys working out and hanging out with friends and family.
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