Program

8:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast
9:00 AM
Keynote \| Piloting Agentic AI in the City of Raleigh	Marina Kelly, CISO, City of Raleigh, NC
9:40 AM
Lightning Talk \| Commvault	Chris Bevil, Principal Consultant, Product Experience, Commvault
9:50 AM
Lightning Talk \| Keyfactor	Troy Stark, AVP Sales, Agilesec, Keyfactor
10:00 AM
Keynote \| Getting to Yes: Elevating Security Leadership Through Strategic Influence	Janet Heins, CISO, ChenMed
10:45 AM
Boardroom \| Aligning Cyber Risk to Real-World Threats: A Practical Approach for CISOs	Rick Scot, Global CIO/CISO, Elevate Textiles
Boardroom \| Platform-First Security: Maximizing ROI or Creating Hidden Risk?	Mike Brannon, Director, Infrastructure & Security, National Gypsum Chris Lis, VP Security, AI Fire
Breakout \| Building Resilient Security Models for Agentic AI	Frank DePaola, VP, CISO, Enpro Andrew Watts, Director, Infrastructure and Security, Service Logic Jacob Rideout, CTO, HiddenLayer
11:30 AM
Networking & Use Case Pavilion
12:00 PM
Boardroom \| Your AI has an API Problem	Sean Flynn, Security Technology & Strategy Director, Akamai Fletus Poston, Director, Security & System Architecture, 3D Systems
Breakout \| Building a Security Team That Succeeds Without You	Brandon Jefferson, Global CISO, Sealed Air Corp
12:45 PM
Networking, Use Case Pavilion & Lunch
1:40 PM
Lightning Talk \| Akamai	Sean Flynn, Security Technology & Strategy Director, Akamai
1:50 PM
Lightning Talk \| runZero	Alex Carmel, Enterprise Account Executive, runZero
2:00 PM
Keynote \| Responsible AI Enablement: Balancing Innovation, Governance, and Control in the Enterprise
2:30 PM
Networking & Use Case Pavilion
3:00 PM
Afternoon Session \| Cyber Resilience: Beyond Security	Ria Thomas, Managing Director, Polynia Advisory
4:00 PM
Keynote \| Influence at Scale: The Leadership Skills Every CISO Needs	Marc Varner, SVP & CISO, Lowe's
4:30 PM
Closing Reception & Networking

Charlotte Leadership Exchange

Responsible by Design: Security Leadership for an AI-Driven Era

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