THIS YEAR'S SPEAKERS
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Lambert Hogenhout
Chief of Data, Analytics and Emerging TechnologiesUnited NationsLambert Hogenhout is Chief Data, Analytics and Emerging Technologies at the United Nations Secretariat. He is also an author, keynote speaker and advisor on data, AI and responsible tech.
He has 25 years of experience working both in the private sector and with international organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations. He leads policy, governance and strategy in the areas of data and AI. He researches the societal implications of technology and advises UN senior leaders on digital transformation and the ethics of data and AI. He recently published a book on Data Privacy in international context.
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Miles Light
Counsel, Privacy TechnologyBBB National ProgramsMiles Light is an attorney and technologist working across Privacy Initiatives at BBB National Programs. Before joining BBB National Programs, Miles worked at the Future of Privacy Forum on privacy and data protection issues related to Children, Education, and Smart Cities. Miles has a particular interest in children’s online safety, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and copyright issues surrounding Generative AI. Miles is a 2023-2025 Internet Law & Policy Foundry Fellow. Before becoming an attorney, Miles was a librarian. He is still happiest when talking about books.
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Amanda Wang
Information Systems OfficerUnited NationsAmanda Wang is an Information Systems Officer in the United Nations. She has over 20 years of experience in the areas of data management and information systems, and is actively involved in data privacy initiatives. She has passed the following certification exams: IAPP’s Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), IAPP’s Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), ISACA’s Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and DAMA’s Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP-data fundamentals).
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Grady Nye
SVP, Assistant General CounselMastercardGrady is a Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel on the Privacy & Data Protection team at Mastercard. Grady is the global privacy lead for Data Analytics, and Loyalty, managing a global team of experts that provide strategic data and privacy advice to Mastercard's fast-growing data analytics and loyalty business. He also plays an important role in the implementation of privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), spearheading efforts to be on the cutting edge of product and technology design.
Prior to Mastercard, Grady was an associate at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the firm's Privacy & Cybersecurity group.
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Joseph Gridley
Chief Privacy OfficerUniversity of Maryland -
Ross Parker
Head of Information Governance and PrivacyS&P GlobalRoss Parker is the Head of Data Governance and Privacy Compliance for S&P Global Inc. In his current role, Ross leads the strategic planning, management, and direction of S&P Global's Privacy program. Ross has coordinated, or overseen, all stages of the implementation of compliance programs, policies and procedures for GDPR, CCPA, and emerging privacy regulations across the world.
Ross works with his team to assess S&P Global’s existing data management and privacy practices, identifying risk areas and opportunities for improvement, and provide global-level guidance and oversight for privacy compliance operations across the enterprise.
Ross currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia and, when not working, enjoys skiing, playing music, and spending time with his two daughters
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Ian Wardell
Privacy Engineering LeadGustoIan Wardell, JD is a privacy and security professional with expertise grounded in a deep understanding of the legal and technical aspects of privacy. His work focuses on real-world technical solutions, ensuring compliance and safeguarding data privacy across highly regulated sectors.
Before joining Gusto, Ian was involved in Artificial Intelligence Research at Intel, where he published conference papers, developed models, and contributed to industry ISO Standards for safer data utilization. Prior to this, Ian specialized in Intellectual Property and data protection at Mertzel Law PLLC, where he navigated complex legal landscapes to protect IP and data compliance. Ian has also worked as a manager, and high-performance compute systems administrator, at Rutgers University.
Ian holds a JD from Seton Hall University School of Law as well as a Masters in Cybersecurity and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Political Science from Rutgers University. His academic research includes publications on Product Liability Applied to Automated Decisions, Client-Side Malware Scanning In 802.1x Network Authentication, and AI & Machine Learning in Anomaly Detection.
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John (Hank) Roser
Privacy EngineerConsumer Financial Protection Bureau -
Connie Zhang
CEORent|VestDecades of working experience spans Data & Analytics | Digital Transformation | FE@MBS/RMBS Prepayment across Banking Finance | Hedge funds | Proptech | FinTech | Pharma. Has built rounds of end-to-end data product with DM/DG & AI/ML capability with data standardization over 2K data feeds. MBA @ Investment Management, BS and MS @Computer Science & CFA.
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Adhiraj Saxena
Senior manager, Development of Data-Driven TechIMDA -
Joshua Rockoff
Senior Strategic AdvisorRed KryptonJosh excels in decision-making, strategic planning, and implementing Consumer & Retail Commerce strategies across the omnichannel spectrum including Digital, Wholesale, Marketplaces, and Brick & Mortar. Josh is a 3x entrepreneur with successful exits with a web development agency, database marketing, and loyalty. He boasts an extensive leadership history advising private equity, venture capital, strategics, and public companies in traditional and digital marketing, brand positioning, transformation, and merchandising. Josh's stops include brands and retailers such as Diane Von Furstenberg, Urban Decay Cosmetics, Kmart, and Destination Maternity. His experience includes executive roles spanning manufacturing, beauty, cosmetics, SaaS, apparel, and luxury. Recently he served as interim CDO/CIO at the non-alcoholic retailer Boisson, managing digital commerce, customer service, merchandising, technology, omnichannel growth, retention, and performance marketing. Josh currently serves as a Senior Strategic Advisor at Red Krypton. He is an Adjunct Graduate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology and NYU’s School of Professional Studies. He graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania with a focus on Hellenistic Egyptology.
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Myriah Jaworski
Member - Cyber SecurityClark Hill LawMyriah Jaworski is a Data Privacy partner at Clark Hill. Focusing her practice on the intersection of law and technology, Myriah represents clients in defense of data breach class actions, privacy torts and statutory claims (IRPA/BIPA/VPPA/CIPA), pixel tacking and commercial surveillance matters, internet defamation, technology disputes, and media liability claims. Myriah defends clients in response to regulatory inquiries and investigations arising out of data incidents and privacy practices, including before state Attorney General offices, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Human and Health Services – Office of Civil Rights (HHS/OCR). Myriah litigates in many state and federal jurisdictions throughout the United States. Myriah has defended clients in headline-making cyber bullying and data breach class actions, obtained a first-of-its-kind federal trial damages award in a misdirected wire transfer/business email compromise case, and represented the app developer at the center of the Cambridge Analytica matter in federal court proceedings. She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, United States (CIPP/US) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional, Europe (CIPP/E) as certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Myriah began her career as a Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
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Rakhee Suchak
Global Head of Compliance & Risk Transformation and AutomationCiti -
Stavros Zervoudakis
Professor at NYU, and VP of AIMutual of AmericaWith over two decades of experience, Stavros Zervoudakis has established himself as a forward-thinking AI leader, sculpting the future with innovative solutions. He boasts an impressive track record, having orchestrated the successful launch of 24 AI initiatives in just three years, including the implementation of a comprehensive Data Science, Analytics, and Machine Learning framework. His work has catalyzed monumental gains, with single projects injecting between $12M and $56M in value. Recently, Stavros has architected and deployed a groundbreaking, modular Generative AI platform, enriching the digital ecosystem with four pioneering GenAI products seamlessly integrated across six input/output systems. At the helm of his company's AI voyage, he not only crafted the strategic blueprint but also executed the firm's inaugural AI/ML model in a mere three months, netting an impressive $450K in savings. A natural leader, Stavros has guided teams towards the creation of business-transforming applications, leveraging the latest in technology through agile, SME-centric project methodologies. His tenure as an academic luminary at NYU and the University of Exeter has allowed him to disseminate his profound AI insights, nurturing the next wave of innovation. His journey with agile startups and industry titans like Citigroup, led him to deep-rooted understanding of regulatory mandates and has empowered him to weave essential privacy and security measures into his strategic visions, product leadership, and advisory roles, benefiting startups and Fortune 500 firms. Beyond the digital realm, Stavros is a connoisseur of photography, an avid reader, a globetrotter, and a passionate creator of a future Einstein. Connect with him on LinkedIn to explore common interests.
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Gary Howarth
Physical ScientistNISTGary Howarth is a Physical Scientist for the Privacy Engineering Program and the Public Safety Communications Research Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In that role, he develops and implements programs designed to inform practical implementations of technology. He has a particular interest in the adoption of privacy-enhancing technologies. He earned his PhD in the Chemistry Department at Columbia University. He has previously taught high school science and co-founded the NET Charter High School in New Orleans. Gary lives with his wife and daughter in Rhode Island.
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Saraswathy RV
PET EngineerHP Inc.Saraswathy is a PET (Privacy Enhancing Technologies) Engineer in HP’s Global Privacy Engineering Center of Excellence (CoE).
In her role within the CoE, Sara works to apply a variety of PETs to enterprise scale use cases across the company. In her role she blends the theoretical underpinnings of PETs with a practical focus on business value and risk.
She earned her PhD in Mathematics from University of Cincinnati where her research focused on post quantum cryptography.
She has since worked on researching and developing solutions in privacy using multiple technologies including MultiParty Computation (MPC), Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) and Differential Privacy (DP).
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Vamsi K Potluru
Research DirectorJPMorgan & Chase Co.Vamsi Potluru is a Research Director at JP Morgan AI Research where he leads synthetic data research. Projects include high quality synthetic data for various financial problems such as credit card marketing, anti-money laundering detection and fair lending. Previously, he was a lead researcher at Comcast working on various projects in recommendations, search and speech domains involving sketching and bandit approaches among others. Prior to that he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Rutgers University after having obtained his PhD in matrix factorizations applied to brain imaging data.
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Sharone Hutterer
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John Derrico
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Jeff Dobin
Strategic Accounts & PET Shorts & Data Sorts HostFiddler.aiJeff is a reformed lawyer and host of the PET Shorts & Data Sorts Podcast, a series focused on AI, data democratization, cybersecurity, and privacy tech.
He also recently joined Fiddler, a top 10 AI company solving the AI "black box" problem with LLM and ML model explainability, monitoring, and bias assessments.
Additionally, Jeff serves as an advisor to the Responsible AI Leadership Consortium.
With experience leveraging synthetic data, homomorphic encryption, differential privacy, and other privacy preserving methods, Jeff brings a wealth of experience serving both the private and public sectors, in helping them run advanced analytics on protected data while implementing responsible AI by design.
The latest episode of the podcast is out on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music. See here:
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David Archer
CTONiobiumDr. David Archer, Chief Technology Officer for Niobium Microsystems, has over 40 years of experience in computer hardware and software development, including over 12 years of R&D in Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Dr. Archer developed foundations and application of PETs in well-known US Government programs such as DARPA PROCEED, SafeWare, Brandeis, SIEVE, and DPRIVE; IARPA HECTOR; as well as in programs for the US Departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy, the Census Bureau, and the US Intelligence Community. Dr. Archer is a founding member of the Privacy Preserving Technology Team, United Nations Statistics Division, and co-authored the first UN Privacy Preserving Technology Handbook. Dr. Archer was appointed by the Director of NIST and served as one of seven national judges on the US Privacy Enhancing Technologies Prize Challenge. Dr. Archer served as a Summer Scholar in PETs for the US Census Bureau in 2022.
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Jesper Balman Gravgaard
VP of EngineeringPartisiaJesper is the Vice President of Engineering at Partisia. In the world of software development he stands as a beacon of commercializing innovative ideas through the creation of valuable software solutions focused on meeting customer and user needs. At Partisia we’re dedicated to merging MPC with blockchain technologies, striving to establish a revolutionary benchmark for digital infrastructures. Our vision is to ensure secure privacy-preserving data sharing, private machine learning and quantum security.
Jesper holds a master of Computer Science and Mathematics. Before his current role he has worked in a variety of development, operations and management roles related to starting and maturing SaaS products. Jesper is also an external examiner on Computer Science for MSc / Bachelor examinations in Denmark.
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Anil Kumar Pradhan
Head of Cryptography ResearchVaultreeAnil Kumar Pradhan is Head of Cryptography Research at Vaultree. His expertise lies in various areas of cryptography and cybersecurity including Fully Homomorphic Encryption, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Zero-Knowledge Proof & Blockchain. Prior to joining Vaultree, Anil had worked with multiple early stage startups to design novel cybersecurity solutions.
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Dr. Cathal Smyth
Lead Data ScientistVaultreeDr. Cathal Smyth is Lead Data Scientist at Vaultree. His expertise lies at the intersection of Cybersecurity and Machine Learning, and focuses on the development of prototype ML solutions at Vaultree. Prior to joining Vaultree, Cathal worked at Shopify and Royal Bank of Canada, where he led teams in developing ML driven solutions to address fraud and cyber risks. Cathal has a PhD in Quantum Information from the University of Toronto.
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Mark Medum Bundgaard
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Jian Du
Research ScientistTikTokJian Du is a research scientist at TikTok, leading the research and development efforts focused on integrating privacy-enhancing technologies into TikTok's products. For instance, Jian leads the development of PrivacyGo, an open-source project available on GitHub. Privacy Go aims to synergistically fuse PETs to address real-world privacy challenges, such as combining secure multi-party computation and differential privacy to enable privacy-preserving ad measurement and optimization of ad models, as well as privacy-preserving large language models. Prior to joining TikTok, Jian worked on PETs at Ant Financial and held a postdoctoral research position at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Nick New
FounderOptalysysFounded Optalysys in 2013 with twenty years experience in Fourier optical processing, having previously spun Cambridge Correlators Ltd. out of the University of Cambridge from technology developed during PhD in Optical Pattern Recognition.
