As AI becomes deeply embedded in enterprise and national infrastructure, protecting sensitive data during training and inference is emerging as one of cybersecurity’s most urgent challenges. This keynote explores how privacy-preserving machine learning will reshape the security architecture of next-generation systems. Drawing from real-world deployments and frontier research, Rashmi will unpack the evolving threat landscape for AI pipelines, explain why traditional perimeter defenses fall short, and outline how cryptography-driven architectures enable secure collaboration, compliance, and trust in AI-powered environments. Attendees will leave with a forward-looking framework for building resilient, privacy-first AI systems without sacrificing performance or innovation.

Speaker Bio
Rashmi Agrawal is the CTO of CipherSonic Labs and one of the Top 100 Women in AI, recognized for her leadership in secure and privacy-preserving AI systems. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Boston University and brings deep expertise in cryptography, fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), and hardware-accelerated secure compute architectures. She has held research and engineering roles at Intel Labs, Xilinx, and Analog Devices, specializing in FPGA-based cryptographic systems and privacy-preserving data processing platforms. Rashmi is also affiliated with MIT as a Research Scientist, where she works on hardware security for biomedical devices, advancing secure and trustworthy medical technologies. At CipherSonic Labs, she leads the development of next-generation encrypted AI infrastructure, enabling compliant data processing and confidential machine learning without sacrificing performance. Rashmi is passionate about advancing trustworthy AI, mentoring women in cybersecurity, and translating cutting-edge cryptographic research into real-world systems.

In the age of AI, the scale and pace of technological change are accelerating faster than ever, reshaping how we learn, work, and measure success. As the adoption curve of AI grows at record speeds, expectations are rising just as quickly, creating a constant sense of urgency among its users: more tools, more updates, more pressure to move faster. Whether you’re a student entering the workforce or a seasoned professional, the question that keeps resurfacing is “How do I keep up?” Join Varsha Dwarakanathan as she explores why the real challenge isn’t just working faster, but sustaining ourselves in a world that never truly powers down. Drawing on real-world examples and practical insight, her talk will take a closer look at being intentional and examining how the “always-on” reflex shows up and how to successfully prioritize without defaulting to urgency.

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Varsha Dwarakanathan is a Senior Product Security Engineer at Bloomberg. She excels at navigating the often “impossible” middle ground between rapid innovation and rigorous defense, specializing in security by design and embedding resilience directly into the development lifecycle. Through hands-on technical engagement — including architecture and design reviews, threat modeling, and code reviews — she focuses on identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities early and at scale. With a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a master’s degree in cybersecurity, Varsha brings pragmatic, technical security expertise to Bloomberg, where she develops ways to help multi-disciplinary teams with competing priorities find collectively-optimal solutions. Outside of work, Varsha is an enthusiastic tennis player and a regular on the competitive circuit, driven by equal parts discipline and the delusion that going pro is still on the table. An animal lover at heart, she channels that energy into her growing plushie collection – at least until she can retire to her own animal sanctuary.

As AI transforms the world of cybersecurity – automating analysis, writing code (even exploits), and simulating attacks – many students and early-career professionals are asking “Will there still be jobs for us?” This keynote explores why the answer remains a resounding ‘YES.’ The future of cybersecurity belongs not to those who fear AI, but to those who view it as a new frontier to be explored and utilized. Beyond mere survival, this is about reclaiming our role as the “admin” of our technology and recognizing AI as a massive new stream of opportunity. Through historical parallels, field evidence, and practical insights, we will explore how to shift from a reactive mindset to an opportunistic one, putting AI to work as the ultimate power-up for human ingenuity. Attendees will leave with a renewed focus on a hacker’s original superpower – curiosity – as well as learn how to turn technological disruption into a personal and professional advantage. In this ever-evolving landscape, the goal isn’t just to keep up; it’s to keep digging, questioning, and building.

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Salini Mishra is a Senior Product Security Engineer in Bloomberg’s Chief Information Security Office, where she focuses on identifying vulnerabilities, strengthening application security, and building tools to proactively defend against emerging threats. She works closely with the company’s engineering teams by bridging the gap between high-level defense strategy and handson technical execution, ensuring that security is a core component of the development lifecycle rather than an afterthought. With a rigorous background in computer engineering, Salini brings a breaker-fixer mindset to the intersection of software integrity and modern innovation. Prior to Bloomberg, her experience includes advancing security initiatives within research and development environments, where she contributed to the design of resilient, cloud-native architectures and microservices intended to sustain enterprise operations for decades. Known for her analytical mindset and deep curiosity about how systems can be both broken and secured, Salini is passionate about advancing modern security engineering, particularly as artificial intelligence reshapes the tools, techniques, and challenges within the cybersecurity landscape. Outside of work, Salini’s curiosity refuses to sit still—sometimes literally. Trained in Indian classical dance, she’s rarely able to keep her feet grounded. She’s an avid escape-room enthusiast, hosts murder-mystery nights at home, and has a long-standing fascination with espionage and spycraft. When she’s not decoding puzzles, she stays active by learning boxing, happily trading keyboards for gloves.

My goal is artificial adversarial intelligence: computational knowledge, skills, expertise, and strategic behavior that support offense vs defense contests. My research applies novel machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches to cyber security. With my team, I have worked on malware detection, threats to malware detectors, cyber hunting, cyber threat intelligence, red teaming, script-kiddie like agents, AI-based cyber reasoning, and the dynamic escalation of cyber network attacks and defenses.

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Dr. Una-May O’Reilly is a Senior Research Scientist and the leader of the ALFA Group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL). Her academic accomplishments include an Honorary Doctorate (honoris causa) from Dalhousie University, Canada, multiple Best Paper and Impact awards, more than 250 publications, the ACM SIGEVO Outstanding Achievements in Evolutionary Computation Award and keynotes invitations across the globe. She is delighted to be invited to speak at WiCyS 2026!

Cybersecurity is built in noise. Alerts, data, urgency, and constant change surround us every day. Real impact happens in the nexus, the moment when complexity becomes clarity and insight turns into action. This keynote explores Noise to Nexus not just as an intelligence concept, but as a way to think about growth, leadership, and career progression.

Drawing from her experience leading global fusion, intelligence, crisis response, and foresight programs, Michelle McCluer shares how the same skills used to turn scattered signals into decisive insight judgment, prioritization, pattern recognition, and courage are the skills that matter most when navigating a career in cybersecurity. For many women, the path is not linear. It requires learning when to listen, when to filter, and when to step forward with confidence.

This talk offers practical guidance for women who are new to the field, as well as those ready to move beyond execution into influence and leadership. It reframes complexity as an advantage, intuition as intelligence, and clarity as a source of strength.

In cybersecurity and in life, those who can cut through the noise do not just respond to the future. They help shape it.

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Michelle McCluer is a globally recognized cybersecurity and intelligence leader who brings both strategic depth and heart to her work. She serves as Vice President of Global Fusion & Intelligence at Mastercard, where she leads a globally distributed program spanning threat intelligence, crisis management, cyber and fraud incident response, regulatory preparedness, and strategic foresight across cyber, physical, geopolitical, and emerging-risk domains.

Michelle has built and scaled a global network of Fusion Centers across North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, partnering closely with governments, law enforcement, regulators, and industry peers to strengthen collective resilience and protect critical financial infrastructure worldwide. Her leadership emphasizes anticipatory risk management, intelligence-led decision-making, and translating complex threat landscapes into clear, actionable insight for decision-makers when the stakes are highest.

A passionate advocate for global cyber equity and resilience, Michelle is deeply engaged in shaping the future of international cyber cooperation, particularly as emerging technologies such as AI, quantum computing, and IoT redefine the threat environment. She is an Aspen Institute Rising Leaders Fellow and actively contributes to policy-oriented dialogue on cyber diplomacy, governance, and public-private collaboration.

Beyond her professional work, Michelle is deeply committed to mentorship, inclusive leadership, and developing the next generation of cybersecurity leaders. She believes resilient systems are built by resilient people and that diversity of perspective makes both stronger.

Michelle is also the author of Sam and Molly Stay Safe While Gaming, a children’s book promoting digital literacy and internet safety, reflecting her belief that cybersecurity awareness should begin early and extend to families and communities everywhere.

This session traces Jas’s journey from senior financial analyst at HP to leading multi-billion-dollar cybersecurity businesses, highlighting how fluency in finance and business operations can be a true superpower in technical environments. Through her experience, the session shows how leaders from non-traditional backgrounds—such as finance and operations—can successfully navigate their careers and rise to the highest levels of cyber leadership. Jas will share practical insights on what drives success, what she’s seeing across the industry, and how to build confidence, stay curious, and grow intentionally over time.

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Jas Sood is a senior executive with 30 years of experience leading revenue growth, customer strategy, and go-to-market execution. As President of the U.S. West, she oversees key relationships with the company’s largest Fortune 500 clients and Health Care Providers, helping them adopt AI-driven cybersecurity platform solutions.

Her leadership spans six distinct regions, Hyperscalers, National U.S. Healthcare Providers, and a dedicated team of AI specialists. Jas’s expertise lies in building strategic partnerships and delivering innovative solutions that secure the future of enterprise technology. She has held cross functional executive level positions in Finance, Operations, Product Management and Sales. She also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ondas Holdings, Inc.

Jas holds a BA in Economics from the University of California at Irvine and an MBA with a concentration in Technology Management from Pepperdine University. She was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is married with 3 kids (21, 18, and 16) and lives in Pleasanton, CA. When not working, she enjoys High Intensity Interval Training, weight training and running. Her weekends are full of cheering on her sons in youth competitive soccer games, enjoying the football season(go niners) and watching action movies.

AI is transforming cybersecurity — expanding the attack surface, industrializing threats. and shifting fundamental security principles. This talk explores our approach to three imperatives of AI security: defending against prompt injection, governing agentic identity, and embedding AI-resilient tools and culture into the SDLC.

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For more than 20 years, Cristina has worked in Antivirus, 4G/LTE Security, NFC Mobile Payments, Telecommunications, Google Customer Care, and Security at Google. She holds a PhD in Security and an EMBA from IMD & University of Lausanne.Since 2005, she’s held various roles in security building and integrating networking security systems and building simulators for LTE radio access network authentication to 4G core networks. Starting 2012, she worked on smartcard security for mobile payments (EMVCo), then moved to Berlin to join an ethical hacking incubator. She helped build the first European NFC mobile payment solution in Düsseldorf, responsible for Android and SmartCard solution design and implementation.For 3 years, she led the Blue Team (detection engineering team) focusing on detecting malicious activity across Alphabet Production / Technical Infrastructure. Currently, she leads the Cloud AI Security team in Google Cloud CISO, responsible for the end-to-end security posture of a significant portion of the Google Cloud AI and Infrastructure products.She is passionate about understanding business models and how to sustainably help teams execute their mission. She mentors people on productivity, time management, and career progression.When the pager is off, Cristina loves adventures (such as sailing tall ships to Antarctica), SciFi literature, fire-fighting as part of the local Fire Brigade and is always eager to push herself out of her comfort zone, learn and try something new.

There is no denying that AI is reshaping how we work. Jackie has been working in cybersecurity for almost 15 years, the last 2 at Anthropic, one of the frontier labs developing AI technology, on building tools that leverage capable AI models to do defensive cybersecurity. She will share her reflections on how generative AI has shaped her career trajectory, and thoughts on how to position oneself to adapt to the coming change.

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Jackie is currently the leader of the internal Defense Platforms team at Anthropic. Her team is charged with building out the tooling that allows Anthropic to detect and respond to potential cyber threats. She is passionate about bringing uplift to cyber defenders and reducing toil and burnout. Previously she has spent time working for Asana, Meta, and the US Government.

Modern security work lives at the intersection of technical precision and human collaboration. Cybersecurity isn’t just about systems—it protects real people, real infrastructure, and the environments our organizations rely on every day. In this talk, a cyber defense analyst and a SIEM platform engineer represent two sides of the security shield, sharing their unique journeys into cyber and how they partner to navigate some of the most complex security-enabling challenges the two sides can face.

These challenges demand more than strong engineering—they require two teams with very different workflows to understand each other’s constraints, pressures, and mental models. That’s where human skills matter: curiosity to understand real analyst needs, communication to align engineering realities with operational urgency, and resilience when priorities collide. These skills become even more critical in diverse teams; when the people building and defending systems don’t reflect a range of perspectives and lived experiences, blind spots emerge—technical, analytical, and operational—shaping both the problems we recognize and the solutions we create.

While project outcomes are often measured by implementation milestones, durable impact comes from the interpersonal work that happens between teams: translating real‑world investigative workflows into platform requirements, validating assumptions early and often, and working constructively when technical constraints or competing priorities surface. Through practical examples, the speakers will show how iterative validation loops, shared language, and co‑designed workflows help transform technical expertise into capabilities that genuinely support how investigations unfold in production environments. Attendees will walk away with concrete examples of how human skills and engineering rigor can be blended—empowering defenders and builders to co‑create resilient, effective security capabilities that strengthen both the organization and the people who depend on its systems.

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Brianna Drummond Jovanovski is a Cyber Defense Analyst at Ford Motor Company, where she supports enterprise-wide security operations and helps strengthen Ford’s defensive cybersecurity posture. She previously completed Ford’s early career
rotational program, gaining experience in EV infrastructure cybersecurity, offensive security operations, incident response, and threat hunting.

Brianna holds the GCIH and GCFE certifications and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) on the Information Security & Assurance track at Carnegie Mellon University.

She graduated with Honors from the University of Notre Dame in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Russian. While at Notre Dame, Brianna served as a Senior Investigator with the St. Joseph County Cyber Crimes Unit from 2019 to 2021, where she first gained hands-on experience in digital forensics and developed her early interest in cybersecurity investigation and response.

Brianna is a former mentee with WomSA (Women in Security Alliance) and an active member of WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) and MCWT (Michigan Council of Women in Technology). Outside of cybersecurity and graduate studies, she enjoys working out,
reading, and spending time with family and friends

Modern security work lives at the intersection of technical precision and human collaboration. Cybersecurity isn’t just about systems—it protects real people, real infrastructure, and the environments our organizations rely on every day. In this talk, a cyber defense analyst and a SIEM platform engineer represent two sides of the security shield, sharing their unique journeys into cyber and how they partner to navigate some of the most complex security-enabling challenges the two sides can face.

These challenges demand more than strong engineering—they require two teams with very different workflows to understand each other’s constraints, pressures, and mental models. That’s where human skills matter: curiosity to understand real analyst needs, communication to align engineering realities with operational urgency, and resilience when priorities collide. These skills become even more critical in diverse teams; when the people building and defending systems don’t reflect a range of perspectives and lived experiences, blind spots emerge—technical, analytical, and operational—shaping both the problems we recognize and the solutions we create.

While project outcomes are often measured by implementation milestones, durable impact comes from the interpersonal work that happens between teams: translating real‑world investigative workflows into platform requirements, validating assumptions early and often, and working constructively when technical constraints or competing priorities surface. Through practical examples, the speakers will show how iterative validation loops, shared language, and co‑designed workflows help transform technical expertise into capabilities that genuinely support how investigations unfold in production environments. Attendees will walk away with concrete examples of how human skills and engineering rigor can be blended—empowering defenders and builders to co‑create resilient, effective security capabilities that strengthen both the organization and the people who depend on its systems.

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Yasmin Khan is a cybersecurity engineer specializing in SIEM platform engineering and security operations enablement within large-scale enterprise environments. In her role, she is responsible for engineering and supporting security platforms that support the security operations center (SOC).

She brings a broad technical background across cloud security, data loss prevention, virtualization engineering, and vehicle security, providing a comprehensive view of how security platforms are built, operated, and maintained across enterprise environments. Yasmin holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a concentration in cybersecurity and a Master of Science in Information Technology from Oakland University.

Women Forward Academy supports the advancement of women in cybersecurity through intentional development and community. This session shares Year One participant impact demonstrating measurable progress. We will highlight how these results inform what success looks like for candidates at PayPal, and how it influences similar efforts across the technology organization.

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Jen Silk serves as Senior Director, Technology and Cybersecurity GRC at PayPal where she leads the team responsible for technology and information security risk, compliance assurance, M&A due diligence, leads partnerships, business engagement, and risk management processes. Prior to joining PayPal, Jen served in cybersecurity and policy roles in the U.S. federal government including as the Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity to the Secretary of Energy, overseeing the growth of U.S. Air Force international cybersecurity partnerships and formative positions at the developing U.S. Cyber Command. She also served as the director for critical infrastructure cybersecurity policy at the National Security Council. Before joining government, she gained systems engineering and integration experience in the private sector with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. Jen began her career as an airborne linguist in the U.S. Air Force. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from the University of Nebraska and a Master’s degree in Security Policy from the George Washington University.

In the high-stakes world of cybersecurity, the most valuable insights are often the ones that are understood by everyone, not just the engineers. Kimberly Bauer began her Competitive Intelligence career outside of the security bubble, forcing her to develop a unique framework for mastering—and then demystifying—complex technical concepts. In this session, Kimberly shares her journey from “outsider” to CI leader. She will provide practical methods to evaluate your own communication style and offer innovative storytelling techniques to help you educate non-technical stakeholders without losing the technical truth.

Speaker Bio
Kimberly Bauer is a strategic leader in Competitive Intelligence (CI), specializing in translating market dynamics into actionable business advantages. With extensive experience at industry leaders such as SentinelOne, Lacework, and VMware Carbon Black, Kimberly has spent her career navigating the intersection of technical cybersecurity and market strategy.

She focuses on building and guiding high-impact CI teams that move beyond data collection to influence organizational direction. By distilling complex security landscapes into clear strategies, she enables executive leadership to make informed, high-stakes decisions. Her leadership approach integrates analytical rigor with a collaborative philosophy, ensuring that intelligence serves as a functional bridge between Product, Marketing, and Sales.

Whether architecting global enablement frameworks or mentoring CI professionals, Kimberly is a dedicated advocate for using strategic intelligence as a primary driver of sustainable organizational growth.

AI is often viewed as a technological challenge, but for the enterprise, it is an operational one. How do you move from “cool experiments” to a scalable framework that aligns with business objectives? Join Khensani Carter as she breaks down the equation of AI adoption. Drawing on a background in mathematics and a decade of cybersecurity leadership, Khensani demonstrates why the future of AI isn’t just about writing code faster, smarter, better or even Vibe coding—it’s about architecting the processes that bring it to life. This session explores a modular framework for operationalizing AI, ensuring organizations can move at machine speed without “breaking the brakes.

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Khensani Carter transforms operational challenges into streamlined solutions. With over two decades of experience optimizing complex systems, she serves as a core leader within Tenable’s AI Strategy Operations team. In this role, Khensani partners with IT leadership to turn high-level AI strategy into real-world business operations, an enterprise-wide program focused on business acceleration and internal efficiency. Known for her systems-thinking approach to cross-functional leadership, Khensani leverages her analytical background to bridge the gap between technical engineering teams and business stakeholders. She has earned a reputation as the go-to leader for mission-critical initiatives where delivery is non-negotiable, and her technical excellence was recognized in 2022 with the Technology All-Star award at the Women of Color STEM conference. A passionate advocate for inclusion, Khensani currently co-leads the Black@Tenable employee resource group and previously co-led Women@Tenable, fostering a culture of belonging and professional growth. Her commitment to advancing representation in tech was highlighted at a previous Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference, where she presented strategies for navigating the modern cyber workplace. Whether co-architecting AI frameworks or mentoring the next generation of diverse leaders, Khensani is dedicated to building the systems that make AI work. Khensani holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from UMBC and a Master’s in Industrial Engineering from UW-Madison.

Drawing on real experiences from my work in cloud security architecture, operations, and governance at a financial institution, I’ll explore how pairing credentials with curiosity builds resilient systems, confident leaders, and meaningful careers. I’ll share lessons on navigating self‑doubt, embracing lifelong learning, balancing work and family, and using visibility and mentorship to inspire the next generation. This session is for women at any stage of their cybersecurity journey—starting out, pivoting, or leading—who want to design careers with intention, impact, and purpose. Because when we lift others as we grow, we’re not just building secure systems—we’re securing our future.

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I am Senior Cloud Specialist at Vanguard with 14 years of experience across Cybersecurity Engineering, Operations, Architecture, Audit, and Program Management. My career spans multiple industries—including government, aviation, energy, retail, manufacturing, and financial services—where I’ve partnered with security and business leaders to deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions. Beyond my professional role, I am an avid traveler and endurance enthusiast, having completed a Spartan race and a half marathon—experiences that reflect my commitment to continuous self-improvement. I balance my career with family life as a mother of two, a 9-year-old daughter and a 5-year-old son.

Cybersecurity is an in-demand profession, with historical job security, good pay and a mission to make the world a safer place. But this profession has also been difficult for women to be a part of as leaders. While 55% of women respondents to an ISC2 study who are working in cybersecurity roles said they are in managerial or higher positions in their organizations, we see that only 7% of women in cybersecurity are in C-level roles (CTO, CISO, CIO), and female CISOs have tenures that are 19 months shorter than male CISOs. Women also deal with a lack of belonging, unconscious bias, self-selecting out of job opportunities, fear of responsibility, not getting respect, self-doubt, and uncertainty about a rapidly changing tech landscaper with AI and automation adoption. Yet women are steadily gaining ground. Linda Calvin, VP/Dean of Cloud, Cybersecurity, and IT at the School of Technology, Western Governors University, will discuss the three very important things for success in tech: belonging, education and mentorship. She will share key takeaways to support more opportunities for everyone in cyber leadership roles. Pushing for representation in cybersecurity isn’t just important- it’s necessary.

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Linda Calvin is a nationally recognized tech leader, advocate, and founder dedicated to building pathways for women and underrepresented groups in technology. Before joining WGU as VP/Dean of the School of Technology, she served as Chief Impact Officer for Reboot Representation, where she partnered with the Reboot Tech Coalition to advance the retention and leadership of Black, Latina, and Native American women in tech. She also served as IT Sector Vice President at Ivy Tech Community College, the largest singularly accredited community college in the U.S., where she guided strategy for the School of IT.

A first-generation college graduate, she earned her B.A. in Journalism, cum laude with high honors, from Butler University and her J.D. from Indiana University McKinney School of Law and became a certified Scrum Master in 2016. A tireless community builder, Linda is also the founder of Indiana Women IN Tech Week, the only statewide celebration of women in tech in the U.S., officially proclaimed by former Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. In 2021, Linda established the Transcending Boundaries Tech Scholarship, supporting Black, Latina, and Indigenous women in earning tech credentials at Ivy Tech Community College. Learn more at linkedin.com/in/lindacalvin and www.transcendent-talks.com

This is a story about how the right community can act as a translator—turning opportunity into career growth and resilience into a full-circle journey of purpose and impact. From immigrant to Cisco Solutions Engineer to community architect, hear how Uljana went from 2017 WiCyS scholarship recipient to 2025 Affiliate of the Year leader, proving that one investment compounds when you build pathways for others.

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Translation is Uljana’s superpower—not only between languages but also across technical complexity, cultural nuance, and business strategy. A patent-holding Solutions Engineer at Cisco and Director of Marketing for WiCyS Chicago, she turns technical insight into business value while building cybersecurity ecosystems with measurable impact.

A global-minded polyglot, Uljana has played a key role in cybersecurity initiatives at BSides conferences across three continents. As a founding board member of WISP Chicago and Director of Workforce Development for Raíces Cyber Org, she champions inclusive growth while showing how cultural intelligence strengthens global cybersecurity resilience and drives strategic outcomes.

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Libby Adams joined Cybersecurity & Technology Controls (CTC) in September 2022 and serves as the Cyber Assessment Operations Area Product Lead. She drives a roadmap to defend the bank against adversarial threats and strengthen operations, overseeing Assessment Operations services: Cyber Red Team, Social Engineering (Phishing/Vishing), Cyber Range Infrastructure, Purple Team, Findings Investigations & Management, and Penetration Testing, while aligning strategic requirements across three global Feature Engineering teams. Additionally, she served for two and a half years as Product Owner for two applications used by the Firmwide Technology Resiliency Organization’s Tabletop Simulation and Client Engagement services. Libby consistently pursues community-focused leadership in STEM and career readiness. She served two years as the CTC Employee Engagement and Volunteerism “Secure Pathways” Workstream Co-Lead with Dream Opportunity; three years as Co-Tech Horizons Lead for Women on the Move in Tech / Black Women in Technology; two years as Houston Communications Chair for Women on the Move / Take IT Forward; and three years as the Houston Tech Center Youth Ambassador Programs Lead for Tech for Social Good, including Texas Lead for the All-Star Code 5-week Summer Initiative. Libby also mentors individuals across the firm. Libby holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston, with concentrations in Human Resource Management and Leadership Development, and a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University, with a minor in Business Administration. Outside of work, Libby enjoys cooking, Pilates, running, reading, volunteering, spending quality time with family and friends, outdoor activities in nature, and attending live concerts.