Michael "Mac" McMillan is co-founder and CEO of CynergisTek, Inc., a firm specializing in the areas of information security and regulatory compliance in the Healthcare sector. Mr. McMillan brings over 30 years of combined intelligence, risk management and security consulting experience. His philosophy for security is grounded in understanding the complicated nexus between people, processes and technology. He has focused on developing appropriate solutions, based on business purpose and knowledge, and a common sense application of technology and controls. He has worked in the Healthcare industry since his retirement from the federal government in 2000 and has contributed to HFMA, HCCA, AHIA, AHIMA, and HIMSS. He is the former Chair of HIMSS Information Systems Security Working Group. In 2009 he joined the HIMSS Privacy & Security Steering Committee and was selected as its Chair in 2010. He contributes frequently to healthcare periodicals and was a contributing author and editor for the HIMSS book, Information Security in Healthcare: Managing Risk. Prior to CynergisTek, he was the National Practice Director for Information Security Services at CTG Healthcare Solutions. Before that, he spent more than 20 years in the federal government and served as Director of Security at two defense agencies. Mr. McMillan holds a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island and a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He was a 1993-4 Excellence in Government Fellow and is a graduate of the Senior Officials in National Security program from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He was awarded both the Department of Defense Silver and Gold Medals for Exceptional Meritorious Service.

Nelson Ramirez is a partner with LGE Execs and CEO of Providence Partners and Associates. He is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in shepherding successful projects in the corporate and government environments. He has served in various executive capacities in four different start-ups with the focus always being around recruiting the best talent. Over the last 7 years, Mr. Ramirez has consulted at TippingPoint, acquired by 3Com and recently by HP and has played several management roles. Today he is leading the growth for recruiting at both LGE Execs (Focus on Executives) and Providence Partners (Director Level and below at numerous high tech firms).

Dr. Thayne R. Coffman is the Chief Technology Officer at 21CT, where he has performed and led research on a variety of topics, including network traffic analysis, graph-based pattern recognition, social network analysis, and digital signal processing. Prior to 21CT, he worked at Trilogy Software, Inc., developing and enhancing model representations, maintenance environments, compilers, and inference engines for two Sales Configuration Software products. Dr. Coffman earned S.B. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He has authored or coauthored 21 publications, is the inventor on 2 awarded and 3 pending patents, and has been the Principal Investigator or lead author on 20 winning Department of Defense research proposals totaling $8.5M in funding.

Jim O’Gorman "Elwood" is a professional penetration tester, an instructor at Offensive Security, and manages Offensive Security’s consulting services. Jim has lived online from the times of BBS’s, to FidoNet, to when SLIP connections were the new hotness. He spends time on both network intrusion simulation as well as digital investigations and malware analysis. When not working on various security issues, Jim spends his time assisting his children in their attempts to fight Zombie hordes.

In November 2011, Angel Cruz joined the team at the Texas Department of Information Resources as the new Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Texas.

Since 1997, Angel has held top-level security leadership positions at Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, CenturyTel, Freescale Semiconductor, The University of Texas at Austin, and The University of Texas-Pan American.

Angel served 21 years in the US Navy where he attained the rank of Senior Chief Data Systems Technician. He is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and earned a BS from the University of the State of New York – Regents College and a Graduate Certificate in Computer Systems Management from the University of Maryland – University College.

As Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Texas, Angel is responsible for overseeing the protection of state information and information assets including personal information entrusted to the state. This includes governance and assurance of state agency information security program capabilities and the design and delivery of related services to support state agency information and information asset protection requirements.