Keynote Speakers:

Mr. Barbero is the Technology Consulting practice leader for BearingPoint's Financial Services line of business. He is responsible for and involved in a wide range of consulting assignments covering business consulting, system integration, application development and networking and computing strategy as well as the design, implementation and management of the related infrastructures. He is also Product Marketing and Management lead for the global Technology Infrastructure and Integration (TI2) practice. In addition, he chairs BearingPoint's Innovation Award panel that recognizes and promotes innovation within BearingPoint. Mr. Barbero is a published thought leader and frequent speaker on the topic of Information Technology key issues and trends within the banking, capital market and insurance industries.

John G. O'Leary, CISSP, has been Director of Education for Computer Security Institute since 1987. Previously an independent consultant, but more importantly, a practitioner, he has focused on computer security since the mid-1970s.

John has designed, implemented, delivered, updated, evaluated and managed security programs for organizations with populations ranging from tens to tens of thousands, computing platforms of varying ilk and vintage, networks spanning single sites to multiple nations, and very different information security needs.

John's background includes tours of duty in programming, systems analysis, auditing, project management, IS operations, production control, customer service and quality assurance. He also taught every semester for ten years at the University of Texas at Dallas Graduate School of Management, covering a wide range of Management Information Systems courses. He has built and updated multiple CSI courses, chaired, keynoted, planned and managed various computer security related conferences for multiple organizations and preached the value and methodologies of computer security to audiences around the world.

Panelists:

Norm Barber is a Strategic Security Advisor with Microsoft located in New York City with over 25 years of IT experience, including 10 years of IT Security experience. His expertise includes Security risk assessments, architecture and design, policy development and deployment, and solutions implementation in areas such as Identity Management, Intrusion Detection and Incident Response. Norm has extensive experience in dealing with the regulatory requirements that impact Security (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, GLBA, EU Data Protection Directive, Basel II) and has worked closely with senior management groups and boards of directors.

Prior to joining Microsoft Norm was a Partner in the Technology Risk Consulting practice of Arthur Andersen LLP where he led the Security and Privacy Solutions practice on a global basis. Most recently he was a Managing Director with Protiviti, a risk consulting and internal audit firm, where he led the Identity Management solutions practice. Norm has also held IT management positions in industry. Norm has served large, multi national organizations in the Financial Services, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Telecommunications and Public sectors.

He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). A graduate of Northeastern University with an engineering degree, Norm also holds an MBA from Babson College. He is a member of various professional organizations including the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) where he serves on the International Advanced Technology Committee, and the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) that develops XML standards.

Alex Berson is a Director and the practice leader of the BearingPoint's Customer Identity Management practice. He is an internationally recognized expert, author and educator in various areas of information technologies. Prior to joining BearingPoint Alex Berson held key technology and management positions in companies like Entrust, Merrill Lynch, enCommerce, Dun & Bradstreet, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Solomon Smith Barney and other, including executive roles of co-CTO for Entrust Inc. and CTO of TechPar Group - a boutique strategic business and technology advisory company.

Alex Berson holds advanced degrees in Computer Sciences and Applied Math, and focuses his professional activities on Identity Management, Internet security, CRM, data management, data warehousing and data mining; Web Services and transaction processing; enterprise application integration, messaging and middleware; client/server distributed computing; and object technologies.

Alex Berson is an active member of industry professional associations like IEEE Computer Society, ACM and Aberdeen Group's Technology Forecasting Consortium; standards organizations including OMG, OASIS, Open Group, and various industry consortia including Securities Industry Middleware Council (SIMC) and the Data Warehousing Institute. As Entrust' Chief Technology Officer for Portal Technologies and Applications, Alex Berson was the initiator and a founding member of several standards activities including OASIS Technical Committees on Security Services (SAML), XML Access Control (XACML), and Business Transaction Processing (BTP).

Alex Berson sits on the advisory boards of several technology and financial services companies. He is also an advisory editor for the McGraw-Hill Professional Books division. He has published numerous technical articles in trade magazines, and is a best-selling author and co-author of a number of professional books including "Building Data Mining Applications for CRM", "Data Warehousing, Data Mining and OLAP"; "Client/Server Architecture"; "SYBASE and Client/Server Computing"; and "APPC: Introduction to LU6.2". He is a frequent contributor to professional publications including BearingPoint's Technology Journal where he authored white papers on cross-disciplined convergence strategies, customer identity management, data security, and digitization.

Pierre Pureur is a director in BearingPoint's Technology Infrastructure and Integration solutions group. He is responsible for and involved in a wide range of consulting assignments covering business and IT strategies, software and technology architecture, and management of large IT projects. Mr. Pureur is a member of the Worldwide Institute of Software Architects.

Mr. Culbert heads BearingPoint's Global Compliance Solutions for the financial services industry. He has assisted organizations such as Goldman Sachs, CIBC World Markets, CitiBank, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Freddie Mac, Bank of New York, Lehman Brothers, Prudential Insurance, the NASD and JPMorganChase, amongst others.

Mr. Culbert joined Bearing Point from The Culbert Group / Clear Solutions, a firm that he founded in 2001. TCG serviced the compliance, and technology strategy needs of leading organizations. TCG became trusted advisors, by providing their Clients with the best options for risk management and compliance strategies.

Prior to forming TCG, Mr. Culbert was a Partner at Ernst & Young, LLP where he focused Firm efforts to develop compliance technology and process solutions for E&Y's global financial services client base. He has assisted major investment banks, broker / dealers, global hedge funds and asset managers to develop strategies, processes and systems that managed business performance and risk. His group supported global, diversified financial companies with M&A, product and business line development, strategy and process development, as well as regulatory and business compliance programs.

Prior to Ernst & Young Mr. Culbert was a Vice President at Technology Solutions Company, where he formed the Business Intelligence Group, a practice focused on delivering decision support and modeling solutions for financial risk monitoring, measurement and management. His team delivered innovative data and systems convergence solutions that advanced the firm's banking and insurance Clients' ability to respond to rapidly changing business challenges.

Ted Kamionek joined RSA Security in 1998 and has more than seven years of experience working in the high technology field in software development, product management and marketing. He is responsible for developing corporate strategy and messaging for RSA Security.

 

Mr. Reagan is the Senior Executive responsible for the strategy & direction of solutions and services for the BearingPoint Public Sector Security Group. He has over 20 years of Federal, Intelligence and Commercial sector experience managing Enterprise Security, Technology, Fraud & Risk Management initiatives.

Prior to joining BearingPoint in 2004, Mr. Reagan held a number of technology and executive positions with American Management Systems (AMS), Averstar (Titan Corporation), First Union National Bank, and the Department of Defense. Within the Federal and Defense arena, Mr. Reagan has security operations and program management experience with the NSA, DIA, FBI, NASA, DISA, DARPA, JCS, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Army. In the commercial sector, as VP and Group CSO of a Fortune 500 bank, he established an overall Consumer Banking Group Security Strategy and Risk Management Program, the first in company history. As CTO of two technology companies, he developed global product strategy, architecture and development of CRM and Wealth Management solutions for over 800 clients in the financial and insurance industries.

Mr. Reagan holds a Masters of Science Degree in Management Information Systems and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology. He is a graduate of the NSA National Cryptologic School; the Advanced Korean Language Studies Program at Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea); the Graduate School of Banking Technology & Operations (Vanderbilt University); the Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives (Harvard Law School); and the New Market Growth Innovation Workshop (Harvard Business School). Mr. Reagan holds a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designation from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and is a member of ITAA, AFCEA, AFEI and many other public & private sector organizations.

Archie Reed is Director of Business Planning and Strategy for Hewlett Packard Company where he provides strategic technology direction and business development for OpenView's Identity Management products, including creation of business alliances, participation in industry organizations, and promotion in the market. A respected authority within the identity management industry, Archie has most recently held executive positions with TruLogica, a provisioning vendor acquired by HP, where he oversaw technology and market strategy, and with Critical Path, a global software, services and hosting business. At Critical Path, Archie undertook business development and was VP Technology for Identity Management, including directory and meta-directory services, security and PKI. Archie is the author of several books on security and IT, including the recent e-book "The Definitive Guide to Identity Management" (Realtimepublishers, 2003).

Archie is an active speaker at technical and analyst conferences and participates in standards committees such as OASIS. He holds a Masters of Science degree in Enterprise Network Management from the United Kingdom's Sheffield Hallam University.

Mr. Rossi is a Senior Manager in BearingPoint's Infrastructure Services solutions group focusing on the Financial Services industry. He is responsible for and involved in a wide range of consulting assignments covering business and IS strategies and implementations with particular emphasis on issues involving data centers, distributed and networked systems. He has a particular focus in datacenter and disaster recovery (DR) assessment and implementation. Mr. Rossi holds a Bachelors degree in Physics from Columbia University, a Masters in Computer Science from the Polytechnic Institute of New York, and an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Véron is the financial services leader of the Infrastructure Solutions practice at BearingPoint where he assists financial institutions in deploying modern infrastructures on a worldwide basis to enable new business models, better control costs and manage their existing environment.

His primary areas of interest are IT cost optimization, outsourcing, large technology refresh projects, emerging technologies such as IP Telephony, and organization design. Recently, due to new and upcoming regulations, Mr. Véron has dedicated a significant amount of time and effort around critical aspects of business continuity and disaster recovery as well as information security.

Before joining BearingPoint, Mr. Véron was in the Marketing Department of France Telecom North America. He was focused in market and application development and was responsible for the design, management and execution of marketing programs supporting the technical development of telecommunications solutions aimed at solving targeted France Telecom clients' business requirements. Prior to this marketing position, Mr. Véron was in charge of the IT department of France Telecom North America, servicing the corporation's business operations in the US.

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