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Bill Alfveby has over 20 years of experience in Information Technology and enterprise risk management with specialties in information security and privacy. Currently Bill is a Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Deluxe, Before this, Bill was the Chief Information Security Officer at Surescripts and the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer for Express Scripts, a Fortune 25 health care company. Bill spent years as a security and risk management leadership consultant for Fortune 200 organizations developing application security programs, leading Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) assessment and compliance efforts, and developing global privacy programs.

Sharon Smith-Akinsanya is the CEO of Rae Mackenzie Group (RMG) and the Founder of The Black C-Suite™. She is leading the charge to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in corporate America. Whether it be through advising Fortune 500 Corporations and CEOs, creating career-advancing content for Professionals of Color, authoring books, or promoting the importance of DEI through media appearances, Sharon is dedicated to finding ways to make real change trackable. Sharon helps three core segments: Corporations, Leaders, and Professionals of Color. Sharon advises CEOs on ways to become stronger leaders in the DEI space. Her clients include Richard Davis, Jay Lund, Louis King, and Pat McAdaragh. Smith-Akinsanya understands that change only happens if leaders are willing to Lead Out Loud. Sharon launched the award-winning DEI marketing and strategy firm Rae Mackenzie Group in 1997 to help corporations build authentic and meaningful relationships with People of Color by advising companies on how to best position their brands to recruit and retain Talent of Color. To help even more leaders make a change, Sharon authored COLORFULL: Competitive Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Talent of Color—a people-centered approach that shares simple actions we can take to help solve complex issues. Smith-Akinsanya is working on a new initiative for Black professionals that will serve as a model for all Professionals of Color and companies seeking to elevate DEI in their infrastructure. The Black C-Suite™ is going to change the way professionals, company leaders, and decision-makers approach the corporate landscape moving forward…coming soon! Recently, Sharon’s work has been featured on Good Morning America, Good Day LA, Good Morning DC, ABC Las Vegas, Forbes, BET, Essence, Blavity, News Nation, Black News Channel, and was named one of the Top 25 Influential Women in Business by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal.

David Hanauer is the BISO for Optum Digital. He has worked as a security architect and data security leader at Optum for nearly a decade. He previously worked in the biotech, finance, and telecom industries bring a robust variety of disciplines to supplement his security background. He is based in Boston.

Jeffrey Blade is the Vice President of Application Services at M Health Fairview. Blade leads the teams responsible for IT Applications across the enterprise including multiple applications teams and senior leaders in support of clinical applications (EMR-Epic, laboratory, cardiology, etc.); administrative applications (back office-Lawson, Oracle Peoplesoft, Kronos, etc.); overall system improvements (programs/projects); and budgeting. He is also responsible for the organizational automation efforts as well as the project management office. In his seven-plus years at Fairview, Blade has had multiple roles across infrastructure and applications to include leadership roles in compute, storage, network, unified communications, DBA, security operations and IT Operations. Prior to joining M Health, Blade spent more than 25 years in information technology leadership roles. Stops along the way include Park Nicollet, UnitedHealth Group, Hallmark and Eastman Kodak. He is also a veteran of the Air Force and Minnesota Air National Guard.

As SVP Americas at Virsec, Jason brings with him more than 20 years of go-to-market cyber security leadership and strategy experience at global technology companies. Jason previously served as Duo Security's VP Americas Sales, where he played a critical role in building up Duo as a unicorn in its marketplace. Jason grew annual sales from just a few million dollars to more than $75 million ARR over a period of three years, structured Duo's sales operation for enterprise and Fortune 100 companies, and expanded its sales team from two to 165 employees, priming the company for its acquisition by Cisco Systems Inc. for $2.35 billion.

Yan Ding has over 15 years of experience with leading full stack IT in healthcare industry. Yan currently works in Medtronic as Vice President of Global IT, Functional CIO of Clinical, Medical, & Regulatory Affairs. Yan was Vice President of IT in Optum / UnitedHealth Group where she led various large engineering organizations through establishing strategy, accelerating delivery, and driving IT platform modernization & engineering culture. Prior Optum / UnitedHealth Group, Yan started her technology career in a startup software company and worked in Oracle Inc. Yan holds MBBS degree in Clinical Medicine from China and MS degree in Health Informatics from U of MN. She lives in northwest suburb of Twin Cities area, and enjoys family time while not working.

Bill Alfveby has over 20 years of experience in Information Technology and enterprise risk management with specialties in information security and privacy. Currently Bill is a Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Deluxe, Before this, Bill was the Chief Information Security Officer at Surescripts and the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer for Express Scripts, a Fortune 25 health care company. Bill spent years as a security and risk management leadership consultant for Fortune 200 organizations developing application security programs, leading Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) assessment and compliance efforts, and developing global privacy programs.

David Hanauer is the BISO for Optum Digital. He has worked as a security architect and data security leader at Optum for nearly a decade. He previously worked in the biotech, finance, and telecom industries bring a robust variety of disciplines to supplement his security background. He is based in Boston.

Jeffrey Blade is the Vice President of Application Services at M Health Fairview. Blade leads the teams responsible for IT Applications across the enterprise including multiple applications teams and senior leaders in support of clinical applications (EMR-Epic, laboratory, cardiology, etc.); administrative applications (back office-Lawson, Oracle Peoplesoft, Kronos, etc.); overall system improvements (programs/projects); and budgeting. He is also responsible for the organizational automation efforts as well as the project management office. In his seven-plus years at Fairview, Blade has had multiple roles across infrastructure and applications to include leadership roles in compute, storage, network, unified communications, DBA, security operations and IT Operations. Prior to joining M Health, Blade spent more than 25 years in information technology leadership roles. Stops along the way include Park Nicollet, UnitedHealth Group, Hallmark and Eastman Kodak. He is also a veteran of the Air Force and Minnesota Air National Guard.