Mike Cote became chairman and CEO of SecureWorks in February of 2002 and led the company through an acquisition by Dell in February of 2011. Cote now heads Dell SecureWorks under the Dell brand. Under his leadership, the company has grown to become one of the leading security services firms. Prior to joining SecureWorks, Cote held executive positions with Talus Solutions, a pricing and revenue management software firm acquired by Manugistics in 2000. Cote joined Talus from MSI Solutions, a web application development and systems integration company where he was Chief Operating Officer. In addition to other technology executive roles, Cote's early career included international assignments with KPMG. Cote's leadership style is punctuated by open communication, high integrity, and a client-centric philosophy. Cote is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of Business Executives for National Security. He is a graduate of Boston College with a double major in computer science and accounting.

Jon Ramsey is the CTO of Dell SecureWorks. An information security expert with policy-making responsibility, Jon has over 20 years of hands-on experience at every level: system administrator, software engineer, analyst, security penetration specialist and senior engineer. Prior to joining Dell SecureWorks, Jon worked for the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Siemens, and the University of Pittsburgh. Jon earned a Master's degree in software engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a member of IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Dr. Paul Judge is a serial entrepreneur and noted scholar. He has founded several companies that grew and resulted in successful acquisitions. He currently serves as Chief Research Officer and Vice President at Barracuda Networks. Dr. Judge is best known for his work in Internet security including web, social networking and email. He was founder and CTO at Purewire and previously served as CTO of CipherTrust and Secure Computing. He is also Chairman of Pindrop Security. He heads Judge Ventures, an investment firm. Judge Ventures focuses on opportunities in making the Internet safe, useful, and entertaining. Dr. Judge has won many awards including InfoWorld Top 25 CTOs, Atlanta Power 30 under 30 and MIT Technology Review Magazine's 100 Top Innovators under 35. He is an inventor of about 30 patented and patent-pending computer security technologies. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.

Becky Blalock is a Partner with Advisory Capital where she provides strategic consulting and is a board member of companies involved in energy, information technology and medicine. She formerly served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information officer of Southern Company for 9 years. In this role she directed IT strategy and operations across the 120,000 square miles and nine subsidiaries of Southern Company. She led more than 1,100 employees in information technology delivery to one of America's most respected companies.

Under her leadership, Southern Company delivered over a billion dollars in new technology initiatives and was recognized as one of the 100 Most Innovative Companies by CIO Magazine and one of the 100 Best Places to Work in IT by Computerworld Magazine. She is nationally and regionally recognized as an expert in corporate information technology.

Blalock began her career at Georgia Power in 1978 and spent 33 years within the Southern Company system. In addition to her work in information technology she provided broad leadership in many positions including accounting, finance, marketing, corporate communication, external affairs, the office of the CEO, and customer service.

Blalock serves on the boards of Computers for Youth, Emory Healthcare, the Georgia Health Sciences University, CSI Laboratories, Verdecco and the business School of Mercer University. A graduate of Leadership Atlanta and Leadership Georgia, she was named a Fellow of the International Women's Forum Leadership Foundation in 2001.

Blalock has received a host of honors including 2011 Legacy award from the Women in Technology and Honorary Lifetime Achievement award from the Georgia CIO Leadership Association. In 2009 she was named CIO of the Year in the electric utility industry by Energy Biz Magazine. She is listed among the Who's Who in Science and Engineering and has been named one of Computerworld Magazine's Premier IT Leaders. She is an advocate for women and children and has been recognized as Power Woman by Atlanta Woman Magazine and the Shining Star Award recipient from the Atlanta Women's Foundation. In 2005, she was inducted into the Atlanta YWCA Academy of Women Achievers.

Blalock successfully completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard University. She holds a master's degree with honors in finance from Mercer University and an undergraduate degree in business administration from State University of West Georgia.

David Gillman has over 25 years' experience in the information security field in intrusion prevention systems; threat, vulnerability & penetration testing; computer investigations & forensics; security incident, management & response; network security, and data loss prevention in the commercial and government sectors.

David is a former U.S. Air Force Senior Non-Commissioned Officer who had special assignments with the National Security Agency (NSA), Embassy of the United States, and Joint US Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (JUSMAT). His military decorations include two Meritorious Service Medals and two Air Force Commendation Medals.

David joined AAA soon after retiring from the U.S. Air Force where under his leadership, he built a rigorous proactive continuous security monitoring program that has resulted in significant improvements in the security posture of the company. In addition, he developed a strategy to improve AAA's Cyber Defense architecture and capabilities by successfully leading a redesign of the Intrusion Detection Program.

David regularly speaks on the topics of Cyber Defense, Security Awareness and Security Key Performance Indicators at industry venues such as the Information Security Forum's (ISF) World Congress conferences, most notably in Vancouver, BC and Berlin, Germany.

David is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), he is Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), holds 6 Microsoft professional certifications including the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE): Security certification, and the ITIL V3 Foundation certification in IT Service Management.