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Dec 28, Geoff Revill, Founder and CEO of Krowdthink Ltd.

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As the CEO and Managing Director of Krowdthink Ltd Geoff conceived and defined The Krowd. A location-oriented Personal Network, In beta since April 2015 and due for launch in Q1 2016.

What makes The Krowd different is its focus on connecting people in real-life, making the social platform a more personal tool. Its' co-location technology enables location-based services without tracking or even knowing location.

Geoff has spent the last 10 years as an independent strategic marketing consultant, helping some of the most innovative silicon and software companies break into and position themselves within tech markets. Previously he worked in California after the company for which he was VP Europe was acquired by Wind River Systems, later bought by Intel and integrated into their Internet of Things systems and software division. Geoff 's first leadership position was at Software Development Systems, Inc. (Chicago), where he built a European turnover of $50k to $10m in just over 4 years and was made VP Europe. When that company was acquired he finally succumbed to the lure of Silicon Valley in order to manage 5 acquired product lines into one new product set, managing 10 Product Managers, 300+ software engineers and serving a field sales force of over 1000.

Website: www.krowdthink.com

Dec 21, John David, President of David PR Group and a partner with Web-FactCheck.com.

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John P. David is president of David PR Group and a partner with WebFactCheck.com He has more than 25 years of experience in the public relations and communications industries - with the past two years focusing heavily on online reputation management issues. He has experience in most forms of corporate communications and crisis management and is frequently called on by his clients for high profile, complex and time-sensitive assignments.

Mr. David frequently writes about public relations and marketing at David PR Blog, and his insights on publicity, communications and online reputation management are frequently published on the Huffington Post. He has been quoted on a variety of marketing and PR related topics in a number of national media outlets including NPR.org and Today.com.

Mr. David earned a bachelor's degree in public relations from the University of Florida and is active in a number of charitable and civic groups. ln his spare time, he is a weekend golfer and an adult leader with the Boy Scouts. He lives in Pinecrest, Fla. with his wife and two children.

Visit www.davidpr.com for more information about Mr. David.

Dec 14, Wendy Patrick, Deputy District Attorney, Special Operations Division.

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Wendy L. Patrick is a San Diego County Deputy District Attorney, recently named the 2014 Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year by the California State Bar's Public Law Section. She has also been recognized by her peers as one of the Top Ten criminal attorneys in San Diego by the San Diego Daily Transcript. She has completed over 150 trials ranging from hate crimes, to domestic violence, to first-degree murder.

In her current assignment in the Special Operations Division she handles cases involving sensitive issues, including threat assessment. She is also President of the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals. In her previous assignment in the Sex Crimes and Human Trafficking Division of the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, Dr. Patrick prosecuted sexually violent predators, human traffickers, stalkers, rapists, and child molesters. She is Co-Chair of the statewide California District Attorneys Association Sexually Violent Predator Committee and the Human Trafficking Committee.

Dr. Patrick speaks to community groups, law enforcement organizations, and a wide variety of legal and educational institutions both nationally and internationally about the prevalence and methodology of sexual predators and stalkers, and how to increase public awareness and take steps to protect the community. Her doctoral thesis for her PhD focused on research into the psychology of attraction as used to seduce victims and their families.

Dr. Patrick has lectured nationally and internationally on the topics of sexual abuse, human trafficking, domestic violence, and child molestation. She has taught human trafficking within the United States, as well as in Hong Kong and South Korea. She has been involved locally with the San Diego Domestic Violence Council, the San Diego Child Protection Team, and the Sexual Assault Response Team, from whom she received the SART Response with a Heart Award based on her significant contribution to the professional field of sexual assault prosecution. She also lectures frequently on topics involving the safe use of social media, cyber crime, and threat assessment.

Dr. Patrick is a past Chair and Advisor of the California State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (California State Bar Ethics Committee), and past Chair of the San Diego County Bar Association's (SDCBA) Legal Ethics Committee where she served a six-year term. She is widely published in the field of legal ethics, had her own ethics column in the San Diego Daily Transcript for more than a decade, and teaches ethics nationally on a regular basis.

Dr. Patrick frequently shares her knowledge as a legal analyst. She has over 270 media appearances. She has been featured on CNN Anderson Cooper, FOX, FOX Business, HLN Nancy Grace, Al Jazeera America, The Blaze, and a wide variety of national and international programs. She has guest anchored One America News Network, and is a frequent radio contributor, having also served as a radio host.

Dec 7, Jason Hansen, former CIA Officer.

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Jason Hanson is a former CIA officer, security specialist, and recent successful contestant of ABC's reality show Shark Tank. He teaches everyday citizens to defend themselves at his Spy Escape and Evasion school. Hanson has been interviewed by major media outlets for his security expertise including, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News and The Huffington Post. He currently lives in Cedar City, Utah, with his family.

And you can read more on his website: http://spyescapeandevasion.com/about/

Nov 30, Michael Theis, Assistant Director for Insider Threat Research.

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Mr. Michael C. Theis (pronounced Tice) uses his 25+ years as a Counterintelligence Supervisory Special Agent supporting the US Intelligence Community along with his 30+ years of concurrent computer systems engineering experience to aid the CERT© Insider Threat Center further its research and development of socio-technical controls to prevent, detect, and respond to insider threats. He is also a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). Previously, Mr. Theis was the first-ever Cyber-Counterintelligence Program Manager for the National Reconnaissance Office, where he served as the Chief for Cyber-CI investigations and operations for over six years. In 2006, he was named one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders in the nation by COMPUTERWORLD Magazine. Mr. Theis is a frequent keynote speaker at government, private industry, and academic conferences, where he is a recognized thought leader for insider threat, cyberspace intelligence, and security issues. He has also guest lectured at Harvard and MIT on the challenges and opportunities of modeling human behavior in cyberspace.

Nov 23, Juval Aviv, a world renowned security and counter-terrorism expert.

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Juval Aviv is a world renowned security and counter-terrorism expert. He holds an M.A. in Business from Tel Aviv University and earlier in his career served as an officer in the Israel Defense Force, leading an elite Commando/Intelligence Unit. Mr. Aviv was selected by the Israeli Secret Service (Mossad) to participate in a number of special operations in the late 1960s and 1970s in various countries throughout the world.

A special consultant to the U.S. Congress on issues of terrorism and security as well as a consultant for Fox News, Mr. Aviv is also the author of Staying Safe: The Complete Guide to Protecting Yourself, Your Family, & Your Business (Harper Resource, July 2004), Max (Century/Random House, July 2006) and The Complete Terrorism Survival Guide: How to Travel, Work and Live in Safety (Juris Publishing, March 2003).

Mr. Aviv also is the President and CEO of Interfor, Inc., a leading international investigative and intelligence firm. Working with law firms, major banks, multinational corporations, insurers, and government agencies, Interfor conducts corporate fraud investigations, internal inquiries, asset search and recovery efforts, due diligence investigations, and security/vulnerability assessments in the U.S. and around the world.

As head of Interfor, Mr. Aviv can call upon more than 30 years of experience conducting international investigations into white-collar crime at scores of multinational companies. He has personally solved numerous cases of fraud, counterfeiting, embezzlement, anti-competitive behavior, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in the banking, insurance, aerospace, entertainment, pharmaceutical, and aviation industries, to name just a few. A leading authority on terrorist networks and their inner workings, Mr. Aviv served as lead investigator for Pan Am Airways into the Pan Am 103-Lockerbie terrorist bombing. In addition, while working as a consultant with El Al Airlines, Mr. Aviv conducted a survey and update of the airline's security program that made El Al the safest airline in business today.

Nov 16, Françoise Gilbert, Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig LLP in Silicon Valley.

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Françoise Gilbert is a Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig LLP in Silicon Valley. She has focused on information privacy and security for more than 25 years. Interested in the challenges raised by hackers such as Robert Morris and Kevin Mitnick in the late 1980's and early 1990's, she began conducting extensive research of the existing laws. In 1991, she published her first law review article on Breaches of Security and started working with clients on the legal issues stemming from attacks on their systems. In 1992, she became involved in emerging health security and privacy issues in the use of technology for telemedicine services. In this connection, throughout the 1990s, she contributed to the drafting of several federal and state bills that were the predecessors of HIPAA.

Since then, her practice has evolved as privacy and cyber security laws and jurisprudence were developed in the United States and globally. Françoise deals regularly with compliance challenges raised by cloud computing, connected objects, smart cities, big data, mobile applications, wearable devices, social media, and other cutting-edge developments. As a practicing attorney, she advises public companies, emerging technology businesses and non-profit organizations, on the entire spectrum of domestic and international privacy and cyber security issues legal issues.

Françoise holds law degrees from Paris University (France) and Loyola University (Chicago, Illinois) and a graduate degree in Mathematics. She is accredited as a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US, CIPP/E).

Françoise is internationally recognized as a thought leader and expert in data privacy and cyber security. She has been continuously praised for her experience and in-depth knowledge of this area. She was named "2014 San Francisco Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for her work in information privacy and security, and listed in Chambers USA and Chambers Global (since 2008), Best Lawyers in America (since 2007), and Who's Who in Ecommerce and Internet Law (since 1998). Françoise has also been recognized as one of the US "top privacy advisers" by Computer World and as an "attorney who matters" by Ethisphere.

Nov 9, Michael Troncoso, chief campus counsel at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Mike serves as chief campus counsel at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He serves as the campus's chief legal officer and advises on a broad range of legal issues, from regulatory compliance to litigation to complex business transactions. He specializes in privacy, cybersecurity and health care matters and routinely counsels clients across the University of California system on technology-related and health care matters.

Mike has handled numerous litigation and legal policy matters of national dimension and intense public concern. He served as chief counsel and chief of public policy in the California Attorney General's office for three years. In the AG's office, he represented the State of California in a series of unfair competition and securities enforcement actions against the world's five largest banks, which culminated in over $20 billion in recoveries. Mike chaired the Attorney General's executive management team and testified as a policy expert before the California legislature and the United States Senate.

He has been recognized as a "Top 20 Under 40" attorney in California by the Daily Journal and a California Lawyer "Attorney of the Year." He has published several articles on tech regulation and served as an adjunct lecturer in law at UC Irvine Law School.

Mike has also served as a criminal prosecutor in the San Francisco District Attorney's office, specializing in white collar crime, and as a business litigator at Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco. He was a judicial law clerk to the Honorable J.S. Letts, District Judge, Central District of California, in Los Angeles. Mike graduated from UC Berkeley and Georgetown University Law Center.

Nov 2, Robert Schonshinki, Assistant Director in the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection.

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Robert Schoshinski is an Assistant Director in the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection. His responsibilities include supervising the investigations, litigation, and policy work performed by the Division's attorneys and investigators relating to FCRA enforcement, privacy, data security, and identity protection. Mr. Schoshinski joined the FTC in 2001.

Mr. Schoshinski received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center.

Oct 26, Steven Ruckman, senior associate in the Washington, DC, office of BuckleySandler LLP.

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Stephen M. Ruckman is a senior associate in the Washington, DC, office of BuckleySandler LLP. His practice focuses on privacy, cyber risk, mobile payments, and data security, as well as federal and state investigations and enforcement actions. He represents companies on a wide range of issues, including consumer protection, Internet policy and law, data protection and data breaches, and compliance programs.

Prior to joining BuckleySandler, Mr. Ruckman was a Senior Policy Advisor at the Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau. In that capacity, he advised the Bureau Chief on enforcement issues in the areas of consumer protection, privacy, and Internet policy, and provided guidance on the privacy and data security components of the Commission’s new Open Internet Order.

Before joining the FCC, Mr. Ruckman spent five years as an Assistant Attorney General at the Maryland Attorney General´s Office, where he was the first Director of the Office’s Internet Privacy Unit. The Unit played a leading role in several multi-state investigations into practices that threatened consumers’ online privacy, including a large technology corporation’s alleged circumvention of consumers’ cookie-blocking settings on their web browsers, which led to major changes in the corporation’s privacy practices. The Unit also handled all state data breach investigations.

Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Ruckman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Catherine C. Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He has also served as a NAAG Supreme Court Fellow. Mr. Ruckman received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2008, his M.A.R. from Yale Divinity School in 2008, and his M. Sc. from the London School of Economics in 2002, which he attended as a Fulbright Scholar. He received his B.A. from Amherst College in 2001, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Oct 19, Rebecca Herold, widely recognized and respected and has been providing information privacy, security and compliance services, tools and products to organizations in a wide range of industries for over two decades.

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Rebecca is widely recognized and respected and has been providing information privacy, security and compliance services, tools and products to organizations in a wide range of industries for over two decades. Rebecca has authored 17 published books, most recently the "ISACA Privacy Principles & Program Management Guide" for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association which is scheduled to be published during Q4 of 2015.

Rebecca was one of the first practitioners to be responsible for both information security and privacy starting in 1995 in a multi-national insurance and financial organization that was establishing one of the first online banks. Rebecca has been leading the NIST SGIP Smart Grid Privacy Subgroup since 2009, and has been in the IEEE Par 1912 Privacy and Security Architecture for Consumer Wireless Devices Working Group since mid-2015. Rebecca is a co-owner for the SIMBUS Information Security and Privacy Services business, currently with the premier flagship HIPAA Compliance Tools (http://www.HIPAACompliance.org) for healthcare organizations and their business associates to meet their HIPAA, HITECH and other legal requirements, and Vendor Tracker services (http:www.SIMBUSTracker.com) to provide oversight of third party security and privacy practices. Rebecca has been an Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Security & Assurance (MSISA) program since 2005. Rebecca currently serves on multiple advisory boards for security, privacy and high-tech technology organizations. Rebecca is frequently interviewed and quoted in diverse broadcasts and publications such as IAPP Privacy Advisor, BNA Privacy & Security Law Report, Wired, Popular Science, Computerworld, IEEE's Security and Privacy Journal, and many others. Rebecca has appeared 1-2 times monthly on the KCWI23 Great Day show since 2014 to raise public awareness of current information security and privacy topics. Rebecca has received numerous awards and recognitions for her privacy and information security work over the years. Rebecca has the following certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CIPM, CIPT, CIPP/US, FLMI.

Oct 12, Jaime Williams, Frank Stanton Legal Fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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Jamie Williams is a Frank Stanton Legal Fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, where she is part of the civil liberties team.

Jamie focuses on the First and Fourth Amendment implications of new technologies. Prior to joining EFF, Jamie clerked for Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong in the Northern District of California. Before her clerkship, she was a litigation associate at Paul Hastings LLP and an attorney law clerk at the Alameda County Public Defender. Jamie has a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) and a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Oct 5, Judge Jim Gray.

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JUDGE JAMES P. GRAY (Ret.) WAS RAISED IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA BY HIS PARENTS ELIZABETH GRAY AND U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE WILLIAM P. GRAY. HE GRADUATED FROM JOHN MUIR HIGH SCHOOL IN PASADENA IN 1962, RECEIVED HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AT UCLA IN 1966, AND HIS LAW DEGREE FROM USC IN 1971. JUDGE GRAY ALSO SERVED WITH THE PEACE CORPS IN PALMAR NORTE, COSTA RICA, WHERE HE TAUGHT PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION AND HEALTH FROM 1966 TO 1968.

FROM 1972 UNTIL 1975, JUDGE GRAY WAS A STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR THE U.S. NAVY JAG CORPS AT THE NAVAL AIR STATIONS IN GUAM AND LEMOORE, CALIFORNIA. WHILE IN THE SERVICE, HE WAS AWARDED NATIONAL DEFENSE, VIETNAM SERVICE AND COMBAT ACTION RIBBONS.

FOR ABOUT 3 ½ YEARS, JUDGE GRAY WAS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR WITH THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE HE EVENTUALLY HEADED A UNIT THAT PROSECUTED VARIOUS FRAUDS AGAINST THE VA, FHA AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

AFTER WORKING FOR 5 YEARS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN NEWPORT BEACH IN CIVIL LITIGATION WITH THE LAW FIRM OF WYMAN, BAUTZER, ROTHMAN & KUCHEL, JUDGE GRAY WAS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL COURT IN DECEMBER OF 1983, WHERE HE WAS ACTIVE IN TRYING TO COMBAT THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF DRINKING DRIVER AND OTHER ALCOHOL-RELATED OFFENSES. HE WAS AWARDED A COMMENDATION FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THESE EFFORTS IN 1990.

JUDGE JIM GRAY WAS ELEVATED BY GOVERNOR DEUKMEJIAN TO THE ORANGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN JULY OF 1989, WHERE HE RECEIVED AWARDS AS THE 1992 "JUDGE OF THE YEAR" BY THE BUSINESS LITIGATION SECTION OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, THE 1995 "JUDGE OF THE YEAR" BY THE ORANGE COUNTY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION, AN HONORARY DOCTOR OF JURISPRUDENCE DEGREE FROM WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, AND HONORARY DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE FROM CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW. HE RETIRED AFTER 25 YEARS ON THE BENCH IN JANUARY OF 2009, AND NOW WORKS IN PRIVATE MEDIATION FOR ADR SERVICES, INC. IN IRVINE.

JUDGE JAMES P. GRAY HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL COUNCIL, THE ALCOHOL ADVISORY BOARD TO THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL & DRUG PROGRAMS, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE VOLUNTEER CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE ORANGE COUNTY LAW LIBRARY, AND HAS SERVED AS AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. HE ALSO WAS THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE WILLIAM P. GRAY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN INNS OF COURT; A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF COUNCILORS OF THE USC LAW SCHOOL; A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON JUVENILE JUSTICE FOR THE CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL COUNCIL; AND A FOUNDER OF PEER COURT, WHICH ADJUDICATES REAL JUVENILE CASES IN NUMBERS OF ORANGE COUNTY'S HIGH SCHOOLS USING STUDENTS AS JURORS. IN 2009 THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY NAMED ITS ANNUAL "JUDGE OF THE YEAR" AWARD AFTER HIM.

JUDGE GRAY IS MARRIED TO DR. GRACE WALKER GRAY, HAS FOUR CHILDREN, INCLUDING AN ADOPTED VBIETNAMESE SON, IS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, AND LIVES IN NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF WHY OUR DRUG LAWS HAVE FAILED AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT - A JUDICIAL INDICTMENT OF THE WAR ON DRUGS (TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2001), WEARING THE ROBE: THE ART AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF JUDGING IN TODAY'S COURTS (SQUARE ONE PRESS, 2009), AND A VOTER'S HANDBOOK: EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO AMERICA'S PROBLEMS (THE FORUM PRESS, 2010), AND THE COMPOSER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL "AMERICANS ALL" (HEUER PUBLISHING), AND THE LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 2012. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JUDGE JAMES P. GRAY, PLEASE VISIT HIS WEBSITE AT WWW.JUDGEJIMGRAY.COM.

Sep 28, Ethan Preston, the principal of Preston Law Offices.

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Mr. Preston received his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from the Plan II honors program at the University of Texas at Austin, and his juris doctor degree with distinction from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2001. Mr. Preston is admitted to practice in California and Texas, and is also admitted to practice before the federal courts in, e.g., the Northern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Texas, and every judicial district in California, and the Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Ninth Circuits.

Mr. Preston has authored the following law review articles: Cross-Border Collaboration by Class Counsel in the U.S. and Ontario, 4 Canadian Class Action Rev. 164 (2007), The Global Rise of a Duty to Disclose Information Security Breaches, 22 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 457 (2004) (with Paul Turner), Computer Security Publications: Information Economics, Shifting Liability and the First Amendment, 24 Whittier L. Rev. 71 (2002) (with John Lofton), and The USA PATRIOT Act: New Adventures in American Extraterritoriality, 10 J. Fin. Crime 104 (2002).

Sep 21, Jason Hanson, former CIA officer, security specialist, and recent successful contestant of ABC's reality show Shark Tank.

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Jason Hanson is a former CIA officer, security specialist, and recent successful contestant of ABC's reality show Shark Tank. He teaches everyday citizens to defend themselves at his Spy Escape and Evasion school. Hanson has been interviewed by major media outlets for his security expertise including, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News and The Huffington Post. He currently lives in Cedar City, Utah, with his family.

And you can read more on his website: http://spyescapeandevasion.com/about/

Sep 14, Patti Titus, currently serving on the Board of Directors for Guardant Global.

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Patricia Titus is currently serving on the Board of Directors for Guardant Global. She is working with the Ponemon Institute on the Visual Privacy Advisory Council focusing on Visual Hacking and is also working with MACH 37, a Northern Virginia Cyber Incubator for startup companies. She writes articles on Cyber Security and remains on the Editorial Board for InfoSecurity Magazine.

Most recently, Ms. Titus was the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Freddie Mac in McLean, VA. Prior to joining Freddie Mac, Ms. Titus was the Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer at Symantec, Unisys Corporation and the Transportation Security Administration within the Department of Homeland Security. Ms. Titus was focused on transforming, implementing and maintaining robust IT security programs.

Ms. Titus also worked overseas for several years in various positions within the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. State Department and various private sector firms. She has more than 20 years of security management experience. Ms. Titus is on the Board of Advisors for the Executive Women's forum and was recognized as a 'Woman of Influence' by the Executive Women's Forum in 2009 and the Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2013. She serves on the Women's Advisory Board for the Girl Scouts Council of the Nation's Capital.

Sep 7, Amy Bomse, Partner in the Attorney Liability and Business Litigation groups of Arnold & Porter LLP.

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Amy L. Bomse is a Partner in the Attorney Liability and Business Litigation groups of Arnold & Porter LLP. Ms. Bomse represents lawyers and law firms in claims brought by clients or third parties. Her experience ranges from defending malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims to third party securities fraud and conspiracy claims brought against law firms. She is frequently called upon to provide advice to law firms on compliance with legal ethics including conflicts of interest. She also represents attorneys in responding to state bar inquiries. She is a member of the Committee on Professional Ethics and Practice (COPRAC), which is the ethics committee for the California State Bar.

In addition to her practice representing lawyers, Ms. Bomse has represented a wide range of clients in the financial, insurance, agriculture and software industries. She has tried cases involving patent licenses, the right to produce speciality fruit and a large family land dispute.

Ms. Bomse also maintains an active pro bono practice. She represented a group of homeless individuals in a lawsuit against the City of Fresno and has been involved in numerous cases involving campaign finance reform. She was a member of the team that represented the City of San Francisco in the landmark gay marriage case.

Ms. Bomse previously served as an Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco. As an ADA, Ms. Bomse handled five jury trials.

While at Duke University School of Law, she was the Executive Editor of Duke Law Journal and a member of the Moot Court Board.

Aug 31, ERIC SINROD, partner in the San Francisco office of Duane Morris LLP.

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Eric J. Sinrod is a partner in the San Francisco office of Duane Morris LLP. Mr. Sinrod's trial, appellate, and overall litigation practice, which includes experience before the United States Supreme Court, has covered a number of important Internet, technology, intellectual property, information, communications, commercial, antitrust, eDiscovery, and insurance coverage issues. He has represented domestic and international clients in major class actions and where hundreds of millions of dollars have been at stake. He also has handled numerous matters for smaller companies and individuals. Mr. Sinrod recently was highlighted by an outside publication as "the leading IP attorney in the land," and he has been selected by his peers as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in the area of Cyber Law and as a "Super Lawyer" for Business Litigation.

Mr. Sinrod's work has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Wall Street Reporter Magazine, Fox News, The Supreme Court of the United States Blog, CFO Magazine, National Law Journal, Cyber Esq. Magazine, Business Insurance Magazine, The ABA Journal, The American Lawyer, The California Lawyer, Counsel to Counsel, Lawyers Weekly, Lawyers USA, The Recorder, Security Management magazine, Compliance Week, Investor Relations, IPFrontline.com, Business Credit magazine, The Village Voice, ROBTV, Newsday, Creditline, SlashDot and Japanese public television. Mondaq recently announced that one of Mr. Sinrod's columns was the most popular article in the United States in the month that it was published. Mr. Sinrod also writes weekly legal columns for CNET News.com, Findlaw.com, CNN.com, MSN.com, AllThingsDigital.com and Silicon.com and he is a regular guest speaker covering legal issues for LAWCAST, the Legal Talk Network, Tech TV, KNX CBS Radio, Live Online News and CNET Radio.

Aug 24, MARK ROTHSTEIN, the Herbert F. Boehl (pronounced "bail") Chair of Law and Medicine and Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

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Mark A. Rothstein is the Herbert F. Boehl (pronounced "bail") Chair of Law and Medicine and Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

He received a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a J.D. from Georgetown University.

Professor Rothstein has concentrated his research on health privacy, bioethics, genetics, and public health. He is a past president of the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, an elected member of the American Law Institute, and an elected fellow of the Hastings Center.

From 1999-2008 he served as Chair of the Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, the statutory federal advisory committee to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on health information policy.

He currently serves as Editor for Public Health Ethics of the American Journal of Public Health. Since 2000, he has written a regular column on bioethics for the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics.

Professor Rothstein is the author or editor of 19 books and over 200 book chapters and articles. Among his many honors, he was a 2013 recipient of the Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Award from Patient Privacy Rights.

Aug 17, JOHN DAVID, president of David PR Group and a partner with WebFactCheck.com.

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John P. David is president of David PR Group and a partner with WebFactCheck.com He has more than 25 years of experience in the public relations and communications industries - with the past two years focusing heavily on online reputation management issues. He has experience in most forms of corporate communications and crisis management and is frequently called on by his clients for high profile, complex and time-sensitive assignments.

Mr. David frequently writes about public relations and marketing at David PR Blog, and his insights on publicity, communications and online reputation management are frequently published on the Huffington Post. He has been quoted on a variety of marketing and PR related topics in a number of national media outlets including NPR.org and Today.com.

Mr. David earned a bachelor's degree in public relations from the University of Florida and is active in a number of charitable and civic groups. ln his spare time, he is a weekend golfer and an adult leader with the Boy Scouts. He lives in Pinecrest, Fla. with his wife and two children.

John P. David
President, David PR Group
9990 SW 77 Avenue, Suite #304, Miami, FL 33156
Ph: 305-255-0035 | Mobile: 305-724-3903
www.davidpr.com

Aug 10, DAVID SNYDER, co-founded and is the Chief Executive Officer of The Angent Group.

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David co-founded and is the Chief Executive Officer of The Angent Group overseeing the day to day functions and long term strategy. A native of Orange County, CA, he has championed the power of technology and global market knowledge to transform the legal industry. He has decisively positioned the company for growth, executing a strong plan that is delivering results today while positioning The Angent Group for future growth.

Prior to being appointed chair of the board and chief executive officer, David served as an advisor and thought leader to the most prominent law firms in the world. He has led the focus on growth in emerging technology, led double-digit growth of technology solutions for Thomson-Reuters' most valuable clients in the Legal vertical, started-up two successful high-growth businesses all while maintaining a high level of service to his clients. Prior to joining Thomson-Reuters, David ran his own marketing group, catering to retailers such as Nordstrom and Macy's forging a foundation on service that he brings to the table for every Member Client.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business from Vanguard University and a Master of Business Administration in Management from the Vanguard School of Management at Vanguard University. He resides with his wife of 14 years in Orange County, CA. David gives back to the community via his work as a Committee Chairman and District Commissioner for the Boy Scouts of America and, understanding the great impact his faith has had in his life, volunteers regularly at his place of worship.

David Resides in Orange County, CA with his wife, a practicing attorney and children.

Aug 3, JEDIDIAH BRACY, editor of Privacy Perspectives and Privacy Tech.

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As editor of Privacy Perspectives and Privacy Tech, Bracy writes about and moderates the myriad views and developments that inform data security and information privacy. He also blogs about the not-so-obvious intersections between technology, society and privacy and occasionally writes feature articles for The Privacy Advisor and Privacy Tracker. Definitely tweets for @DailyDashboard.

Email jed@privacyassociation.org
Opines on Twitter: @jedbracy

July 27, Richard Lee, a founder and Co-Managing Partner of Salisian | Lee LLP.

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Richard Lee is a founder and Co-Managing Partner of Salisian | Lee LLP. He focuses his practice on complex business litigation, real estate matters, and general business formation and development for clients in California and beyond. Salisian | Lee LLP was formed to be a one-stop shop clients seeking well-trained, seasoned business attorneys but without the high cost and negligible care often provided by larger institutions. Since forming the firm in 2010, Mr. Lee has managed prominent cases in the areas of bankruptcy, fraud, misrepresentation, copyright infringement and breach of contract.

He can be reached at: (213) 622-9102

July 20, John Shelby, a victim of one of the worst kinds, and least known about types of Identity Theft-Criminal Identity theft.

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John Shelby is a victim of one of the worst kinds, and least known about, types of Identity Theft. He is a victim of Criminal Identity theft, the type of identity theft where a criminal uses someone else's personal information or identification upon arrest for unrelated crimes and gets permanently confused in the system as that person. In most cases, this is done by a sibling, relative, or close friend that would know a lot of personal information. It's pretty rare because it is hard to get away with and it takes a very special and desperate type of person to even attempt. Thankfully, in most situations, the arresting officers or at least the magistrate are able to detect that the perpetrator is being untruthful about their identity before the false information is entered into the system. In extreme cases, the perpetrator gets away with passing themselves off as someone else and can even be convicted of crimes under that person's name and personal information. The worst part? This can all go undetected by the victim for years.

Unfortunately for John Shelby, his case is one of the most extreme cases of criminal identity theft on record. A career criminal, Jason Michael Newton, was able to pass himself off to arresting officers as John upon arrest for a robbery charge. Due to this attempt at deception and some suspect police work by the El Paso Police Department, this "snowball" began an avalanche of calamities for Mr. Shelby. Within a few months of this initial deception, John Shelby had seven felonies on his record (including Capitol Murder), had multiple warrants for his arrest, had lost his career, had lost everything, was homeless and living on the streets in Virginia Beach, Va., and his background check was showing that he was serving a life sentence for murder. The worst part about all of this was that in the way it was done, it was undetectable by Mr. Shelby. He really just thought for years that he was the unluckiest human on the planet. Maybe he was.

Mr. Shelby, eventually, was able to get an expuncture of his record. Eleven years after the initial night that the first arrest happened. But so much damage had already been done. Damage to his reputation, his resume, and his constitutional civil rights. Some of this damage is not fully repairable. A very hard and undeserved life for a Disabled Navy Veteran.

John Shelby now resides in Clermont, Fl. with his wife of 13 years Bethany and his 2 children (Makenna age 11, and Maddox age 5). He now uses his personal nightmare to make others aware of the effects of Identity Theft. He uses his website goodnamegone.com and his "Good Name Gone" Facebook page not only to tell his own story, but to inform people of national security breaches and tidbits of practical ways to safeguard your identity.

July 13, John Whitehead, attorney and author who has written, debated and practiced widely in the area of constitutional law and human rights.

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John W. Whitehead is an attorney and author who has written, debated and practiced widely in the area of constitutional law and human rights. Whitehead's concern for the persecuted and oppressed led him, in 1982, to establish The Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties and human rights organization whose international headquarters are located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Whitehead serves as the Institute's president and spokesperson, in addition to writing a weekly commentary that is posted on The Rutherford Institute's website (www.rutherford.org), as well being distributed to several hundred newspapers, and hosting a national public service radio campaign. Whitehead's aggressive, pioneering approach to civil liberties issues has earned him numerous accolades, including the Hungarian Medal of Freedom.

Whitehead has been the subject of numerous newspaper, magazine and television profiles, ranging from Gentleman's Quarterly to CBS' 60 Minutes. Articles by Whitehead have been printed in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and USA Today, among others.

Whitehead gained international renown as a result of his role as co-counsel in Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton. Whitehead continues to speak out in defense of a woman's right to be free from sexual harassment and frequently comments on a variety of legal issues in the national media. He has been interviewed by the following national and international media (partial list): Crossfire, O'Reilly Factor, CNN Headline News, Larry King Live, Nightline, Dateline, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning, This Week with Sam and Cokie, Rivera Live, Burden of Proof, Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, FOX News Sunday, Hardball, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, National Public Radio, BBC Newsnight, BBC Radio, British Sky "Tonight" and "Sunday," TF1 (French TV) and Greek national television.

The author of numerous books on a variety of legal and social issues, as well as pamphlets and brochures providing legal information to the general public, Whitehead has also written numerous magazine and journal articles. In addition, he wrote and directed the documentary video series Grasping for the Wind, as well as its companion book, which focus on key cultural events of the 20th Century. The series received two Silver World Medals at the New York Film and Video Festival and is now available on DVD. His latest book "A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State" earned him two prestigious national book awards.

Whitehead has filed numerous amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court. He has also been co-counsel in several landmark Supreme Court cases as well. His law reviews have been published in Emory Law Journal, Pepperdine Law Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation, Washington and Lee Law Review, Cumberland Law Review, Tulsa Law Journal and the Temple University Civil Rights Law Review.

Born in 1946 in Tennessee, John W. Whitehead earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arkansas in 1969 and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1974. He served as an officer in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971.

July 6, Mark Mao, Vice Chair of both the Technology Practices Group and Financial Services Practice Group at Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP & Sheila Pham, concentrates her practice in labor and employment law on behalf of management, as well as professional liability defense.

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Hsiao (Mark) Mao, Vice Chair of both the Technology Practices Group and Financial Services Practice Group at Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP works out of the firm's San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.

Mr. Mao's practice focuses primarily on mobile, cloud, and big-data companies, with a particular interest in their software, licensing, and privacy law needs. He has substantial experience advising and litigating on behalf of tech companies in the Silicon Valley. Mr. Mao has also represented companies across a broad spectrum of other industries, including software, hardware, bio-tech, "green-tech", and medical devices, defending their directors and officers in shareholder and insider disputes, in addition to servicing their intellectual property needs. He advises businesses on the evolving areas of privacy laws and "cyber liability" insurance, where the regulatory and legal issues continue to change.

During the dot-com era, Mr. Mao was an Information Technologies Consultant with Arthur Andersen Consulting implementing enterprise database software throughout the Silicon Valley, which uniquely positions him to serve clients where technology matters are concerned. He believes in litigating efficiently and effectively for his clients, so that companies can focus on their growth while mitigating their risks.

Mr. Mao has also successfully defended numerous professionals such as attorneys, accountants, real estate brokers, and mortgage brokers against claims of professional malpractice and fraud. He has litigated on behalf of various financial institutions such as securities broker dealers, investment advisory firms, lenders, and companies providing financial services or making public and private offerings of security products. In addition, Mr. Mao litigates all aspects of real estate litigation, including disputes over buy-sell agreements, commercial leasing, foreclosures, construction defects, course of construction disputes, problems arising in public work projects, premises liability, unlawful detainer, right of use, and planned developments.

A graduate of University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Mr. Mao is fully fluent in Mandarin Chinese and is able to both speak and read Chinese as a native speaker.

Sheila Pham

Sheila Pham concentrates her practice in labor and employment law on behalf of management, as well as professional liability defense.

Ms. Pham has handled cases involving employment matters such as wrongful termination, retaliation, Family and Medical Leave Act and California Family Rights Act, wage and hour, discrimination, and class action settlements. She has also advised employers regarding employees' exempt or non-exempt status, vacation and sick leave policies, and employment agreements.

In addition, Ms. Pham defends professionals including attorneys, architects, accountants, and financial advisors against claims of professional malpractice, breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, and breach of contract.

Ms. Pham also holds a California Real Estate license. She has handled real estate litigation cases involving breach of fiduciary duties, ownership and control, partition, landlord-tenant and lease disputes, as well as real estate transactional matters. She has also been successful in cases involving disciplinary actions against real estate brokers and mortgage brokers.

Jun 29, Amy Bomse, Partner in the Attorney Liability and Business Litigation groups of Arnold & Porter LLP.

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Amy L. Bomse is a Partner in the Attorney Liability and Business Litigation groups of Arnold & Porter LLP. Ms. Bomse represents lawyers and law firms in claims brought by clients or third parties. Her experience ranges from defending malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims to third party securities fraud and conspiracy claims brought against law firms. She is frequently called upon to provide advice to law firms on compliance with legal ethics including conflicts of interest. She also represents attorneys in responding to state bar inquiries. She is a member of the Committee on Professional Ethics and Practice (COPRAC), which is the ethics committee for the California State Bar.

In addition to her practice representing lawyers, Ms. Bomse has represented a wide range of clients in the financial, insurance, agriculture and software industries. She has tried cases involving patent licenses, the right to produce speciality fruit and a large family land dispute.

Ms. Bomse also maintains an active pro bono practice. She represented a group of homeless individuals in a lawsuit against the City of Fresno and has been involved in numerous cases involving campaign finance reform. She was a member of the team that represented the City of San Francisco in the landmark gay marriage case.

Ms. Bomse previously served as an Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco. As an ADA, Ms. Bomse handled five jury trials.
While at Duke University School of Law, she was the Executive Editor of Duke Law Journal and a member of the Moot Court Board.

Jun 22, Sam Pfeifle, Publications Director for IAPP.

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As publications director, Sam oversees everything from the Daily Dashboard to the monthlyPrivacy Advisor to the IAPP's various blogs, books and Resource Center items. If you'd like to contribute to the privacy body of knowledge the IAPP curates on a daily basis-even if you'd like to speak at one of our events-Pfeifle is your first point of contact.

Pfeifle came to the IAPP after stints overseeing a number of B2B publications, including titles in the physical security, workboat and 3D data capture industries. He began his journalism career with the alternative newsweekly The Portland Phoenix, and still writes a local music column for the paper on a weekly basis. Pfeifle has a BS in education and a BA in English from the University of Vermont, and spent two years as a high school English teacher in New Hampshire.

In his free time, Pfeifle plays in a bluegrass band, serves on the local Little League board, writes scathing letters to the editor of the local paper and enjoys spending time with his wife and two children in Maine.

To contact Sam, email spfeifle@privacyassociation.org.

Jun 15, Steve Ruckman, senior associate in the Washington, DC, office of BuckleySandler LLP.

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Stephen M. Ruckman is a senior associate in the Washington, DC, office of BuckleySandler LLP. His practice focuses on privacy, cyber risk, mobile payments, and data security, as well as federal and state investigations and enforcement actions. He represents companies on a wide range of issues, including consumer protection, Internet policy and law, data protection and data breaches, and compliance programs.

Prior to joining BuckleySandler, Mr. Ruckman was a Senior Policy Advisor at the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau. In that capacity, he advised the Bureau Chief on enforcement issues in the areas of consumer protection, privacy, and Internet policy, and provided guidance on the privacy and data security components of the Commission's new Open Internet Order.

Before joining the FCC, Mr. Ruckman spent five years as an Assistant Attorney General at the Maryland Attorney General's Office, where he was the first Director of the Office's Internet Privacy Unit. The Unit played a leading role in several multi-state investigations into practices that threatened consumers' online privacy, including a large technology corporation's alleged circumvention of consumers' cookie-blocking settings on their web browsers, which led to major changes in the corporation's privacy practices. The Unit also handled all state data breach investigations.

Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Ruckman served as a law clerk to the Honorable Catherine C. Blake of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He has also served as a NAAG Supreme Court Fellow. Mr. Ruckman received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2008, his M.A.R. from Yale Divinity School in 2008, and his M. Sc. from the London School of Economics in 2002, which he attended as a Fulbright Scholar. He received his B.A. from Amherst College in 2001, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

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Jun 8, Gail Glick, founding partner in the Santa Monica employment law firm of Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP.

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Gail Glick has been practicing law since 1994 and mediating disputes since 2003. She is a founding partner in the Santa Monica employment law firm of Alexander Krakow + Glick LLP. She received her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1994 and her B.A., cum laude, from Amherst College in 1991. Gail received training in mediation at Pepperdine's Strauss Institute of Dispute Resolution and from LACBA. Gail serves on the executive committee of the LACBA's Labor and Employment Law Section and was Chair of the section's Symposium this year. She is a member of the board of directors of the Disability Rights Legal Center and the Amherst Association of Southern California. Gail is also a member of the BHBA, CELA, NELA, CAALA, CAOC, and LEFTJAW. She has been named a "Rising Star" or "Super Lawyer" by Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine since 2009. She lectures frequently on employment law issues and alternative dispute resolution.

Jun 1, Wendy Patrick, San Diego County Deputy District Attorney.

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Wendy L. Patrick is a San Diego County Deputy District Attorney, recently named the 2014 Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year by the California State Bar's Public Law Section. She has also been recognized by her peers as one of the Top Ten criminal attorneys in San Diego by the San Diego Daily Transcript. She has completed over 150 trials ranging from hate crimes, to domestic violence, to first-degree murder.

In her current assignment in the Special Operations Division she handles cases involving sensitive issues, including threat assessment. She is also President of the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals. In her previous assignment in the Sex Crimes and Human Trafficking Division of the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, Dr. Patrick prosecuted sexually violent predators, human traffickers, stalkers, rapists, and child molesters. She is Co-Chair of the statewide California District Attorneys Association Sexually Violent Predator Committee and the Human Trafficking Committee.

Dr. Patrick speaks to community groups, law enforcement organizations, and a wide variety of legal and educational institutions both nationally and internationally about the prevalence and methodology of sexual predators and stalkers, and how to increase public awareness and take steps to protect the community. Her doctoral thesis for her PhD focused on research into the psychology of attraction as used to seduce victims and their families.

Dr. Patrick has lectured nationally and internationally on the topics of sexual abuse, human trafficking, domestic violence, and child molestation. She has taught human trafficking within the United States, as well as in Hong Kong and South Korea. She has been involved locally with the San Diego Domestic Violence Council, the San Diego Child Protection Team, and the Sexual Assault Response Team, from whom she received the SART Response with a Heart Award based on her significant contribution to the professional field of sexual assault prosecution. She also lectures frequently on topics involving the safe use of social media, cyber crime, and threat assessment.

Dr. Patrick is a past Chair and Advisor of the California State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (California State Bar Ethics Committee), and past Chair of the San Diego County Bar Association's (SDCBA) Legal Ethics Committee where she served a six-year term. She is widely published in the field of legal ethics, had her own ethics column in the San Diego Daily Transcript for more than a decade, and teaches ethics nationally on a regular basis.

Dr. Patrick frequently shares her knowledge as a legal analyst. She has over 270 media appearances. She has been featured on CNN Anderson Cooper, FOX, FOX Business, HLN Nancy Grace, Al Jazeera America, The Blaze, and a wide variety of national and international programs. She has guest anchored One America News Network, and is a frequent radio contributor, having also served as a radio host.

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May 25, Alan Butler, Senior Counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC.

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Alan Butler is Senior Counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC. In that capacity, Mr. Butler manages EPIC's appellate litigation, including the Amicus Program, and files briefs in emerging privacy and civil liberties cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and other appellate courts. Mr. Butler has argued on behalf of EPIC in privacy and open government cases. Most recently, Mr. Butler authored EPIC's brief in Riley v. California, which was cited in the Supreme Court's unanimous opinion upholding Fourth Amendment protections for cell phones. He has also authored briefs on national security, open government, workplace privacy, and consumer privacy issues. His recent articles - StandingUp to Clapper: How to Increase Transparency and Oversight of FISA Surveillance and When Cyberweapons End Up on Private Networks: Third AmendmentImplications for Cybersecurity Policy - were published in the New England Law Review and the American University Law Review, respectively. His forthcoming article, Get a Warrant: In Riley v. California the Supreme Court Set a New Course for Digital Privacy Rights, will be published in the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy in 2015. Mr. Butler is a graduate of UCLA School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis, where he earned a B.A. in Economics.

May 18, Robert Bond, Head of Data Protection & Cyber Security Group, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP.

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Robert Bond is a Partner and Notary Public at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP and a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional. He provides international notarial services and also specializes in Privacy, IT, IP and Compliance. He is a legal expert and author in the fields of e-commerce, computer games, media and publishing, data protection, information security and cyber risks.

He is named in the National Law Journal's list of 50 Governance Risk Compliance Trailblazers, listed in the top 10 in "Who's Who of Information Technology Lawyers 2014" and in "Best Lawyers in UK" and in "Who's Who of Telecommunications Media & Technology 2015" and has specialised in data protection & information security law since 1983. He is Chairman of the Governance Board of the Data Protection Network, is in the UN Global Pulse Privacy Advisory Group, on the Big Data and analytics Council of Tech UK, on the Advisory Board of the Data Protection Academy of Malaysia, , an Ambassador for Privacy by Design and is on the Advisory Panel of the College of Law for their Legal Network TV.

Robert is author of "Negotiating Software Contracts" published in its 5th Edition in 2013 by Bloomsbury Professional, "Software Contracts"published by Tottel and "Negotiating International Software Licenses and Data Transfer Agreements" published by Sweet & Maxwell and among other things is legal editor of "IT Policies & Procedures" published by Wolters Kluwer.
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May 11, Lisa Soronen, Executive Director of the State and Local Legal Center (SLLC).

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Lisa Soronen is the Executive Director of the State and Local Legal Center (SLLC). In this role, Lisa files amicus curiae briefs to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of members of the Big Seven (National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, Council of State Governments, National League of Cities, United States Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, and International City/County Management Association) in cases affecting state and local government. Prior to joining the SLLC, Lisa worked for the National School Boards Association, the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, and clerked for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. She earned her J.D. at the University of Wisconsin Law School and is a graduate of Central Michigan University.

May 4, Frederick Lane, nationally-recognized expert on privacy and the impact of emerging technologies on society.

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Frederick Lane is a nationally-recognized expert on privacy and the impact of emerging technologies on society. He is an author, attorney, educational consultant, expert witness, and lecturer who has spoken to colleges, universities, and school districts around the country on a variety of issues, including student safety, electronic misbehavior, and digital privacy.

Lane has written eight books, including most recently "Cybertraps for Educators," "Cybertraps for the Young," and "American Privacy: The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right." During the course of his writing career, he has appeared as a guest on a variety of national media programs, including: Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"; ABC's "Nightline" and "Good Morning America Weekend"; CBS's "60 Minutes" and "Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood"; NBC's "Today Show" and "Weekend Today"; as well as numerous local and national radio programs.

During his 23 years as a resident of Burlington, VT, Lane served for 10 years as a member of the Burlington School Board, including two years as Chair of the Board. Lane now lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, Dr. Amy Werbel. He graduated from Amherst College in 1985 with a degree in Classics and American Studies, and from Boston College Law School in 1988. Additional information about his work is available on his Web site, www.FrederickLane.com.

Apr 27, Fred Giles, Senior Vice President of the Research Division for the CARCO Group, Inc.

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Frederick G. Giles, CPP
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Fred has over 30 years of experience employment screening beginning his career in law enforcement. He is currently the Senior Vice President of the Research Division for the CARCO Group, Inc. which holds the coveted Accreditation by the NAPBS.

Fred holds a B.A. from Syracuse University, has completed studies at the North Carolina Justice Academy, and is a licensed private investigator in multiple states.

He is a Certified Protection Professional with ASIS International, the 2013 Chair of National Association of Professional Background Screeners, currently serves on the Background Screening and Credentialing Council for NAPBS and is also a member of SHRM.

He has served as subject matter expert to national news media including Discovery channel's "Inside" series, has published numerous magazine articles on background screening and is a contributing author to the Protection of Assets Manual and The Investigator's Handbook, both published by ASIS.

Apr 20, Geoff Revill, Founder and CEO/Managing Director Krowdthink, Ltd.

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As the CEO and Managing Director of Krowdthink Ltd Geoff conceived and defined The Krowd. A Social Network Service to be launched on Apple App store and Google Play March 30th 2015.

What makes The Krowd different - apart form its co-location technology that enables location-based services without tracking location - is its total focus on building a customer-centric mobile social network that engenders trust from its users. Privacy is a big building block of that trust objective, but what makes Krowdthink and The Krowd different is the Trust framework it has built and the recognition of how, where and why privacy fits into an implementation of that trust framework, and what else is needed.

The Krowd concept came about a few years ago when Geoff's 13 year old daughter asked "Daddy can I have a Facebook account?" - Daddy, being deeply immersed in technology and marketing, said "No way" - or words to that effect, explaining why putting your personal life into the hands of commercial entity whose soul purpose is to make money from who you are was a deeply unwise way to embark on ones digital life. To which his wife asked a deeply insightful question (as partners often do) "So what's the alternative?".

This question nagged, and set Geoff on the road to self education as to what is privacy, socially and legally, why is it important online? How can you deliver it? And perhaps the most important realization of all - that change in the commercial world would only come about if a truly competitive product entered the market adhering to new and far more customer centric values, values that are ultimately set in order to aspire to becoming a trustworthy social networking provider.

Geoff has spent the last 10 years as an independent strategic marketing consultant, helping some of the most innovative silicon and software companies break into and position themselves in the core ecosystems of tech markets. Previously he worked in California after the company for which he was VP Europe was acquired by what ultimately became Intel's Internet of Things systems and software division. Geoff built out that company from a European turnover of $50k to $10m in just over 4 years and was made VP Europe for the company that acquired his company due to the strength of their EU market position. When that company was acquired he finally succumbed to the lure of Silicon Valley in order to manage 5 acquired product lines into one new product set, managing 10 Product Managers, 300+ software engineers and field sales force of over 1000, all of whom knew best about product direction - perversely this was actually fun.

Geoff is happiest making an impact through innovation. Some people avoid change, some of us love it - it what makes the technology sector so interesting - the rate of change.

Apr 13, IAPP Exhibitors.

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The International Association of Privacy Professionals Annual Summit in Washington D.C. had incredibly brilliant and exciting exhibitors. The following people displayed their products and services in the exhibit during the Global Privacy Summit, March 4-6, 2014. Listen in to hear about these incredibly privacy protective new products and services. The following people were kind enough to speak with us:

• Robert Shields, Principal Product Marketing Manager, Security and test Data Management of Informatica
• Brett Campbell, Director of Sales for Click 4 Compliance
• Ken Jennings, Vice President of URQUI
• Theodore F. Claypoole, Partner at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
• Ryan Schwab, Business Development for All Clear
• Anita Anand, Senior Associate at aosphere
• Shawn Melito, CIPP/US of NPC
• Melinda Tijerino, Manager at Sunera
• Lauren Reid, CIPM, CIPP/US, CISA, Director, Accountability Management Solutions of Nymity
• Warren Sethachutkul, Directors, Sales of Ghostery

Apr 6, Rainer Knyrim, Privacy Law attorney in Austria.

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As an attorney at law in Austria, Rainer specializes in privacy law. Rainer studied law in Vienna and Graz, Austria as well as Paris, France. After internships with the European Commission in Brussels and Faegre Benson in London he was admitted to bar in 2000 and started as a junior Partner with Schoenherr Attorneys at Law to get partner with Preslmayr Attorneys at Law in 2003 in Vienna, Austria. In the same year he published the first edition of his "Handbook on Data Protection" (second edition: 2012) which explains how to handle data protection regulations in daily business life. Later on, Rainer was invited to get co-publisher of the largest Austrian legal commentary on data protection. He co-published a commentary on the 2010 amendments of the Austrian Data Protection Act as well as a commentary on Public Sector Information law. He is regularly published in Austrian and international law journals and interviewed by newspapers, TV and radio stations on privacy issues. He is a frequent speaker at business events and conferences and leads several privacy seminars including a traineeship for privacy officers. His publications may be found online at www.preslmayr.at/datenschutz.php.

In his daily work as a data protection lawyer for national and international companies and public bodies from all areas of business, Rainer tries to advance privacy friendly technologies and promotes privacy by design in different areas like CCTV, medical databases, e-commerce applications and smartphone apps. One particular area where he has promoting privacy by design is smart metering, where he is member of the EU Task Force on the implementation of this new technology and involved in the implementation of the technology as well in Austria.

Rainer was one of the first certified experts for the European Privacy Seal EuroPriSe, is member of the "Privacy Task Force" of the ICC in Paris, member of the scientific committee of a legal review on IT and data protection law and member of the advisory board of the Austria IT Law Symposium. In the 2012 survey "Austrian Business Lawyers", Rainer was referred to as "Nr 1 address" in privacy law in Austria and is as well recommended as privacy expert in Austria in Legal 500 and other law referral publications.

Mar 30, Kathy Cerminara, Professor At the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center and serves as Director of Faculty Development.

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Professor Kathy Cerminara bridges the medical and legal professions with her work on patients' rights in the end-of-life decision-making arena. She co-authors the nationally known treatise, The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking, and is a reviewer for several medical and medical-legal journals. Her scholarship most recently has focused on the intersection between end-of-life care, palliative care, and health care coverage policy. At the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, she is a full professor and serves as Director of Faculty Development.

Professor Cerminara teaches Torts, Health Policy, Bioethics & Quality of Care, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, and other health-law-related courses. She also created and was the initial director of the online Master of Science in Health Law program for non-lawyers.

Since 2012, she has been a member of the International Scientific Committee for the International Academy of Law & Mental Health, based in Montreal, Canada. In that position, she has co-organized the stream of therapeutic jurisprudence presentations for two of the Academy's bi-annual Congresses: one in Amsterdam in 2013 and one in Vienna in 2015 (currently being planned).

Prior to joining the Law Center faculty, Professor Cerminara taught at St. Thomas University School of Law and the University of Miami School of Law, clerked in the Western District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and practiced law with Reed Smith Shaw & McClay in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Professor Cerminara received her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh and her LL.M. and J.S.D. from Columbia University. She is an affiliate member of the Health Law and Tort Trial and Insurance sections of The Florida Bar, a retired member of the Pennsylvania Bar, and a member of organizations such as the American Bar Association, the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics and the American Health Lawyers Association.

Mar 23, Peter Toren, intellectual property litigator and a partner with Weisbrod, Matteis & Copley in Washington, D.C.

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Peter J. Toren is an intellectual property litigator and a partner with Weisbrod, Matteis & Copley in Washington, D.C. where he helps individuals and companies protect their IP rights. Recently named to the National Law Journal's Top 50 Intellectual Property Trailblazers and Pioneers Recognized as a leading expert in the intersection of IP and computer crimes under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Economic Espionage Act, as well as other federal criminal laws. Author of the leading treatise on criminal violations of intellectual property rights and computer crime, Intellectual Property & Computer Crime, (Law Journal Press, 2003, updated 19 times since first published).

He specializes in patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret cases and has tried dozens of cases in his career. His patent representations involve diverse technologies from computer software and hardware to light emitting diodes, bio-technology to semiconductor manufacturing and fabrication, optics and medical devices to business methods. He has argued numerous times before the Second, Fifth, Ninth and Federal Circuits involving patent, copyright, and trademark law.

Prior to joining Weisbrod, he was a partner with Sidley Austin in New York City. Before that, he was a federal prosecutor, including as one of the original five prosecutors with the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section ("CCIPs") of the United States Department of Justice. While with CCIPs, he handled a number of high-profile investigations involving violations of the CFAA, Criminal Copyright, Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods and the EEA, including one of the first cases indicted under the EEA.

He has published over 75 articles, including Amending the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Bloomberg BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report, Vol. 18 No. 15, An Analysis of Economic Espionage Act Prosecutions: What Companies Can Learn From It and What the Government Should Be Doing About It, (BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, Vol.84, No. 2081, 884, September 21, 2012) and a number of articles that recently appeared in Forbes, including, The Risks Posed by Counterfeit Electronic Parts (July 11, 2012), Disclosing Cyber Security Incidents: The SEC Weighs In (June 4, 2012), and Chinese Espionage: The Risks Within U.S. Companies, (April 24, 2012). He won the 2010 Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Writing for his article, The Intersection of Intellectual Property and Bankruptcy Law. He has also spoken at numerous conferences on a variety of legal topics. He is a frequent contributor to the press and has recently appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, CNN, Bloomberg TV, and the Guardian. He is also a frequent blogger on IP issues on his website at www.PeterToren.com.

Mr. Toren regularly handles pro bono matters including representing a client in the Google book settlement, and a client on death row in Alabama.

He is a graduate of University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D. 1985 (With Honors), Columbia University School of International Affairs, M.I.A., 1991, and Bowdoin College, B.S. 1981.

More information about Mr. Toren can be found at his website, www.PeterToren.com

Mar 16, Ron Plesco, Advisory Principal and the National Lead of the KPMG Cyber Investigations, Intelligence and Analytics practice.

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Ron is an Advisory Principal and the National Lead of the KPMG Cyber Investigations, Intelligence and Analytics practice. Ron is an internationally known information security and privacy attorney with 17 years’ experience in cyber investigations, information assurance, privacy, identity management, computer crime and emerging cyber threats and technology solutions. Ron joined KPMG in 2012 after a distinguished career in the private and public sectors and is a frequent speaker nationally. Prior to joining KPMG, Ron was the CEO of the National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), where he managed the development of intelligence that led to over 400 worldwide cyber crime arrests in four years and prevented over $2 billion in fraud.

Professional and Industry Experience

• Cyber Incident response and investigation
• Cyber Threat Intelligence
• Cyber Crime Threats
• Credit Card Fraud
• Identity and Information Theft
• Identity Management
• Information Assurance
• Risk and Compliance
• Brand Development/Management
• Privacy

Mar 9, Mark Rothstein, Herbert F. Boehl (pronounced "bail") Chair of Law and Medicine and Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

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Mark A. Rothstein is the Herbert F. Boehl (pronounced "bail") Chair of Law and Medicine and Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

He received a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and a J.D. from Georgetown University.

Professor Rothstein has concentrated his research on health privacy, bioethics, genetics, and public health. He is a past president of the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, an elected member of the American Law Institute, and an elected fellow of the Hastings Center.

From 1999-2008 he served as Chair of the Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, the statutory federal advisory committee to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on health information policy.

He currently serves as Editor for Public Health Ethics of the American Journal of Public Health. Since 2000, he has written a regular column on bioethics for the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics.

Professor Rothstein is the author or editor of 19 books and over 200 book chapters and articles. Among his many honors, he was a 2013 recipient of the Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Award from Patient Privacy Rights.

Mar 2, Scott Lesowitz, experienced trial attorney with a strong background incorporate and business law at Raines Feldman, LLP. & Erik Syverson leading internet and technology attorney and co-chairs Raines Feldman, LLP. Internet and Digital Media Practice Group..

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Scott Lesowitz

Profile

Scott Lesowitz is an experienced trial attorney with a strong background in corporate and business law. Scott started his legal career as a corporate attorney at Sonnenschein, Nath, & Rosenthal (now Dentons) in New York.Scott then served as a federal prosecutor as an Assistant United States Attorney in San Diego. At the United States Attorney's Office, Scott tried ten felony jury trials (five by himself without the aid of co-counsel), wrote twelve appellate briefs, gave four oral arguments to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, litigated dozens of motions, and headed numerous criminal investigations.After leaving the U.S. Attorney's Office, Scott worked alongside current Raines Feldman attorneys Erik Syverson and Steven Gebelin at a prominent boutique civil litigation firm in Century City. Scott worked on cases involving alleged breach of contract, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, defamation, unlawful termination, breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, unlawful use of trade secrets, civil RICO, auditor malpractice, and white-collar crime.At Raines Feldman, Scott works in the internet and digital media practice group, as well as in the general litigation practice group. Scott also brings his diverse experiences to the real estate practice group.

SignificantEngagements

Scott used his experience as a self-taught computer programmer to help achieve a settlement for a video game developer who sued a Chinese company for copyright infringement in a case involving video games that have been distributed to 40 million people. After Scott deposed the plaintiffs' proposed expert in a trademark infringement case, the plaintiffs withdrew the expert. Twice Scott received official recognition from federal law-enforcement agencies for his positive accomplishments, guidance, dedication, and contributions to successful criminal investigations. Scott successfully tried and convicted a defendant in a complex case that was set for trial with eight days' notice. The case involved documentary evidence that had been largely destroyed in a hurricane, seven government witnesses, and the cooperation of multiple government agencies.

Admissions

State Bar of California; U.S. District Court for Central District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District; State Bar of New York; U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court for Eastern District of New York

Erik Syverson

Erik Syverson is a leading internet and technology attorney and co-chairs the Firm's Internet and Digital Media Practice Group. In addition to his extensive litigation and trial experience, national news media organizations frequently turn to Erik for analysis of contemporary internet law issues including CNBC, FOX NEWS, THE HUFFINGTON POST, THE NFL NETWORK, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES and CNN. Mr. Syverson was named a 'Rising Star' by Super Lawyers magazine in 2012, 2013, 2014, and a Super Lawyer in 2015 a distinction given to less than 2.5 percent of attorneys in California.In addition to general commercial litigation, Erik handles litigation related to digital media, advertising and intellectual property rights for public and private companies. His cases often involve cutting edge business models that require innovative strategies and solutions.Erik litigates and advises internet companies with regard to federal and state statutes such as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, the Consumer Fraud & Abuse Act, the Lanham Act, the Computer Fraud Act, the Wiretap Act, and the Stored Communications Act. Additionally Erik advises clients on international internet regulations, particularly European privacy and intellectual property laws.In a number of cases, Erik has successfully defended a number of well-known social networks and highly trafficked user-generated content sites by invoking the Communications Decency Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. His successful application of such defenses and immunities has resulted in numerous early dismissals or favorable settlements of lawsuits for defamation and intellectual property infringement.Erik frequently handles cases arising under the Lanham Act including claims related to contributory trademark and counterfeiting liability for internet service providers. Erik also represents national consumer brands in the food and apparel industries in enforcement actions for infringement and dilution claims.Erik has represented dozens of corporate executives, entertainers and high net worth individuals in internet defamation cases. In such cases, Erik provides a comprehensive strategy focused upon unmasking the source of anonymous internet defamation by utilizing the litigation process to remove false information from the internet. Erik's efforts have resulted in numerous confidential settlements and jury verdicts providing for monetary damages and the permanent removal of defamatory internet content.

Feb 23, Sam Pfeifle, Publications Direction for the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

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As publications director, Sam oversees everything from the Daily Dashboard to the monthlyPrivacy Advisor to the IAPP's various blogs, books and Resource Center items. If you'd like to contribute to the privacy body of knowledge the IAPP curates on a daily basis-even if you'd like to speak at one of our events-Pfeifle is your first point of contact.

Pfeifle came to the IAPP after stints overseeing a number of B2B publications, including titles in the physical security, workboat and 3D data capture industries. He began his journalism career with the alternative newsweekly The Portland Phoenix, and still writes a local music column for the paper on a weekly basis. Pfeifle has a BS in education and a BA in English from the University of Vermont, and spent two years as a high school English teacher in New Hampshire.

In his free time, Pfeifle plays in a bluegrass band, serves on the local Little League board, writes scathing letters to the editor of the local paper and enjoys spending time with his wife and two children in Maine.

To contact Sam, email spfeifle@privacyassociation.org.

Feb 16, Mark Mao, Vice Chair of both the Technology Practices Group and Financial Services Practice Group at Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP.

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Hsiao (Mark) Mao, Vice Chair of both the Technology Practices Group and Financial Services Practice Group at Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP works out of the firm's San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.

Mr. Mao's practice focuses primarily on mobile, cloud, and big-data companies, with a particular interest in their software, licensing, and privacy law needs. He has substantial experience advising and litigating on behalf of tech companies in the Silicon Valley. Mr. Mao has also represented companies across a broad spectrum of other industries, including software, hardware, bio-tech, "green-tech", and medical devices, defending their directors and officers in shareholder and insider disputes, in addition to servicing their intellectual property needs. He advises businesses on the evolving areas of privacy laws and "cyber liability" insurance, where the regulatory and legal issues continue to change.

During the dot-com era, Mr. Mao was an Information Technologies Consultant with Arthur Andersen Consulting implementing enterprise database software throughout the Silicon Valley, which uniquely positions him to serve clients where technology matters are concerned. He believes in litigating efficiently and effectively for his clients, so that companies can focus on their growth while mitigating their risks.

Mr. Mao has also successfully defended numerous professionals such as attorneys, accountants, real estate brokers, and mortgage brokers against claims of professional malpractice and fraud. He has litigated on behalf of various financial institutions such as securities broker dealers, investment advisory firms, lenders, and companies providing financial services or making public and private offerings of security products. In addition, Mr. Mao litigates all aspects of real estate litigation, including disputes over buy-sell agreements, commercial leasing, foreclosures, construction defects, course of construction disputes, problems arising in public work projects, premises liability, unlawful detainer, right of use, and planned developments.

A graduate of University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Mr. Mao is fully fluent in Mandarin Chinese and is able to both speak and read Chinese as a native speaker.

Feb 9, Simone McCormick, Director at Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney.

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Simone McCormick represents businesses and professionals in products liability, malpractice claims as well as business disputes and employment matters. Ms. McCormick successfully handles disputes at all stages of litigation from inception to conclusion in state and federal court as well as in administrative proceedings. Ms. McCormick also counsels clients in compliance and risk management matters and in government investigations (e.g. privacy, data breach, HIPAA/HITECH, wage & hour, discrimination/harassment, elder abuse). Ms. McCormick represents each client with an eye towards sensible and effective resolution based on the specific objectives of the client. Ms. McCormick also assists clients in contractual matters, preparation of specifically tailored policies, procedures and handbooks and she conducts internal audits, trainings and investigations. Ms. McCormick acts as breach coach and is a certified CIPP/US.

Publications

• Law firms must take steps to protect private client data, Daily Journal, Nov. 26, 2014
• Anti-SLAPP in the Employment Investigation Context, Daily Journal, Oct. 2013
• Elder Abuse Tack-Ons, Daily Journal, Jun. 6, 2012
• ASEM - A Promising Attempt to Overcome Protective Regionalism and Facilitate the Globalization of Trade, Annual Survey of International and Comparative Law, Volume X, 233 (2004)

• What Every Business Needs to Know about Privacy and Data Breach, January 2014, with James F. Monagle
• Liability Concerns Arising from the Integration of Medical Devices into IT Networks, May 2013
• Best Practices in Representing the Elderly, May 2013
• New Challenges for Medical Device Manufacturers and Hospitals, October 2012
• Best Practices to Prevent Elder Abuse, August 2012 Professional Associations

Feb 2, John Soumilas, Consumer Protection Attorney and shareholder at the law firm of Francis & Mailman, P.C. in center city Philadelphia.

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John Soumilas is a shareholder at the law firm of Francis & Mailman, P.C. in center city Philadelphia. He concentrates his practice in the areas of consumer protection law, including fair credit reporting, fair debt collection, and consumer class actions. John litigates cases primarily in federal court on behalf of victims of identity theft, persons defamed and otherwise harmed by credit errors, individuals harassed and deceived by debt collectors, and many others who are subjected to fraudulent or unfair trade practices. He has been certified as class counsel in several Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act class action cases.

John is a 1994 cum laude graduate of Rutgers University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds a master's degree in American history from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received his law degree cum laude from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1999, where he was a member of the Jessup Moot Court and Temple Law Review. John began his legal career by clerking for Justice Russell M. Nigro of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

John has been selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Philadelphia Magazine as a "SuperLawyer," a recognition received by only 5% of attorneys in Pennsylvania. He is a regular lecturer on consumer matters, including for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the National Business Institute, the National Consumer Law Center, the Practicing Law Institute, the National Association of Consumer Advocates and other organizations. John has been interviewed and quoted concerning many legal issues affecting consumers by a wide range of media outlets, from the Wall Street Journal and Forbes Magazine to Consumer Reports and Free Speech Radio. He has also authored several scholarly and popular articles, including: Predatory Lending, the FCRA and the FDCPA (NBI 2009); How Can I Combat Identity Theft (Philadelphia Magazine, Dec. 2008).

John Soumilas is a shareholder at the law firm of Francis & Mailman, P.C. in center city Philadelphia. He concentrates his practice in the areas of consumer protection law, including fair credit reporting, fair debt collection, and consumer class actions. John has litigated hundreds of FCRA cases, primarily in federal courts throughout the country. He has tried several cases, obtaining some of highest FCRA jury verdicts. He has also handled FCRA appeals and been appointed class counsel in several class actions. John is a regular lecturer on consumer matters, including for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the National Business Institute, the National Consumer Law Center, the Practicing Law Institute, the National Association of Consumer Advocates and other organizations. John has been interviewed and quoted concerning many legal issues affecting consumers by a wide range of media outlets, from the Wall Street Journal and Forbes Magazine to Consumer Reports and Free Speech Radio. John is a 1994 cum laude graduate of Rutgers University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds a master's degree in American history from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. John received his law degree cum laude from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1999, where he was a member of the Jessup Moot Court and Temple Law Review. He began his legal career by clerking for Justice Russell M. Nigro of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Jan 26, Frederick Lane, nationally-recognized expert on privacy and the impact of emerging technologies on society.

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Frederick Lane is a nationally-recognized expert on privacy and the impact of emerging technologies on society. He is an author, attorney, educational consultant, expert witness, and lecturer who has spoken to colleges, universities, and school districts around the country on a variety of issues, including student safety, electronic misbehavior, and digital privacy.

Lane has written eight books, including most recently "Cybertraps for Educators," "Cybertraps for the Young," and "American Privacy: The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right." During the course of his writing career, he has appeared as a guest on a variety of national media programs, including: Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"; ABC's "Nightline" and "Good Morning America Weekend"; CBS's "60 Minutes" and "Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood"; NBC's "Today Show" and "Weekend Today"; as well as numerous local and national radio programs.

During his 23 years as a resident of Burlington, VT, Lane served for 10 years as a member of the Burlington School Board, including two years as Chair of the Board. Lane now lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, Dr. Amy Werbel. He graduated from Amherst College in 1985 with a degree in Classics and American Studies, and from Boston College Law School in 1988. Additional information about his work is available on his Web site, www.FrederickLane.com.

Jan 19, Barbara Lawler, the first Chief Privacy Officer at Intuit, makers of, TurboTax®, QuickBooks®, Mint® and other online financial services.

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Barbara Lawler is the first Chief Privacy Officer at Intuit, makers of, TurboTax®, QuickBooks®, Mint® and other online financial services, and is responsible for leading the implementation of data stewardship, privacy by design and ethical data use accountability aligned with data innovation, directly benefiting consumers while increasing trust and business growth. She leads a global program that collaborates directly with product development and data scientists to develop and deliver practical guidance and innovative decision-making tools. Intuit tied for first as the "Most Trusted Company for Privacy in America" in 2007, and has finished in the top 10 since 2006.

Before Intuit, Ms. Lawler spent over 20 years in privacy, data management and marketing at Hewlett Packard, and was their first Chief Privacy Officer. While there, she lead a global team responsible for online and offline privacy strategy, policy and Privacy By Design standards creation to support the HP brand and standing as an exemplary corporate citizen. HP was chosen as the inaugural "Most Trusted Company for Privacy" in 2004.

Ms. Lawler participates in privacy and information policy leadership groups, including the Executive Committee of the Center for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL), Ponemon Institute RIM Council Advisory Board (Chair), TRUSTe Advisory Board, The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), Information Accountability Foundation. Personally invited to be a Privacy by Design Ambassador by former Ontario Canada IPC Dr. Ann Cavoukian. She is a previous member of the IAPP Board of Directors, has served on the California Office of Privacy Protection Advisory Board for breach notification (SB1386), and the BBBOnLine Advisory Board. She has testified twice before the U.S. Congress House Energy and Commerce Committee (2001, 2011), twice before the Senate Commerce Committee (2002, 2011), the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (2004-2011) and the Internal Revenue Service (2006). She has a B.S. in Business from San Jose State University, certifications in Advertising and Marketing Communications, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and Information Privacy Manager (CIPP/US, CIPM).

Jan 12, Amitai Etzioni, University Professor and Professor of International Relations at The George Washington University.

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Amitai Etzioni is a University Professor and Professor of International Relations at The George Washington University. He served as a Senior Advisor at the Carter White House and taught at Columbia University, Harvard Business School, and University of California at Berkeley.

A study by Richard Posner ranked him among the top 100 American intellectuals. He is the author of numerous op-eds and his voice is frequently heard in the media. He is the author of many books, including The Active Society, The Moral Dimension, Security First, The New Golden Rule, Hot Spots, and My Brother's Keeper. His most recent book, The New Normal: Finding a Balance between Individual Rights and the Common Good, was just released by Transaction Publishers in November 2014.

Jan 5, Rebecca Herold, Owner & CEO, The Privacy Professor.

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Rebecca Herold, CIPM, CIPT, CIPP/US, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI
Owner & CEO, The Privacy Professor (http://www.privacyguidance.com & http://www.privacyprofessor.org)
Co-Owner & CVO, HIPAA Compliance Tools (http://www.HIPAACompliance.org)
Partner, Compliance Helper (http://www.compliancehelper.com)
Adjunct Professor for the Norwich University Master of Science in Information Security and Assurance (MSISA) program (http://www3.norwich.edu/msia)
Twitter ID: PrivacyProf (http://twitter.com/PrivacyProf)

Rebecca is widely recognized and respected and has been providing information privacy, security and compliance services, tools and products to organizations in a wide range of industries for over two decades. Some of her awards and recognitions include the following:

• Rebecca has been named one of the "Best Privacy Advisers In The World" multiple times in recent years by Computerworld magazine, most recently ranking #3 in the world in the last rankings provided.
• InformationSecurityBuzz named Rebecca Top 2 Female Infosec Leaders to Follow on Twitter in 2014
• Peerlyst named Rebecca Top 5 female Infosec leaders to follow on Twitter in 2014
• Tripwire name me a Top InfoSec Rising Star in 2013
• Rebecca was named to the Medical Devices Group Advisory Board in 2013
• Rebecca named to the ISACA International Privacy Task Force in 2013 and again in 2014
• Rebecca is a member of the prestigious Editorial Advisory Board for Elsevier's "Computers & Security" journal