Speakers

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Brett Abbott

Senior Corporate Security Manager

Target

@Target

Kevin Ach

Vice President, Risk Assurance

EPIC Integrated Risk Solutions

Tina Ayo

Corporate LP Manager

PETCO Animal Supplies Inc.

Christian Beckner

Senior Director, Retail Technology

National Retail Federation

Jim Behrend

National Director Asset Protection Supply Chain

Best Buy

John Bishop

Group Vice President of Operations

The Fresh Market Inc.

Mike Bowers

Vice President, Asset Protection

Northgate Gonzalez Market

Matt Brenner

Director, Global Investigations & ORC

Gap Inc.

Lisa Brock

National Director of Investigations and Geek Squad AP

Best Buy

@BestBuy

Damon Cavasin

Director, Asset Protection

SpartanNash

Sandy Chandler

Director, Asset Protection

Bloomingdale’s

@Bloomingdales

Joe Conway

Director of Asset Protection

Acme Markets

James Cosseboom

Sr. Manager, Investigations and Corporate Asset Protection

Retail Business Services LLC, an Ahold Delhaize company

Bryan Cunningham

Executive Director

UC Irvine Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute

Michael D'Ambrosio

Deputy Assistant Director

United States Secret Service

Gianni D'Aprile

VP, Tech Services

Books-A-Million Inc.

Sherri Davidoff

CEO, BrightWise Inc., and Founder and CEO

LMG Security

Gus Downing

President & Publisher

The D&D Daily

Michael Downing

Chief Security Officer, Former Deputy Chief LAPD

Oak View Group/Prevent Advisors

Daniel Faketty

Vice President, Asset Protection

Southeastern Grocers LLC

@SEGrocers

David Forscey

Managing Director

The Aspen Institute

Don Freese

Advisory Cybersecurity & Privacy Principal

PwC

Mike Giblin

Director of Research

Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC)

Bill Goga

Senior Director of Asset Protection & Food Safety

Southeastern Grocers LLC

@SEGrocers

Greg Gonzalez

Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General National Security Division

U.S. Department of Justice

Chris Hackler

Senior Director Asset Protection

Signet Jewelers

Robert Hanson

Professor

Northern Michigan University

@NorthernMichU

Carla Harris

Vice Chairman and Managing Director

Morgan Stanley

Read Hayes, PhD

Research Scientist/Director

University of Florida and Loss Prevention Research Council

Hitha Herzog

Chief Research Officer

H Squared Research LLC

@HithaHerzog

Rob Holm

Director, Global Security

McDonald’s Corporation

@McDonalds

Joe Hopkins

Detective III

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)

@LAPDHQ

Lt. Siage Bruce Hosea

Lieutenant

Los Angeles Police Department

Dan Hughes

VP, Security and Emergency Services

Disneyland Resort

Adam Hunt

CTO and Chief Data Scientist

RiskIQ

Banyon Hutter

Senior Vice President, Security

Caruso

Adam Isles

Principal

Chertoff Group

@ChertoffGroup

Helen Jackson

Branch Chief for Partnerships and Engagement

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, DHS

David Johnston

Sr. Director, Loss Prevention & Corporate Security

Dunkin' Brands Inc.

Laura A. Jones

Sr. Mgr., Governance, Risk & Compliance

Floor and Decor Outlets of America Inc.

@flooranddecor

Mir Kashifuddin

Partner

PwC

Brendan King

CEO and Founder

Crisis Consultant Group LLC

Aimée Larsen Kirkpatrick

Global Communications Officer

Global Cyber Alliance

Rob LaCommare

Vice President, Asset Protection

Big Lots Stores Inc

@BigLots

Neil Lakomiak

Business Development Director

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Joseph J. LaRocca

Senior Advisor

RetaiLPartners

@laroccaj

Laura Lasko

Senior Corporate Investigator, Retail Asset Protection

Wakefern Food Corp.

Brennan Leininger

Sergeant | Program Director

Anaheim Police Department | Honoring Our Fallen Inc.

Joan Manson

Vice President of Employee Resources, Asset Protection and Legal

The Container Store

Mike Martinez

Police Detective

City of Escondido, CA

John Matas

Vice President Asset Protection | Investigations & ORC

Macy's Inc.

@johnmatasjr

Bryant McAnnally

Senior Manager, Loss Prevention

Disney Store North America

@McAnnallyBryant

Scott McBride

VP, Global LP, Safety and Security

American Eagle Outfitters Inc.

@AEO

Patrick McEvoy

Sr. Director AP Administration

Hudson’s Bay Company

@hudsonsbay

John McMahon

Commander, Information Technology Group

Los Angeles Police Department

@LAPDHQ

Melissa Mitchell

Director, Asset Protection and Retail Supply Chain

LifeWay Christian Stores

Michael Mongold

Director of Information Security

Deckers Brands

Robert Moraca

Vice President, Loss Prevention

National Retail Federation

Gail Morris

Director, Loss Prevention

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

@WilliamsSonoma

James Mullan

SVP, Global Innovation

GDR Creative Intelligence

@gdruk

DJ Murphy

Editor-in-Chief, Security Portfolio

Reed Exhibitions

Greg Murphy

Corporate Loss Prevention Manager

United Pacific Inc.

Michael Nelson

Regional Asset Protection Manager

Wegmans Food Markets

Nathan Niese

Director, LP Cyber Security and Digital LP

Gap Inc.

@GapInc

Robert Oberosler

Loss Prevention Professional

Formerly with May Company, Lowes, Pathmark and Rite Aid

Chris Painter

William J. Perry Fellow

Center for International Security and Cooperation

Jason Painter

Enterprise Security Manager

Williams-Sonoma Inc.

@WilliamsSonoma

Walter Palmer

Executive Vice-President

CAP Index

Brian Phillips

Senior Director, IT

Macys Inc.

Molly Pro

Intelligence Analyst

National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA)

@ncfta

Harley Rohrbacher

Intelligence Analyst

National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA)

@ncfta

Chad Ross

Manager, Industry Relations & Total Store Collaboration

Food Marketing Institute

Dan Ryan

Vice President, Security

Brookfield Properties

Kelly Sayre

Founder & President

Diamond Arrow Group

Ariel Silverstone

External Data Protection Officer and Managing Director

Data Protectors

Tonya Sjolin

Manager, Loss Prevention

Sur La Table

@Sur_La_Table

Gregg Smith

Senior Director, Asset Protection, Inventory Control & Business Continuity

Five Below

@fivebelow

Judy A. Smith

President

Smith & Company

Kathleen Smith

VP of Asset Protection

Albertsons LLC

@Albertsons

Arshad Somani

Cyber Security Analyst

Global Resilience Federation

Jesse Stanley

Principal

Strongside Principles LLC

@StrongsideComm

Aravind Swaminathan

Partner

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

David Thompson

Vice President of Operations

Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates

George Christian Torres

Group Manager of Investigations

CAL-ORCA

John Velke

SVP, Risk Management

Total Wine & More

@TotalWine

Mark Weatherford

Global Information Security Strategist

Booking Holdings

Terrence Weekes

Chief Information Security Officer

Jack in the Box Inc.

Steve Welk

Senior Director, Loss Prevention

Barnes & Noble College Bookstores Inc.

@BNcollege

Keith White

EVP, Loss Prevention & Global Sustainability

Gap Inc.

@gap

Brent Wiedbusch

SVP, IT

Tilly’s

@Tillys

Bryan Willett

FBI Supervisory Special Agent, Squad CY-6 - Cyber

Orange County Resident Agency FBI Los Angeles Field Office

Denise Wynn

Assistant Vice President Director of National Investigations

TJX Companies

Scott Ziter

Vice President, Risk Management

Price Chopper Supermarkets

Bernell Zorn

Manager of Program Management

Nordstrom

Exhibitor Big Ideas

Ayelet Avni

Market and Offering Strategy Lead, IBM Trusteer

IBM

Stephen D Bergeron

VP of Global Marketing and SMARTtill Business Development

APG Cash Drawer LLC

@bowtiestephen

Sean Donnelly

Sr. Dir., Global Retail Asset Protection

Under Armour

Adam Gilvin

Director Asset Protection

Designer Brands

Chris Gormley

Director of Corporate Security Client Engagement

Dataminr

Josh Jones

Director, Americas

SourceDefense

Ryan Mason

Asset Protection Analyst, Corporate Asset Protection

Big Lots

Jon Pedder

Public Safety Solutions Engineer

Esri

Scott Pethuyne

Senior Manager, Asset Protection

Designer Brands

Matthew Sasaki

VP, Commercial Sales

NC4

Terry Sullivan

President

Loss Prevention Foundation

Wouter Ubbels

Director, Business Development

Nedap

Carl Walter

Director, Homeland Security Solutions

Esri

Guy Yehiav

CEO

Profitect

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