Keith was instrumental in focusing our Alliance on Network Security issues during our July 21/22, 2009 Capture the Flag event which was an incredible success and the impetus to our exploring an unsolicited grant request from DHS. While the grant request is still in formulation....the results in the CTF are still coming in with a wide number of positive testimonials. Keith O'Brien is a Distinguished Systems Engineer at Cisco Systems where he specializes in secure network design, network forensics and incident response. He works with both enterprise and federal agencies on developing best practices in network security.

Andrew Herlands is a Chief Security Officer and Director of Worldwide Services for Application Security, Inc., a leading provider of database security and compliance solutions.  He brings more than two decades of experience creating security and compliance solutions that address complex business requirements.  In his current role, he leads AppSec's global consulting, systems engineering and support operations teams, while also leading the company's internal security strategy, policies, and tactical efforts.  He has overall responsibility for security strategy, planning, training and deployment of data security a data compliance solutions to meet the needs of organizations around the world.  He is a member of AppSec's Executive Management Team, and has held several other positions of increasing responsibility while working at the company.

Mr Herlands provides guidance to organizations facing a wide range of regulatory, compliance, and security requirements, and he also shares his insight and knowledge by participating on panels, and speaking at conferences such as InfoSec and the RSA Security Conference.

Just prior to Application Security, Mr. Herlands served as a Director of Network Security Solutions at SafeNet (Nasdaq: SFNT), as well as a number of other positions that helped build the organization to being a true "global leader in information security".

Mr. Herlands is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, has received extensive security technology training, and is a member of ISC2, ISSA, and ASIS International.  He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communications from Ithaca College, and currently lives in New York City.

Frances has extensive experience in the Financial and Healthcare sector. As a vice president for the CitiBank AAdvantage credit card group, she headed several initiatives resulting in new products and partnerships. At PNC bank she lead the marketing team that consolidated and branded four mutual fund companies into the Compass Capital Funds, now BlackRock Funds.

During her 10 years of marketing/agency experience Schlosstein consulted and supervised marketing and business development programs for clients that included Fidelity Investments, Universal Health Services, Mercy Health System, and Fox Chase Cancer Center. In addition to business success, several of these programs won national awards from the American Marketing Association and the Public Relations Society of America.

In the past few years, David has held positions in both corporate and government sectors, leading teams from the front, pushing for excellence. Today, David is the IT Security manager responsible for engineering in the City of New York. When not responding to security incidents, David can be found responding to fire and EMS incidents in his local volunteer fire department.

He is currently the Director, Information Security Operations working for the CISO of DoITT, City of New York. He manages a team that screens critical security changes affecting citywide and Internet applications, managing the perimeter security of the City of New York, controlling extranet and business partner access into the City's networks, and responding to security incidents and publishing vulnerability alerts on an ongoing basis; responsible for documenting security procedures, supervising staff, scheduling resources, and managing ongoing projects and programs within the security area; responsible for change management and participates in strategic planning of the deployment of information security technologies and program enhancements.

Dave is a member of ISSA, ISC2, ISACA, CSI and HTCIA.

Tom is detail oriented, organized, highly motivated and dedicated. He tirelessly strives to further his profession and improve the community. He is active in community organizations and supports his local schools and places of worship. This includes but is not limited to the NYM-Infragard, NYC OEM CERT Program, FBI NYC Citizens Academy, NYC Dept of Education as well as various charities. At the NYM-Infragard, Tom serves to help promote the organizations mission of educating our members and promoting the protection of our nations critical infrastructure.

Academically, Dr. Jarrett holds the faculty position of Clinical Professor of Medicine and Clinical Associate Dean at Downstate Medical School, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn and Professor of Medicine at the newly approved Hofstra Medical School.    

Additional to his responsibilities at SIUH, Dr. Jarrett has been a practicing physician on Staten Island for 28 years, specializing in Rheumatology and is treating patients with a spectrum of conditions that include Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and related autoimmune disorders. He was appointed SIUH Director of Rheumatology in 1982 and held the post until 1999. Prior to coming to Staten Island, Dr. Jarrett was on the full time faculty and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at northwestern University Medical School in Chicago.

Dr. Jarrett earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1975, having graduated from Muhlenberg College, PA, in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He subsequently earned an MBA from Wagner College in 1994. Even with his busy schedule, Dr. Jarrett finds time to pursue research interests on issues related to quality of care.

The Doctor is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and in Geriatrics. He is also certified by the Americana Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review.  His professional affiliations include Fellowship in the American College of Physicians, the American Collegeof Rheumatology and the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a past President of the Richmond County Medical Society. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Disaster Preparedness Committee of the Medical Society and has been Principal Investigator of three NYCDOHMH grants developing the Richmond County Emergency Preparedness Healthcare Coalition.

John Checco John is founder of Checco Services, Inc., an information security consulting firm that also markets award-winning bioChec™ keystroke biometric solutions. Prior to founding Checco Services Inc., his past experience encompassed R&D of cutting edge technologies from NYNEX Science & Technology, Pitney Bowes Advanced Concepts & Technology, and the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. He received a BS (Computer Science / Mathematics) and MBA (Information Systems) from Pace University.

John currently holds CCSK (Certification in Cloud Security Knowledge), CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional) certifications, is a member of the Advisory & Content Committee of the WSTA (Wall Street Technology Association), and is an active member of Infragard, ASIS (American Society for Industrial Security), ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) and OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project).

John is also well-published within the financial industry for information security and crisis management. Among his many achievements are patents for "Keystroke Biometrics" and "Unified Messaging".

Jose is also actively involved in the retail security community and law enforcement liaison. In 2001, he was appointed by the office of the Chief of Department of New York City Police as a board member for APPL which is known today as NYPD Shield. In this role, Jose chaired the efforts in building a synergy between the private sector (retail security) and public sector. Jose was also the first non-officer of a retail corporation to be elected by its board members as President of Retail Loss Prevention League (RLPA) where he served for one term. Other positions held by Jose in RLPA included Federal and Law Enforcement Liaison and Communication and Intelligence Committee.Jose also served on the advisory board for United States Mutual Association. 

Jose has been presented with various awards, one in 1997 by RLPA as the loss prevention person of the year. Another award was presented in 2002 by the United States Secret Service recognizingJose for his efforts and contributions to the Law Enforcement community.

Jose has appeared on News Interviews by WNBC –Channel 4 News, as an expert in Security and Law Enforcement Partnerships, a Hispanic International Publication in the aftermath of September 11^th,and was interviewed by producers of 60 Minutes on Organized Retail Crime Theft Rings.

Jose attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is currently a member of  InfraGard (FBI), Overseas Security Advisory Council (US Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security), National Law Enforcement, American Society of Industry Security (ASIS) Building Office Managers Association (BOMA), and National Retail Federation