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Looking back at 2026’s conference speakers
Gartner analysts and global cybersecurity thought leaders delivered the latest insights at Gartner Security & Risk Management 2026 in National Harbor, MD.
Keynote Speakers
Guest Speakers and Executive Stories
Learn from guest speakers bringing best practices from years of success in their fields.
Peter Coroneos
Founder
Cybermindz
Kath Koschel
Founder; Resilience Expert
The Kindness Factory
Adam Palmer
Chief Information Security Officer
First Hawaiian Bank
Shefali Mookencherry
Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer
University of Illnois Chicago
Jothi Dugar
Chief Information Security Officer
NIH for Information Technology
Ty Hughes
Director of Cybersecurity Integrity Center
US Department of State
Kevin McCarty
Chief Info Security Officer
Gartner
Syan Maitland
BISO & Global Head of Identity Management & Information Protection
S&P Global
Featured Gartner Analysts
Meet a selection of Gartner analysts dedicated to turning industry trends into actionable, objective guidance.
Sarah Almond
Director Analyst
Gartner
Jeremy D'Hoinne
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Fadeen Davis
Sr Principal Analyst
Gartner
Chiara Girardi
Director Analyst
Gartner
Christine Lee
VP Analyst
Gartner
Leigh McMullen
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Christopher Mixter
VP Analyst
Gartner
Katell Thielemann
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Steve Santos
Sr Director Analyst
Gartner
Dennis Xu
VP Analyst
Gartner
Gartner Analysts
Get industry-leading guidance straight from the analysts behind Gartner insights.
Eric Ahlm
Sr Director Analyst
Ash Ahuja
VP, Executive Partner
Lampis Alevizos
Sr Director Analyst
Sarah Almond
Director Analyst
Rebecca Archambault
Sr Director Analyst
Dave Aron
Distinguished VP Analyst
William Beer
Executive Partner, Domains
Michael Berkholtz
Sr Director Analyst
William Candrick
Sr Director Analyst
Victoria Cason
Sr Principal Analyst
Jeremy D'Hoinne
Distinguished VP Analyst
Elizabeth Davis
Sr Director Analyst
Fadeen Davis
Sr Principal Analyst
Bethany De Lude
Executive Partner, Domains
John Dion
Client Success Partner
Stefan Dumitrescu
Principal Analyst
Brandon Dunlap
Sr Executive Partner, Domains
William Dupre
VP Analyst
Carl Erickson
Executive Partner, Domains
Peter Firstbrook
Distinguished VP Analyst
Erik Friebolin
Sr Executive Partner, Domains
Paul Furtado
Distinguished VP Analyst
Chiara Girardi
Director Analyst
Deepti Gopal
Director Analyst
Jason Gross
Sr Director Analyst
Wayne Hankins
Sr Director Analyst
Greg Harris
Sr Director Analyst
Yolanda Harris
Director Analyst
Meghan Hollis
Sr Principal Analyst
Mark Horvath
VP Analyst
Mike Huskey
Director Analyst
Oscar Isaka
Sr Director Analyst
Kambra Juve
Executive Partner, Domains
Rajpreet Kaur
Sr Director Analyst
Dale Koeppen
Sr Director Analyst
Craig Lawson
VP Analyst
Christine Lee
VP Analyst
Jena Lee
Executive Partner, Domains
Darren Livingstone
Principal Analyst
Patrick Long
Sr Principal Analyst
Neil MacDonald
Distinguished VP Analyst
Jason Malley
Sr Director Analyst
Joe Martin
VP, Executive Partner
Kevin McCarty
Chief Info Security Officer
Michael McFerron
Sr Director Analyst
Leigh McMullen
Distinguished VP Analyst
Alex Michaels
Director Analyst
Christopher Mixter
VP Analyst
Josh Murphy
Sr Principal Analyst
Sam Olyaei
Managing Vice President
Kip Peters
Sr Executive Partner, Domains
Dhivya Poole
Sr Director Analyst
Craig Porter
Director Analyst
Paul Proctor
Distinguished VP Analyst
Alfredo Ramirez IV
Sr Director Analyst
Lisa Reginaldi
Sr Executive Partner, Domains
Marty Resnick
VP Analyst
Shadrock Roberts
Director Analyst
Mary Ruddy
Managing Vice President
Steve Santos
Sr Director Analyst
Kevin Schmidt
Sr Director Analyst
Mitchell Schneider
Director Analyst
Tom Scholtz
Distinguished VP Analyst
Glenn Schoonover
Leadership Partner
Phillip Shattan
Sr Principal Analyst
Pete Shoard
VP Analyst
Chris Silva
VP Analyst
Mark Silver
Executive Partner, Domains
Zachary Smith
Director Analyst
Max Taggett
Director Analyst
Katell Thielemann
Distinguished VP Analyst
Kimberly Trapani
Executive Partner, Domains
Johnny Walters
Sr Director Analyst
John Watts
VP Analyst
Bart Willemsen
VP Analyst
Pascal Winckel
MVP, Conferences
Bernard Woo
VP Analyst
Dennis Xu
VP Analyst
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