John Feigle
Threat Response Analyst, Tier 3
State Farm
John Feigle is currently a member of the State Farm Cyber Security Defense Center with responsibilities for threat response. He has worked for State Farm since 2014, and previously at Allied Telesis, IBM, and Digital Equipment Corporation. John has 20+ years of experience in the security and risk space where his work has taken him to England, Netherlands, Australia, Thailand, and Mexico – where due to circumstances, time-zones, and time/distance to resources, he well understands the need for urgency and communication in real-time critical situations. His active certifications include CISSP, CGEIT, CRISC, CISM, CISA, and CDPSE.
Mary Ellen Seale
CEO & Founder
National Cybersecurity Society
Mary Ellen Seale, is the CEO and Founder of the National Cybersecurity Society, a national nonprofit organization focused on cybersecurity education, awareness and advocacy for small businesses. She retired after 30 years of federal service, with the majority of her tenure as a member of the Senior Executive Service. In her last federal position, she was Deputy Director, Cybersecurity Coordination, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reporting to the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Undersecretary, Cyber, National Protection and Programs Directorate. As Deputy Director, she facilitated interdepartmental collaboration between the Department of Defense, DHS and the Department of Justice with respect to strategic planning for the cybersecurity of the U.S., mutual support for cybersecurity capabilities development, and synchronization of operational mission activities. Prior to this role, she was the Deputy CIO for Resiliency and Executive Director of Modernization at the Federal Communications Commission. While at the FCC, she led a multi-year effort to improve the resiliency, responsiveness and efficiency of the FCC infrastructure. Prior to this assignment, she led efforts with the DHS Science and Technology Directorate and the Executive Office of the President, National Science and Technology Council, to build the Transition to Practice program which focused on accelerating the transition of federally funded cybersecurity research into operations. In 2008, she led the design and implementation of the National Cybersecurity Center, the lead information sharing organization responsible for coordinating and integrating information to secure U.S. cyber networks and systems. Ms. Seale received an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and a master of business administration (finance) from American University. She is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, a NACD Board Leadership Fellow and is a Steering Committee member of the Security Innovation Network.
Jennifer Toivola
Chief Compliance Officer
Bank Santander
Jennifer Toivola holds a Master’s degree in law as well as in business administration from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and is a Swiss Certified Accountant.
Jennifer has worked for many years as a regulatory consultant at KPMG. There she was consulting mainly Swiss Banks on matters related to AML, Compliance, and regulatory requirements.
Since September 2021 Jennifer is the Chief Compliance Officer of Banco Santander International SA.
Alexander Ghazvinian
Chief Compliance Officer
SICPA
