As part of the TU-Team8 Cyber Fellows PhD initiative, the Village Forum series features industry experts - from startup entrepreneurs to enterprise and government leaders - discussing the future of Cyber, Deep Tech and Entrepreneurship.
This is an opportunity to network and learn from experienced founders, leaders and technologists from the Team8 innovation ecosystem, as well as local speakers via the Tulsa Innovation Network and regional business community. These events are intended to be interactive, from individual speaker chats to fireside chats and workshops. So, please come with your curiosity and questions ready.
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We're pleased to have Charles Blauner, CISO in Residence and an Operating Partner at Team8 and Daniel Conroy, CTO at Raytheon Technologies, join us as our next speakers.Â
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Charles and Daniel will talk about the evolving role of a CISO and a CTO. They will tell us about their career paths and how does each role interacts with senior management in an enterprise.
Operating Partner & CISO in Residence, Team8
Former Global Director of Information Security and Innovation, Citi
Charles Blauner is an internationally recognized expert, independent advisor on Cyber Resiliency, Information Security Risk Management and Data Privacy.
Charles is Operating Partner and CISO in Residence at global venture group Team8 and a Venture Advisor at the Cyber Mentor Fund. Charles is also the President of Cyber Aegis, a boutique cyber risk management consultancy. Charles has worked in Information and Cyber Security for over 30 years, 25 years in Financial Services, including being CISO at JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank, and most recently the Global Head of Information Security at Citi. Charles has held numerous industry leadership roles including Chair of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC), founding Director of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), and the Chair of the OpenGroup’s Security Program. Charles has worked closely with banking regulators around the world (OCC, FRB, BoE, MAS, and HKMA) to help reduce the risk posed by cyber threats to the financial sector at large. Charles has a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California (USC) and a B.S. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
Daniel Conroy is the Chief Technology Officer for Raytheon Technologies, responsible for leading the strategy and delivery of IT infrastructure across the company. Conroy leads a team that ensures critical systems and business operations are available and resilient to enable the company to succeed.
Most recently, Conroy served as the corporate vice president and chief information security officer for United Technologies. Conroy was responsible for leading efforts related to enterprise cyber security, digital compliance and IT risk management; with focus on cloud security, application and data security and creating security solutions that enabled best-in-class experience for customers, suppliers and employees.
Conroy has more than 26 years of progressive work experience within digital technology. Prior to joining UTC, Conroy served as Chief Information Security Officer for Synchrony Financial, was the head of strategy, planning and governance for Citi as well as managing director and chief information security officer for The Bank of New York Mellon.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from the Institute of Technology, Tallaght in Dublin, Ireland.
Team8 is a company-building venture group with deep domain expertise that creates companies and invests in companies specializing in enterprise technologies, cyber, AI and fintech. Team8’s leadership team represents serial entrepreneurs, industry pioneers and the former leadership of Israel’s elite tech and intelligence Unit 8200. Founded in 2014, Team8 is backed by global companies including Microsoft, Walmart, Cisco, Barclays and Moody’s, among others. Team8 has partnered with the University of Tulsa and the George Kaiser Family Foundation to develop the Cyber Fellows Initiative.