Speakers

Ken is the Director of Security for Private Networks for Ericsson Market Area North America responsible for Cyber Security for Mission Critical Mobile Networks including Department of Defense, Military/Public Safety, Large Enterprise, and Electric Power Utilities that require expertise in multiple security domains across the RAN Networks, Transport, and Core Digital Services areas. He analyzes and defines cybersecurity solutions for the next generation of Mission Critical communications systems based on 5G/4G technology. He works with government agencies, standards bodies, industry committees and similar groups in helping to further work in the field of networking and security while providing proper representation of Ericsson. He is technical point of contact for endpoint device vendors to interoperate with Ericsson networks for North America and is the co-chair for the ATIS Zero Trust Architecture subcommittee.

Prior, Ken had been with Cisco Systems for 24 years - with 23 of those being in Technical Solutions Engineering.  He was the Network Security Technical Solutions Architect for the Americas East Global Enterprise Segment specializing in Identity Management Systems, Network Visibility/Segmentation & Security, Network/Data Center and Cloud Security for large enterprise and global accounts. He had been a member of the Security Field Advisory Board at Cisco and a primary presenter on Security to Cisco’s North American partners for many years. He teaches and speaks often on security related topics including CiscoLive, IEEE, Power Utility conferences, and other industry forums.

Prior to that, he was the Senior Systems Engineer for a startup company in the carrier ATM switching market.  He was also a Telecommunications Officer in the US Army leaving the service as a Forward Signal Unit Company Commander. Ken held a Top Secret SBI level of security clearance. Ken has his CISSP, GCFA, GPEN, GAWN, GMOB, GPYC, GMON, and GCIA along with a Bachelor and Masters degrees from Boston University.