New York, NY: Defense and Security News has announced new speakers for its upcoming Security and Defense Conference,” Game Changing Technologies: The Face and Future of Security”, to be held live in New York and online at Scribblelive.com on March 11, 2014.
Added to the growing list of speakers and presenters are Kris Tuttle Director of Research for SoundView Technology Group, cybersecurity expert and counterterrorism analyst Roger Cressey, Partner with Liberty Group Ventures and Kiersten Todt , President and Managing Partner of Liberty Group Ventures.
The theme of the conference is game changing technologies, changing the face and the future of security, discussing technologies and developments in biometrics including fingerprint, voice and facial recognition, biodefense, cyber security as well as other leading edge technology. Current presenting companies include innovative biometric company NXT- ID Inc. and its MobileBio™ suite of technologies and Tekcapital, Ltd., “The World's Largest University Network for Open Innovation.”
Roger Cressey is a Partner with Liberty Group Ventures, LLC in Arlington VA, a risk and crisis management firm specializing in cyber security, campus security and sports security. He most recently served as a Senior Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting the firm’s cyber security practice in the Middle East. Prior to joining Booz Allen, he was President and Founder of Good Harbor Consulting LLC, a security and risk management consulting firm.
Mr. Cressey’s government service included senior cyber security and counterterrorism positions in the Clinton and Bush Administrations. At the White House, he served as Chief of Staff of the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board from November 2001 – September 2002. He also served as Deputy for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council staff from November 1999 to November 2001. He was responsible for the coordination and implementation of US counterterrorism policy and managed the US Government response to multiple terrorism incidents, including the Millennium terror alert, the USS COLE attack, and the September 11th attacks.
From 2004 – 2013, he served as an on-air counterterrorism analyst with NBC News, appearing frequently on NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, MSNBC and CNBC.
Prior to his White House service, Mr. Cressey served in the Department of Defense, where he worked on US defense strategy and the review of Pentagon war plans. From 1991–1995, he served in the Department of State working on Middle East security issues, including serving as a member of the US delegation to the multilateral track of the Arab-Israeli peace process talks.