UR Tech Summit

Digital Business Leader | Netsync

Mark Lynd (CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP) is a top 20 ranked global influencer, author, speaker, innovator and practitioner for, AI, IoT and Cybersecurity. He has been an accomplished CIO, CTO, CISO, Innovator, Technologist, Board Member and Global Thought Leader for more than 20 years.

Mark was named an Ernst & Young’s "Entrepreneur of Year – Southwest Region" Finalist, presented the Doak Walker Award on ESPN’s CFB Awards Show to a national television audience. Ad & Marketing teams he has led have won 3 Gold, 4 Silver and three Bronze Addy Awards. Mark keynotes and speaks often for Intel, Oracle, IBM, IBM Watson, BDO, Threat Metrix and others and has been featured in the WSJ, Information Week, eWeek, CRN, CSO, etc...

He is a veteran that served honorably in the US Army’s 3rd Ranger Battalion & 82d Airborne.

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | Esri

Sought-after speaker in the cybersecurity industry. Jennifer volunteered with Junior Achievement, Hope House, LeBonheur, St. Jude and Habitat for Humanity. She is a past member of DeNeuville Learning Center’s Board of Directors, an organization dedicated to the education and empowerment of women in Memphis.

Her recent roles include CISO at Smith & Nephew, CISO & VP of Information Security and Governance at ServiceMaster, various IT/Marketing roles at FedEx and First Tennessee. In all these roles, Jennifer built a foundation of IT strategy, process and technology integration with a focus on compliance, governance, risk management, data protection and information security.

Jennifer was a finalist for the Information Security Executive® of the Year Award 2016 and received 2nd place for the North America CISO® Award in 2017.

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | East Tennessee State University

Fully engaged with state and local community leaders to further technology and foster collaboration.

Prior to East Tennessee State University, Andrea served 12 years as Norfolk State University’s CISO, and two years as CIO, supporting IT mission essential functions in a time of institutional crisis. In his spare time, he taught a wide range of hands-on IT security classes at Tidewater Community College and volunteered with local schools for various projects.