GCSI Annual Conference 2026

Keynote: 

Mark Manglicmot. Global VP of Consulting, CrowdStrike Inc

As Global Vice President - Cyber Security Consulting Services, Mark
Manglicmot leads AI, Strategic & Technical Advisory plus Red Team
services.

Most recently Mark led the Security Services team at Arctic Wolf
comprising their SOC, Consulting/Concierge, Incident Response,
Training, and Tech Support teams. A US Air Force Veteran and
experienced consultant, his experience is concentrated in enterprise
security strategy, APT incident response, adversary hunting tactics,
security operation center (SOC) formation, Red Teaming and security
analytics. Manglicmot’s USAF service of nine years included over five
years in the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team
(AFCERT) where he was certified as a “Combat Mission Ready” Crew
Commander and Assistant Director of Operations to direct real-time
cyber-response actions across the DoD.

Mark is frequently sought-after as a speaker and media
spokesperson on topics related to security threats & trends,
incident response, managed services, security best practices,
and more.

Confirmed Speakers

Bruce Coffing, CISO, City of Chicago

Evan Pena, Founder & Chief Offensive Security Officer, Armadin

Fred Kwong, Ph.D. , CISO, DeVry University

Sebastiaan Gybels, Sr VP, Northern Trust

Rebecca Lively, Stealth Startup

Barbara Ballan, Assistant Professor of Law, FIU

Jason Czarnezki, Dean, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Mahmood Khan, CISO, CNA

Karen Habercross, Vice President, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer

Laszlo Gonc, CEO, Next Era Transformation Group

Nitin Raina, Global CISO at Thoughtworks

Gregg Friedman, President, ISSA Chicago

David Neuman, Chief Operating Officer at acceligence

Nicole Beebe, Dean, College of Computing, Illinois Tech

Robert Barr, PDA Board member

Bob Kress, Retired MD, The Accenture Security

Mark Rorabaugh, CEO, InfraShield

Richard Warner, Faculty Director, Center for Law and Computers, Chicago Kent College of Law

Wendy Betts, Information Security Officer, Rotary International, Member BoD, Cardio Diagnostics Inc

Stephen Reynolds, Attorney with McDermott, Will & Schulte

Terry Kurzynski, Chief Security Advisor, HALOCK

Matt Hartzman, Advisor, Hartzman Partners

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