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William MacMillan is the Chief Product Officer at Andesite. Prior to this position, he was Senior Vice President for Information Security at Salesforce.

Prior to his retirement from the federal government, William served as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he led a sweeping transformation of the CIA’s cybersecurity strategy and organization.Prior to serving as CISO, William held multiple senior leadership positions at CIA dealing with various aspects of intelligence, counterintelligence, and cyber operations. During his career, he focused significant attention on insider threat, supply chain risk, and incident response issues, as well as the development of CIA’s Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC). Prior to joining CIA, William served as an officer and a pilot in the United States Air Force’s Combat Rescue and Special Operations communities.

William graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a BS in Biology. He also holds an MA in International Relations from Salve Regina University and an MS in cybersecurity from George Mason University.William, his wife, and their three children reside in the Pacific Northwest.

Darren is an accomplished executive with close to 20 years of international cyber risk/security experience and served as the Group Chief Information Security Risk Officer at Standard Chartered bank. He was recently appointed as Ambassador for the Global Cyber Alliance in recognition of his collaborative work advising small businesses in a voluntary capacity and is the Co-Founder/ Chairman of Cyber Leadership Institute.

Darren has a wealth of real-world hands-on leadership experience to impart; he was the former Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Qantas Airlines and, before coming to live in Australia, the former Chief Information Security Officer at IHS Markit, a global FinTech headquartered in the UK, and also held various senior international cyber security leadership roles at Symantec and IBM.

In 2016, Darren was featured on the front cover of SC Magazine (an award-winning cybersecurity media publication) then, in 2017 and 2022, was named in the top 100 Chief Information Security Officers globally, and, in 2018, was listed in the top 100 IT security influencers globally. Darren is adept at using real-world stories to demonstrate the critical importance of striving for cyber resilience.

Gabby’s primary role is managing ADAPT’s overall strategy for Data Analytics. He has extensive experience in using data to identify trends in technology that help shape Australian organisations. Utilising modern Data Science techniques, he provides ADAPT and their customers with confidence in the accuracy and validity of the information used for ADAPT’s Research, Advisory, and Events.​

With a passion for creating stories with data, Gabby is consistently rated as one of the top speakers at ADAPT Events. In round table discussions, he specialises in using statistics to initiate thought-provoking discussions. Gabby is effective in translating information into insights, enabling ADAPT’s customers to become more data-driven.​

Gabby’s primary areas of expertise are: ​

– Advanced AI and ML practices, including AI ethics.​
– Building models to benchmark and predict IT performance.​
– End-user behaviour and human-centred design.​
– Cross-functional team design and value, such as DevSecOps.​

As Director of Strategic Research at ADAPT Matt Boon, is responsible for directing and developing ADAPTs research content and positions. In his role at ADAPT Boon advises C-Suite executives across the end-user and technology provider landscape. Boon is also responsible for bringing together groups of C-Suite leaders to discuss and prepare for the myriad of challenges and opportunities they face.

ADAPT host’s numerous industry leading IT focused events annually and Boon is responsible for hosting, chairing and delivering ADAPT independent content and positions to help attendees make informed IT decisions.