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Jim is well known in the local market for delivering on his promise and his entire career has been spent connecting the right people at the right time in roles across Europe, China and Australia.

He founded ADAPT to deliver quality outcomes with integrity and since 2011, growth has been consistent. Jim is still positioned across sales and account management where he delivers innovative results and programs and leads by example.

He also runs entrepreneurial product development and the evolution and clear differentiated value of ADAPT’s offerings. As well as a NSW Small Business Excellence nomination, ADAPT were 55th in BRW’s 2014 Top 100 Start Ups - Jim’s 3rd time there - previously as Founder of Strategic Path, an award-winning ICT publisher, he steered the company to make the list in both 2009 and 2010.

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.​

Greg Rattray is Partner and Co-Founder of Next Peak LLC, a cybersecurity and risk management firm. He is also currently the Executive Director of the Cyber Defense Assistance Collaborative (CDAC), as well as the Chief Strategy and Risk Officer for Andesite. Dr. Rattray works closely with Andesite’s senior management team and Board to shape corporate objectives, guide product evolution, and drive go-to-market strategy. In addition, he is a senior advisor to the Red Cell Partners Cyber practice, supporting the evaluation of cyber start-ups for potential investments and providing strategic guidance on growth and management initiatives.

Dr. Rattray previously served as the Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at JPMorgan Chase and established their cyber defense strategy and program. As head of Global Cyber Partnerships, he led key industry initiatives including the establishment of the Financial Systemic Analysis and Resiliency Center (FSARC) and the Financial Cybersecurity Profile. Prior to JPMC, Dr. Rattray was founding partner and CEO of Delta Risk LLC, a cybersecurity risk management. He served as the ICANN Chief Internet Security Advisor from 2007-2010. He has also served as Director for Cybersecurity in the White House, commanded the Operations Group of the Air Force Information Warfare Center, pioneered the Department of Defense (DoD) and US national cyber exercise programs, and initiated Air Force and DoD partnership with defense industry.

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.

I am an award-winning cybersecurity leader and board advisor with more than 20 years of experience across IT and OT security, critical infrastructure, government, and enterprise transformation.

My work sits at the intersection of cyber resilience, operational technology, supply chain risk, and responsible AI governance. I have led in complex environments where cyber decisions carry operational, regulatory, and societal consequences. That experience has shaped how I see leadership. Security is never only about technology. It is about judgement, accountability, resilience, and the ability to build trust when it matters most.

Over the course of my career, I have helped organisations strengthen resilience, navigate disruption, and manage risk in increasingly interconnected systems. My background across both IT and OT has given me a practical understanding of how cyber risk affects operations, governance, public trust, and long-term organisational stability.

I am particularly interested in the broader implications of cybersecurity leadership, including critical infrastructure resilience, digital trust, responsible AI adoption, and the governance challenges emerging from connected systems. Through leadership roles, public speaking, mentoring, and my work with TISP, The Innocent Souls Project, I continue to contribute to conversations that connect security, trust, and social responsibility.

I value clarity, integrity, and calm decision-making under pressure. I believe the purpose of security is not only to protect systems, but to protect people, organisations, and the conditions that allow communities to function safely and confidently in a digital world.

Skills: CISO, Cloud and Platform Architect (AWS and Azure), Principal Cyber Security Architect, Operational Technology, Critical Infrastructure, Machine Learning, AI, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Pathology Systems Architecture, Enterprise/Solution Architecture, Security Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, AWS Outpost, Integration, Security Consulting, Threat Modelling, Mergers and Acquisitions, Divestitures, Digital Transformation, Unix, Linux, Windows, Networks, Healthcare, Defence, Government, ISACs, Public Speaking, Published author of text books and several articles, referenced on a key industry patent, certifications for security, cloud, etc.

Most recently I have been focussing on innovation using distributed cloud architectures in the healthcare, defence, critical infrastructure and security spaces, and building on AI and machine learning techniques for rapid response and adaptive use cases. Cyber threat intelligence allows adaptation of controls faster than a human. Defence, critical and operational technologies make use of my original Aeronautical Engineering background.

I also write books and magazine articles, such as in Pen Testing and Hakin9 magazines; and Pro WebSphere Application Server 7 Internals. I contributed to several industry architecture text books.

Most recently I have worked with government, large vendors and industry bodies to consult on critical infrastructure security and resilience, setting up cyber threat intelligence capabilities and ISAC integration, and a resilient distributed cloud model so large organisations and government can recover key services locally when a region is lost. I have delivered remote AWS Outpost capabilities, and designed the equivalent using Azure.

Peter Hind has spent the last 25 years as an analyst and commentator on the ICT industry. He says his primary areas of interest are the potential of technology to transform the way organisations operate, the change management obstacles executives encounter in realising this potential and the tactics and techniques leaders have deployed to overcome these difficulties.

Peter now takes on multiple roles within ADAPT including the moderation of private events and roundtables, interviewing business executives about the strategies they are pursuing and assisting with the structuring of our delegate surveys and the interrogation and analysis of ADAPT’s treasure trove of end-user and C-level data

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.