Robert Wilson has 31 years of experience in Technology, Marketing, and Business Development. He received a degree in Accounting and Business Management from the University of Nevada.

He pioneered technology for use on 192 American Military bases and worked with the Department of Defense to launch the first computer crime task force.

He has many years of experience working with law enforcement, is an Honorary Sheriff, and a member of the International Chiefs of Police and FBI’s Infragard.

He spent numerous years in New York City developing software for the world’s largest marketing firms including BBDO, WPP, and Ogilvy, among others.

He developed technology for Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Citibank and professional sport teams.

Rob and his wife founded and fund a non-profit organization to help children.

​John is a former UK Chief Constable with experience of leading investigations into major and serious crime and counter terrorism including the 7/7 London Bombings inquiry in Leeds. He was head of the NE Counter Terrorism Unit and as UK Senior National Coordinator Counter Terrorism oversaw many national and international counter terrorism operations.

He holds a Master’s Degree from Cambridge University, is a past President of the Leadership in Counter Terrorism Alumni Association and member of their Executive Advisory Board continuing to develop counter terrorism capabilities and strategies. He has since provided consultancy for Leadership and CT development programs across the world.

John is the Chair of CENTRIC (Centre of Excellence for research into Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence & Organized Crime) and actively supports the development of new technologies to support public safety and security.

Nick Kaldas held two of the most senior roles in the NSW Police Force executive for well over a decade, serving as Deputy Commissioner and prior to that, Assistant Commissioner.

He relieved extensively as Commissioner. While Nick was Deputy Commissioner NSW Police Force from 2007 to 2016, he commanded up to 14,000 staff, and a budget of more than $2 billion.

His career has spanned major crime investigations and operations, including counter terrorism, protection operations, armed robbery, major drug investigations, covert operations, emergency management, community policing and over a decade in homicide investigations. He was a member of the Australian National Counter Terrorism Committee, the peak policy body dealing with Counter Terrorism in Australia, for eight years. He held the statutory position of State Emergency Operations Controller.

Nick also played a key leadership role in protection and related operations in significant national events such as the Sydney Olympics, APEC 2007 and World Youth Day, Sydney 2008. Nick previously held the position of Director of Internal Oversight Services in the United Nations Relief Works Agency based in Jordan, leading investigations, audits, evaluation programs and an ethics division. He directed all oversight activities and a reporting regime for more than 30,000 staff with a budget of over US$2 billion, in five fields: Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank, and Jordan. He travelled extensively in all five fields.

Internationally, Nick was Chief of Investigations in the UN/OPCW Joint Investigative Mechanism, leading the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict; he was also Chief of Investigations, U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon, led the investigations into the assassinations of the Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 21 others, and Deputy Chief Police Adviser with Coalition Forces in Iraq - rebuilding the Iraqi National Police.

He is currently a member of Operation Kenova’s Independent Steering Committee, the Scotland Yard investigation into numerous murders allegedly committed by the IRA during the ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland. Nick is a graduate of the FBI’s Hostage Negotiation Program, Leadership in Counter Terrorism Program, and the FBI National Executive Institute. He has received numerous awards, including the Australian Police Medal, the National Medal, and the Overseas Humanitarian Service medal.

Ariane May is Secured Communications' Director of Sales for the Asia Pacific region.

Headquartered in Sydney, Ariane has responsibility across Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for the attraction, engagement and nurturing of Secured Communications clients. She champions the Secured Communications mission: to be the global leader in safeguarding corporate communications and is spearheading our launch into these new markets.

Her unique blend of entrepreneurial spirit combined with over 20 years of experience developing and delivering customised risk training and business solutions across multiple industries, territories and scale of businesses, makes her a natural fit for this role.

A dynamic security sales professional and training provider, Ariane is known for her tenacity and deep passion for building, marketing and monetizing brands, ethically. Ariane served as National Sales & Marketing Manager for Barrington Group Australia, a leader in the risk management space and prior to that, held sales management positions at Bounty Limited and Brambles Security.

In 2010 Ariane established her own company successfully freelancing her skills to a number of businesses as their trusted partner, securing and managing some of their largest corporate and government clients. When the opportunity presents, Ariane also enjoys mentoring young emerging entrepreneurs.

Ariane holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce / Marketing from the University of NSW, Australia and was the first Australian woman to ever attain the coveted CPP (Certified Protection Professional) Certification from ASIS International in 2009. CPP is regarded as the international benchmark for security excellence amongst private practitioners. Ariane also serves on the Board of Directors for a not for profit Montessori school.

Perhaps her most important role however is inspiring her young son to be the best person he can be and to explore this fragile yet incredible world with creativity, zealous enthusiasm and compassion.

30 years in technology and business. David worked for NASA in the 80’s on Voyager II, Galileo and IRAS projects. He received several awards from NASA including NASA’s Award of Excellence and co-authored books for Que, Microsoft and New Riders press. David was CEO of GCN which sold to a public company in 2000.

David consulted for Microsoft, Intel, Daimler Chrysler, AT&T, Boeing and hundreds of other companies. Microsoft asked David to transition SQL Server for use on the Internet. 15 years ago, David founded Argus Holdings with Rob Wilson which incubates technology and marketing businesses.

Prior to his career as an FBI Special Agent, Gibson was an attorney for a multi-national corporation. A highlight of his FBI career was his assignment to the American Embassy in London in a Diplomatic capacity as an FBI Assistant Legal Attache primarily responsible for all FBI cyber investigations in the U.K. and Republic of Ireland, as well as a period as Acting Legal Attache, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Upon retirement from the FBI Gibson was headhunted by Microsoft to be its Chief Cyber Security Advisor, and Senior Risk spokesperson, in the U.K. and Ireland, based in London. Formally press trained by BBC, Gibson gave over 250 presentations in 18 countries about Microsoft's rabid focus on software security. After 10 years in London Gibson returned to the U.S. where he worked as a senior cyber and financial crimes consultant for two global consultancies based in Washington, D.C.; and, as an Adjunct Associate Professor of White Collar Crime at American University's Washington College of Law.

35 years in consulting, law enforcement safety and marketing. Bruce received his Bachelor’s and Master’s in an applied science from California State University, Northridge. He spent several years in public health service in Los Angeles before launching a successful consultancy working with businesses, utilities and especially law enforcement agencies including the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, Scotland Yard, London Metro Police, The Hague and Australian Federal Police, along with numerous U.S. state and local agencies.

Bruce pioneered safety and applied technology applications instituted for law enforcement, forensic science and first responders in the U.S. and internationally. Bruce is a partner with Rob Wilson and David Fritsche, and serves as president of Argus Holdings, a business incubation company with investments in technology and sustainability.

Damien’s career began on Wall Street, where he worked as a sell-side analyst covering energy and industrial equities, and eventually led a research group covering Special Situations. From there, he transitioned into private equity as a portfolio manager, and eventually into a role as CFO/COO of a portfolio company as part of its reorganization and transition from B2C to B2B.

He holds a Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York, and a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from the College of William & Mary in Virginia.

Damien also serves as Senior Financial Adviser for SuperAlloy Interactive, one of the leaders in motion capture for the film and video game industries.

Keli has been consulting and incubating businesses for over 15 years. Founded the country’s largest database to help protect families and children with over 1M membership, working closely with law enforcement and media nationwide. Featured in hundreds of media interviews for television (live and recorded), radio, and print across the country.

Keli is also the Managing Director for Aria Holdings, a business incubation company. In addition to the companies that Aria Holdings owns and operates, she continues to help leverage her relationships in New York and Los Angeles to assist companies with public relations, marketing, advertising and business strategy.

She and her husband founded and fund the non-profit The Hand of Hope International in 2008 and have been involved in numerous humanitarian projects to help children. Much of their efforts have involved assisting homeless children and families in the United States and abroad.

Keli holds dual bachelor’s degrees from the University of Nevada.

Norman Willox is a cross-functional board and senior level executive who stands at the leading edge of the information and cyber risk analysis industry. With over thirty years of experience actively developing, managing, and spearheading initiatives to shape domestic and international policy, Mr. Willox has earned global recognition for his contributions to government, financial service, health care, law enforcement, insurance, and energy agencies worldwide.

Mr. Willox leverages his knowledge of government and commercial operations, risk management, cyber security, cyber terrorism, international crime syndicates, intelligence, and privacy to help organizations create sustainable business models that prove scalable through high levels of growth.

Currently, Mr. Willox serves as Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Bluewater International, a leading investment advisory firm that he founded in 2008 to provide Risk and Business investment and life cycle advisory services.

Mr. Willox co-founded Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions group in 2001, one of the fastest growing Portfolio Companies for Reed Elsevier. Mr. Willox also started several initiatives, including the LNSSI, post 9/11 while working with the White House, Intel Community and Department of Homeland Security, as he was uniquely involved in developing and architecting several national information risk programs.

In addition, Mr. Willox is an experienced board member and serves as director and investor to a number of risk technology businesses, including Coalfire, XOR, Infozen, ID Experts, and Dynology. He is an active part of several organizations including National Association of Corporate Directors, Council of International Investigators, National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Association for Certified Anti-Money Laundering, American Society for Intelligence Officers, and the International Association for Chiefs of Police.

Mr. Willox possesses a Top-Secret Clearance.

Pete is a partner in R&R Partners, Inc., and serves as its chief government relations officer. For over 15 years, he has spearheaded efforts to expand R&R Partners’ government relations presence regionally, nationally and internationally. His vision and direction have led to a national and international footprint with government and public affairs offices in six states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico City, Mex.

A former three-term Nevada state assemblyman, he is widely known as one of the state’s and region’s most influential political consultants. Pete’s background in local, state, federal and international government, along with over 30 years of experience in many industries such as energy, gaming, tourism, mining and telecommunications, gives him a high and diverse level of government and public affairs expertise.

Among Pete’s many accomplishments, he recently led efforts to pass groundbreaking legislation in the areas of online gaming, renewable energy development and telecommunication deregulation, as well as oversaw all government and public affairs strategy on a major interstate natural gas pipeline, utility transmission line projects, and both renewable and nonrenewable power plant permitting in multiple states. Pete also has considerable experience in political campaigns and elections, including serving as the primary strategic adviser to Nevada Govs. Brian Sandoval and Kenny Guinn, as well as U.S. Sens. John Ensign and Dean Heller.

Pete is a graduate of the University of Southern California and lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife Wendy. They have four children.

 He is an avid golfer and fly fisherman.

Mike began his Law Enforcement career as a Municipal Police Officer in the Detroit Metropolitan area for the first eight years. He left the agency to become a Police Chief in a mid-Michigan Police Department. During this same time, he earned his Bachelors Degree in Police Administration and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration.

He resigned his Police Chief’s position and excepted an opportunity to become a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and retired after 30 years of service. While with the FBI he served in the Minneapolis Division, New York Field Office, Headquarters, Washington Field Office working in a number of different investigative programs.

He concluded his career with the FBI as the Chief of the Leadership Development Institute at the FBI Academy managing and developing both internal and external leadership programs. While at the FBI Academy he competed a Masters Degree in Adult Learning and Human Resource Development. He continued on in the Doctoral Program in the same discipline completed all course work and the comprehensive examination.

After the terrorist attack in New York on 9/11/2001 he co-developed, with partners from the United Kingdom, a new program designed to address the new global challenges, Leadership in Counterterrorism (LinCT). This program continues today under the direction of a Board of Governors from the FBI, RCMP, Australian Federal Police, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Police Scotland and the Australian Federal Police.

As with all of the FBI leadership programs, individuals completing the courses are invited to join an Association of graduates and in 2008 the Leadership in Counterterrorism Alumni Association (LinCT-AA) was formed. From 2008 to date he continues to serve as the Executive Director of LinCT-AA.

He is also a senior partner of the Academy Leadership Associates (ALA), specializing in leadership training and development, program design, organizational program and process evaluations, and performance consultation.

He currently is a member of the FBI National Academy Associates, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the LinCT-AA, and the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI.

31 years in Public Safety. Former Director of Public Safety for the State of Nevada, Chief of the Nevada Highway Patrol, Oversaw Homeland Security for the State.

Degrees from UNLV and advanced certifications from Northwestern University, the U.S. Department of Justice, and Nevada POST. Managed nearly 1,500 personnel with a mission to ensure the safety and protection of all citizens in the state. Perry has received both Senatorial and Congressional Recognition for his efforts in helping to secure the community.

E. Kelly was also the 17th Command Chief Master Sergeant for the Air Force Reserve Command and the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve.

Under her role as a Command Chief, E. Kelly represented the highest enlisted executive level of leadership in the military. She advised the Commander on all issues regarding the readiness, training, welfare, morale, and proper utilization and progress of more than 74,000 civilians/enlisted/officer active duty and Reserve Citizen Airmen serving at more than 60 military bases worldwide. She also provided direction to the Reserve Forces and represented their interests at all levels of government, other military branches and in joint strategic and operational war-fighting environments.

In addition to her executive consulting and military service, E. Kelly has more than 20 years of government management and law enforcement experience. She serves as a Criminal Investigator for the Department of Homeland/Customs and Border Protection in the Office of Professional Responsibility.

Born, raised and educated in the heart of Silicon Valley, Janet received her degree in accounting from Menlo College.  Practicing as a Certified Public Accountant for the past 27 years, she has used her diverse experience in financial reporting and taxation to assist a wide variety of companies from small startups to national multi-million dollar organizations.  She has proudly served on numerous non-profit boards which have benefited from her accounting expertise.

Served in Michigan Sheriff’s office for 23 years, 3 as Undersheriff, working in all divisions/bureaus in department, receiving numerous awards and recognition.

Left law enforcement to begin a successful 22-year career in the communications industry, working in a number of positions in both sales and management for companies like Ericsson, Tyco Electronics, M/A Com and Harris Corporation.

Michael Haley earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Northeast Missouri State University. After graduating with Honors, he continued his education by attending the Secret Service Senior Management School, National Sheriff’s Executive Institute, Southwest Command School, DEA Command School, FBI National Academy (2000), and the Senior Management Institute at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 2004.

Haley served 12 years in the U.S. Army in communications and intelligence assignments. He served the public for 34 years in every aspect of law enforcement and held top secret security clearance both in the military and public safety. Most recently, Haley served two terms as the senior law enforcement executive in Nevada’s second largest metropolitan area.

In addition to his duties as Sheriff, he served as Vice-Chair for the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security, Chairman of the Nevada High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program, board member of Leadership in Counter-terrorism (LINK) and past President of the Nevada Sheriffs’ & Chiefs’ Association. He has also been a member of the National Sheriff’s Association, Western States Sheriff's Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Haley brings decades of experience steering and directing all aspects of operations, administration, budgeting, and strategic planning. He has had success in orchestrating multiple principal public safety projects including the creation of the Northern Nevada Counter Terrorism (Intelligence) Center, Area Crime Evaluation System, Cyber Center, (investigate fraud, identification theft, and conduct computer forensics and internet crimes against children) and leveraged cuttingedge technology resources to drive research.

Haley is the recipient of the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Ribbon, the Nevada Distinguished Service Medal, the Commendation Ribbon, the Nevada Army National Guard Service Ribbon and the Nevada Medal of Merit.

Phil is a director (2006 to present, elected Chairman in 2016) of fashion retailer Nordstrom, Inc.; and Chairman of the Board (2009 to present) of International Game Technology, PLC (IGT), a global gaming and lottery company and a member of the Stanford University Board of Trustees (2005 to 2010)

Philip G. (Phil) Satre, 67, is a director (2006 to present, elected Chairman in 2016) of fashion retailer Nordstrom, Inc.; and Chairman of the Board (2009 to present) of International Game Technology, PLC (IGT), a global gaming and lottery company specializing in lottery management and in the design, manufacture and marketing of electronic gaming equipment & systems products in over 100 countries around the world. In 2005 he retired from Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (now Caesars Entertainment) after 25 years in various roles (CEO 1994 - 2004 and Chairman of the Board 1997 -2004).

In addition to Nordstrom and IGT he has served as a director of NV Energy (2005 - 2013), the investor owned electric utility for Nevada; Rite Aid Corporation (2005 - 2011) and Tabcorp Holding Ltd. (2000 - 2007). In the not-for-profit sector he has served as a Trustee since 2012 of The National World War II Museum (Chairman 2009 - 2011); and a member of the Stanford University Board of Trustees (2005 to 2010). Since 2013 Satre has been the Chairman of the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, a nonprofit, bipartisan, think-do tank focused on independent, fact-based, relevant and well-reasoned analysis of critical policy issues facing the State of Nevada.

​Bill is the Chief Compliance Officer of one of the world’s largest and most respected gaming companies and oversees security, surveillance and risk management departments as well.

As President & CEO of the NVBA, Mary Beth Sewald leads and serves the efforts of the Nevada Broadcasters Association (NVBA), to collaborate with government officials, represent Nevada’s broadcast industry to all constituencies and to assure the financial health of the Nevada Broadcasters Association.  Develop lines of communication and strong relationships with Nevada’s elected officials, the FCC and regulators at the federal and state level to assure the NVBA’s position is heard and considered on the issues that affect the broadcast industry.

Her previous positions include General Manager of the NBC affiliate, KRNV TV in Reno, NV, where she managed and developed a staff of 95 broadcast professionals across all disciplines required to run a professional broadcast organization.

Rhodelyn has been in technology industry for over 25 years. She has worked at Penske Motor Group, UC Santa Barbara, DSI, GCN, Covance, and at Microsoft for almost 10 years. As a Service Operations Engineer at Microsoft, Rhodelyn received the Proactive IC Award, IT Pro for Innovation Award, IT Pro for Execution Excellence Award and specialized in database and SharePoint technologies. She also wrote an Innovation paper that received the Top 5 Blue Sky award and a Top 30 Think Week finalist.

Rhodelyn graduated with Bachelor of Arts at UC Santa Barbara with a double major in Political Science-International Relations and Japanese. She is ITIL and MCSA certified with SQL Server and Office 365.

Babak is Professor of Informatics and Director of CENTRIC at Sheffield Hallam University and Fellow of British Computer Society. He graduated in Software Engineering, and later gained considerable commercial experience as a Strategy Analyst and Methodology Director for several companies. He consolidated this experience by obtaining a Masters degree (with distinction) in Information Systems in Management and a PhD in Information Systems.

Babak has more than 100 referred publications in international journals and conferences on information systems with specific focus on knowledge management (KM). He is member of editorial boards of three international Journals, Chair and programme committee member of several international conferences. He has extensive and hands on experience in development, management and execution of KM projects and large international security initiatives.

Daniel Lew is the Executive Vice President of Strategic Alliances for Secured Communications.

Dan previously was the first franchisee in Connecticut for uBreakiFix, the industry's leading consumer electronics repair chain and opened up several stores. Prior to that, Dan spent 30 years on Wall Street, where he was an equity portfolio manager and analyst.

Dan received his MBA in finance from New York University Stern School of Business and a BS in Computer Science Engineering from Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science. Dan has also earned his CFA designation.

Dan is an avid fisherman and a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

He has over 20 years of Portfolio Management and Investor Relationship (fund-raising) experience in Alternative and Traditional assets. Chris has built successful private equity businesses with teams at BNY Mellon (WestLB Mellon Asset Mgt/Siguler Guff) and Rogers Casey. His expertise is in fund-raising, portfolio construction, manager selection and direct investing (co-investing). Chris has discretionary investment experience with private equity funds and companies in: venture capital, growth equity, buyouts, real assets, distressed debt, mezzanine and special situations.

He was a member of teams that raised over $1 billion in total commitments and has strong relationships with the GP and LP communities: pension funds, fund-of-funds, endowments, foundations, advisors, insurance companies, family offices and consultants. Chris has led or participated on over 60 fund and co-investment deal teams. He was a member of investment committees that committed over $2.0 billion to investments.

Chris received an MBA (Finance and Marketing) from Columbia Business School, and a BA in Mathematical Economics from Wesleyan University.

Dave is an experienced international security professional with over 36 years’ experience in the public and private sector, specialising in consultancy, training and advisory services.

Following a 30-year career in law enforcement, Dave retired from the Metropolitan Police Service as a Commander where he gained a wealth of experience in planning and delivering high risk and high-profile operations and was the UK national lead on command and control.

A firm advocate of multi-agency and partnership solutions, Dave has worked alongside the military and government departments in policy development and national testing and exercising. He has written and assisted in the development of policy papers in relation to counter terrorism and was responsible for the design and delivery of a national training programme for senior police officers to enable them to command high threat counter terrorism operations.

Over the past six years, Dave has provided international consultancy and training programmes for private clients and government agencies. These have included large scale capacity building programmes in the Middle East and Africa, working with partners to help build and sustain capability in a range of skills across the law enforcement and security sectors.

Steph is a senior security professional with exceptional leadership and management skills gained nationally and internationally across both public and private sectors.

Having served over thirty years in the Metropolitan Police, she retired as Commander of Covert Policing and Intelligence with strategic lead for communications and digital data and lawful intercept. Steph has extensive experience in counter terrorism policing and was responsible for the development of a global liaison network, working closely with partners to develop and enhance capability and capacity in the field of intelligence and investigation.

Over the past three years Steph has held senior positions supporting the development of innovative and creative technical and crisis management capabilities within Government and a leading FTSE asset wealth management company.

Steph has a passion for developing talent for the future and actively builds this into the work that she does as a Director of the Security Institute.