CIO & CISO Think Tank

Munish Kumar is executive vice president and chief information officer of Wealth & Investment Management (WIM) Technology. He is responsible for providing all aspects of technology solutions and support for WIM business lines: Wells Fargo Advisors, Wells Fargo Private Bank, and Wells Fargo Investment Institute. With a passion towards developing truly agile organizations, structured around products, Munish is leading the transformation journey within WIM Technology focused on delivering top class experiences to our Clients and Advisors. Munish joined Wells Fargo in August 2020 from JP Morgan Chase where he was the managing director of digital sales, marketing and personalization, and analytics technology. Munish has a bachelor of technology and computer science from Punjabi University in India. He currently resides in New Jersey.

Shady Taha Vice President, Information Technology Shady joined Ergotron in February 2023 and oversees Ergotron’s global information technology strategy. This includes day-to-day technology operations, as well as operational improvement opportunities and strategic technology initiatives. Prior to Ergotron, Shady worked for 14 years at RAYUS Radiology, a market leader in outpatient radiology services. He most recently served as the Vice President of IT Operations & Support where he was instrumental in identifying and optimizing areas where technology can add value, drive business growth, and improve operations. Previously, Shady worked in Europe and the Middle East, leading IT operations, enterprise infrastructure, project management, and innovative design of products and systems. Shady holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University in Egypt and a Master's Degree in Information Technology from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

A rare C-suite digitally native executive with deep operational and advisory leadership experience, passionate about helping clients envision and execute aggressive transformation agendas while ensuring operational resilience. Expert in leading consensus-rooted change to automate and streamline legacy operations, digitally transform the customer experience, and create a security-first, data-centric mindset, no matter the industry involved. Adept at working with CEO’s, Boards, and Investors to envision, launch, and successfully implement multi-billion-dollar technology transformations, merger integrations and divestitures, and new products. Demonstrated ability to view business portfolios (legacy, existing or acquisition targets) dispassionately, and to transform, reposition, integrate, or divest as needed to accomplish strategic aims while preserving essential culture.

As a future-oriented information security executive my key strength is coaching and educating cybersecurity companies on listening to and interpreting the pain-points and priorities of enterprise customers. These insights help drive effective product strategies, go-to-market strategies and ongoing customer success. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of advising several cyber entrepreneurs who are now thriving. On the heels of their success, I was looking for a new challenge. In 2020, I had the opportunity to meet with the Noname Security team early in its platform design. Recognizing that they were on the verge of solving several challenges in securing APIs, I wanted to be a part of their exciting adventure. I joined Noname as Chief Information Security Officer, where I’m currently establishing a rigorous standard for operational and security excellence, in addition to advocating for ongoing platform changes based on our customers’ needs. ABOUT NONAME SECURITY: Noname Security ensures secure APIs at the speed of business with the most powerful, complete and easy-to-use API security platform. How do I know it works? I was their first customer! I believe in the platform and want to share it with the world. According to Gartner, APIs will be the #1 attack vector by 2022. Gateways and WAFs don’t protect against API breaches or find misconfigurations. API testing and bug bounty programs have significant gaps, leaving businesses exposed. Noname resolves API vulnerabilities across 4 key pillars, or as we call it, DART: ➤ Discover ➤ Analyze ➤ Remediate ➤ Test We’ll find and take inventory of all existing APIs, use AI-based detection to illuminate risks, block attacks in real time and run tests to ensure API integrity before production. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT: ➤ Solid engineering underpinning a product that’s ahead of the competition ➤ Flexible deployment model with many integrations that adapt to your business ➤ Coverage of the 3 main areas needed to protect APIs: posture management, detection and response and code security What are you doing to protect your company’s digital content? Keep your company’s APIs out of the news with Noname Security. LEARN MORE: See what our customers are saying about us and find more information on our website: www.nonamesecurity.com

Mike Connly has broad career experience as an IT executive, board member, and advisor. After receiving a degree in Mechanical Engineering with High Distinction from the University of Minnesota, Mike started his career at Hewlett-Packard in a variety of sales and marketing roles over 14 years. In 1997, one of his customers, The Saint Paul Companies, recruited Mike for an IT executive position. At The Saint Paul, Mike worked through a variety of expanding roles, ultimately being named Chief Information Officer in 2002. Following the acquisition of The Saint Paul by The Travelers Companies, Mike joined UnitedHealth Group. During the next 15 years, he held several positions, including Chief Technology Officer and CIO of Optum. This included responsibilities for enterprise infrastructure, enterprise architecture, software engineering methods, quality, information security, UnitedHealth Group’s India and Philippines operations, and the Innovation, Research and Development team. In late 2013, Mike led the Optum infrastructure team that helped stabilize the healthcare.gov website. He retired from UnitedHeath Group in 2019 and formed Connly Solutions, LLC. Mike was approached to join the Board of HealthEast in 2013. He was appointed chair in 2017, and led the Board through the merger with Fairview Heath Services. Mike currently serves on the Fairview Board, the board of Village Bank, the advisory board of Digineer, and is an advisor and consultant to a number of startup and established technology companies. Previously, he was a member of the Board of Common Bond Committees, and was chair of the Minnesota High Technology Association.

Ryan Covell is Dynatrace’s Chief Strategy Officer for North America. Since 2001, Ryan has been a subject matter expert in the field of application and infrastructure observability and has helped world-leading companies leverage observability to transform faster and operate more efficiently. Dynatrace exists to make the world’s software work perfectly. Our end-to-end platform combines broad and deep observability and continuous runtime application security with Davis® hypermodal AI to provide answers and intelligent automation from data at an enormous scale. This enables innovators to modernize and automate cloud operations, deliver software faster and more securely, and ensure flawless digital experiences. That’s why the world’s largest organizations trust the Dynatrace platform to accelerate digital transformation

Karl is known globally as a cybersecurity innovator with over 25 years of diverse experiences as an enterprise CISO, technology strategist, and startup advisor across technology, retail and financial industry verticals. He serves today as the CISO for Endor Labs, a startup focused on software supply chain security. Prior to joining Endor Labs, Karl served as the CISO for Noname Security, specializing in API and Application Security. Previously, Karl held several leadership positions in the Financial Service community, including CISO for City National Bank, and later PennyMac Financial Services. Additionally, he was an active member of the FS-ISAC Mortgage Risk Council, President of the LA Cyber Lab, Financial Services Sector Chief for InfraGard, graduate of the FBI CISO Academy, and Adjunct Faculty at the University of Minnesota for over 10 years.