Dr. Flavio Villanustre is Vice President of Technology for LexisNexis® Risk Solutions and leads the open source HPCC Systems® platform initiative, which is focused on expanding the community gathering around the HPCC Systems’ Big Data platform. Flavio’s expertise covers a broad range of subjects, including infrastructure, information security, information technology, data analytics, machine learning and more. He has been involved with the open source community for more than two decades, founding the first Linux users’ group in Buenos Aires in 1994.
Flavio was recently named Distinguished Technologist of the Year for successfully advancing LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ reputation as a leading innovator in big data and analytics, promoting data for good strategies by leveraging the company’s open source HPCC Systems and building strong relationships with colleges and universities to promote an exchange of ideas, technology and talent. Prior to his technology career, Dr. Villanustre was a neurosurgeon. Connect with Flavio on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Pamela Cobb directs product marketing for the Security Operations and Response portfolio of IBM Security, including IBM X-Force security research, threat intelligence, and the collaborative defense offerings. By driving security best practice awareness and sharing client success stories, Pam helps organizations understand the threat landscape, specific attack vectors and how to mitigate them through a number of channels spanning blogs, digital and social media platforms, in-person events, and more.
With an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and MBA in Decision Sciences from Georgia State, Pam’s career started with competitive intelligence, and has spanned strategy, market insights, database marketing, and business planning and forecasting. She’s co-leader of the IBM Women in Security Excelling (WISE) organization, has earned the IBM Forward Thinker Award and IBM Global Best Database Marketing Practice Award, and has been published in the Journal of Competitive Intelligence. Follow IBM Security on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
