Presenter Biographies

Rob Ayoub, Industry Manager, Network Security Technologies, Frost & Sullivan

Robert Ayoub is an Industry Manger with the Frost & Sullivan North America Information and Communication Technologies Practice. He focuses on monitoring and analyzing emerging trends, technologies and market behavior in the Network Security Markets Worldwide.

Since joining Frost & Sullivan in June, 2005, Mr. Ayoub has completed several research studies and consulting projects on Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), Security Event Correlations (SIM, SEM, etc) systems, IT Policy and Compliance, Video Conferencing Security and Network Access Control systems.

Mr. Ayoub has received acclaim for his research through articles and quotes published in SC Magazine, Newsfactor, Processor and many others. He is an active member in the security community, serving on the board of the Alamo ISSA chapter and the Texas Regional Information Security Conference (TRISC).

Mr. Ayoub teaches courses at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX.

Dr. David Taylor, CISSP

Dave Taylor created and is the VP of Protegrity's Data Security Strategies consulting group. In addition, Dave is VP of Corporate Development. Dave and his team work with F1000 and midsize enterprises to help them comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards and the various state, federal and international regulations. Protegrity's data security strategies team uses a variety of software tools to help clients analyze their business processes, policies and technical protection of sensitive data assets. Dave's team works with many other security technology firms and certified assessors to help clients achieve PCI DSS compliance.

Dave created and is the President of the PCI Security Vendor Alliance. The PCI SVA is an outgrowth of his activity in building PCI-related partnerships among the vendors focused on PCI DSS compliance. Since the PCI SVA was launched, it has grown to include over 50 PCI DSS product and services firms.

Before joining Protegrity, Dave co-founded and was Chief Research Officer of TIP (TheInfoPro.net), an analyst firm in New York City. Prior to TheInfoPro, Dave spent 14 years with Gartner, where he was Group VP. He created and managed Gartner's Applications Group and Electronic Commerce Strategies service. Prior to Gartner, Dave was a group product manager and software development manager of Unix applications for AT&T and Bell Labs. Among other accomplishments, his team created the email system used by the athletes at the 1984 Olympics.

Dave holds a CISSP credential and has a Ph.D. in organizational psychology from Purdue University. Dave co-authored the book Doing E-Business, published by John Wiley & Sons in December 2000.

Victor N. Berlin, Ph.D., President, University of Fairfax

Victor Berlin currently serves as the founding president of the University of Fairfax. At Anteon Corporation, Dr. Berlin launched and directed the Center for IT Education where he forged academic alliances with established graduate and undergraduate institutions. Dr. Berlin served as founding president of Potomac College, which became accredited under his guidance. He has held management positions at NIST and Anteon Corporation and served on the faculties at Boston College and Keller Graduate School of Management. Dr. Berlin earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Science at Northwestern University and his B.A. from Cornell University.