Media

Mel Reyes – Speaking Engagements

“Scale to Zero“– Cloud Security Podcast – Cloudanix – September 2022

“Banking on Digital Transformation: A Guide to Tackle Cybersecurity with AI” – IQPC – February 2021

HMG Live Financial Services 2020 Executive Leadership Summit

Reimagining Digital Identity during COVID 19 for FI – Group Futurista

“Understanding the persona of the underserved and unbanked with Oracle Cloud tools” – Oracle Cloud Day 2020

✔️ March 2023

• Speaker – “Executive Leaders Panel” – Planet Cyber Security / Layer 8 Masters
• Speaker – “Building IT & Security Warriors” – LA County Security & IT Teams
• Moderator – “Navigating the Threat Landscape” – SCSIM Summit

✔️ November 2022

• Panelist – “Identity Security in the Boardroom” – BDI Online & Sailpoint

✔️ October 2022

• Panelist – “Global Impact on Vendor Managed Security” – ITServe Alliance
• Panelist – “Can Technology Ever be Sustainable?” – Studio @ Home
• Panelist – “Back to the Office: What Have We Learned So Far?” – Studio @ Home

✔️ September 2022

• Speaker – “Leveraging your Existing Skills to Break into Cybersecurity” – IIBA
• Speaker – “Scale to Zero” – Cloud Security Podcast – Cloudanix

✔️ July 2022

• Speaker – “Professionalism in Cybersecurity” – NextCISO Cohort – GRCIE
• Podcast Guest – “Weekly sprints to recraft your life” – Fail Faster podcast – the Philosophie Group

✔️ June 2022

• Moderator – “The New Economy + The Impact on IT Ops, Teams, Resources, and Priorities” – IT Leadership Forum – Lumos

✔️ March 2022

• Panelist – “State of Play: Modeling Risk in Innovation” – Studio @ Home
• Moderator – “Navigating Data Privacy Impact and Compliance Across Industry” – Southern California Society for Information Management 2022 Summit

✔️ October 2021

• Speaker – “How Legacy Systems Increase Security Risk and What to do About It” – AFCOM

✔️ September 2021

• Moderator – “Optimizing IT Compliance” – Rela8 & F-Secure
• Panelist – “The Ransomware Epidemic – What’s a CIO To Do?” – Society for Information Management SF Bay Area & AirGap

✔️ August 2021

• Panelist – “The Future Is Managed and Secure Networks” – Discussion Box & Comcast
• Moderator – “How do we stop attacks before they stop us?” – Rela8 & F-Secure

✔️ July 2021

• Moderator – “Navigating to Continuous Compliance” – Rela8 and SureCloud

✔️ June 2021

• Moderator – “Courageous Leadership and Fearless Reinvention: Guiding the Modern Enterprise in Turbulent Times” – HMG Financial Services CIO Executive Leadership Summit

✔️ April 2021

• Speaker / Moderator – “Securing the Future: A Preventative Approach to Endpoint Privilege Management” – BDI & BeyondTrust
• Moderator – “Mentoring and Advocacy” – SIM Women’s Leadership Summit
• Panelist – “Data & Analytics Panel Discussion” – Precision Technologies
• Speaker – “(CIO) IT Leadership Executive’s Viewpoint” – Kodi Connect
• Speaker / Moderator – “Accelerate your Organization’s Pace of Innovation” – GBI International

✔️ March 2021

• Speaker – “Cybersecurity Trends for Post Graduate Degree Candidates” – WiCYS Pace University
• Speaker – “The IT Security Winds Have Changed: What we learned from the SolarWinds Security Breach” – AFCOM Chicago
• Panelist – “Security is Everyone’s Responsibility” – The Studio @ Home, Hottopics, and Equinix
• Panelist – “Building Digital Advantage” – The Studio @ Home, Hottopics, and Equinix
• Speaker / Moderator – “(CIO) IT in Financial Services” – Kodi Connect
• Speaker – “Professionalism and Integrity in Communications” – PunchCode/Tech Impact (NPO)

✔️ February 2021

• Speaker – “Banking on Digital Transformation: A Guide to Tackle Cybersecurity with AI” – IQPC
• Panelist – “ITWorks: Goal Setting” – Workfront and BDI
• Speaker – “Lending and Digital Transformation” – TurnKey Lender – Market overview and trends
• Podcast Guest – “Meet the Parents! with Mel and Wendi Reyes” – Fashion Your Passion Podcast

✔️ January 2021

• Podcast Guest – “Positivity and Mindfulness for Techies” – Fail Faster podcast from the Philosophie Group Inc
• Speaker / Moderator – “Leveraging Leadership Qualities to Embrace a Culture of Innovation and Transformation” – GBI.

✔️ December 2020

• Panelist – “Reshaping the Business and the Future of Work” – Inaugural HMG Financial Services summit
• Speaker / Moderator – “How new data sources and types unlock unlimited analytics and insights” – Vation Ventures and Cloudera

✔️ November 2020

• Breakout Moderator – “Next Generation Banking” – Summit – GDS

✔️ October 2020

• Speaker / Moderator – “Elements of an Effective AppSec Program” – Vation Ventures and Veracode
• Speaker / Moderator – “Reimagining Digital Identity during COVID-19 for FI 4.0” – Group Futurista
• Speaker / Moderator – “Untangle the Cloud to Ship Applications Faster” – Vation Ventures & SysDig
• Speaker – “Lending and Digital Transformation” – TurnKey Lender – Market overview and trends

✔️ August-September 2020

• Speaker – “Live Resume Makeover with Mel” – Sessions – Society for Information Management

✔️ August 2020

• Panelist – “Interview like a Pro Panel” – Discussion – Tech Elevator

✔️ April 2020

• Speaker – “C-Suite Perspective – Leadership & Integrated Marketing” – NYU Graduate School Course. Virtual Fireside chat with Peter Weingard, an NYU Marketing and Public Relations professor, with his CIO/CTO/CISO Perspective – Leadership & Integrated Marketing class.

✔️ January 2020

• Speaker – “Understanding the persona of the underserved and unbanked with Oracle Cloud tools” – Oracle Cloud Day 2020