Media

Mel Reyes – Speaking Engagements

Team Building

Speaking Engagements

Building Security Warriors

Leading teams without dropping the ball.

Presentation – Blue Lava – June 2023

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Scale to Zero

Speaking Engagements

Scale to Zero

"lots of nuggets of information about Cybersecurity and Cloud security in this episode, so you won't want to miss it!"

Cloud Security Podcast – Cloudanix – September 2022

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Transformation

Cybersecurity Presentation

Digital Transformation

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

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Leadership

Interview

Executive Leadership

HMG Live Financial Services 2020 Executive Leadership Summit

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Digital Identity

Digital Identity Fintech

Reimagining Digital Identity during COVID

Reimagining Digital Identity during COVID 19 for FI – Group Futurista

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Data for Good

Interview

Understanding the underserved & unbanked

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

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✔️ November 2023

• Speaker – “Professional Development in Cybersecurity” – ISSA LA
• Panelist – “Defining a Competitive Edge: Developing Advanced Capabilities in the CIO and CISO Office” – CDM Media

✔️ October 2023

• Moderator – “Being Brown and Getting Accepted” – Cafecito with Mel

✔️ September 2023

• Panelist – “It’s not a matter of if but when” – Synergy Media

✔️ July 2023

• Moderator – “AI-Driven Transformation: Ensuring Security and Scalable Growth in the Digital Era” – C-Vision International CIO & CISO Think Tank
• Moderator – “Cloud Vulnerabilities” – C-Vision International CIO & CISO Think Tank

✔️ June 2023

• Speaker – “Building Security Warriors” – Blue Lava Community

✔️ May 2023

• Panelist – “Recruiting Top Talent – Should you Compromise?” – SIM Women’s Summit

✔️ 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