Terry Benzel
Terry V. Benzel is Assistant Director for Special Projects at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of the University of Southern California (USC). She participates in business development, technology transfer and special projects with industrial and academic partners. She is also technical project lead for the Cyber Defense Technology Experimental Research (DETER) testbed and associated Evaluation Methods for Internet Security Technology (EMIST) research projects, jointly funded by NSF and DHS ARPA. The combined project is developing an experimental infrastructure network and scientifically rigorous testing frameworks and methodologies to support the development and demonstration of next-generation information security technologies for cyber defense.

Prior to joining USC ISI, Ms. Benzel was a Division Vice President at Network Associates, Inc. where she was responsible for all aspects of the 125-staff advanced research organization performing government funded R&D for DARPA and other agencies.

Ms. Benzel has served as an advisor to government and industry on R&D strategy and roadmap development, providing guidance to White House Office of Science Technology and Policy, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, Department Of Defense and industry alliances. She testified before House Committee on Science, "Cyber Security -How Can We Protect American Computer Networks from Attack: The Importance of Research and Development".

Ms. Benzel holds bachelors and master's degrees in mathematics from Boston University and an Executive MBA from UCLA.

Richard Clarke
An internationally recognized expert on security, including homeland security, national security, cybersecurity and counterterrorism, Clarke served the last three Presidents as a senior White House Advisor over a span of 11 consecutive years. Most recently serving as the top counterterrorism official and cybersecurity advisor to the President, Clarke was a driving force behind the development of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Prior to his White House years, Clarke served for 19 years in the Pentagon, the Intelligence Community and State Department. He is currently the Chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, LLC, and holds the position of on-air consultant for ABC News.

Frank Fanzilli
A recognized leader in IT and financial services, Fanzilli most recently served as the Global CIO and Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), from which he retired in 2002. During his nearly two decades of service at CSFB, Fanzilli played a central role in expanding and integrating CSFB's technology offerings, including: integrating CSFB's International IT operations and expanded processing to all major European exchanges; expanding the Firm's Global Trading and Settlement systems; launching CSFB's first global investment banking platform; and consolidating CSFB's far-reaching IT resources (including over 4,000 IT professionals and two billion in spending) into a single, unified global division. Prior to CSFB, Fanzilli spent five years at IBM where he managed systems engineering and software development for Fortune 50 accounts. He has also been recognized as CIO of the year by CIO Magazine.