Anna Machaj
Associate Director of Information Security, Douglas College
Charles Boname
Associate Director, Cybersecurity, Langara College
Charles Boname is a seasoned IT professional with + 25 years’ experience in the field, mostly with non-profit organizations committed to social justice (legal aid/public legal research and the community foundations sectors). Charles saw his IT focus area gradually shift over the past 5 years toward cybersecurity defense. Joining Langara College two years ago as their Associate Directory, Cybersecurity, he thrives on the positive and collaborative spirit of the higher education space. A professional musician in a previous life, Charles augmented his BA and net admin technical credentials with an MBA and brings a disciplined yet creative voice to the table in leading change, communicating technology and achieving organizational security improvements.
Larry Carson
Associate Director, Information Security Management, University of British Columbia
Larry Carson is the Associate Director, Information Security Management at UBC and is the subject matter expert for cybersecurity at the university where he focuses on incident response, prevention and policy for the institution. He is a strong believer that cybersecurity is meant to act as an enabler to help facilitate better business processes & competence through properly secured & protected data assets. He sees the future of cybersecurity being tightly intertwined with data science (analytics & SIEM) and threat intelligence. Larry fosters a firm belief that industry standard cybersecurity best practices can be successful in Higher Ed.