Ritesh Kotak is a Technology and Cybersecurity Analyst who has dedicated his career to exploring how emerging tech will impact society. In addition, Ritesh is a licensed lawyer in Ontario and practices in areas of Privacy, Cybersecurity and Emerging Tech. Ritesh started his career in public safety working for two police organizations focusing on cybercrime investigations and innovation. He left policing to pursue an MBA and then worked in Big Tech for two years focusing on innovation and smart cities. He left the tech sector to attend law school and received a JD with a Law and Technology Option. While in law school, Ritesh interned at the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and worked on several projects related to legal tech. Ritesh is a frequent contributor on mainstream media outlets and is an international public speaker. He has spoken at the World Internet Conference in China, NATO-Sponsored cybersecurity summit in North Macedonia and the FBI/Major City Chiefs Conference in the US. Additionally, Ritesh has twice appeared as a witness in House of Commons Committees.

Alexandra Posadzki is an award-winning business journalist based in Toronto and the author of the instant #1 best-selling book, Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada's Telecom Empire. She covers financial and cybercrime for The Globe and Mail's Report on Business.
Prior to that, Alexandra was The Globe's telecom reporter. Her industry-leading coverage of the dramatic power struggle at Rogers Communications Inc. was recognized with several Canada Best in Business Awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, including gold medals in the “scoop” and “beat reporting” categories. Throughout the two-year long regulatory review of Rogers’ $20-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc., investors came to rely on Alexandra’s unparalleled coverage and consistent scoops. She is also a regular guest on The Globe’s daily news podcast, The Decibel.

Before taking on the telecom beat, Alexandra was The Globe’s capital markets reporter and wrote extensively about Canada’s fledgling cryptocurrency industry, particularly through a regulatory lens. Her network of contacts and deep knowledge of the space proved valuable during the collapse of Canada’s largest virtual currency exchange, QuadrigaCX. Alexandra’s contributions to The Globe’s award-winning coverage of the massive cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme led to her being prominently featured in multiple documentaries, podcasts and radio shows on the topic, including a 2022 Netflix documentary called Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King.
Alexandra is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Master of Journalism program and has an honours B.A. in psychology and literature from York University. She has also completed the Canadian Securities Course.

Prior to joining The Globe in 2017, Alexandra spent three years as a multimedia business reporter at the Canadian Press newswire, where she wrote about banking, real estate and the burgeoning cannabis industry, and produced a series of investigative stories on Canada’s lax anti-money laundering regime. She has also worked at the Toronto Star, Business News Network, Global News and The Globe's B.C. bureau. Alexandra got her start in journalism at York University’s student newspaper, the Excalibur.

Jon Ferguson leads the Cybersecurity & DNS services unit at CIRA that builds upon the organization’s world class DNS services to provide cybersecurity services and training to Canadians and the global internet community.

For the past 15 years, Jon has worked in product leadership roles for organizations building globally distributed Internet of Things and Cybersecurity solutions. Prior to joining CIRA, he was Director of Public Key Infrastructure & IOT at Entrust where he helped launch a suite of products including next generation, SaaS based security solutions to the company’s global customer base.

Jon holds a Bachelor of Geographic Analysis degree from Toronto Metropolitan University. Jon is an avid sports fan and you will find him on the Golf Course, baseball field playing in the local Fastball league or engaged in other outdoor activities with his two sons and wife.

David Trinh is the Chief Technology Officer at ENFOCOM Cyber, a leading cybersecurity and technology firm. With over 20 years of experience in technology and cybersecurity, David has spearheaded initiatives to enhance the automation and detection of cyber threats and cybersecurity training using cutting-edge tools such as the Cyber Range. Throughout his career, he has led diverse teams in sectors including military, education, and real estate, focusing on building secure, scalable applications. David holds a Master of Management Analytics from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Calgary.

Dr. Donna K. Kidwell is the Acting Chief Information Officer at The University of Toronto. Donna has spent over 30 years in IT, with over half in higher education. She is passionate about empowering people through technology, and deeply committed to digital trust.

Prior to U of T, she was the inaugural Chief Digital Trust Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Arizona State University. Prior to that, she was the CTO for EdPlus at ASU, which runs ASU Online and serves over 100,000 online students with 300 degrees and academic programs. Before moving to Arizona, she served as the Interim Executive Director for the Institute for Transformational Learning at the University of Texas System, where she spearheaded efforts to transform learning technologies on 14 campuses and health science centers across Texas. Donna was the co-founder of WebStudent, based in Norway, where she worked with universities to help them create online educational programs. She also worked as a Director at the IC2 Institute, a think and do tank at The University of Texas at Austin where she helped innovators throughout the world.

Before moving into higher-ed, Donna crafted technology innovation strategies for Keller Williams Realty International, where she developed online educational offerings to help over 100,000 agents develop their own businesses. She started her career as a software consultant, and has worked with clients such as Exxon, Motorola and Agilent Technologies.

She was the recipient of Governor Kim Moon Soo’s award for outstanding efforts in economic development on behalf of small businesses in Gyeonggi Province, Korea. In 2013, she won the “Cadenhead Coin”, a distinguished alumni award for entrepreneurship and innovation from The McCombs Business School, The University of Texas at Austin.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master of Science, Technology Commercialization, both from The University of Texas at Austin. She has a Doctorate in Business Administration through the Ecole de Management in Grenoble, France.

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