Karmel has been in the IT Industry for over twenty years, working with Fortune 500 companies and governments at the intersection of cloud, cyber security, and compliance. He and his team garnered industry and government accolades, including the SANS National Cyber Security Innovators Award for Cloud Security, InformationWeek 500 Top Government IT Innovators, ACT/IAC Excellence.gov Award, and the DOE Secretary's Achievement Award.

Howerton served as the global director for strategic programs within Bechtel Corporation and led the merger, cost savings, and transformation programs at Consolidated Nuclear Security. Howerton has a long and diverse career consisting of senior executive assignments throughout the U.S. Department of Energy. He served as the Deputy Director for IT at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, CTO for the National Nuclear Security Administration, and Chief Information Officer for Y-12.

Erston has an extensive background in leading SaaS and PaaS organizations to deliver value to domestic and global customers in the public and private sectors. Erston was the Chief Revenue Officer at Mendix, a low-code application development platform acquired by Siemens. Additionally, he has held multiple executive leadership positions in the Cybersecurity space at RSA and led the Archer business unit.  He also had senior sales leadership roles at Rapid7, enerNoc, and Dynatrace.

A veteran CISO, CSO, CTO, former USAF Officer, and thought leader in the Cybersecurity field. He has 25+ years of experience building and running cybersecurity programs, holding C Level Security executive roles in multiple industries, including DoD, Federal Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Critical Infrastructure. Whiteside Jr. is also the Co-Founder of Cyversity, a 501(c)3 non-profit association that is dedicated to increasing the number of minorities and women in the cybersecurity career field.