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Key Activities
Please note, we are at capacity for our breakfast mixer and happy hour. Email confirmations will be sent by August 2nd.
Breakfast Mixer
Cyber Talks, Breakfast, and Loads of Coffee!
Tuesday, August 6th:
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM (PDT)
Wednesday, August 7th:
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM (PDT)
Thursday, August 8th:
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM (PDT)
Happy Hour
Come Socialize and Enjoy Happy Hours with the Team
Monday, August 5th:
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (PDT)
Tuesday, August 6th:
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (PDT)
Wednesday, August 7th:
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (PDT)
Bryson Bort
Founder & CEOBryson is the Founder of SCYTHE, a start-up building a next-generation threat emulation platform, and GRIMM, a cybersecurity consultancy, and Co-Founder of the ICS Village, a non-profit advancing awareness of industrial control system security.
Marc Brown
Vice President of Sales & ProductMarc Brown is a trusted analyst, advisor, and strong advocate of agile marketing, tightly coupled sales, and dedicated sales enablement functions.
Chris Horvat
Vice President of EngineeringChris Horvat is an industry-recognized technology leader for SaaS companies looking to scale their organizations from startup to enterprise. Most recently, he worked with MyCarrier to successfully transition the organization from a seed-funded to a Series B-funded organization and to scale its technology systems to support rapid customer growth.
Bryson Bort
Founder & CEOBryson is the Founder of SCYTHE, a start-up building a next-generation threat emulation platform, and GRIMM, a cybersecurity consultancy, and Co-Founder of the ICS Village, a non-profit advancing awareness of industrial control system security. He is a Senior Fellow at the National Security Institute, USMA EECS Advisory Board member, and Adjunct Senior Technical Advisor for the Institute of Security and Technology. As a U.S. Army Officer, he served as a Battle Captain and Brigade Engineering Officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom before leaving the Army as a Captain. He is recognized as a 'Top 50 in Cyber' by Business Insider, 'Security Executive Finalist of the Year' by SC Media, was awarded 'Tech Titan' twice and is the 2023 SANS Difference Maker Award Winner for Innovator of the Year.
Bryson received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He holds a Master's Degree in Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland, a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Florida, and completed graduate studies in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas.
Marc Brown
Vice President of Sales & ProductMarc Brown is a trusted analyst, advisor, and strong advocate of agile marketing, tightly coupled sales, and dedicated sales enablement functions.
He has extensive technical expertise in defining and developing IoT applications and purpose-built embedded devices, software, and hardware in the automotive, aerospace, consumer, finance, industrial, networking/communications, security and transportation industries.
His successful track record is fueled by his marketing approach, which defines new products, drives growth, manages results, and collaboratively works with customers, partners, media and analysts.
Chris Horvat
Vice President of EngineeringChris Horvat is an industry-recognized technology leader for SaaS companies looking to scale their organizations from startup to enterprise. Most recently, he worked with MyCarrier to successfully transition the organization from a seed-funded to a Series B-funded organization and to scale its technology systems to support rapid customer growth. He has worked with successful startups in multiple industries and in the enterprise banking sector, helping them to scale and improve their technology stacks to meet the next set of opportunities in the market. When not keeping up to date on the latest SaaS technologies, he can be found working at home making ammunition for precision marksmanship competitions, playing piano and drums with his wife, building/flying R/C aircraft, and spending time with his 'little' as a Big Brother for BBBSAZ.org.