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Our mission

PBC's AI Center of Excellence unites forward-thinking security leaders to explore, shape, and share best practices at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
  • Illuminate Risks & Opportunities – Identify and address the unique risks AI introduces to software, systems, and organizations; while enabling its responsible and secure adoption.
  • Empower Security Leaders – Equip security leaders with insights to navigate AI securely.
  • Advance Collective Knowledge – Build primers, best practice, and guidance materials through collaboration among leading practitioners.
  • Influence the Future – Champion the role of security leadership in ensuring AI-driven innovation is trustworthy and secure.

Mission of the PBC AI & Security Center of Excellence

PBC's AI & Security Center of Excellence unites forward-thinking security leaders to explore, shape, and share best practices at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

Illuminate Risks & Opportunities

Identify and address the unique risks AI introduces to software, systems, and organizations; while enabling its responsible and secure adoption.

Advance Collective Knowledge

Build primers, best practice, and guidance materials through collaboration among leading practitioners.

Empower Security Leaders

Equip security leaders with insights to navigate AI securely.

Influence the Future

Champion the role of security leadership in ensuring AI-driven innovation is trustworthy and secure.

AI Security Leaders of PBC

Paolo del Mundo
The Motley Fool
Director of Application Security,
Cassie Crossley
Schneider Electric
VP, Supply Chain Security, Cybersecurity & Product Security Office
Oguzhan Topgul
Fortinet
Director, Application Security
Dineshwar Sahni
Visa
Senior Director, Cyber Products & AI Innovation,
Balachander Shanbhag
Cerebras Systems
Product Security Lead,
Nadia Hadji
Johnson Controls
Principal Product Security Architect,
Wen Chen
Experian
Director, Application Security,
Jackie Mak
KPMG
Director of Cybersecurity Consulting
Santosh Datta Bompally
Humana
Product Security Leader
Taslimm Quraishi
Salesforce
Global Head of Risk and Compliance
Ty Berthiaume
CNH Industrial
Director of Product and Application Security
David Messerschmidt
PayPal
Senior Manager, Product Security
Arun Kumar Elengovan
Okta
Director of Security Engineering
Vikrant Waghmode
Atlassian Inc.
Principal Product Security Engineer
Renan Dias
VTS
Senior Manager, Engineering
Bobby Bauer
Pearson
Security Engineering and Architecture - CyberSecurity
Mohit Bansal
Webflow
Engineering Manager, Security Engineering
Agas Somasundaram
Ross
AI & Cloud Executive
Kris Howitt
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Senior Manager, Information Security,
Akhil Abraham
Senior Security Engineer
Kapinder Diwan
Northern Trust
Business Unit Chief Information Security Officer,
Mark Merkow
McMoRan
Application Security Engineer, Freeport
Karan Bansal
ArmorCode
Head of AI & Security Innovation
Nevada Start
Celonis
Senior Security Automation Engineer
Sanket Naik
Palosade
Founder & CEO
Akshay Mahajan
Wayfair
Senior Manager, Production Security
Adnan Dakhwe
DelphinusCyber
CISO & CIO
Robert Lembree
Stryker
Senior Principal Cybersecurity Architect
Zeid Zumot
Synopsys
Sr. Manager, Cyber Security Engineering
Pravin Jha
PropertyGuru Group
Engineering Manager - Product Security

Moderator:

Application Security Engineer, The Standard
Paolo del Mundo
Director of Application Security,
The Motley Fool
Cassie Crossley
VP, Supply Chain Security, Cybersecurity & Product Security Office, Schneider Electric
Oguzhan Topgul
Sr. Manager, Application Security, Fortinet
Renan Dias
Manager, Engineering, VTS
Balachander Shanbhag
Product Security Lead, Cerebras Systems
Bobby Bauer
Security Engineering and Architecture - CyberSecurity, Pearson
Mohit Bansal
Engineering Manager, Security Engineering, Webflow
Agas Somasundaram
AI & Cloud Executive
Dineshwar Sahni
Senior Director, Cyber Products & AI Innovation
Kris Howitt
Senior Manager, Information Security,
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Nadia Hadji
Principal Product Security Architect,
Johnson Controls
Wen Chen
Director, Application Security,
Experian
Akhil Abraham
Senior Security Engineer
Kapinder Diwan
Business Unit Chief Information Security Officer, Northern Trust
Jackie Mak
Director of Cybersecurity Consulting, KPMG
Santosh Datta Bompally
Product Security Leader, Humana
Taslimm Quraishi
Global Head of Risk and Compliance, Amazon
Mark Merkow
Application Security Engineer, Freeport-McMoRan
Karan Bansal
Head of AI & Security Innovation, ArmorCode
Ty Berthiaume
Director of Product and Application Security, CNH Industrial
Nevada Start
Senior Product Security Engineer, Okta
Rohan Parakh
Senior Director of Product Management, ArmorCode
Sanket Naik
Founder & CEO, Palosade
Akshay Mahajan
Senior Manager, Production Security, Wayfair
Adnan Dakhwe
CISO & CIO, DelphinusCyber
David Messerschmidt
Senior Manager, Product Security, PayPal
Arun Kumar Elengovan
Director of Security Engineering, Okta
Robert Lembree
Senior Principal Cybersecurity Architect, Stryker
Zeid Zumot
Sr. Manager, Cyber Security Engineering

Moderator:

Application Security Engineer, The Standard

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Sessions
Exploring Real-World Challenges - Insights from Product Security Leaders
Jagadish Namboodiri, Cassie Crossley, Deepak Parashar
June 17, 2025

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