Brent Panell’s cyber and security experience began at Target Corporation, where he served as Regional Director and then later continued while serving Regions bank as Vice-President. Brent ended his corporate career as Vice-President with Maridan Corporation. Brent went on to co-found ControlAltProtect and serves as CEO.
Hans Lemons has spent the last 25 years of his career in the Cyber Security and Technology Sector. His expertise in mobile and digital forensics, application security, threat hunting, and security architecture is rooted in his Computer Programming background. As Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of ControlAltProtect, Hans leads innovation and development of the systems and processes that protect clients worldwide, and he develops custom Cyber Security programs tailored to their needs. Hans also serves as CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) and consultant for many organizations across a wide range of industries. His entrepreneurial background includes successful ventures in game development, workflow automation software, medical software, and artificial intelligence. He is passionate about mentoring others in his field and speaks frequently on Cyber Security, emerging trends, and threats. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Hans is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is an avid aerospace and aviation enthusiast who loves the outdoors.
Zach Johnson has managed security services for over 17 years. A virtual legend within the InfoSec space, Zach functions as a Secure IT Solutions Architect and Director of Security Operations with a deep passion for cyber security, system automation and innovative problem-solving. Zach regularly volunteers time to mentor Information Technology professionals on Information Security.
Terry Ziemniak is a consummate Information Security professional with a background as CISO at PeaceHealth, Carolinas Healthcare, Presence Healthcare and Sears Roebuck. Terry has overseen security operations on a large scale and is able to apply that wealth of experience to the development of cyber-security strategy as a part of HIPAA law & integration, within legal, compliance, human resources, corporate culture and information technology realms. Equal to any task, Terry’s ability to mesh the practical and effective make him an asset to any size organization.