Alper Kerman is a Security Engineer and Project Manager at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), a part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In this role, he is responsible for leading and managing collaborative projects with industry organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions to address businesses’ most pressing cybersecurity issues. Kerman currently serves as the technical lead for the zero trust demonstration project at the NCCoE. He has more than 30 years of experience in IT that spans software engineering, application security, and IT project management for other government agencies as well as private industry.

Jeff Reichard is Vice President Solution Strategy in the Office of the CTO at Veeam. Jeff drives strategic product and go-to-market engagement with alliance partners and enterprise customers, with a particular focus on risk and compliance. He has 25 years of experience in data protection/availability, business continuity, and regulatory compliance solutions. His previous roles have ranged from designing SAN and data backup solutions to systems engineering and engineering leadership serving public sector and enterprise customers. Prior to Veeam, Jeff most recently led Commvault’s federal civilian SE team. At Veeam, Jeff works with partners, customers and industry analysts to evangelize Veeam's vision for modern data protection at key events worldwide.