Speakers

Melody Balcet is the President of Irvesco and former Americas Head for Cyber, Technology and Digital Risks and the Global Head of Data Analytics within the Operational Risk function at Barclays. Prior to that she was the Director of the Global Cybersecurity Program at The AES Corporation reporting to the Global Chief Information Security Officer and managed the firm’s Regional CISOs. Ms. Balcet spent over eleven years with IBM's Public Sector Cybersecurity and Biometrics service area leading its Defense and Intelligence Cybersecurity business and protecting critical infrastructure at Defense and Civilian agencies. She was formerly the President of the ISACA Greater Washington, D.C. Chapter with over 10 years on its Board of Directors and volunteers with a number of non-profit organizations. Ms. Balcet holds an M.A. with Merit from the University of Manchester and a B.A. from The College of William and Mary. She is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), co-authored a chapter in “Protecting Our Future: Educating a Cybersecurity Workforce,” and regularly speaks on relevant Cybersecurity topics.