Sujeet Bambawale
7-Eleven
Rich Latayan
AAA, Inc
Peter Naumovski
AbbVie Inc.
Chris McFarland
Abercrombie & Fitch
Charmaine Valmonte
Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.
Chris Gay
Acosta
Jorel Van Os
Acrisure, LLC.
Thomas Dager
ADM
Alex Cunningham
Advisor360°
Edward Maule
Advocare Doctors
Roy Mellinger
Aimbridge Hospitality
Vijaya Kaza
Airbnb
Jenny Sissom
Allison Transmission
Arie Farhy
Amerant Bancorp Inc.
Jon Murphy
American Campus Communities
Jake Bernardes
Anecdotes A.I.
Ash Hunt
Apex Group Ltd.
Antonio Crespo
Arkema
Thomas Zuliani
Arla Foods
Leonard Ng
ASM
Timothy Youngblood
Astrix Security
Sunil Dadlani
Atlantic Health System
Dwayne Steinway
Audacy
Aaron Goodwin
B.Riley Financial
Michael Gioia
Babson College
Mary Haigh
BAE Systems
Ryan Field
Bank of Hawaii
Anthony Longo
Baptist Health South Florida, Inc.
Karine Höne
Barloworld
Dawn-Marie Hutchinson
BAT
Helen Rabe
BBC
Sean Murphy
BECU
Matthew Modica
BJC HealthCare
Adam Fletcher
Blackstone
Rosemarie Lee
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Elizabeth Agosto
BNY Mellon
Julien Soriano
Box
Joao Passos
BRASILSEG
Nicole Keeley
British Airways
Anthony Siravo
Brown University Health
Eric Walters
Burns & McDonnell
Britney Kennedy
Cardinal Health
Rick Doten
Carolina Complete Health
Michael Hoehl
Cartech
Dina Mathers
Carvana
George Crawford
Catapult Energy Services Group LLC
Eli Edelkind
CAVA
Umesh Yerram
Cboe Exchange, Inc.
Ajay Gupta
Cencora, Inc.
Allan Berry
Centene
Tiina Rodrigue
CFPB
Janet Heins
ChenMed
Vincent Jay Larosa
CISCO Meraki
Victor Forno
Citi
Brian Gardner
City of Dallas
Mark Dunkerley
Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Sales & Services
Alexander Schuchman
Colgate-Palmolive
Geoffrey Woodby
Collins Community Credit Union
Corey Elinburg
CommonSpirit Health
Michael Frazee
Confidential
Paulo Baldin
Confidential
Thanh Thai
Constellis Group
Raymond Umerley
Coveware
Sheldon Cuffie
Cream City Cyber
Joe Shields, CISSP
Crowe
Alexandre Horvath
Cryptix AG
Mark Houpt
DataBank
Deborah Wheeler
Delta
Kumar Dasani
Digital River
Ashley Devoto
Discount Tire
Yaron Levi
Dolby Digital
Frankie Shuai
DWS Group
Supro Ghose
EAGLEBANK
Mark Webster
East Carolina University
Ruben D. Chacon
Eaton Corporation
Sean Embry
eBay Inc.
Renato Lima
Eletrobras
Diogo Rau
Eli Lilly and Company
Will Lazarro
Embrace Pet Insurance
Stephanie Roberts
EmployBridge
Bertrum Carroll
Employers
Frank Depaola
Enpro
David Anderson
Ensemble Health Partners
Josh Knopp
Enterprise Mobility
Octavia N. Howell
Equifax Canada Co.
Christopher Porter
Fannie Mae
Kwame Fields
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Brenden Smith
First BanCorp.
Marco Maiurano
First Citizen Bank
Jeff Weeks
FirstBank of Nebraska
Riad Amro
Flight Safety International
Richard White
Flushing Bank
Pamela Mason
Flutter Entertainment
Christopher Herzog
FORVIA
Kelly Reese
Foundever®
Casey Watkins
FTI Consulting
Bryan O’Shaughnessy
GCU of USA
Vitor Sena
Gerdau
Phil Venables
Google Cloud
Partho Ghathak
Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
William Telles
Grupo Águia Branca
Michael Elmore
GSK plc.
Joshua Brown
H&R Block
Marcos Marrero
H.I.G. Capital
Mark Johnson
Hackensack Meridian Health
James Gorman
Hard2Hack
Michael Palmer
Hearst
Mark Viola
Henry Schein, Inc
Hassan Asghar
Hinge Health
Stephen Roberts
Honda
Ronaldo Andrade
Horiens
Selva Mahimaidas
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Manmeet Sain
Indian Energy Exchange
Hemant Jain
Indiana Office of Technology
Mark Gibaldi
Insight Global
Dan Carbonell
InteLogix
Erik Decker
Intermountain Healthcare
Jeff Kirby
Interstate Batteries
Dane Warren
Intertek
Robert Pace
Invitation Homes
Mac Esmilla
IOM (UN Migration)
Connie Barrera
Jackson Health System
Raj Badhwar
Jacobs Engineering
Gatha Sadhir
Jazwares (a Berkshire Hathaway company)
Rachel Laursen
JD Sports Fashion
Roman Medina
Jefferson Bank
Paul Pak
Jennison Associates LLC
Longinus Timochenco
Kabum
Tim Everson
Kalahari Resorts
Jeff Maxon
Kansas Information Security Office
John Godfrey
Kansas State
Jason Manar
Kaseya
Robyn Ready
Knitwell Group
Maureen Niemic
Kontoor Brands
Daniel Temisanren
LA County (ISD)
Fabiana Tanaka
Leroy Merlin
Bryan Willet
Lexmark
Mike Melo
Lifelabs
Kemal Piskin
Linquest
Afia Pilipps
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.
Hemanta Swain
Lucid
Lane Sullivan
Magellan Health
Dan Anderson
Mark V Security
Derek Hardy
Marvell
Richard Yun
Masimo
Manuel Engel
Masonite®
H. Edison Humphries
Mastec, Inc.
Matt Long
MasterCraft Boat Company
Stephanie Franklin Thomas
Medtronic plc
Randy Yates
Memorial Hermann Health System
Steve Crocker
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Michael Nawrath
Metropolitan Commercial Bank
Jacob Margolis
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Anthony Langevin
Millicom
Venkatesh Subramaniam
Mindsprint
Tim Myers
Missouri Employers Mutual
Marcel Lehner
MM Group
Doug Innocenti
MoonPay
Christos Syhngelakis
Motor Oil Hellas
Bruce Phillips
MyHome
Tomas Maldonado
National Football League
Lisa Bazis
Nebraska Medicine
John Graham
NetJets
John Frushour
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Carla Donev
NiSource
Frank Martinez
Nova Southeastern University
Eduardo Vasconcelos
NSG PILKINGTON
Bryan Chnowski
Nuvance Health
Demond Waters
NYC Department of Education
Michael Irwin
Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation
William Dougherty
Omada Health Inc.
Afzal Khan
OPKO HEALTH
Peter Kim
Orgill
Andrew Wiley
Orion
Idan Malei
Ormat Ltd.
Brian Mccarson
Packsize
William Curtiss
Paper Excellence
Bradley Schaufenbuel
Paychex
Mikhail Lopushanski
People First Bank
Steve Hannah
Polsinelli
Joey Johnson
Premise Health
Meg Anderson
Principal Financial Group
Diego Suoza
Prog Leasing, LLC
Varsha Argawal
Prosper Marketplace
Adam Zoller
Providence
Ganesh Raghavan
Provident Credit Union
Stevin Sim
PSA INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD
John Kupcinski
PSEG
Matt Biber
Qantas Airways
Ravi Mani
Quest Diagnostics
Adam Evans
RBC
Wolfgang Schurr
Richemont
Elwin Wong
Ross Stores, Inc.
Jairo Orea
Royal Caribbean Group
Klara Neginsky
Royal Caribbean International
Jim Motes
Ryan
Joe Ellis
Ryder System, Inc.
Jim Johnson
Safran
Dr. Marcelo Peredo
San Diego County
Mathew Biby
Satcom Direct
Raghu Sankaran
Scholastic
Sophie Street
SECU
Eric Schmitt
Sedgwick
Andrew Perry
Serta Simmons Bedding
Delzad Mizra
Shapoorji Pallonji Group
Allan Cockriel
Shell
John McClure
Sinclair, Inc.
Jericho Simmons
Sound Inpatient Physicians
James Nolin
Spirit Airlines
Amy Steagall
Stanford University
Lucia Milică Stacy
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Erwin Eimers
Sumitomo Chemical
Norman Whitelaw, CISSP
Synagro
Meredith Harper
Synchrony Bank
Kevin Gowen
Synovus
Tim Delgado
The Container Store
Keith Turpin
The Friedkin Group
Mike Cachine
The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
Robert Fernandes
The Investment Center, Inc.
Ricardo Lafosse
The Kraft Heinz Company
Todd Mesick
The Lubrizol Corporation
Laura Deaner
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Claudiano Silva
Total Express
Kent Kling
Transaction Network Services Inc.
Ken Kerrick
Tri Counties Bank
Gregory Allender
Trihealth
Tammy Klotz
Trinseo
Kip James
Beth Page Federal Credit Union
David Sheidlower
Turner Construction Company
John Kronick
Tutor Perini Corp.
Timothy Held
U.S. Bank
Tracy Brand-Sanders
UGI Corporation
Angela Williams
UL Solutions
Kristopher Curylo
United Home Mortgage
Frank Sinatra
University Hospital
Jodi Ito
University of Hawaii
Zachary Lewis
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy
Alain Espinosa
Upbound Inc.
Peter Rosario
USI
Nathan Routen
UT SouthWestern
Pedro Nuno
Valid
Dwayne Smith
VensureHR
Bob Ludecke
Veritex Community Bank
Auston Davis
Versant Health
Randy Raw
Veterans United Home Loans
Sofia Herrera
VinFast
Julio Padilha
Volkswagen
Oliver Wyler
Vontobel
Chuck Bartenback
W. L. Gore & Associates
Jerry Geisler
Walmart
Andrew Wilder
Washington University in Saint Louis
Richard Dorough
Wawa
John Sander
Wesco
Manas Giri
WestJet
John Gift
Westrock
Matt Kulangara
Woodruff-Sawyer & Co
Shawn Bowen
World Fuel Services
Michael Calderin
Yageo
Jody Blanchard
ZimmerBiomet
Michael Adams
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