Charles is the Chief Information Security Officer at Sysco, a Fortune 60 global leader in selling, marketing, and distributing food and non-food products to customers around the world.
Charles is a Venture Partner at Bloccelerate, one of the largest blockchain focused VC funds, and holds advisory board positions with several companies including OptimEyes, an AI risk management platform and Lytical Ventures, a cybersecurity / AI VC. Additionally, he is a member of IBM Security’s Advisory Board. He has previously held board and advisory board positions which have led startup growth through profitability. Charles also does public speaking several times a year, including a recent Keynote panel at RSA and is a seed investor in early-stage startups.
Prior to his role at Sysco, Charles held the Chief Information Security Officer position at Altria as well as senior level Information Security positions with financial institutions in the NY metro area, including Chief Information Security & Risk Officer for Sterling National Bank and Senior Vice President, IT & Operational Risk at Citigroup. During his time in NY he was also a charter founding member of the NY ISC2 Chapter.
Lukas Hatala
Regional CTO | DXC Technology | Slovakia
Lukas currently serving as CTO responsible for Eastern Europe in DXC.technology. Because of his curiosity and strong believe in positive technology impact on human kind he is helping BlockChain Slovakia as Director of International Affairs. He also founded his own project called Neuromorphics Europe, where he serves as CEO. Lukas has experience from HP Labs, the European Commission in Brussels, and large international Go-to-Market (GtM) projects, where in previous years he promoted technologies such as IoT, Edge Computing, Blockchain, and AI.
Responsible for the overall technology strategy and architecture of AX. As a senior researcher of the Institute of Computer Science of Masaryk University participated in several research and development projects in the fundamentals of network traffic monitoring, analysis, and cybersecurity.
