Thursday, May 24th, 2018

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

ThinkTank I: Herscher Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 305

Hollywood and Cybercrime: from Privacy to Piracy, Theft and the Dark Net

Daniel Rozansky, Partner, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP

M.F. Fogel (‘Michele’), Founder and CEO, Your Moral Compass Counts, LLC

Kimberly Pease, co-founder and Vice President, Citadel Information Group, Inc.

Lima Mora, founder and Managing Director, The Last Star

Eric Schlissel, CEO, GeekTek

Rob Holmes, Founder & CEO, IPCybercrime

Frank Nein, President, 9Sight2020.com

Newton Lee, Author, Educator, Futurist - ‎Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships, Moderator

Newton Lee is an author, educator, and futurist. He is chairman of the California Transhumanist Party, president of 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships (IFERS), adjunct professor of Applied Computer Science at Woodbury University, and editor-in-chief of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Computers in Entertainment magazine. Previously, Lee was a computer scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories, senior producer and engineer at The Walt Disney Company, and research staff member at the

Institute for Defense Analyses. He was the founder of Disney Online Technology Forum, creator of Bell Labs’ first-ever commercial AI tool, and inventor of the world’s first annotated multimedia OPAC for the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Lee graduated Summa Cum Laude from Virginia Tech with a B.S. and M.S. degree in Computer Science (specializing in Artificial Intelligence), and he earned a perfect GPA from Vincennes University with an A.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an honorary doctorate in Computer Science. He has been honored with a Michigan Leading Edge Technologies Award, two community development awards from the California Junior Chamber of Commerce, and four volunteer project leadership awards from The Walt Disney Company. Lee’s Total Information Awareness trilogy books (Facebook Nation, Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity, and Google It) has garnered rave reviews from Eleanor Clift of Newsweek and The Daily Beast, ACM Computing Reviews, AdWeek SocialTimes, and Choice Magazine, among others. Dr. Laura Wilhelm for The Hollywood Times applauded that “Newton Lee’s thorough and thoughtful analysis should please pacifists in search of lasting solutions to the planet’s biggest problems.” Veteran Staff Sergeant Andrew Price of the United States Air Force (USAF) remarked, “I am inspired by the prospect of world peace. I’d fully recommend following the author’s steps, reaching beyond our borders, making friends outside our norm, and helping to foster world peace and a better tomorrow.”

Daniel Rozansky is a Partner of the Firm in the Business Litigation Practice. Dan concentrates his practice on entertainment, privacy, First Amendment and complex business and real estate disputes. In addition to his diverse litigation experience, Dan also counsels a broad array of clients on developing the best strategies to avoid disputes. For entertainment clients, he regularly reviews television pilots, screenplays and other material in development to assist those clients in identifying and avoiding potential liabilities. Dan’s areas of focus are entertainment finance, anti-SLAPP motions, unfair competition, trade secrets, intellectual property, surreptitious tape recording, reality television, profit participation, rights of privacy and publicity, real estate, partnership disputes and First Amendment issues. He represents clients both at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal court on a wide array of issues. Recognized as an industry leader, Dan has been listed as a top entertainment and media litigator in Chambers USA (2011-2016).  In 2013, 2014, and 2016, he was featured in Variety’s “Legal Impact Report,” which names the top attorneys who are making a significant impact in the entertainment industry. Dan received his B.A. from University of California, San Diego and his J.D. from Loyola Law School. He is admitted to practice law in the State of California.

Kimberly Pease is co-founder and Vice President of Citadel Information Group, Inc., a California Information Security/Cyber Security Management firm. She has an extensive background in the applications of technology and security solutions. During her career she has implemented computer systems for a wide-range of organizations in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Additionally, she has led installation projects at the Pentagon, the Government Printing Office and many state government offices. She is a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and a vCISO-for-hire (virtual Chief Information Security Officer) for her clients. Ms. Pease has been a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association since 2002, and has served on the Board of Directors as Treasurer (2008 – 2011) and Education Director (2006 - 2007). She also served as Chair of the annual conference, ISSA LA Information Security Summit, for over 7 years. She has been a member of Infragard since 2002, which is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the private sector. She is a former CIO (Chief Information Officer) for a privately held company. Ms. Pease was previously a member of ASQ (American Society of Quality) and has held a Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) certification. She speaks frequently on information security, has published several articles and has been interviewed numerous times on ABC News Good Morning America and NBC News.

Lima Mora, founder and managing director of The Last Star: Director of Rehabilitation and Educational Technology, is a mixed reality experience designer specializing in cinematic Virtual Reality (VR) and stereoscopy with a focus on immersive educational content/concept development, 360 solutions and Digital Health. Cybersecurity and privacy are two major concerns in VR applications, especially when it comes to healthcare and patient data security. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Moof Monster Tech, sharing her incite on VR/AR  software applications, top-rated hardware, cybersecurity and information security. Previously she was a health promoter and volunteer coordinator for the Canadian Blood Services, and cancer research assistant at MD Anderson Cancer Center integrating what she learned from both of these opportunities to concentrate on patient accessibility to healthcare providers and enhanced treatment options through Heath Tech and The Last Star.

M.F. Fogel (‘Michele’), Founder and CEO, Your Moral Compass Counts, LLC: M.F. Fogel (or Michele) is affectionately known as ‘the one L michele®’ or ‘the 1L michele®’ or as she sometimes says, “one L-no hell.” Michele recently launched online her own mother board, more correctly and commonly known as the e-commerce website of her company, Your Moral Compass Counts®, LLC to provide hope, happiness and humor regarding the internal compass about people. She wants to be the woman over 50 invited to one day grace the cover of Time Magazine, as the thought leader for moral leadership, and the interrupter/disrupter and name-changer/game-changer. Her ingenuity, creativity and positivity meshed with her empathy, her flair with words and a keen sense of humor, make her a diamond in the rough. Formerly, a judge pro tem, and a practicing attorney with admission to the U.S. Supreme Court, Michele is transitioning to become a best-selling author, national speaker and apparel entrepreneur. While Michele has developed and achieved an expertise as a specialist about online removal of Personally Identifiable Information (‘PII’)--one reason for her invitation as a panelist on the “Hollywood and Cybercrime” panel (and a current hot topic in today’s society), she is most proud being told several years ago by the former Chief of Pediatrics at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, of the “exceptional job” she did raising her two children—a male and female, now in their mid-to late twenties. Michele invites you to follow her company on Twitter (@YourMoralCC) and on Instagram (YourMoralCompassCounts) and also maybe on Facebook too!

Eric Schlissel, CEO and President, GeekTek: Eric’s strong leadership and technical expertise propels GeekTek past the boundaries of a traditional IT service provider. GeekTek has a security-first approach to computing, focusing on elevating clients’ use of technology while navigating the ever-changing landscape. Eric cares deeply about the culture at GeekTek and leads by example based on longstanding guiding principles: Being Flexible, Listening and Asking, Building True Partnerships and Doing the Right Thing. Eric attributes his success to an insatiable curiosity about the world around him. The day he realized his passion was for investigating how computers affect people in life and in business as opposed to developing expertise programming secure vending machines, he put down his copy of Applied Cryptography and switched his major from computer science to anthropology. The following week he began his first technology consulting practice, and brought it to Los Angeles after he graduated. Throughout Eric’s career, he has sought to bridge the gap between people, technology and security, the foundation on which GeekTek’s unique approach to client services is built. Widely recognized as a thought leader in the IT industry, Eric has been featured on the cover of ChannelPro and as a subject matter expert in Strafford’s mobility webinar series. Eric has been a finalist for the Los Angeles Business Journal CIO Awards and has been quoted in The LA Times, Wired, CIO Magazine, ChannelPro, InformationWeek, InfoWorld, PC World and other news outlets. GeekTek has been consistently ranked among the top providers globally by MSPMentor, CRN and Channelnomics. In addition, Eric has emerged as a thought leader in the rapidly developing international cannabis industry. Since launching GeekTek Protect, a security-focused offshoot which safeguards the industry’s growing data assets, Eric has written on the subject for the National Association of Cannabis Businesses’ NACB Insights newsletter and Cannabis Magazine. He has spoken on data security strategies in cannabis distribution/transportation at the California Cannabis Business Conference and moderated a panel on data security at the 2017 New West Summit. Outside of work, Eric can be found gardening with his two small children, gamely attempting to master growing a thriving basil plant and healthy tomatoes at the the same time. Eric is also a travel addict, aspiring bourbon connoisseur and foodie-wannabe.

Frank Nein, CEO/Founder, *9Sight2020, LLC. via *911Cyber.us @ DC: +1 202.T1.0.CYBER & 5+ Yrs Sr. Level BAI (Addressing, Covering, Creating, Designing, Developing, R&D) on Hardcore Business Problems/Solutions & Specializing in the NextGen of Commercial, Private Enterprise/Sector *3.0 C.E.O.P. x2 (Celebrity Exploitation, Online Privacy & Protection) & *3.0 I.C.A.C x2 (Internet Crimes Against Celebrities) via AI, Actors, A/V, BlackHats Corp., Cyber Sludge & S.T.E.W, Corrupt Hacking/ers, Dark/Deep Net & Web, DEFCON Global, Drones, *3.0 I.U.G.C. (Illegal User Generated Content & Streaming) Brand, ID/IP & Media Theft, Behavioral Pattern Recognition & Usage, Reverse & Social Engineering/Logistics, Recovery/Repair & Global Social Justice for Good. *Note: Also fixed on *CEOP x4 & *ICAC x4 (DHS.gov via ICE.gov Mobile) for 19

Rob Holmes, Founder & CEO, IPCybercrime: Raised in New Jersey in a family of private investigators, Rob worked his first case at the age of twelve. While aspiring as a comedian in Los Angeles in the early 90s, he was employed at a premiere investigative firm. Here, he found himself assigned to a new breed of faceless perpetrators: cyber criminals. Rob conducted some of the world’s first cyber investigations, and pioneered the study of the “virtual crime scene”. Over the last decade, Rob and his company have led the charge against the growing trend of data leaks, piracy and online threats for their many regular VIP clients, many of whom are featured on the Forbes® list The World's Most Valuable Brands. Rob is a private eye, funny guy, blogger, Calvinist, Freemason, Prius owner, and a Gene Hackman Fan.