Navigate Today’s Most Pressing Cyber Risks with Confidence
Join UPSTACK and leading security experts from Silver Sky, Lumen Technologies, Thrive, and Nebulas.co for an immersive afternoon exploring the emerging threats, real-world lessons, and strategic frameworks shaping modern cybersecurity.
From unpredictable incident response scenarios to the shifting landscape of cyber insurance, AI governance, and human-driven vulnerabilities, this summit delivers the insights organizations need to stay resilient.
Presented by
Your hosts
Frank Ferdowsian
Director, Advisory Services – Security Solutions
Alex Rizzi
Account Director, Advisory Services
Vicki Simpkins
Account Director, Advisory Services
Supplier Panelists
John Britton
Silver Sky, VP of Channel Sales
John Britton is the Vice President of Channel Sales at SilverSky, where he integrates technical expertise, strategic leadership, and a deep commitment to partner success to strengthen the company’s channel ecosystem. He is recognized for translating complex cybersecurity capabilities into tangible business value, leading high-performance teams, and building scalable go-to-market strategies across both Microsoft-centric and vendor-agnostic MXDR solutions. Widely regarded as the best thing to come out of Britain since tea, John brings clarity, precision, and impact to every initiative he leads.
Chris Moore
Thrive, Vice President of Solutions Architecture
Chris Moore is the Vice President of Solutions Architecture at Thrive. He works with existing and prospective clients to architect the best-in-class compliant Cloud, Cybersecurity, Disaster Recovery and SD-WAN managed solutions.
During his more than 20-year career, Chris has assisted companies of all sizes to plan, develop, manage and implement business strategies through technology while building and leading IT teams.
He first joined Thrive in 2004 as a Senior Business Strategist and then held IT architecture and operations leadership positions at TriCore Solutions, Navisite, XOS Digital, and HiWired. Chris returned to Thrive in 2016 and now creates the vision and solutions that digitally transform companies securely and efficiently.
Chris has a Bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and also maintains multiple technical certifications including Fortinet, Cisco, Microsoft, and his Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
During his more than 20-year career, Chris has assisted companies of all sizes to plan, develop, manage and implement business strategies through technology while building and leading IT teams.
He first joined Thrive in 2004 as a Senior Business Strategist and then held IT architecture and operations leadership positions at TriCore Solutions, Navisite, XOS Digital, and HiWired. Chris returned to Thrive in 2016 and now creates the vision and solutions that digitally transform companies securely and efficiently.
Chris has a Bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and also maintains multiple technical certifications including Fortinet, Cisco, Microsoft, and his Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Chris Ervin
Lumen, Solution Architect
With more than two decades of knowledge, I offer expertise covering cloud, network and information security as well as data privacy. My tool chest includes experience in both the public and private sectors that encompass not only the network and endpoint, but the controls and services related to threat intelligence, data collection/retention and GRC.
As a Solution Architect at Lumen, I cover our Three Pillar strategy: network infrastructure purpose built for AI, a programmable digital platform and a connected ecosystem. Within that ecosystem, I am focused on partner enablement and security services. My passion is information security with a concentration over the last two years on cloud security. Specifically, security in AWS and with Fortinet. I hold current CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialization along with Fortinet NSE7’s in SASE and Public Cloud.
As a Solution Architect at Lumen, I cover our Three Pillar strategy: network infrastructure purpose built for AI, a programmable digital platform and a connected ecosystem. Within that ecosystem, I am focused on partner enablement and security services. My passion is information security with a concentration over the last two years on cloud security. Specifically, security in AWS and with Fortinet. I hold current CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialization along with Fortinet NSE7’s in SASE and Public Cloud.
Tony Cristiano
Nebulas.co, Director, vCTO Services
Tony Cristiano is currently Director, vCTO Services and Partner at Nebulas.co, where Tony assists firms with strategic technology initiatives and provides virtual CTO services to help organizations align IT strategy with business goals. Prior to Nebulas, Tony joined Jana Partners in 2008 as Director of Technology and CTO, overseeing the advancement of the firm’s corporate system design, operations, and planning. Tony’s responsibilities span the full spectrum of technology, encompassing trading platforms, disaster recovery strategies, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity. Tony holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Hofstra University.
About UPSTACK
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