Speakers/Presenters

Celeste Matarazzo is a data science expert with more than 30 years of service to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Celeste is the Principal Investigator for a large LLNL funded strategic initiative research project in cyber security situational awareness following on from another successful research effort she led from November 2008 through September 2011. As a cyber security researcher, she is working with national laboratory, industrial and academic partners to develop game-changing tools and techniques to enhance security in a networked world. She is also the program manager for LLNL’s Cyber Defenders Summer Intern Program. Celeste previously held numerous technical and leadership roles throughout her career at LLNL focusing on the application of data science to address global security issues. Celeste has a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Adelphi University and pursued her graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She is an avid bicyclist who achieved a long-time goal in 2005 when she completed a 3,850-mile transcontinental bicycle journey from San Francisco to Virginia Beach raising money for Hope Hospice.

Jeremy Rasmussen is CTO and Cybersecurity Director of Abacode, a Tampa, Florida based company that provides managed cybersecurity services for growing organizations and employs global thought leaders and industry experts in ethical hacking, digital forensics, and corporate governance. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida and founder of the USF Whitehatters Computer Security Club (WCSC). Since 2000, he has taught USF courses in cryptography and network security, ethical hacking, digital forensics & investigations, and mobile and wireless security. He has more than 25 years of experience in performing R&D and developing cybersecurity solutions for government and commercial customers. Jeremy is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and Project Management Professional (PMP).