Speakers​​​​​​​​
Crystal Washington (Keynote)
Technology Trends Expert and One of Forbes’ 50 Leading Female Futurists
Futurist, author, and Hall of Fame Speaker, Crystal Washington equips organizations with the knowledge they need to become “future-proof.” As a technology strategist and certified futurist, Crystal makes complex artificial intelligence, social media, and app technology easy to understand and accessible for everyday people.
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Crystal’s clients include Fortune 100 companies, including Google, American Express, and Pfizer. As a sought-after keynote speaker, she has entertained and educated audiences around the globe.
As one of Forbes’ 50 Leading Female Futurists, she appears weekly on season two of the Emmy-nominated show Life 2.0. She’s also appeared in numerous publications, including Entrepreneur and Bloomberg Businessweek, and major television networks regularly call on her as a tech expert.
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Crystal is the author of One Tech Action and The Social Media Why.
John Dietrich
Associate Editor, Americas Base Oils, Argus
John Dietrich has covered the U.S. base oils market for Argus for the past four years and is responsible for the company’s weekly price assessments and market analysis. His 14 years of journalism experience spans numerous energies, commodities and products, including olefins, aromatics and other petrochemicals. Dietrich is based in Houston, Texas, but is originally from Portland, Oregon and is a product of the University of Missouri’s journalism school.
Michael T. McGuire – CPCU, ARM
Vice President, Commercial Insurance, Johnson, Kendall & Johnson
Michael McGuire is a Vice President and Partner at Johnson, Kendall & Johnson (JKJ), a private, independent and employee-owned insurance brokerage firm in Newtown, Pennsylvania. McGuire leads the chemicals practice, with clients including manufacturers and distributors of paints and coatings, lubricants and greases, water treatment and sanitary maintenance, and laboratory chemicals. McGuire holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in risk management and insurance from Temple University. He has obtained both Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designations.
Steve Stasiukonis
President, Secure Network Technologies
Steve Stasiukonis serves as president of Secure Network Technologies, focusing on penetration testing, information security risk assessments, incident response, digital forensic investigations and training. He has worked in the field of information security for over 26 years, specializing in the use of technology to identify information security vulnerabilities, assessing risk and the collection of digital intelligence. As a part of that experience, Stasiukonis is an expert in social engineering methodologies and strategy. He also carries numerous security certifications from various organizations and serves as a columnist for Information Week magazine and DarkReading.