AI Summit:
Accelerating Secure AI Adoption and Development

Elia Zaitsev leads CrowdStrike's technology vision and strategy, notably driving the company’s data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and malware research functions. Zaitsev was promoted to CrowdStrike’s Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2023. He joined the Office of the CTO in 2020 after having led the Americas Sales Engineering organization. He joined CrowdStrike in 2013 as the company’s first sales engineer. Throughout his tenure, he has worked closely as a trusted advisor to CrowdStrike's largest customers while collaborating with the product and R&D teams to ensure continued customer success and safety through innovation and evolution of the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform. Prior to CrowdStrike, Zaitsev was at IBM, i2 Inc., and Northrop Grumman.

Oliver Friedrichs is General Manager, AI Detection and Response, at CrowdStrike. He was the Founder and CEO of Pangea, an AI security pioneer, enabling enterprises to deliver safe and secure AI applications. He previously ran Security Products at Splunk and founded Phantom, a pioneer in SOAR prior to its acquisition by Splunk. He also founded Immunet, an early endpoint detection and response provider (acquired by Sourcefire/Cisco); SecurityFocus, an early threat intel provider (acquired by Symantec); and Secure Networks, an early exposure management provider (acquired by McAfee). With 33 patents and three security books, Oliver has spent over three decades shaping the cybersecurity landscape.

Adam Zoller is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at CrowdStrike, overseeing cybersecurity strategy and execution to protect the company’s information ecosystem. He has held leadership roles at Providence Health, General Electric, and Booz Allen Hamilton, driving security initiatives for global enterprises. Previously, he led cyber threat intelligence and incident response efforts at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Defense (DoD). A U.S. Army Reserve veteran, Zoller served as a cyber operations officer and deployed with U.S. Army Special Operations Command in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Zeki Turedi is the European Field CTO at CrowdStrike, joining the company in 2016. He is an influential, tenacious, and highly motivated cybersecurity leader with professional experience specializing in endpoint and network cybersecurity, and he has extensive incident response and forensic knowledge within law enforcement and the private sector. Zeki acts as a trusted advisor and strategist for organizations across Europe. Zeki is focused on helping companies lower and manage cyber risk as well as build their cyber maturity and future. At CrowdStrike, Zeki also focuses on technology strategy and innovation.

David Reber Jr. is the chief security officer for NVIDIA. Previously, David served as senior director of cybersecurity for Nutanix, director of security and solutions for Frame, and spent more than 10 years providing information technology and security leadership to the U.S. government.

Joey Melo is an AI Red Teaming Specialist at CrowdStrike and a contributor to AI Safety programs at OpenAI, Anthropic, and 0din. His expertise was showcased when he ranked 2nd among 30,000 competitors in the HackAPrompt 2.0 AI hacking competition and took 1st place in Pangea's AI escape room challenge, being the only competitor in the world to solve all rooms. An OSCP-, OSCE3-, and BSCP-certified penetration tester, Joey specializes in web security, exploit development, and reverse engineering, constantly honing his skills in high-pressure CTFs and bug bounty programs.

Justin Acquaro serves as the Chief Information Officer at CrowdStrike, where he leads the company’s global IT strategy and operations, ensuring the alignment of technology with business goals to drive innovation, security, and growth. With a proven track record of building high-performing teams and implementing transformative technology solutions, Mr. Acquaro plays a key role in shaping CrowdStrike’s secure, scalable infrastructure to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape.

Mr. Acquaro joined CrowdStrike as Chief Information Security Officer in May 2023, where he built high-performing teams and systems that help surface risk and defend against threats to both CrowdStrike and its customers.

Prior to joining CrowdStrike, he held key security roles in large enterprise organizations, including Chief Information Security Officer for Evernorth, a $140B health tech and services business under Cigna, and Global Chief Information & Product Cyber Officer for General Electric. With over 20 years of experience defending against nation-state-driven cyberattacks, Mr. Acquaro was also a member of CrowdStrike’s Customer Advisory Board, making him intimately familiar with the company's mission, culture, and cutting-edge approach to cybersecurity.

Mr. Acquaro holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Dowling College and a Master’s degree in Information Security from James Madison University.

As Chief Marketing Officer at CrowdStrike, Jennifer Johnson (JJ) leads the company's global marketing strategy and execution. With deep expertise in cybersecurity, JJ has a distinguished 20+ year career in enterprise software marketing.

Before joining CrowdStrike, JJ served as CMO at Illumio, Tenable (Nasdaq: TENB), Amplitude (Nasdaq: AMPL), Tanium, and Coverity (now Synopsys). She successfully led Tenable and Amplitude through public offerings and was a member of Illumio's Board of Directors. Her strategic vision has consistently helped companies define and dominate market categories.

Outside her CMO roles, JJ was a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, advising enterprise portfolio companies on go-to-market strategies. She also currently serves on the Board of Directors at Immersive Labs.

JJ is renowned for her bold storytelling and ability to introduce innovative go-to-market approaches, hone strategic positioning, and disrupt existing markets.