Evelyn R. Anderson
Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM
Ms. Evelyn has over 26 years of experience in IT Security. Evelyn holds a master’s degree in Technology Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting. Evelyn is a Senior Technical Staff Member, which is the highest non-executive technical role within IBM which makes her the only Black Female with this distinction in her area. She is known as a Trusted Advisor and Thought Leader from end-users to executives for Evelyn’s expertise in privacy, cybersecurity, security regulations and risk management has traveled globally to develop cutting edge solutions. Evelyn has served across Global Technology Service Delivery organization as the global leader for Identity & Access Management, Security, Regulatory, and Risk Management, Physical Security, System Currency and Infrastructure Protection where she led the design of a global framework to standardize delivery, automate controls and reduce security risks for IBM and Clients. Evelyn is also an IBM Master Inventor which is IBM’s highest distinction for an inventor. Evelyn has 18 patents issued and 27 additional patents pending filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In 2016, Evelyn won the Women of Color (WOC) STEM Award in Technical Innovation. And she has been honored with various awards in IBM and industry badges. Evelyn is a member of ISACA previously Information Systems Audit and Control Association®, Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and Society of Women Engineers (SWE).Evelyn has professional certifications in Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and a Certified Architect.
Michee Smith
Product Manager, Google Cloud
Michee Smith is a product manager on the Data Protection and Privacy team in Google Cloud, where she is responsible for infrastructure products that provide transparency around data access and internal data governance operations on the handling of personal data. Michee is passionate about ensuring that privacy is embedded in every step of the product and data lifecycle. Previously, she spent 12 years in a variety of software development and program management roles at Microsoft.