Chief of Staff, Forge Institute
Ret. US Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI)

National Counterintelligence Officer for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies
National Counterintelligence and Security Center​
Office of the Director of National Intelligence

VP, Chief Information Security Officer
Gilead Sciences

Executive Director
Arkansas Aerospace & Defense Alliance

Chief Security & Trust Officer, Epiphany Systems

VP Cyber Risk

Kroll

Former Deputy Director CIA for Science and Technology

Randy’s career begin right after high school when he joined the Army at age 18. He served in the Army from February 8, 1982, until March 31, 2018 after a 37-year career. Throughout his career in the Army, he was stationed at FT. Hood, Texas, Ft. Knox, Ky., Ft. Benning, Ga., Ft. Stewart, Ga., Hoensfield, Germany, Camp Casey, Korea, Ft. Belvoir, Va., Ft. Pickett, Va., Camp Pendleton, Virginia Beach, Va., Ft. Bragg, NC., and the United States Embassy, Moscow, Russia, US Air Base, Shindand, Herat Province Afghanistan, FOB Grizzly, Al Khalis, Iraq. Randy held various leadership, management, and supervisor roles for different military units that landed him a career in Emergency Management as an Emergency Manager and Lead Exercise Planner for three different installations.

Becky Passmore holds a Master of Science Degree in Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigations. She currently works as a Cyber Investigator in Digital Forensics and Incident Response with Kroll, Inc. She has over seventeen years of investigative skills as a Senior Digital Forensic Examiner with the Federal Government. Becky has led a variety of complex digital investigations, including technical analysis for national security, insider threats, internet fraud, child exploitation, terrorism and public corruption. Becky has provided expert testimony in cases involving computer forensics. Becky teaches Digital Forensics and Introduction to CyberSecurity at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She holds GCFE, GASF, Net + and A+ Certifications.

Mike Forgione is an experienced security, automation, and data engineer. He is the Director of Operations for Shadowscape, Inc. an intelligence driven cybersecurity services company. Mike has filled many roles over his 8 years of cybersecurity experience to include analyst, SIEM engineer, Cloud Architect and Engineer, Helpdesk Developer, System Administrator, and SOC team lead. He has provided operational support to many private companies in the many roles he has had. He has helped to develop the operational side of his previous security positions as well as his current position. Mike has also filled roles as an instructor to train military operators in subjects of Windows Exploitation, Linux Exploitation, Network and Operating Systems hunt theory and application.

James McCarter is a former U.S. Marine, SIGINT Support Team Leader and Korean Cryptologic Linguist. He is an experienced cybersecurity operational support professional and is CEO of Boise based company, Shadowscape, an Intelligence-driven cybersecurity company. He is a recognized subject matter expert in threat-based cyber operations, digital forensics and cyber training and has previously served as the Director of Threat Intelligence, Vice President of Training, Intelligence Collection Manager and Digital Forensics Specialist within his previous cyber operations companies.

Beth-Anne Bygum serves as SVP, Chief Information Security Officer, Q2, Inc.

Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Wilson retired as the Assistant to the Commander - Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. His primary responsibility was to assist ANG and AFMC to increase the weapons systems capability and equipment availability through communication and collaboration for efficiency and cost effectiveness. He was also responsible for highlighting and identifying opportunities for ANG engagement on problem solving, initiatives, and special interest items enabling Senior Leaders to understand the relationship between them and the ANG Enterprise.

Lee is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Forge Institute, an organization developed to design and enable innovative private-public collaborations to support economic and national security initiatives.

Forge Institute developed the American Cyber Alliance or ACA in 2018, as a private-public partnership to reduce cyber risks through programs in innovation and workforce development and by supporting intel-led cyber operations.

As the Chief External Affairs Officer at Forge Institute, Scott’s mission is to expand the organization’s outreach and impact. He previously served as Executive Director, leading innovation, training, and cyber programs, managing partnerships, stakeholder engagement, and national security compliance.