About The Adapture Thinker’s Series
Inspired by Atlanta’s thriving tech community, we created the Adapture Thinker’s Series in 2022 as a way to bring IT thought leaders back together post pandemic, but it’s evolved into one of the premier IT networking and educational events in Atlanta. By partnering with leading technologies like Cloudflare, NetApp, Smartsheet, and others, we’re able to offer a world class educational and networking experience at some of the city’s best lunch spots.
Each event hosts 20–40 guests, all IT professionals, for a fine dining experience and fireside chat style conversation with a Featured Thinker. Our Featured Thinkers are among the best and brightest technologists, business strategists and IT philosophers in the industry. Our Thinker’s Series offers a regular opportunity to engage in thoughtful discussion and challenge our guests to think forward.
Featured Thinker: August 2024
Paul Farley – Field CISO
Paul Farley joins TrustedSec as Field CISO after previously serving over 8 years at NCR Voyix Corporation in a variety of roles within the security program, most recently as Corporate Vice President & Deputy Chief Information Security Officer. While there, he founded the NCR Voyix Cyber Defense Center that is responsible for threat detection and incident response, insider risk, security engineering and operations, cloud security protection, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, adversary simulation, threat hunting, forensics, and other related functions. Paul was also accountable for security architecture and policy, application security, cloud security governance and lab security.
Paul combines a deep technical knowledge with broad security experience. He has a proven track record of aligning security strategies with organizational goals through strategic consultation and relationship building. Paul is extremely skilled in communicating complex concepts to diverse audiences and has been recognized for facilitating employee growth and fostering strong connections. He has also managed up to $32M in budget and global teams of over 90 individuals.
Prior to his time at NCR, Paul held a variety of information security roles for Verint, Equifax and Cox Communications. He also served in the US Navy Reserve for eight years as a Cryptologic Technician and is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a B.S. in Finance.
Industry Certifications:
- CISM
- CISSP
- PCIP
Accepting Speaker Submissions
If you’re interested in being a Featured Thinker at an upcoming Thinker’s Series event, we want to hear from you! Our events are well attended and marketed, with support from leading technology companies. The Adapture Thinker’s Series provides an excellent opportunity to promote thought leadership and expand your personal brand. Anyone interested should email Mary Folsom at [email protected]
