Speakers

Abby is a cyber security leader and technologist with over six years’ experience working across public sector, critical infrastructure, education, research, and beyond. She has led initiatives ranging from strengthening organisational cyber resilience through to supporting teams during active ransomware incidents—bringing both strategic insight and real-world experience.She currently leads the Cyber Resilience function at CSIRO, helping enable digitally safe science and research at a national scale.Now based in Brisbane, Abby previously lived on the Sunshine Coast and is excited to be part of the conversations at SunCon.

Adam Green is a dynamic MC and speaker who brings energy, clarity, and connection to every room he steps into. With a background in technology and business, Adam has a unique ability to translate complex ideas into engaging, human conversations that audiences actually remember.He’s known for reading the room quickly, lifting the energy when needed, and keeping events running seamlessly without ever feeling scripted or stiff. Whether he’s hosting a conference, moderating panels, or delivering a keynote, Adam creates an experience where both organisers and audiences feel taken care of.Adam Green is a cybersecurity and AI thought leader with over two decades of experience working with global organisations including IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Verizon, Honeywell and NTT. He has advised on more than 20 active cyber incidents and ransomware attacks, and led hundreds of crisis simulations.

Kathryn Giudes is the Founder and Managing Director of ORCA Opti, an AI-powered platform helping organisations automate cybersecurity, compliance, and operational governance. With senior leadership experience at Microsoft and a career spanning large-scale digital platforms, product innovation, and security-led transformation, Kathryn is known for making complex risk and compliance challenges practical and achievable. Having sat on multiple listed and unlisted boards Kathryn works closely with SMEs, government, and regulated industries to enable secure growth through responsible AI and automation.

Dr Dennis Desmond is Chief Technology Officer of Ravinn Pty Ltd and a Senior Industry Fellow at the University of the Sunshine Coast, where he teaches and leads programs in cyber security, digital forensics, artificial intelligence, cryptography, FINTECH, and blockchain. With more than 25 years of leadership experience across cyber security, cyber intelligence, counterintelligence, and identity operations, he has worked at the intersection of national security, emerging technologies, and operational tradecraft throughout a distinguished career in government, defence, lawenforcement, academia, and industry.

Jamie Lindsay is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with 15 years of experience in cyber, insider risk and enterprise technology. As the VP of Technology at DTEX Systems, he focuses on the application of current and emerging technologies to mitigate the risk of insider threats. Jamie has directly supported the development and maturation of some of the leading insider programs in Australia and around the world. Sectors supported include Banking, Federal Government, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Manufacturing and Energy and Utilities. Jamie also leads DTEX’s partnership with the MITRE Corporation, with the mission to uplift capability for Critical Infrastructure and Government entities across the Five Eyes

Myles Agnew is a cybersecurity and cloud security specialist with over 16 years of experience designing secure, high-velocity cloud native environments. He has held senior roles across government, consulting, and enterprise.Myles is an expert in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), secure DevOps, SIEM/SOAR, and resilient cloud architectures. He champions “secure by default” pipelines, helping organisations embed robust security without slowing innovation.At Sun Con QLD, Myles will deliver practical, actionable guidance for teams looking to build confidence and reduce risk in fast-moving cloud-native deployments.

Alex is the Global Threat Research Coordinator at Okta & is a Cybercrime Researcher & Cyber Intelligence Expert. With over 25 years of experience in security & cybercrime, Alex career began in the online casino industry before transitioning into the burgeoning field of cyber security within Australia’s banking sector playing a pivotal role in developing countermeasures against then-emerging threats, including phishing & malware attacks targeting banking platforms & customers.Alex later became the Australian Federal Police’s (AFP) first-ever Senior Cybercrime Technical Analyst, where he combined technical expertise with investigative analysis to uncover cybercriminals’ identities, motivations, & tactics.After leaving law enforcement, Alex led Threat Intelligence & Research for the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region at Secureworks’ Counter Threat Unit (CTU).Today, Alex is the Global Threat Research Coordinator at Okta, the world’s leading identity & authentication provider.

Rhiana is an OT Security Architect and Mechatronics Engineer with a passion for Cyber Security and Operational Technology. She has worked in the mining industry and at Secolve to secure critical infrastructure and other industrial sites. Rhiana has specialist experience with control systems, mobile fleet equipment, cybersecurity operations and cyber architecture.

Finn Foulds-Cook is a Principal Penetration Tester at Loc Cyber and has performed more than forty internal penetration tests over the last five years. He specialises in Active Directory, Kubernetes and Linux, is an avid programmer, and is passionate about making reports that help people understand real-world risk.

Shanna Daly is an accomplished cybersecurity executive and incident response leader with over 20 years of experience helping organisations across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region prepare for, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents. Shanna combines deep technical expertise with strategic vision. Leading high-performing teams that deliver trusted, outcome-driven security services. Her career spans hands-on technical response through to executive leadership, including building and scaling professional services practices, managing complex investigations, and guiding large enterprises through crisis and resilience-building initiatives.

David is an accomplished cybersecurity professional who has led Architecture and Cybersecurity teams at National Australia Bank for the last eight years, following his experience as a software developer, penetration tester, security consultant, and engineer. With comprehensive expertise in Threat Intelligence, Digital Forensics and Incident Response and Digital and Cloud Security, he brings specialized knowledge of an attacker's mindset and "Systems Thinking" to help build strong and competent cyber security teams. An active participant with MITRE's the "Centre for Threat Informed Defence" through NAB's partnership, David leads the strategy for NAB's threat informed defence approach. He excels at translating technical threats into business risk contexts, driven by a passion for building inspiring experiences through data and threat analysis that enables more effective defense strategies and meaningful outcomes for organisations, customers and the Australian economy as a whole.

Daisy Wong is a cybersecurity leader with over twelve years of experience across IT, finance, and healthcare. She heads security culture and awareness at Australia’s largest private health insurer, designing programs that reduce human cyber risk and is passionate about building a people-first security culture. Blending marketing expertise with technical concepts, Daisy creates engaging initiatives that make secure behaviours second nature. She is an active industry voice, speaking at conferences, serving on advisory boards, and driving community building as Corporate Partnership Manager at AWSN. She also serves as Honorary Secretary for the Victorian Branch Executive Committee of the ACS.

Huon is Head of External Affairs at CI-ISAC Australia, the country's only cross-sector critical infrastructure cyber threat intelligence sharing organisation. He leads government relations, policy advocacy, and strategic partnerships, and has grown CI-ISAC's health sector membership across some of Australia's most systemically critical organisations, including major financial institutions and national infrastructure operators across multiple states and territories.1 Holding a PhD in International Political Economy, Huon bridges technical and policy worlds—contributing to national conversations on AI governance, supply chain resilience (including through the Home Affairs Supply Chain Resilience Expert Advisory Group), and the reform of Australia's critical infrastructure security frameworks. He is a regular commentator on the intersection of cyber threat intelligence, regulatory design, and cross-sector collaboration.

His global experience & reputation in critical technologies, security & digitaltransformation stems from a background as an investment banker onWall Street and Silicon Valley before becoming actively involved in foundingcompanies including Australia’s first certified strategic sovereign cloud platform.