Scott, aka “Shagghie” in the community, is a public speaker, thought leader and cyber strategist. With decades of cyber consulting in both Federal and Commercial domains, he brings strong opinions and insight into any topic covering cyber, privacy, AI/ML, or the intersections of these. Winner of the first defcon badge-hacking contest and a defcon music artist, he currently works to bring urgent awareness to the device and firmware attack surface now being readily exploited.
Deepika is responsible for product strategy and delivery at Tala. Working closely with our customers, she drives product direction and shapes the product roadmap to address their core needs.
Prior to Tala, Deepika was part of Cisco Jasper where she led the launch of IoT smart city applications. Her career in Product Management began at EMC, in the New Product Introduction team, working on key initiatives across the Storage and the Data Protection divisions.
Deepika has held diverse roles in her career: her first job out of school was in Research and Development of high voltage particle accelerator technology used in cancer therapy machines.








