Speakers

Manuel "Manny" Medrano has over 20 years of experience, 13 years with Department of State. He has contributed to many technology modernization efforts in the Secretary of State’s office. He now leads State’s Office of Cyber Monitoring and Operations. Manny has served in this role since 2022, defending State’s networks and systems against advanced and persistent cyber threats. His duties include overseeing cyber monitoring, incident response, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and designing, engineering, and operating State's cybersecurity defense systems. Previously, as Deputy Division Chief for Cyber Threat Intelligence, Manny was integral to the pursuit of actionable, outcome-based intelligence and partnering with private industry.

As one of Nutanix’s early pioneers and first hire for our US Federal business, Jason contributed significantly over 8 years to the company's success before embarking on broadening his professional skills and experiences. During his 4 years away, Jason led sales in both the SaaS multi-cloud networking space as well as generative AI solutions for the enterprise. After leading a generative AI startup from seed through A Round, he returned to Nutanix at the beginning of 2024 to run the AI line of business.

Daniel Wilbricht serves as president for Optiv + ClearShark, a cybersecurity and IT solutions provider focused exclusively on serving the U.S. federal government. He is also a member of Optiv’s executive leadership team focused on growing Optiv’s presence in the U.S. public sector.

Wilbricht’s leadership is rooted in the belief that innovation thrives when people are empowered, inspired, and united by a shared mission. With more than 25 years of experience in the public sector in various leadership roles across the channel ecosystem, including technology manufacturers, value-added resellers and distribution, Wilbricht has shaped the federal consulting industry by aligning advanced cybersecurity solutions with mission impact, advocating for technology adoption at scale, and setting new standards in compliance, services, and innovation.

Most recently, Wilbricht served as general manager, senior vice president of Devo, where he led a team responsible for creating strategic technology relationships within the federal, state, local government agencies and higher education institutions. Prior to that, Wilbricht was vice president of Ivanti Public Sector, where he was instrumental in their growth and acquisitions. He also led sales teams at LogRhythm, Dell and Red Hat.

Wilbricht is a founding member and on the board of the Software in Defense Coalition, which advances and advocates for the need for faster American emerging technology adoption and highlights the integral role software plays in driving the country’s global strategic edge. He also is an active member of several boards.

Michael comes to Optiv + ClearShark with over 25 years of experience working in the Federal, Systems Integrator, and technical markets with tenures at Sun Microsystems, Agiliiance, FireMon, and Illusive. Most recently Michael served as Vice President Federal at BeyondTrust.

Brent Hansen is the VP of Federal Sales Engineering at Optiv + ClearShark.  He currently leads the direction and strategy for technical guidance to customers, partners, and Federal cyber executives.  Brent brings over 25+ years of experience in security, data encryption, cloud native, Zero Trust, and API security strategies. Brent has previously held global leadership positions at Cequence Security, D2iQ, and was Federal CTO at Thales Trust Cyber Technologies.