Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.
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Prior to joining AWS, Mackenzie was the Head of Technical Operations at Betterment, the world’s largest independent robo-advisor based in NYC which manages over $8B in assets. Mackenzie was a founding engineer and Head of Technical Operations at Oscar Health, an insurance startup also based in NYC, helping to grow the company to over 400+ employees.
As AI agents become deeply integrated into enterprise ecosystems, the cybersecurity landscape is transforming at an unprecedented pace. While these AI-driven systems offer powerful new capabilities in automation, threat detection, and response, they also introduce novel attack surfaces, supply chain vulnerabilities, and adversarial AI challenges.
This panel brings together top CISOs, founders, and leading cybersecurity investors to explore:
• How AI-powered threats are reshaping cyber risk management strategies
• The impact of autonomous AI on security operations and incident response
• Investment trends in AI-driven cybersecurity solutions
• The balance between innovation and security in AI adoption
Join us for an in-depth discussion on how security leaders and investors can collaborate to stay ahead of emerging threats while harnessing AI's transformative potential.
This session is essential for security leaders and practitioners seeking to enhance their AI defense strategies, founders and innovators building the next generation of security solutions, and investors looking to identify opportunities in the rapidly evolving AI security landscape.
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Panel discussion:
- Melissa Bishop, CISO of Corporate Services at Amazon
- Elliott Robinson, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
- John Yeoh, Global Vice President of Research at Cloud Security Alliance
- Jim Alkove, CEO and Co-Founder, Oleria
- Benny Porat, CEO and Co-Founder, Twine
- Brian Harrell, Former Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, DHS
- Anna Sarnek, Cyber Business Development at Amazon Web Services
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