Personal Cybersecurity: Prevention, Awareness, and Career Pathways

Eileen Guzzo
President & Founder
Donnelly & Moore, Corp.

Eileen Guzzo is the President & Founder of Donnelly & Moore, Corp., a highly regarded IT Consulting and Off-Shore IT based firm serving the U.S. Market.

Since 1997, Donnelly & Moore has been providing leading corporations with IT consulting and staffing, Cyber Security, Near-Shore/Off-shore and IT Infrastructure services.

As an accomplished Professional, Eileen Guzzo received the Award of Excellence WBE 2019 at the NY Competitive Edge conference, in 2014 was honored for her business achievements by the New York City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, also honored by Consolidated Edison of NY, Inc. in 2012 - 2014 and the Minority Business Development Agency-US Department of Commerce "Northeast Region MBE 2012 Award".

Ileana van der Linde
Executive Director
J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management
Cybersecurity Awareness Global Program Lead

Ileana van der Linde is an Executive Director for J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management (AWM). Ileana leads AWM’s Cybersecurity Awareness Program – educating clients and employees globally on how to better protect themselves, their families, and their businesses from increasing cybersecurity threats.

Ileana’s team develops timely cybersecurity education materials on various topics to help address the needs of wealthy individuals, family offices, businesses and other centers of influence, so they are better prepared to deal with the reality of cyber threats. She works closely with her colleagues in cyber, fraud prevention, and technology to understand the latest threats, and solutions to mitigate them.

Ileana came to J.P. Morgan with extensive experience in wealth management and technology, having worked on numerous cyber and technology initiatives that impacted High Net Worth and Ultra-High Net Worth clients and their advisors. Throughout Ileana’s career of 20+ years, she has always sought to make technology solutions easier to understand for a lay person.

Prior to J.P. Morgan, Ileana worked for Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Private Bank. Prior to a career in financial services, Ileana worked for Hewlett-Packard in Europe.

Ileana has a Bachelors degree from Georgetown University, an MBA from Columbia Business School, and is pursuing her Masters in Cybersecurity.

Michael Nizich
Director
Adjunct Associate Professor
Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC)

Michael Nizich is the director of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC) and an adjunct assistant professor of computer science at New York Institute of Technology. He has more than 25 years of professional experience in information technology in a variety of industries, including aviation, education, law enforcement, biotechnology, and cybersecurity. Nizich has held IT leadership positions in both private and publicly held companies.

With more than 10 years of college-level teaching experience, Nizich holds a Ph.D. in Information Studies from Long Island University, a master’s degree in Technology Systems Management from Stony Brook University, and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Dowling College.

Through ETIC programs, Nizich regularly connects both domestic and international students with internships and full-time positions in cybersecurity. He also directs New York Tech’s Center of Academic Excellence for Cybersecurity Education, designated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency, and serves as a member of the CTEA committee for cybersecurity for Suffolk County Community College.