As the Deputy of Sector Houston-Galveston, Captain Donohue serves as alternate: Captain of the Port, Officer-in-Charge of Marine Inspection, Federal Maritime Security Coordinator, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, and Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator. In this capacity, he coordinates maritime safety and security, environmental protection, search and rescue, waterways management, and contingency planning operations for the navigable waterways from Freeport, TX to Lake Charles, LA and 200 miles offshore to the seaward extent of the United States. This area of responsibility encompasses seven ports (including five of the nation’s twenty busiest ports) and accounts for 25% of the U.S. gross tonnage carried by ships.

His career in the Coast Guard has focused greatly on domestic and international marine safety, port security, incident management and environmental response throughout the world.  Internationally, he has worked inside more than 40 countries with U.S. Embassies, foreign governments and commercial entities. 

He served as an International Port Security Liaison Officer attached to Activities Europe in the Netherlands where he worked with governments and port authorities throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East to reduce the threat of international and domestic maritime terrorism.  He was a consultant to the International Maritime Organization through the United Nations at the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Information and Training Center for the Wider Caribbean Region, in Curaçao, where assisted governments of the Caribbean and South America in ratification and implementation of international conventions.  He also conducted workshops in Southeast Asia with the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s International Counterproliferation Program to reduce the threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and deployed with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the United Nations Development Programme for disaster risk reduction efforts. 

He holds a Master of Arts in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Oceanography from Florida Institute of Technology, as well as Merchant Mariner Credentials.  He is also certified Type 1 Incident Commander, ICS Instructor, Facility Security Officer, Hazardous Material Technician and a Master Exercise Practitioner.

Jim Gilsinn is a Technical Leader at the industrial cybersecurity company Dragos, Inc. focusing on operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS). He has been at Dragos for 3 years and has been involved in multiple large-scale efforts at Dragos, including developing a national cybersecurity standard, developing and conducting maturity assessments for multiple datacenters, working with a team to develop and refine the Dragos risk assessment methodology, and a variety of architecture assessments. Prior to joining Dragos, Jim spent 20 years at NIST in the Engineering Laboratory and 7 years at another consulting company.
Jim is the previous co-chair and an active member of the ISA99 standards committee developing the ISA/IEC 62443 Series on Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems. He has also provided input into the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and NIST SP800-82. Supporting the broader security community, Jim is an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University in their Cyber Security Engineering department teaching Critical Infrastructure Protection.

Nick Bartosh has over 15 years experience in customer facing roles with a focus on solutions engineering & customer success. Nick possesses broad expertise in networking, network security, and cyber security disciplines and has used these skills to help architect & secure critical systems for organizations of all sizes.

Nick holds a BS in Computer Science and a MS in Management of Information Systems from Texas A&M University (Gig'em Ags). In his spare time he likes to take on DIY projects like gardening and brewing beer.

German is an Organizational Change Leader and excels at building and coaching high performing teams. He is passionate and known for creating structure out of chaos, developing talent across an organization on a global scale, and transforming businesses to be competitive in today’s ever-changing market. He possess extensive experience and competence in managing and integrating resources across functional, organizational, national and cultural lines working in the US, Mexico, Europe and Latin America. He is proud to say he has been consistently recognized by senior leadership for achieving outstanding results.

He has a proven track working with boards and senior executives to develop long and short-term strategic plans, restructure operations, enter into new markets, manage acquisitions and integrations, and build/improve strategy, culture and human resources practices and policies. One of his favorite strengths is my ability to build and lead high-performance teams in achieving both short-term goals and long-term stability in fast changing and uncertain markets and environments. He is multi-lingual in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Some of my core strengths include:

• Digital Transformation
• Organizational Leadership
• Finance & Strategic Planning
• Mergers & Post-Merger Integration
• Human Resources - Strategy, Policy & Execution
• Multi –Country & Multi-functional Leadership
• Corporate Culture Change & Engagement
• Continuous Improvement

He is currently leading Digital Transformation consulting practice with NEORIS where we focus on creating disruptive solutions for digitally-aspiring companies to transform their strategy and the way they interact with their customers, improve profitability and drive efficiency. They align their client’s business goals with competitive positioning to transform their corporate culture and optimize customer experiences. 

W. Garrett Myler is the owner of Enclave Defense and a cybersecurity consultant specializing in vulnerability and risk assessments and project management within critical infrastructure sectors . He serves part-time as a U.S. Air Force cyber warfare analyst and instructor and formerly worked as a DoD contractor supporting both offensive and defensive cyber operations from the strategic to tactical levels of effort. Among other certifications and degrees, he is a CISSP and an instructor for ISA's 62443 cybersecurity certificate program."

Rick has 20+ years in designing and implementing OT security programs, tailoring projects to clients in industries including oil and gas, refining, mining, power, and manufacturing. Rick always approaches engagements with an eye towards building a scalable, cost-effective and manageable solution.

Philippe Flichy is an independent director and digital transformation leader with a deep knowledge of the energy industry. He is recognized for conceiving and integrating profit-producing strategies for globally renowned organizations using business intelligence, technology platforms, and data analytics. He has a considerable record of achievement as an entrepreneur, conceiving and establishing successful businesses, as well as, driving significant change within established organizations.  He has held senior positions at Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford.  Philippe has a reputation for having a consultative approach in identifying strategic direction, analyzing current tools and pain points, and proposing creative technology-based solutions to achieve substantial ROI. A bilingual and bicultural dual US and French citizen, he has over two decades of experience in the USA including heading the intranet of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. He has a decade of professional experience in France where he was guest professor at DESS Paris Dauphine University; IMAC Paris Sorbonne University; and DEA INSTN (National Science and Technical Nuclear Institute). Philippe graduated from Boston University Questrom School of Business in Management Information Systems.

Bryan has an extensive background in a variety of industries including manufacturing, Department of Defense, healthcare, and others. Proven professional skills include system architecture and design, software project management, application development, system administration, network administration, database design and administration, and multi-tier support.

He is the previous Chairman, ISA-62443/ISA-99 Industrial Control Systems Security Standards body, was an Interim Governing Board, Process Control Security Forum, and an Industry representative for security architecture concerns to almost every major manufacturing, utilities, and other critical infrastructure.

His specialties include:

• System architecture and design using methodologies including UML, Rational Unified Process, Booch, Yourdon, etc.
• MES, EAI, ERP, LIMS, PLC, DCS, HMI, and other manufacturing systems
• Client/Server development in Java, JSP, ASP, C/C++, Visual C++, VB, PERL, Shell (ksh, csh, sh, bash), SQL, PL/SQL, and HTML.
• Physical and network vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, information assurance, and biometrics.
• PGP, SSH, VPN, WEP, SSL, WAP, 802.1x, RADIUS, etc