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Overview
Kick-off (or refresh) your mentorship journey with the ISSA Mentorship Program, designed for cybersecurity professionals looking to grow and connect in meaningful ways. Pete Schramm will share how an agile approach to mentorship can help you plan your career, build a Personal Board of Advisors (multiple mentors), and strengthen relationships beyond “just work.” Learn what it truly means to be an effective mentor or mentee, how to use career mapping to guide your conversations, and how strong connections within your organization can reduce internal threats by fostering trust and collaboration. Invest in your career and community—this is mentorship redefined for cybersecurity professionals!
Moderator
Dr. Shawn P. Murray
Shawn Murray is President and CAO at Murray Security Services and was previously assigned to the United States Missile Defense Agency as a Senior cybersecurity Professional. His previous assignments include work with the US Army Cyber Command in Europe, US Air Force and with Commercial Industry in various roles in Information Assurance and cybersecurity. He has traveled the globe performing physical and cybersecurity assessments on critical national defense and coalition programs and has prepared reports for the House Armed Services Committee and has testified on cybersecurity and privacy issues for leaders in Congress. He is the lead cyber consultant at the Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and sits on the national SBDC cyber working group.
Dr. Murray has worked with SBA, Colorado Attorney General’s office, NSA, FBI, CIA and the US Defense and State Departments on various Cyber initiatives and has over 20 years of IT, communications and cybersecurity experience. He has presented as a featured or keynote speaker for numerous conferences across the globe and enjoys teaching and presenting as a guest lecturer on Cybersecurity, business and computer science courses at his Cyber Academy and for several universities. He has several industry recognized certifications to include the C|CISO, CISSP and CRISC. He holds several degrees to include an Applied Doctorate in Computer Science with a concentration in Enterprise Information Systems.
Dr. Murray is a distinguished fellow at the Information Systems Security Association and a past president of their International Board of Directors. He enjoys spending time traveling with his family, researching and collaborating with other professionals in cybersecurity and Cyber Law and plays soccer on a local league in Colorado Springs.
Speaker/s
Pete Schramm – CEO & Founder at Lattitude
Pete Schramm is a serial entrepreneur, award-winning speaker, and bestselling author passionate about connecting people and fostering intentional, meaningful relationships in the workplace. With roots in farming and basketball, Pete traveled the world. He later applied his mechanical engineering and leadership expertise at Lockheed Martin, QinetiQ (kinetic), and ETC, where he built robots for the Army. As the founder of Lattitude, Pete drives employee engagement through leadership development & career mapping software that supports new employee retention and prepares individuals for promotions. His book, Pathfinders: Navigating Your Career Map with a Personal Board of Advisors, dives deeper into these principles along with building your Personal Board of Advisors. Outside work, Pete enjoys pottery, traveling, playing, and now coaching basketball, as well as riding Peloton..
See Pete Schramm‘s full profile.
Joseph Cheung – Principal Architect at ArcLight6
Joseph Cheung is the Principal Architect at ArcLight6 and has served in multiple engineering and senior management roles to include Lead Engineer, Principal Engineer and even Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) within both DoD and commercial industries. His work includes regularly partnering with inter-departmental units to include Legal and Compliance to ensure that all needs of the business have buy-in from all departments.
Joseph started his professional career in the Department of Defense (DoD) where he supported offensive and defensive cyber operations and research. In his time in DoD, he has supported multiple Air Force, Space Force, Army, and Marine Corp programs. Most recently, he has served as Lead Engineer on various components of an Air Force and Space Force network.
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