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Informanix Discover is an annual one-day event designed to connect IT professionals across sectors, with a special focus on cybersecurity and digital resilience. This conference offers a dynamic platform where innovation meets expertise - bringing together a community of industry leaders, technologists, and cybersecurity specialists eager to collaborate, share insights, and invest in smarter, safer tech solutions.
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October 22, 2026 | Victoria Inn Hotel & Conference Center, Winnipeg, MB
2026 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Brian Deitch
Zscaler
Brian Deitch
Zscaler
VP & CTO In Residence || Cloud God
I sit in the weird but useful space between the boardroom, the field, the customer, and the story. My job is not to make technology sound complicated. Plenty of people already do that for free. My job is to take complex security, cloud, AI, and zero trust concepts and make them land with the people who actually have to bet their business on them: CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CROs, CEOs, boards, and executive teams.
As VP and Chief Technology Evangelist at Zscaler, I work directly with global enterprise leaders, Fortune 500 customers, field teams, sales, product, marketing, and executive leadership to turn strategy into conviction. Sometimes that means a keynote. Sometimes it is a whiteboard. Sometimes it is a closed-door executive conversation where the buzzwords die and the real business problem finally shows up.
I have spent the last decade building trust with executives, helping close and expand major customer relationships, and translating highly technical ideas into messages that people remember, repeat, and act on.
Jason Cook
Rubrik
Jason Cook
Rubrik
Field CTO Americas
Jason has over 26 years of experience in information systems and technology, encompassing roles in sales, consulting, and project management. His expertise includes cyber security, cyber recovery, datacenter, cloud, and virtualization. Jason enjoys engaging with clients, partners, and industry professionals to enhance the IT community. He is dedicated to delivering excellent customer experiences and technology solutions through his knowledge and passion. Jason has been with Rubrik for 9 years and resides in Nashville, TN.
2026 PRESENTERS
Christian Warnett
Sophos
Christian Warnett
Sophos
Global Solution Lead, Sophos
Christian Warnett is the Global Solution Lead at Sophos, where he helps organizations understand, manage, and reduce cyber risk. He works closely with teams to develop comprehensive defense strategies that empower them to prevent, detect, and respond to today’s evolving cybersecurity threats.
With over 20 years of experience in Information Technology, Christian brings deep expertise in Information Security, Networking, Telecommunications, ICS/OT, and Cloud technologies. Prior to joining Sophos, he led security, network, and infrastructure initiatives across both higher education and aerospace sectors, including key roles at the University of Manitoba.
Ring Readiness - Defending Your Organization
Christian will talk through his time as a customer, moving to SecureWorks and now Sophos and how we can help customer prepare for when the bad folks come knocking ….
Jonathan Eliud Gomez
IPSUM Technology
Jonathan Eliud Gomez
IPSUM Technology
Jonathan Eliud Gomez and Humberto Daniel Gomez join us from IPSUM Technology in Mexico City. For the last 15 years they have helped clients transform their IT service operations with the ServiceNow platform including over 70 satisfied clients and over 180 successful implementation projects completed in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile). ServiceNow named IPSUM Technology the Best Service Partner in 2016 and Rising Star Partner of the Year in 2024 and it remains one of the top ServiceNow partners with the largest number of consultants in Mexico and Latin America specialized in the different solutions of the ServiceNow platform.
TOPIC: From 27 Hours to 1 Second: A Blueprint for Autonomous Cybersecurity Defense Powered by ServiceNow
Join our breakfast keynote speakers Jonathan Eliud and Daniel Gomez from IPSUM Technology in Mexico City as they deep dive into how Banco Davivienda (Colombia's third largest bank) levered ServiceNow to transform its cybersecurity model from reactive to hyper-proactive. Learn how they moved from 300 to 15,000+ alerts/month, slashed incident resolution from over a day to just one second, and deployed a ‘SOCless’ architecture with automation, machine learning, and continuous workflows. For cybersecurity professionals and IT managers ready to evolve their SOC, this is your chance to see a blueprint for the future of autonomous cybersecurity defense.
Humberto Daniel Gomez
IPSUM Technology
Humberto Daniel Gomez
IPSUM Technology
Jonathan Eliud Gomez and Humberto Daniel Gomez join us from IPSUM Technology in Mexico City. For the last 15 years they have helped clients transform their IT service operations with the ServiceNow platform including over 70 satisfied clients and over 180 successful implementation projects completed in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile). ServiceNow named IPSUM Technology the Best Service Partner in 2016 and Rising Star Partner of the Year in 2024 and it remains one of the top ServiceNow partners with the largest number of consultants in Mexico and Latin America specialized in the different solutions of the ServiceNow platform.
TOPIC: From 27 Hours to 1 Second: A Blueprint for Autonomous Cybersecurity Defense Powered by ServiceNow
Join our breakfast keynote speakers Jonathan Eliud and Daniel Gomez from IPSUM Technology in Mexico City as they deep dive into how Banco Davivienda (Colombia's third largest bank) levered ServiceNow to transform its cybersecurity model from reactive to hyper-proactive. Learn how they moved from 300 to 15,000+ alerts/month, slashed incident resolution from over a day to just one second, and deployed a ‘SOCless’ architecture with automation, machine learning, and continuous workflows. For cybersecurity professionals and IT managers ready to evolve their SOC, this is your chance to see a blueprint for the future of autonomous cybersecurity defense.
Stephanie Moan
Lenovo
Stephanie Moan
Lenovo
Solutions Architect, LENOVO CANADA
Stephanie Moan is a Solution Architect at Lenovo Canada, where she supports enterprise and public sector organizations across Western Canada. She specializes in datacenter infrastructure, hybrid cloud architectures and solution-selling approaches, helping customers align technical architectures with business outcomes.
With over a decade of experience in technical sales and solution design, Stephanie has held senior roles at value-added resellers and other OEMs where she led large-scale RFP initiatives, delivered enterprise solutions, and consistently surpassed multimillion-dollar revenue targets. She brings a unique blend of technical depth and business acumen, enabling her to translate complex architectures into clear value propositions that resonate with both executives and technical stakeholders.
She holds certifications in VMware Hyper-Converged Infrastructure, Lenovo Data Center, Veeam, and Red Hat, and is an active participant in leadership initiatives such as the Women in Lenovo Leadership Mentoring Academy.
Outside of work, Stephanie can often be found standing in rivers of Squamish, fully immersed in the thrill of fly fishing. Her passion for the sport takes her well beyond local waters, fueling adventures that lead her to explore unique fisheries around the world.
Ron Pluchinski
Arctic Wolf
Ron Pluchinski
Arctic Wolf
Senior Solutions Engineer, ARCTIC WOLF
Topic: Navigating the Human-AI Partnership to Achieve Security Operations Success
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not a new concept or technology in the world of cybersecurity. It’s been iterated and utilized by security professionals for decades. But as both cybersecurity technology and cyber threats continue to advance, AI is being adopted by organizations at a rapid pace, all of whom seek to harness AI’s power to automate, advance, and empower their security. Arctic Wolf will discuss how we see potential for customers to leverage these technologies to achieve their security outcomes.
Mike Hodder
Rubrik
Mike Hodder
Rubrik
Enterprise Account Executive, RUBRIK
Topic: A Distributed Crisis: The Blueprint for Unbreakable Resilience
Nilesh Chauhan
Abnormal AI
Nilesh Chauhan
Abnormal AI
Solutions Engineer, ABNORMAL AI
Our guest speaker, Nilesh Chauhan from Vancouver, brings 20+ years in IT and a decade in cybersecurity Solutions Engineering. His presentation will demonstrate how phishing has evolved—and how Abnormal AI stops it.
Presentation: Malicious vs Defensive: Defending Against Modern Attacks
In this session, we'll highlight how Abnormal AI protects against the new wave of advanced BEC attacks and show a live demo demonstrating both the detection power and the clear visibility our platform provides.
Daemon Behr
Nutanix
Daemon Behr
Nutanix
Advisory Architect, NUTANIX
Daemon Behr is an Advisory Architect at Nutanix. He has 25+ years of industry experience working with global financial services organizations, large enterprises, and government organizations. He has taught courses on infrastructure design and security at multiple Colleges and Universities, is a published author, and has presented at many industry conferences across Canada and the United States. Currently, he provides strategic guidance for organizations adopting and scaling Artificial Intelligence in their environments.
Stay tuned for this year's exciting presenter lineup and conference agenda.
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