Distinguished Engineer and VP, Strategic Engineer at F5, Joel has over 30 years of industry experience in cybersecurity and networking fields. He holds several US patents related to encryption technique.

Distinguished Engineer and Chief Evangelist at F5, Lori has more than 25 years of industry experience spanning application development, IT architecture, and network and systems' operation. She co-authored the CADD profile for ANSI NCITS 320-1998 and is a prolific author with books spanning security, cloud, and enterprise architecture.

Community Evangelist with F5's DevCentral, Aubrey is experienced in internal/external network, application and systems engineering.

Distinguished Technologist at F5 with over 20 years in Enterprise and Public WiFi Networking.

Field CISO for Web App and API Security at F5. Chuck's purview includes customer advocacy and active engagement across Product, Marketing, Sales, and Channel operations to bring thought leadership and alignment of solutions with the real-world problems enterprise customers face every day. Prior to F5, Chuck was the CTO of Wib, an API security firm that created the second generation of API security solutions designed from the ground up to provide end to end visibility, testing, and context to discover, test, and secure all APIs across a customer ecosystem. Prior to Wib, Chuck spent 19 years as a CISO in financial services and banking, including SVP and Head of IT Security, Risk, and Compliance for all of AIG’s consumer-facing divisions ($29B annual revenue) and EVP and CISO of Texas Capital Bank prior to being named “Most Trusted Bank in America” by Newsweek in 2022. A lifelong learner, Chuck holds a litany of industry certifications gathered over the last 25 years, as well as a bachelor’s degree in biology from Lenoir Rhyne University.

Connor has been working in cloud security for over a decade, starting with building enterprise security products at 1Password. He then founded a company called Suborbital focused on securing untrusted code in the cloud with WebAssembly which was acquired by F5 in 2023, where he now works on AI security as an Architect.

Dmitry Kit, PhD is a Senior Principal Data Scientist at F5. He has over 15 years of experience in machine learning operations and artificial intelligence in both academia and industry. He brings deep expertise in developing scalable machine learning systems, optimizing data-driven workflows, and applying AI to solve complex business problems. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Austin and has previously held roles at Amazon and Hitachi Vantara, where he contributed to advancing AI-driven solutions across enterprise environments.

I have been in technology for 20 years and love to learn new techs as they come online. Outside of that, I am dangerous in the kitchen and a wanna be BBQ pit-master.

Ken Arora is a Distinguished Engineer in F5’s Office of the CTO, focusing on addressing real-world customer needs across a variety of cybersecurity solutions domains, from application to API to network. Some of the technologies Ken champions at F5 are the intelligent ingestion and analysis of data for identification and mitigation of advanced threats, the targeted use of hardware-acceleration to deliver solutions at higher efficacy and lower cost, and the design of user experiences based on intent and workflows. Ken is also a thought leader in the evolution of the zero trust mindset for security, and how that will be applied to increasingly distributed and even edge-native apps and services. Prior to F5, Mr. Arora co-founded a company that developed a solution for ASIC-accelerated pattern matching, which was then acquired by Cisco, where he was the technical architect for the Cisco ASA Product Family. In his more distant past, he was also the architect for several Intel microprocessors. His undergraduate degrees are in Astrophysics and Electrical Engineering, from Rice University.

Experienced information security professional who specializes in security operations, vulnerability and threat research, incident handling, security engineering, systems programming, secure coding, and secure architecture design, especially for very large scale infrastructures. Fluent in cloud. Skilled in offensive security techniques.

Peter Scheffler is a Senior Solutions Architect at F5, focused on API security, post-quantum cryptography, and next-gen app delivery. Known for translating complex tech into memorable stories, he blends deep expertise with real-world demos and a bit of humor to help teams secure and scale modern applications.

Technical Thought Leadership Evangelist producing content that makes complex ideas clear and engaging.

F5 Distinguished Engineer and Architect integrating concepts for platform design, hardware acceleration (custom and COTS), software stack functional delineation and abstraction, to create hyper-converged appliances, chassis, and COTS systems.

With 25+ patents and 10+ IEEE publications, Vishal brings deep expertise in AI, and GenAI to transform networking, cloud, security, and 5G applications. From high-performance ML inference to anomaly detection and hardware offloads, Vishal has led teams turning cutting-edge AI concepts into real-world impact.