Meet the people of Distilling Security:
Hosts
Daniel Ayala
Daniel Ayala (@buddhake) is the Managing Partner for Secratic, a strategic security, privacy and compliance consultancy. Throughout his nearly 30 year career, he has led security, privacy and compliance organisations in banking and financial services, biotech and pharmaceutical, information, higher education, research and library organisations around the world, and both writes and speaks regularly on the topics of security, privacy, data ethics, and compliance.
Daniel is a co-founder of Distilling Security, and co-host of The Great Security Debate.
Erik Wille
Erik Wille is the Chief Technology Officer for Cabinetworks Group. He is passionate about transforming security into a game changing business differentiator driving risk centric results in a complex environment while empowering employees to make sound risk decisions in and out of the office.
Prior to joining Cabinetworks Group, Erik was the global CISO for American Axle & Manufacturing and Head of Information Security for Penske Automotive Group where he had the opportunity to build a global information security program from the ground up.
Erik is the VP and Treasurer for the Detroit CSA chapter, Co-Host on the Great Security Debate Podcast, holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Information Assurance from Walsh College, is working on his Executive MBA at the University of Michigan, and is certified as a CISSP, GPEN, GWAPT and CCSK.
Erik a co-founder of Distilling Security, and co-host of The Great Security Debate.
Brian Schneble
Brian Schneble is the Director of Cybersecurity for GTS Direct. Brian is a security professional and community leader who assists both public and private enterprises of various sizes, to integrate security processes/systems within their organizations to defend potential threats as well as “actors” in today’s highly technical and advanced cyber environment.
Before beginning a career in cybersecurity, Brian worked over 15 years in the automotive manufacturing industry, leading advanced engineering teams and was the Director of Sales in North America for one of the largest original equipment (OE) suppliers globally. After a successful career helping grow the artificial intelligence (AI) Autonomy and Electrification business units and rallying the community and industry leaders around the transformation of Detroit, Brian is now focused on applying the lessons of machine learning, AI and behavioral engines to the cybersecurity business.
Brian is a co-founder of Distilling Security, and co-host of The Great Security Debate.
