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We will be hosting the Proofpoint CAB meeting at The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay on Thursday, October 21. At this annual exclusive event, board members will hear from Proofpoint leadership about strategy insights, the current threat landscape, industry trends, and best practices that will help them better leverage their investments in Proofpoint. This is a unique opportunity to engage in peer-to-peer dialogue, have candid conversations with leadership, and provide valuable feedback in shaping the direction of Proofpoint. Attendees will also enjoy networking over dinner and a private experience at TBD.
This interactive program offers board members an opportunity to:
Additional networking events will be available to board members if their time permits. We will be hosting an optional welcome reception on Wednesday evening and either golf at Half Moon Bay Golf Links or relaxing treatments at The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Half Moon Bay on Friday.
Seats are limited and by invitation only. Register now to confirm your participation.
Proofpoint will cover hotel accommodations (room and taxes), transportation to/from the airport to the venue, and all meals and entertainment for the duration of the Proofpoint CAB.
Proofpoint Customer Advisory Board Kit
Each board member will receive an exclusive Proofpoint Customer Advisory Board Kit (includes Patagonia Jacket and Yeti Travel Mug).
We'd love to get your input as we build out the agenda. Please share with us your thoughts on the topics and discussion points you'd like to see covered.
Christopher Gadulka has always had a passion for food and cooking, considering his parent’s and grandparent’s cooking to serve as a heavy inspiration—in addition to listening to famous chefs and TV personalities, David Rosengarten and Stephen Yan.
Chef Gadulka grew up in Dearborn Heights, Michigan and attended cooking school at Schoolcraft Community College in Livonia, Michigan. He currently resides in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
His favorite part of being a chef is interacting with the guests, working with great people and making great food—finding fresh, exciting new cooking ideas through inspirations from his home garden and nature.
“I am always observing and taking notes of my surroundings as I never know what might strike me next,” says Chef Gadulka, who won the Birmingham Chef Clash in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Prior to accepting the Executive Chef position at Sylvan Table, Chef Gadulka worked at The Tavern on Broadway Restaurant Group, the Toast Restaurant Group, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Winebar, Tribute, Ernesto’s Italian Country Inn and Sean O’Callaghan’s Irish Pub
Gary Steele is founding CEO of Proofpoint. With more than 30 years of technology industry experience, he directs a global workforce of 2,600+ employees to protect people, data and brands from advanced threats and compliance risks. An established cybersecurity thought leader, Mr. Steele’s expertise has been featured on CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Fox Business, Investor’s Business Daily, MarketWatch, and the Wall Street Journal. He also serves on the board of directors for Malwarebytes, Synack, Vonage, and Upwork. Prior to Proofpoint, Mr. Steele held the position of CEO of Portera and leadership roles with Sybase, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. He earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Washington State University.
Blake P. Sallé is the Chief Revenue Officer at Proofpoint. Prior to joining Proofpoint, Mr. Sallé served as President of Kony, the leading provider of enterprise mobility solutions, where he was responsible for all go-to-market functions and customer operations globally. During his career, Mr. Sallé has held key leadership positions across Worldwide Sales, Channels, Customer Success, Strategy, and Field Operations in five different capacities ranging from start-up to scale-out. He has worked for some of the most recognized and innovative organizations in technology and healthcare. These organizations include Cisco, VCE, VMware, EMC, Johnson & Johnson, CSC and an Andreessen Horowitz backed start-up acquired by RSA. Blake holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
With over 15-years of experience in the information security industry, Ryan currently leads cybersecurity strategy for Proofpoint and is a sought-out expert for media commentary on breaches and best practices for enterprises as well as consumers. He joined Proofpoint from WatchDox where he served as chief marketing officer and was responsible for successfully building and leading the marketing team through the company’s acquisition by Blackberry. Prior to WatchDox, Ryan was instrumental in running solutions across Hewlett-Packard’s portfolio of security products. He has also held a variety of marketing leadership positions at ArcSight and VeriSign including EMEA regional manager. Ryan received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University, where he studied fault tolerance, cryptography, and authentication algorithms.
David Knight leads Proofpoint's Threat Systems Products Group. He brings a wealth of large enterprise SaaS experience to Proofpoint, having previously served as CTO of Cisco's Collaboration Software Group, where he was responsible for product and technical vision and strategy, product management and user experience. Mr. Knight was previously vice president of product management for leading cloud-based conferencing and collaboration vendor WebEx Communications, where he played a central role in the company's rapid growth and eventual $3.2 billion acquisition by Cisco. Earlier he was vice president of marketing and product management for SaaS pioneer Portera Systems and an entrepreneur in residence at Institutional Venture Partners. Mr. Knight has also held management positions at Sybase and Oracle. He holds an M.S. in industrial administration and a B.S. in information systems and industrial management from Carnegie Mellon University.
Ashan Willy leads Proofpoint’s products and services group worldwide. He is responsible for the strategy and direction of Proofpoint’s technical go to market and support and service functions associated with the portfolio. Ashan is active with Proofpoint’s global customer base, industry partners, industry peers as he strives to protect people & the information they create from a dynamic threat landscape. Prior to Proofpoint, he has more than 20 years of leadership experience in engineering, product management, worldwide strategy & planning in global markets at companies like Webex, Juniper, Polycom and Cisco. Ashan holds a Master’s of Business Administration from Pepperdine University in California and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada.
Lucia Milică currently serves as Global Resident Chief Information Security Officer at Proofpoint. She is a senior technology leader with extensive technical and business experience. In her previous role, Lucia was the VP, Chief Information Security Officer & Chief Privacy Officer for Polycom, responsible for all aspects of data privacy and information security. Previously she held leadership and technical roles in IT governance & strategy, security risk and compliance, corporate and product security, data privacy, and IT infrastructure at companies including Polycom, HP, Palm, Wells Fargo, Franklin Templeton. Lucia also serves as an advisory board member for several organizations and holds a Master in Business Administration and Juris Doctorate, in addition to pursuing a Master of Science in Information and Cybersecurity from University of California, Berkeley.
Tim Choi is responsible for product marketing of all products and solutions at Proofpoint. Prior to Proofpoint, he was a member of the product management leadership team at BlackBerry and was part of the turnaround journey of the company to software and security. Choi also led product management and product marketing at WatchDox (acquired by BlackBerry) and product initiatives for VASCO’s cloud authentication services. Choi started his career as the first employee at Voltage Security (acquired by HP), where he held leadership roles in product management, technical sales, services and business development. He has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and M.S. degree in Management Science and Engineering, both from Stanford University.
