Steering Committee
June 9th – 10th, 2026 // Boston, USA
HealthSec USA Summit is curated by and for a senior audience of experienced cybersecurity professionals in prominent decision-making positions. As such, our in-house producers have partnered up with an advisory committee of accomplished industry experts to guarantee that the most up-to-date and relevant topics are addressed at our events.
Anahi Santiago
CISO
Christiana Care Health System
Anahi Santiago is a Chief Information Security Officer at Christiana Care, leading cybersecurity for a major healthcare system with extensive experience in security, privacy, and risk management.
Michelle Jump
CEO
MedSec
Michelle Jump is the CEO at MedSec
Tara Larson
Product Sector Director – Chief Security Architect
Abbott
Tara Larson has been a technical leader in information and product security for 23 years in the healthcare and medical device manufacturing industries and the US government. She joined Abbott to lead product security design and create a product security program in electrophysiology.
Heather Costa
Director of Technology Resilience
Mayo Clinic
Heather Costa is a Director of Technology Resilience at Mayo Clinic.
Ramesh Pathak
Director and Chief Architect, Enterprise Architecture, Healthcare
Kyndryl
Ramesh Pathak is a Director and Chief Architect, Enterprise Architecture, Healthcare at Kyndryl.
Phil Englert
VP of Medical Device Security
H-ISAC
Phil Englert is the VP of Medical Device Security for Health-ISAC, working with Medical Device Manufacturers (MDMs) to help improve privacy and security while coordinating with Health Delivery Organizations (HDOs) to ensure implementations are practical and achievable. Phil has over 30 years of technical and operational leadership in the healthcare and life sciences.
Cecil Pineda
Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Vice President
R1 RCM
Cecil Pineda is the CISO and SVP at R1 – a global healthcare organization with more than 30K employees in the US, India, and the Philippines. Cecil leads a large team of cybersecurity professionals and is responsible for the security of its entire infrastructure. Cecil is also the Co-Founder of CISOXC – a professional organization bringing all cybersecurity leaders to various events.
Leon Lerman
SVP – GM
Axonius
Leon Lerman is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Axonius Healthcare. Prior to that Leon was the CEO & Founder of Cynerio, a leader in Healthcare cybersecurity who has been acquired by Axonius, Leon has 25+ years of experience in Cybersecurity. working with fortune 500 companies solving their biggest cybersecurity issues.
Matt Sickles
Executive Strategist
CDW
Matt Sickles is the Executive Strategist at CDW
Ty Greenhalgh
Industry Principal – Healthcare
Armis
Ty Greenhalgh is a Healthcare Information Security & Technology focused on IoMT & OT Security. Ambassador for HHS 405(d) Workgroup and HSCC Task Groups. Healthcare Industry Principal at Medigate by Claroty.
