Delaware Innovation Week 2017

Eric Smith joined JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC) in January 2016 as the Executive Director for Consumer and Community Banking (CCB) Cybersecurity. In this role, Eric is responsible for CCB Vulnerability Management, CCB Software Security Assurance Program (SSAP), Cyber Risk and Governance, Cybersecurity Services, Security Architecture and CCB Payment Key Management. Eric is also the CCB point of contact for coordination and partnership with JPMC’s Global Technology Cybersecurity organization. Prior to joining JPMC, Eric spent three years at Citi, where he was the Senior Group Information Security Officer (GISO) for Citi’s North America Consumer Bank, which included Branded Cards, Citi Retail Services, CitiMortgage, and Citi’s Retail Bank. In addition to his capacity as a GISO, Eric also provided information security guidance and support for Citi’s Global Cards functions, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance program, and provided security services for the North America Chief Information Officer.

Prior to Citi, Eric served as a Senior Information Security Manager at Bank of America. His previous responsibilities included global technology and program management for a variety of Information Security disciplines, including Insider Threat, Identity and Access Management, Information Protection and Monitoring, Social Engineering, Advanced Malware, Information Security Service Delivery and Security Consulting. Eric also led the enterprise Identity and Access Management Transformation Program, implementing enterprise technology to effectively manage system access across multiple complex platforms and applications. Eric spent a combined thirteen years at Bank of America and MBNA America, which was the world’s largest independent issuer of credit cards prior to being acquired by Bank of America in 2006.

Eric holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Delaware, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He also holds two industry certifications, including Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Payment Card Industry Professional (PCIP). He is a member of the Information Security Audit and Control Association (ISACA).

Eric is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

James Hasenmayer is a software engineering leader with expertise in designing, building, and deploying large scale distributed systems. James is co-lead of the Backend Infrastructure team at BlackRock, supporting the Aladdin platform. This team is responsible for developing core software infrastructure including the BlackRock Messaging System (BMS) and our internal compute farms, and focuses on ensuring a fully stable, scalable and cost efficient infrastructure across all the systems at BlackRock. He is currently focused on an initiative to migrate the Aladdin platform to run on a more scalable, cloud based architecture.

Carina graduated from Wilmington University with a degree in Computer and Network Security in May 2016. During college she worked at the help desk at Wilmington University. She recently went through a coding program called Zip Code Wilmington which helped me develop programming skills. She currently work at Chatham FInancial as an Application Security Analyst.

Frank is the Director of Technology at The Archer Group, a Digital Marketing agency based in Wilmington, Delaware. As the Director of Technology, Frank is responsible for the day-to-day operations as well as the long-term vision of the team. He brings a practical approach to software development at Archer, balancing the need to stay on the cutting edge of software with the needs of Archer’s clients.

Frank graduated from the University of Delaware in 2005 with a Masters’ degree in Computer Science. In his spare time you can find Frank at the Delaware Rock Gym.

As part of Trellist’s Web Development Services, Supraja leads and contributes to IT and Application Development client projects. Supraja is an experienced front-end web developer who is also skilled in email, print, and web design, technical writing, and audio and video editing which allows her to play multiple roles on a single project for maximum efficiency. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Delaware. Her other interests include reading, journaling, listening to podcasts, and cooking.

Mikaila is a Full-Stack Developer and alumni of Zip Code Wilmington. After completing coding boot camp, Mikaila was a Software Developer at Comcast. While volunteering at Delaware State University's App Academy, he discovered his passion for teaching. He later decided to combine his love for computer science and his passion for education and joined Zip Code as a Project Manager.

Greg Caskey teaches Economics at the Delaware Military Academy and is the Founder of HipHoponomics, where he teaches economics through Hip-hop, as he has a burning desire to reach students with the life changing message of the economic way of thinking. He has released two albums on SoundCloud over the last two years along with lyrical lesson plans for teachers. Most recently, "HipHoponomics Vol. 2: The Man, The Myth, Adam Smith" dropped on May 5th, 2017, which has received regional and national press attention, including being featured on the front page of the Delaware News Journal and in a nationally syndicated column by economist Walter E. Williams. With thousands of SoundCloud plays already, M.C. Caskey is poised to reach a national audience of students and teachers through HipHoponomics.

Alex Brown is the CEO of Textable. A local Delaware startup that provides texting for businesses. He is also a full stack engineer with a love for JavaScript. After graduating from the first class of Zip Code Wilmington, Alex went on to work at JP Morgan & Chase Co. While at JP Morgan, Alex continued to work on side projects including one that would eventually become Textable.