Nathan is a highly recognised and equally qualified cyber security practitioner and trusted advisor. He is the Managing Director of CyberSec and currently consults as a subject matter expert on cyber security, security governance, information privacy and regulatory compliance. 

Nathan plays an active role in the cyber security community by facilitating and speaking at numerous conferences and with media, while forming part of specialist panels. He is a leader in ensuring the success of cyber security through a combination of business and technical acumen. 

As a leading subject matter expert on cyber security, information risk and hacking, Nathan has been part of the following panels and media discussions, to name a few: 

• Expert advisor to the CFO South Africa Editorial Committee;
• World Economic Forum – Cyber Security Author;
• ITWeb Features - Cyber Security Contributor;
• Cyber security Subject Matter Expert on 360 Biz Show on Cliff Central;
• Cyber security Subject Matter Expert on VOW FM;
• Specialist Guest Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg & Witwatersrand on Cyber Security;
• Speaker at the 2014 CISO Summit;
• Speaker at the 2015 Cyber Security in Banking Conference;
• Keynote Speaker at the 2015 CFO South Africa event (Digital Transformation);
• Speaker at the 2015 Retail Cyber Security & Digital Forensics Conference;
• Speaker at the 2016 46th IAFEI World Congress;
• Speaker at the 2016 Finance Indaba;
• Speaker at the 2016 Hackon Africa;
• Speaker at the 2017 Microsoft CIO Council;
• Member of CISO Alliances South Africa;
• Speaker at the 2018 CIO Chapter;
• Speaker at the 2018 Cyber Security Conference;
• Contributor at the ITWeb CISO Roundtables;
• Speaker at the 2019 ITWeb GRC Forum;

• Speaker at the 2019 Cyber Cerebral Summit.

A proud Dad, Technology Consultant & Developer 
Officially: Electronic Engineer with a BTECH in IT with a passion for AI 

Achievements  

• I've built some software to automate optimise workflows to enable business to scale and have a competitive edge. 
• Desktop, Web and Mobile Applications 
• Using, IOS  Android, Symbian, Windows, Cloud 
• Dealing with the issues of servicing various international markets 

Share-Point  

A place to share/measure the successes and failures in life, so we can harness the efforts of others to ultimately move forward together. 

Personal Site: gregmelson.com 

Work: share-point.co.za 

Twitter @GregMelson 

*I run a Technology Meetup (420+ Members) on AI + SharePoint and Technology today 

Working experience 

Corporate:  10+ YEARS  

Founder: 2+ YEARS 

Marianna Boguslavsky has a decade of digital marketing & strategy experience gained working in a variety of industries ranging from eCommerce, automotive, and publishing to SaaS, media, and property in London, Cape Town, Dubai, and Slovenia. She has worked at small companies, startups and large global agencies. She founded her own digital strategy agency (in UAE & South Africa) and focused on leveraging tech and specialist skills to grow startups and SMEs based regionally and internationally. She is fluent in English and Russian, is passionate about emerging AI innovations, and eats way too much sushi.

Kevin Derman is a Technology and Human Potential Evangelist. His favorite topic being the potential when these two forces are combined. Kevin is the CEO of Kaskade.cloud a cloud technology consultancy with a major focus in AI and machine learning. He has headed up the Partner and Channel Strategy both for Microsoft South Africa and IBM for the Sub Saharan Africa region. He has had various career experiences incorporating global corporates and entrepreneurial start-ups, including co-founding Infointeg, an Internet Start-up and being a motivational and business speaker. His presentations are engaging and deliver an eclectic mix of topics ranging from “the Psychology of Buying and Selling” to “Happiness – the never ending quest”.

Kevin holds the following degrees: BSc Masters, an MBA from UCT’s Graduate School of Business, and is an AWS Associate Cloud Architect.