CISO Dinner

Patrick is the Global Head of Cyber Governance, Risk, and Compliance / Business Information Security Officer for CBRE. He was formerly the Deputy CISO for Cheetah Digital. He has been an Executive Business Partner at Experian; a Customer Delivery Executive and Service Delivery Leader at Dell; and owned a technology consulting company. He is a highly effective Business Leader with a mastery of Technology and Security. He is also a Writer, Speaker, and a continuous Mentor/Advisor and Learner. Patrick works across all technology and security domains and is experienced at building technology and security programs from the ground up. Patrick has owned his own technology consulting company, led software development and infrastructure organizations, and worked with all levels of executive leadership in technology, operations, and security. He holds certifications as C/CISO, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, CCP, PMP, ITIL Expert, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Patrick earned a Master of Science degree in Economics from the University of Texas at El Paso and a Bachelor of Science degree in Technology from Cameron University after serving as an enlisted soldier and commissioned officer for nearly 6 years in the Army. In his spare time, he is a commercial pilot and flight instructor. He studies and teaches Aikido, rides motorcycles, and is an avid reader of Chinese Philosophy. His favorite teaching is “From Chaos Comes Greatness,” from the Chinese Book of Changes (I Ching).  He has two grown sons, four granddaughters, and a grandson. He lives and works in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

American Airlines is the world's largest airline when measured by fleet size, revenue, scheduled passengers carried, scheduled passenger-kilometers flown, and number of destinations served. David Bell serves as the Managing Director of Cybersecurity & Technology Risk Management, CISO, at American Airlines. He previously served as the company's Managing Director of Enterprise Infrastructure Services, a position he assumed in April 2013, shortly before the merger, after serving since May 2012 as Senior Manager of Platform Hosting Services. Bell joined American Airlines in April 2007 as Senior Manager, Information Systems Security, after nearly six years as Associate Director at consultancies Arthur Andersen and then Protiviti.

Robert is the Vice President, Information Security and CISO for Invitation Homes. He is responsible for leading the Information Security program for Invitation Homes. Responsibilities include establishing a sound security strategy, governance, operations, service delivery, business integration and end-user awareness training. Robert’s career spans over 20 years in leading global teams in the delivery of IT Security operations. Robert has been influential in the leadership, design of security operations and delivery at First American Payment Systems, Dell Services, Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co., Bell Helicopter, Textron and Ameritech. Robert also has significant consulting experience obtained while working at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Robert has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Michigan State University and a Master of Science Degree from Walsh College of Business and Accountancy. Robert has completed the Executive Leadership Program at Thunderbird - Gavin School of International Management. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO), ITILv3 and a Certified Six-Sigma Green Belt.

Global leader in cyber security, Risk Quantification, information risk management & compliance, with proven track record of business leadership and transformation in cyber security, information risk management and compliance, security operations, developing and executing business-aligned strategies, and of driving a security business P&L and growth agenda of hundreds of millions of dollars annually. CEng - Chartered Engineer CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional FBCS - Fellow, BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) CITP - Chartered Information Technology Professional - Fellow MIoD - Member of the Institute of Directors Specialties: Enterprise Business & Technology Strategy Development and Alignment; Cloud, Infrastructure, Network, IoT & NextGen Security, Risk & Compliance; Outsourcing; Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures; International development.