Minneapolis Cybersecurity Conference

Tina is a highly accomplished Cybersecurity & Compliance Executive/Entrepreneur with almost 20 years of success leading cybersecurity advancements in retail, banking, technology, manufacturing and medical device industries.

Tina is currently the Vice President of Information Security and Enterprise Architecture at Sleep Number Corporation and has held executive cybersecurity leadership positions at Best Buy, Inc., Shutterfly, Inc., and Target Corporation. She built and led a consulting firm, Beacon Information Security, LLC, a highly-credentialed, multi-industry cybersecurity advisory and consulting service. Tina specializes in cybersecurity and privacy program building and maturation, cybersecurity risk management, enterprise security policies, security awareness, phishing programs, mergers & acquisition security evaluations, and recruiting/building high-performing, diverse teams.

Tina holds a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Behavior & Management from St. Scholastica and a Master of Business Administration from Augsburg University. In addition to holding an MBA, Tina maintains an active CISSP certification and is a part-time adjunct Cyber Security instructor at Dunwoody College in Minneapolis and serves on their advisory board. Tina was also invited to be a guest instructor for the University of Minnesota’s Masters of Security Technologies (MSST) degree program.

Tina is currently the Vice President of the Minnesota Affiliate of the WiCyS (Women in CyberSecurity) National Organization in addition to a Think Tank member and Program Committee Chair for the Cyber Security Summit, a large conference in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area going on its 12th year and was the keynote speaker at “Cyber Now – Birmingham, AL” in April 2018. She has been featured as a speaker at several highly attended conferences, including; GSX Las Vegas, ISC2 Security Congress, Secure 360 Minneapolis, Cyber Security Summit, and the Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Conference.