AI's Impact on Security Integration – A Roundtable Discussion

Rudy Aragon joined Elite ISI in 2009, bringing over 25 years of experience in advanced security solutions. He specializes in systems that proactively prevent crime, with a proven track record in determining strategic priorities, fostering growth, engaging in planning, and facilitating leadership and team communication.

With more than 35 years of experience in the IT and security industries, Wayne Smith leads the Tech Systems Inc. team in providing service-centric and converged security solutions to many Fortune 500 companies, as well as over 600+ healthcare institutions. He provides clients and prospects with the essential information, technology and training to manage the ever-increasing convergence of logical and physical security solutions. Smith currently holds the following certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Protection Professional (CPP), and Physical Security Professional (PSP).

CEO of D/A Central, Bill Hogan’s insight into data-driven integrated solutions led him into the physical security space in 2013. He has expanded the reach of D/A Central both technologically and globally leading D/A to support enterprise-class clients including critical infrastructure, manufacturing, higher education, health care, and financial institutions. Bill’s experience began in the “big data” tech world as the founder of MBR Intentional Marketing which provided retail marketing insights driven by software analytics. After selling MBR in 2012, Bill joined D/A as President and has accelerated its data-centric focus on electronic physical security. Bill believes that metadata and access control data are differentiators to leverage client systems for powerful business outcomes. Bill has served as an officer of Security-Net, a federation of enterprise-class security Integrators. Bill has also authored numerous articles on security and has participated as a speaker and thought leader in the industry. His current focus is the convergence of generative AI, big data, and blockchain technology for the industry. Bill has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan’s School of Literature, Science and Arts. He is a father of four adult daughters, and 6 grandsons and has been married to his wife Chris for over 40 years. He is an avid hunter, golfer, and mentor.