ECI Conference • November 2-4, 2011 • Bolger Center, Potomac, Maryland  

Speaker Profiles

Confirmed Keynote:

Keith L. Prewitt
Deputy Director, U.S. Secret Service

Keith L. Prewitt was appointed to the position of Deputy Director on July 20, 2008. Mr. Prewitt is a 25-year veteran of the Secret Service.

As Deputy Director, Mr. Prewitt executes oversight of the agency's daily operations, including its more than 6,600 personnel and $1.4 billion budget. He also develops and implements policy as it relates to the agency's investigative and protective mission.

Keith Prewitt began his career with the Secret Service in 1983 as a special agent in the Memphis Field Office. He progressed steadily through the ranks of the Secret Service, and his subsequent career assignments included duty in the Washington and Chicago Field Offices, the Vice Presidential Protective Division and the Liaison Division.

As a supervisor, Mr. Prewitt has served as the Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Office, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Candidate Nominee Operations and the Special Agent in Charge of the Major Events Division. Mr. Prewitt also served as the Deputy Assistant Director of the Office of Protective Operations and the Deputy Assistant Director of the Office of Government and Public Affairs.

A member of Secret Service's senior leadership team, Mr. Prewitt held positions as the Assistant Director for the Office of Human Resources and Training for three years, and prior to that as the Assistant Director of the Office of Government and Public Affairs. Most recently, as the Assistant Director of the Office of Protective Research, Mr. Prewitt oversees the agency's threat and vulnerability assessment activities as well as the evaluation and implementation of technology-based protective countermeasures.

Mr. Prewitt is a native of Memphis, Tennessee and a former Memphis City Police Officer. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology/criminal justice from Memphis State University. He is a board member of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board.

Mr. Prewitt has received numerous awards and accolades during his distinguished career in law enforcement, including the 2005 Department of Homeland Security Secretary's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diversity Management.


2nd Day Keynote:

Bradley J. Bondi
Partner
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP

Bradley J. Bondi is a partner in the Business Fraud and Complex Litigation practice and Securities Litigation practice, in the Washington, D.C. and New York offices of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP. He focuses on securities, corporate, and financial laws (civil and criminal). He represents companies, financial institutions, and individuals at trial and on appeal in a wide range of complex civil and criminal matters, including Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions, securities and financial litigation, commercial litigation, regulatory proceedings, and international disputes. In a counseling role, he advises boards of directors and senior management of public companies and financial institutions on matters of corporate governance, securities and financial regulation, insider trading law, regulatory compliance under the Dodd-Frank Act, and crisis management.

In addition to private litigation, he defends clients in enforcement actions and investigations initiated by various federal and state agencies and departments, including the SEC, Department of Justice, United States Attorneys, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission, Office of the Controller of the Currency, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Federal Reserve, Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Such matters may involve allegations related to securities, banking, and accounting fraud; insider trading; antitrust violations; whistleblowers; adequacy of disclosures; broker-dealer and investment adviser compliance; fiduciary duties; mortgages and lending; complex financial products; securitization; deceptive trade practices; and alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-bribery laws, anti-money laundering laws, export control laws, and national security laws.

Prior to joining Cadwalader, Mr. Bondi was a member of the executive staff of the SEC, serving as Counsel to Commissioners Troy Paredes and Paul Atkins for enforcement actions and regulatory rulemaking. While at the SEC, Mr. Bondi was detailed to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission where he served as deputy general counsel and assistant director.

Mr. Bondi is the author of articles and book chapters on securities law, criminal law, corporate governance, and the attorney-client privilege and work-product protection. His articles have appeared in the law journals of Harvard University, New York University, Northwestern University, the University of Virginia, and Fordham University. He has appeared as a commentator on national television to discuss criminal and civil enforcement of the federal securities laws, and he has advised lawmakers and policymakers on issues related to securities and financial regulation.

An adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and George Mason University School of Law, he earned his LL.M (with distinction) in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown, where he finished with a perfect gradepoint average and seven book awards. He earned his J.D., M.B.A. in finance and management, and bachelor’s from the University of Florida.


Ricardo Bueno
Strategic Technology Advisor for the Intelligence Community

Mr. Bueno has 24 years of direct experience designing, developing, implementing, and managing enterprise architectures to include expert business and technical knowledge in information engineering and management, information security, federated identity management, portal architecture, global information grid computing and Secure Computing Operations Centers. Currently serves as the Chief Architect for the Intelligence Community; a multidisciplinary solution professional responsible for managing IT architecture efforts within the US, EMEA, and Asia Pacific global regions supporting commercial, defense and intelligence domains.


Ken Donohue
Principal, Reznick Group 

Reznick Group, a top 20 national CPA firm, today announced the appointment of The Hon. Kenneth M. Donohue, HUD Inspector General, as a principal in the firm’s Government Services group. Donohue will start with Reznick Group in October and will continue to focus on compliance, fraud and abuse, and prevention and protection internal controls on behalf of the firm’s federal and state and local government clients.
Nominated by President George W. Bush as the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Donohue was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 25, 2002.

Mr. Donohue had a distinguished 21-year career with the U.S. Secret Service as a special agent. After the Secret Service, in 1990, Mr. Donohue was named Assistant Director of Investigations for the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). At the RTC, his staff was successful in uncovering fraud and abuse among directors and officers of failed savings and loan institutions.

Mr. Donohue has been an innovator in programs and techniques that have been used and commended by the CIA, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the General Accounting Office, and the Department of Treasury. Mr. Donohue is a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Protection Professional with the American Society of Industrial Security. He holds a Master’s of Science degree in Criminal Justice.

Thomas Varney
IBM Chief Information Officer, Cybersecurity & Privacy, Global Business Services

Thomas Varney serves as chief technology officer of IBM Corporation’s business consulting services, public sector. He assists federal, local and state governments on privacy and security.
Prior to joining IBM, he served as vice president of forensic services for Trustwave Corporation, where he was responsible for business development, marketing and delivery of IT security and computer forensic investigations to Fortune 100 firms.

Varney previously served as chief information security officer at McDonald’s Corporation. His responsibilities included security architecture, business continuity and resumption, security awareness and training, intrusion detection, incident response and data privacy for operations in more than 120 countries.
Varney was recalled to government service stemming from the war on terrorism, and for nearly two years served the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Coalition Provisional Authority, responsible for the fusion of intelligence, investigations and protective operations throughout Iraq.

Varney also served as a director with Ernst & Young’s Information Security and Computer Forensics practice providing support to Fortune 500 companies; a special agent in charge for the Department of Defense and special agent with the U.S. Secret Service.

Varney has received numerous awards for his work from the Department of Justice, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Attorney’s Office and Department of Defense.

Varney is a frequent speaker on issues related to IT security, electronic evidence, risk management strategies and corporate governance. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Information Systems Security Association, American College of Forensic Examiners International, Information Systems Audit and Control Association and the High Technology Crime Investigators Association, where he recently served on the international board of directors.

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