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Keynote: Building a Better Hacker Future

Jamie Winterton

Jamie Winterton is the Director of Strategy for Arizona State University’s Global Security Initiative. She steers the university’s cybersecurity research strategy and drives partnerships with government and industry. Jamie has provided expert testimony to the U.S. Senate on the impact of large data breaches. She chairs the university's DARPA Working Group, and is currently a member of the Washington Post’s “The Network” with regular contributions to The Cybersecurity 202. Jamie has appeared in USA Today, the Christian Science Monitor, Slate, NPR, and others, providing insights into cybersecurity issues.

Before joining ASU, Jamie was a scientist at Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Center, where she developed and directed projects in electro-optical and radar processing/analysis for multiple military and government organizations. Her work in optical characterization of materials, high-fidelity physics-based 3D modeling and simulation, and exploitation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data has been recognized for both innovation and mission utility. Jamie received her Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Arizona State University and her Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology at ASU’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society.