Tony BenderTony is the Director of Sales Engineering for Windstream’s Central Region. Tony has been in the telecommunications industry since 1993. He has held numerous roles in Sales, Operations, and Sales Engineering during his time in the industry. Tony leads a presales engineering organization consisting of 43 people across 11 states. This team is focused on helping potential and current customers design as well as implement secure converged data and voice networks. Tony resides in Waterloo, IL and is a graduate of Missouri State University.

Lisa McAleenanLisa is the Senior Vice President, Financial Services Manager Dir CID Operations at Lockton. Lisa has spent over 25 years in the industry underwriting and broking Executive Risk lines of coverage. She has built the Financial Services Unit for Lockton St. Louis and serves as the local liaison to Lockton’s National Practice Group. Product specializations managed by Lisa include: Directors & Officers Liability, Professional Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Network Security/Privacy Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Commercial Crime and Special Crime. Lisa’s responsibilities include direct supervisory duties for a nine person team specializing in these products in St. Louis. For her direct clients, she provides marketing, placement and servicing for all lines of Executive Risk products. Her range of clients include: national accounts, public companies, and large private companies.

Shane RitterShane is a Network Design Specialist for Windstream. Shane has been in telecommunications since 1997 in various roles including data/voice support, managing a data/voice installations team, and pre sales engineering. Currently Shane specializes in working in a pre-sales role to help potential clients design a robust and secure converged data/voice network. Shane’s main experience is with IP networks including cloud and premised bases security. He will be sharing ways that businesses can help keep their data networks secure.