Brooks Pierce is a sponsor of NC TECH’s State of Tech EXPONENTIAL conference on May 14-15 at the Durham Convention Center. The event includes a kick-off networking reception and a NEXT TECH Awards Celebration in partnership with Business North Carolina. Partner Will Quick is on the cybersecurity breakout session panel, “Critical Infrastructure + Attack Surface.” Other panelists include Bernice Bond, Chief Information Security Officer at NCDIT, Stephen Franklin, Chief Operating Officer at Netwatch.ai, Jennifer Minella, Founder and Principal Advisor, Network Security at Viszen Security, and Dan Gizzi, Managing Director at CyberGlobal. Brooks Pierce attorney Graham Dean is moderating the artificial intelligence (AI) breakout session panel discussion, “Ethical AI.” Panelists include Shankar Babu Chebrolu, Director of Security Architecture at Red Hat, David Ellison, Chief Data Scientist & Director of AI Engineering at Lenovo, I-Sah Hsieh, Artificial Intelligence Governance + Policy Executive at NCDIT and Stephanie McKee, Chief Technology Thought Partner at Apparo.
With more than 700 members, NC TECH is the statewide trade association for technology companies. State of Tech EXPONENTIAL is its largest annual content-oriented conference. Brooks Pierce is a long-time member of NC TECH, and our attorneys represent a number of the state’s leading technology companies. Partner Ed Turlington has served as State Government Counsel to NC TECH since 2005 and, along with Government Relations Advisor Drew Moretz, advocates for the industry before the legislative and executive branches.
Quick has a diverse litigation and regulatory practice, representing businesses and local governments in trial, appellate matters, and before state agencies in North and South Carolina. He specializes in litigating individual and class action related to data breaches and violations of privacy protection laws, particularly regarding website tracking and wiretapping. Quick also advises on privacy compliance programs and assists businesses navigate data breach responses, including ransomware attacks. He is a Board Certified Specialist in Privacy and Information Security Law from the North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization.
Dean advises clients on federal and state privacy compliance matters across various industries. Prior to joining Brooks Pierce, he worked as a legal data protection counsel at a large multinational investment bank and as a privacy and cyber associate at an Am Law 50 law firm. These experiences have equipped Dean with the knowledge and practical experience needed to assist clients with complex data privacy and security issues. He also holds an IAPP CIPP/US certification.
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