Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2019

ERIC O’NEILL is an attorney, author, cybersecurity expert and former FBI counterterrorism and counterintelligence operative. He is the founder of the Georgetown Group, the premier investigative and security services firm; serves as national security strategist for Carbon Black; and is the General Counsel for Global Communities, an international charity. He lectures internationally about espionage and national security, cybersecurity, hacking and fraud, and corporate diligence and defense, and has appeared as a national security expert on CNN and Fox. His writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, The Hill, TechCrunch, and Mashable. O’Neill is a graduate of Auburn University and the George Washington University School of Law. Eric is also the author of Gray Day, the thrilling story of how Eric helped take down notorious FBI mole Robert Hanssen, the first Russian cyber spy.

Laurent is a French citizen and the founder of several companies around the world. Currently CEO and co founder of Chainstack and CEO of Alemira, he has more than 20 years of global experience managing teams and technology companies such as Microsoft Dynamics, Parallels, Acumatica and Acronis, both at start up and growth stages in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. Until 2019, Laurent was the Chief Revenue Officer and in charge of operations at Acronis, a large B2B cyber protection software company. Laurent has marketed blockchain based solutions since 2016. Engaging with dozens of pioneering enterprises exploring decentralized technologies has placed Laurent at a vantage point. He has an in depth understanding of the technical and business challenges inherent to blockchain adoption and the significant business value it offers. Laurent believes that simplifying blockchain adoption is key to unblocking its true potential for enterprises. In 1994, he left Paris for San Francisco and completed his post graduate degree. Laurent holds a Ph.D. in International Business Administration from the International University of America in San Francisco and a DEA (Master’s Degree) in Economics and Management from the University of Paris XI, in Orsay France. He currently resides in Singapore with his wife and three kids.