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Ms. Vigilante has launched more than
200 outstanding websites, including
projects that offer informational services
to more advanced application
program interface (API) integration.
Brainstorming solutions is one of her
most noteworthy assets. With more
than 10 years of experience, she successfully
incorporates client concerns
and exceptional customer service.
Amanda lives on Long Island with her
four-legged bestie – who also enjoys
coming into the office to brighten up
the day.
She is a diehard Packers fan (Go, Pack,
Go!) and plays enough foosball to keep
her title as Foosball Champion.
When she’s not at work, she’s hiking on
a mountain, breathing in the fresh air
to escape it all.
NOEL GODDARD
Noel Goddard is the CEO of Qunnect, a
company building a first-in-class hardware
suite to enable scalable quantum
communications, the foundation of
the quantum internet. Qunnect’s
technology is a spinout of Stony Brook
University’s Quantum Information
Technology Lab.
Before Qunnect, Noel was a principal
with the Accelerate NY Seed Fund, an
investment fund focused on commercialization
of emerging technologies
in the downstate region of New York
State. The fund is a partnership
between Accelerate Long Island, a
nonprofit economic development
effort (accelerateli.org) and Empire
State Development, New York State’s
economic development agency.
Qunnect is the third Long Island startup
Noel has guided. She directed the
formulation R&D for Symbiotic Health,
a venture-backed startup spun out of
Northwell Health, developing oral
drug delivery of cellular and biologic
therapeutics for diseases of the lower
GI tract. Noel also founded a food safety
diagnostics company in Calverton’s
Food Business Incubator to develop
improved pathogen testing in fresh
produce.
Noel served as an assistant professor
of Physics at Hunter College, CUNY,
building the biophysics degree program.
She performed her postdoctoral
research at Harvard Medical School,
and completed her Ph.D. at Rockefeller
University.
KEITH STRASSBERG
A graduate of Binghamton University,
Keith is a long-time cyber veteran with
a career spanning more than three
decades. Keith, with his company
Cybersafe Solutions, is helping businesses
level the playing field against
today’s advanced cyber threats. Keith
also shares his cyber expertise having
authored numerous books on the topic
including Information Security: The
Complete Reference and Firewalls:
The Complete Reference. Keith serves
as an advisory board member to Pace
University Cybersecurity Certificate
Program and prior to joining Cybersafe,
he served as president and CTO
for SHC Universal, Chief Cybersecurity
Architect for The Guardian Life Insurance
Company of America, and a Cyber
Consultant for Arthur Andersen.
Cybersafe Solutions offers global
clients 24/7/365 SOC-as-a-Service and
Managed Detection, Response (MDR)
& Containment Solutions. Cybersafe
designs and implements custom programs
enabling early detection of cyber
threats before damage occurs. It’s
not a matter of if your systems will be
breached — it’s when. Threat 360, our
most comprehensive MDR solution,
was created with that in mind, to provide
unparalleled real-time visibility,
detection, response and containment
across your corporate endpoints, networks
and clouds.
PATRICK HUI
We all live in a cyberworld surrounded
by “big data.” Knowing how to manage
and secure “data” are keys to business
success. It is also the goal of Patrick
Hui, who spent more than 10 years
specializing in data security.
Patrick holds an engineering degree
with a strong mathematical and analytical
background. He is quick to adapt
to different security challenges such
as potential data breach, malicious
insider threats, and cyberattacks. For
10 years, Patrick has focused on the
data protection space, managing the
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) program
for corporations like Citigroup and
Cox Automotive. To ensure business
critical data, proprietary information
and customer personal identifiable
information (PII) are protected, he developed
DLP polices to detect and block
data exfiltration attempts, working
with auditors to ensure the organization
is PCI and SOC compliance. Patrick
truly believes that security is everyone’s
responsibility, and is enthusiastic
to educate and bring security awareness
to empower employees, playing a
critical role to secure corporate data.
Outside of the office, Patrick enjoys outdoor
activities like biking, fishing, and
playing basketball. He likes to listen to
music and plays guitar in his quiet time
at home.
CHARLES GUARINO
Charles Guarino has been an information
technology consultant for the majority of
his career. He is the founder and president
of Central Park Data Systems, Inc. (www.
centralparkdata.com), a Long Island and
New York City area-based IBM i midrange
consulting and corporate training company.
He is also a professional speaker
presenting at technical conferences and
events around the world. He is a frequent
contributor of articles and webcasts for
the IBM i community, covering a broad
range of IT topics and strategies. Charles
is a member of COMMON’s (www.common.
org) Speaker Excellence Hall of Fame
and was recently and proudly named an
IBM Champion (www.ibm.com/champion).
Additionally, he currently serves on
COMMON’s Strategic Education Team
(SET) and is the president and monthly
Q&A host of the Long Island System User’s
Group LISUG (www.lisug.org). To keep
the IBM i community connected, in 2020
Charles started the IBM I iChime virtual
group ( www.centralparkdata.com/
ichime ), which attracts attendees from
all over the world.
THE 2020 TOP TECHIES OF LONG ISLAND
Chief Executive Officer
Qunnect
Chief Operating Officer
CyberSafe Solutions
President
Central Park Data Systems, Inc.
Analyst
Cox Automotive
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