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Keynote Speaker Topics
- Cybersecurity Talent Retention and Development
- Building Resilient Cybersecurity Warriors
- Executive Management Development
- Core Essentials for Building High-Performance Teams
- IAM, Data governance, and compliance complexities
Elevate your next event with a keynote speaker who has navigated the IT and Security drama for over 30 years, bringing innovation and resilience to the forefront — introducing Coach Mel! With an unparalleled blend of real-world experience, Coach Mel delivers not just a speech, but a transformative journey through the cybersecurity landscape.
Keynote Speaker – Mel Reyes
Why should you book Coach Mel as your next Keynote Speaker?
Because you’re not just getting a keynote speaker; you’re empowering your audience with decades of wisdom, executive coaching, and the latest cybersecurity best practices. Coach Mel’s authenticity, combined with a passion for team building and leadership development, turns the complex world of cybersecurity into an engaging, compelling narrative that resonates with every attendee.
Keynote Speaker – Mel Reyes
But it’s not just about the stories. It’s about actionable insights, fostering a proactive cybersecurity culture, and uniting teams against the ever-evolving digital threats. Coach Mel’s dynamic approach ensures that your audience leaves not just informed, but inspired to act, lead, and secure their digital frontiers with confidence and cooperation.

Now What?
Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your event with Coach Mel’s captivating presence. Elevate your cybersecurity dialogue and inspire a culture of resilience and unity. Book Coach Mel now and set the stage for an unforgettable keynote that will leave a lasting impact on your organization’s cybersecurity approach. Let’s make your next event not just memorable but monumental.
Past Keynote Speaking Engagements
2025 Keynote Speaker Engagements
- Keynote Speaker – ❝ Leading Fearlessly in the New Era of Cyber Resilience ❞ – The Official Cybersecurity Summit
- Panelist – ❝ Incident Response and Threat Mitigation ❞ – The Official Cybersecurity Summit
- Speaker – ❝ CEO/CFO Executive Brief: Top 10 Cybersecurity Priorities ❞ – TAP Network
✔️ August 2025
- Moderator – ❝ Serving & Empowering the Next Generation ❞ – ISSA SoCal: Freddy Cook & Jeffrey Aguillar
- Moderator – ❝ I AM MACHINE – Len Noe Movie Premiere ❞ – Black Hat / Cyber Circus Network & BarCode
- Host & Volunteer – ❝ DefCon AppSec Village 2025 ❞
✔️ July 2025
- Speaker – ❝ From Homeless College Student to Tech Leader & Mentor of Mentors ❞ – Unveiling Journeys with Tiffany Alexander
- Speaker – ❝ Confidence, Coaching, and the S-Word ❞ – Hacker Valley Media
- Keynote Speaker – ❝ API Security is Product Security ❞ – Wallarm LA Security Summit 2025
- Panelist – ❝ Security Leaders ❞ – Wallarm LA Security Summit 2025
✔️ June 2025
- Speaker – ❝ Creating Your Vision & Building Resiliency ❞ – SIM Women Webinar
- Panelist – ❝ Is Your Security Posture Ready for AI & Quantum Threats? ❞ – Raices Cyber Org
- Moderator – ❝ Cybersecurity Panel ❞ – CyberRisk Alliance LA Leadership Exchange
- Panelist – ❝ Cybersecurity Panel ❞ – IAMCP SoCal
✔️ March 2025
- Speaker – ❝ Global & Geopolitical Impact on Supply Chain Security ❞ – GRCIE TV
- Speaker – ❝ Coach Mel’s 5 V’s Framework to Creating a True North ❞ – CyberRisk Alliance CISO Dinner
- Speaker – ❝ Mastering Storytelling for Effective Resumes and Networking ❞ – ISSA SoCal Chapter
✔️ February 2025
- Moderator – ❝ Black History Month – Breaking Barriers, Building Legacies ❞ – ISSA SoCal Chapter
- Moderator – ❝Educational Series: Your Entry Into Cybersecurity ❞ – Raíces Cyber Org
- Speaker – ❝ Building Resiliency!❞ – Hacker in Heels Insiders
✔️ January 2025
- Keynote Speaker – ❝ Ditch the chaos, embrace the possibilities! ❞ – ISACA Denver: SheLeadsTech Conference
2024 Keynote Speaker Engagements
✔️ November 2024
- Moderator – “Journey to Generative AI: Build Business Value at Scale” – C-Vision Think Tank
- Host – “Elite Leadership – Finding Your Nirvana with Nora Osman” – Elite Leadership Livestream
- Panelist – “The Challenge of Scaling AppSec: Why It’s Harder Than You Think“ – AppSec Conference
- Speaker – “The Art of Throwing the (Calculated) Cybersecurity Hail Mary” – Risk and Reels: A Cybersecurity Podcast
- Host – “Elite Leadership – Creating Brave Spaces with Leiyah Shan” – Elite Leadership Livestream
✔️ October 2024
- Panelist – “Root to CISO: How to Build Your Skill Set & Pursue Career Satisfaction” – ISC² Security Congress
- Host – “Elite Leadership – I Don’t Fit in a Box with Keren de Via” – Elite Leadership Livestream
- Speaker – “Unlocking Resilience With 5V Framework” – The Brand Called You
- Host – “Elite Leadership – Workforce Development Expert Dr. Joel Perez” – Elite Leadership Livestream
- Speaker – “Building a Stronger Entrepreneurial Mindset” – Never Been Promoted Podcast Series
✔️ September 2024
- Speaker – “CISO Resiliency – Next Gen Talent” – InfoSec World
- Speaker – “Cyber Resources for MSPs & MSSPs” – Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem Summit (CDES)
- Speaker – “Filling Your Leadership Skills Gaps to Empower Yourself” – PRG Friday Coffee Series
- Speaker – “Interview with Coach Mel Reyes” – Interview with Misha Sobolev from Aphinia
- Speaker – “Coaching Crisis Management: Preparing Cybersecurity Leaders for Crisis Situations” – CISO Events, NYC
- Speaker – “Elite Leadership Interview with Jimmy Sanders” – Elite Leadership Series, ETC
- Moderator – “Next-Level Innovations: Unveiling GenAI – The Hype, The Reality, and The Future“ – C-Vision International LA Summit
- Moderator – “CIO/CISO Mastery: The Nexus of Seamless Business-Technology Harmony“ – C-Vision International LA Summit
✔️ August 2024
- Speaker – “Psychological Safety, Burnout & Stress in Cyber, and Risk Reduction in Hiring” – Talent Gap Fireside Chat Podcast
- Speaker – “The Brand Called You Podcast” – Interview with Ashutosh Garg
- Speaker – “Notes from Black Hat w/ Shaun Walsh and Mel Reyes” – YouAttest Live Streaming
- Host – Live streaming interviews direct from Black Hat, BSides, and DefCon – Elite Leadership Livestream with Co-Host Shannon Noonan
- Speaker – “Never Been Promoted Video Podcast” – Interview with Thomas Helfrich
- Host – “Behind the Scenes of Managing a Nonprofit Cyber Community” – Elite Leadership Livestream with Edmond Momartin & Dr. Victor Monga
✔️ July 2024
- Host – “Reduce the grind on your people” – Elite Leadership Livestream with Dr. Tammie Hollis
- Host – “By the Numbers and More” – Elite Leadership Livestream with David Berry
- Host – “Coach Mel’s Leadership Circle 360 Review” – Elite Leadership Livestream with Lisa Baker
- Speaker – “Building Resilient Teams & How to Fill The Skills Gaps” – The Cyber Breakfast Club – LA
- Podcast – “Navigating the Complexities of a Cybersecurity Career and Burnout” – ISC² – Los Angeles Chapter
✔️ June 2024
- Moderator – “Innovation, Efficiency, and Security Team Automation” – CyberRisk Alliance LA Leadership Exchange
✔️ May 2024
- Podcast – “Cultivating Resilience and Innovation in Cybersecurity” – Incubator Podcast
- Moderator – “Mentoring Circle – Building a Visibility Plan” – SIM Women’s Summit
- Speaker – “How We Can All Help Fill The Skills Gaps In Teams” – ISACA/IIA Orange County
✔️ April 2024
- Speaker – “Filling the Skills Gaps in Cybersecurity” – ISC² Los Angeles
- Speaker – “The Changing Role of CISOs” – Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem
- Speaker – “Scaling MSP Efforts” – Cybersecurity Defense Ecosystem
✔️ March 2024
- Speaker – “Resilient Leadership” – Planet Cyber Sec
- Speaker – “Filling the Cybersecurity Skills Gap” – IIBA OC
- Speaker – “Cyber Risk Management Will be A Top Priority for Business Leaders” – Executive Leadership Network Fireside Chat
- Moderator – “Building a Security-Aware Culture” – Executive Leadership Network Panel Discussion
✔️ February 2024
- Panelist – “Why is IGA Failing Our Enterprises” – YouAttest
✔️ January 2024
- Panelist – “Data Visibility, Compliance, and Information Governance” – Enterprise Leadership Network
- Podcast – “Security training: Necessary investment or overrated expense?” – Escape
2023 Keynote Speaker Engagements
✔️ December 2023
- Keynote – “Transformative Journey Toward Professional Greatness” – Black Cybersecurity Professionals
- Speaker – “Building Security Warriors – Leading Teams w/o Dropping the Ball” – Planet Cyber Sec
✔️ November 2023
- Speaker – “Professional Development in Cybersecurity” – ISSA LA
- Panelist – “Defining a Competitive Edge: Developing Advanced Capabilities in the CIO and CISO Office” – CDM Media
✔️ October 2023
- Moderator – “Being Brown and Getting Accepted” – Cafecito with Mel
✔️ September 2023
- Panelist – “It’s not a matter of if but when” – Synergy Media
✔️ July 2023
- Moderator – “AI-Driven Transformation: Ensuring Security and Scalable Growth in the Digital Era” – C-Vision International CIO & CISO Think Tank
- Moderator – “Cloud Vulnerabilities” – C-Vision International CIO & CISO Think Tank
✔️ June 2023
- Speaker – “Building Security Warriors” – Blue Lava Community
✔️ May 2023
- Panelist – “Recruiting Top Talent – Should you Compromise?” – SIM Women’s Summit
✔️ March 2023
- Speaker – “Executive Leaders Panel” – Planet Cyber Security / Layer 8 Masters
- Speaker – “Building IT & Security Warriors” – LA County Security & IT Teams
- Moderator – “Navigating the Threat Landscape” – SCSIM Summit
2022 Keynote Speaker Engagements
✔️ November 2022
- Panelist – “Identity Security in the Boardroom” – BDI Online & Sailpoint
✔️ October 2022
- Panelist – “Global Impact on Vendor Managed Security” – ITServe Alliance
- Panelist – “Can Technology Ever be Sustainable?” – Studio @ Home
- Panelist – “Back to the Office: What Have We Learned So Far?” – Studio @ Home
✔️ September 2022
- Speaker – “Leveraging your Existing Skills to Break into Cybersecurity” – IIBA
- Speaker – “Scale to Zero” – Cloud Security Podcast – Cloudanix
✔️ July 2022
- Speaker – “Professionalism in Cybersecurity” – NextCISO Cohort – GRCIE
- Podcast Guest – “Weekly sprints to recraft your life” – Fail Faster podcast – the Philosophie Group
✔️ June 2022
- Moderator – “The New Economy + The Impact on IT Ops, Teams, Resources, and Priorities” – IT Leadership Forum – Lumos
✔️ March 2022
- Panelist – “State of Play: Modeling Risk in Innovation” – Studio @ Home
- Moderator – “Navigating Data Privacy Impact and Compliance Across Industry” – Southern California Society for Information Management 2022 Summit
2021 Keynote Speaker Engagements
✔️ October 2021
- Speaker – “How Legacy Systems Increase Security Risk and What to do About It” – AFCOM
✔️ September 2021
- Moderator – “Optimizing IT Compliance” – Rela8 & F-Secure
- Panelist – “The Ransomware Epidemic – What’s a CIO To Do?” – Society for Information Management SF Bay Area & AirGap
✔️ August 2021
- Panelist – “The Future Is Managed and Secure Networks” – Discussion Box & Comcast
- Moderator – “How do we stop attacks before they stop us?” – Rela8 & F-Secure
✔️ July 2021
- Moderator – “Navigating to Continuous Compliance” – Rela8 and SureCloud
✔️ June 2021
- Moderator – “Courageous Leadership and Fearless Reinvention: Guiding the Modern Enterprise in Turbulent Times” – HMG Financial Services CIO Executive Leadership Summit
✔️ April 2021
- Speaker / Moderator – “Securing the Future: A Preventative Approach to Endpoint Privilege Management” – BDI & BeyondTrust
- Moderator – “Mentoring and Advocacy” – SIM Women’s Leadership Summit
- Panelist – “Data & Analytics Panel Discussion” – Precision Technologies
- Speaker – “(CIO) IT Leadership Executive’s Viewpoint” – Kodi Connect
- Speaker / Moderator – “Accelerate your Organization’s Pace of Innovation” – GBI International
✔️ March 2021
- Speaker – “Cybersecurity Trends for Post Graduate Degree Candidates” – WiCYS Pace University
- Speaker – “The IT Security Winds Have Changed: What we learned from the SolarWinds Security Breach” – AFCOM Chicago
- Panelist – “Security is Everyone’s Responsibility” – The Studio @ Home, Hottopics, and Equinix
- Panelist – “Building Digital Advantage” – The Studio @ Home, Hottopics, and Equinix
- Speaker / Moderator – “(CIO) IT in Financial Services” – Kodi Connect
- Speaker – “Professionalism and Integrity in Communications” – PunchCode/Tech Impact (NPO)
✔️ February 2021
- Speaker – “Banking on Digital Transformation: A Guide to Tackle Cybersecurity with AI” – IQPC
- Panelist – “ITWorks: Goal Setting” – Workfront and BDI
- Speaker – “Lending and Digital Transformation” – TurnKey Lender – Market overview and trends
- Podcast Guest – “Meet the Parents! with Mel and Wendi Reyes” – Fashion Your Passion Podcast
✔️ January 2021
- Podcast Guest – “Positivity and Mindfulness for Techies” – Fail Faster podcast from the Philosophie Group Inc
- Speaker / Moderator – “Leveraging Leadership Qualities to Embrace a Culture of Innovation and Transformation” – GBI.
2020 Keynote Speaker Engagements
✔️ December 2020
- Panelist – “Reshaping the Business and the Future of Work” – Inaugural HMG Financial Services summit
- Speaker / Moderator – “How new data sources and types unlock unlimited analytics and insights” – Vation Ventures and Cloudera
✔️ November 2020
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- Breakout Moderator – “Next Generation Banking” – Summit – GDS
✔️ October 2020
- Speaker – “Elements of an Effective AppSec Program” – Vation Ventures and Veracode
- Moderator – “Reimagining Digital Identity during COVID-19 for FI 4.0” – Group Futurista
- Speaker / Moderator – “Untangle the Cloud to Ship Applications Faster” – Vation Ventures & SysDig
- Speaker – “Lending and Digital Transformation” – TurnKey Lender – Market overview and trends
✔️ August-September 2020
- Speaker – “Live Resume Makeover with Mel” – Sessions – Society for Information Management
✔️ August 2020
- Panelist – “Interview like a Pro Panel” – Discussion – Tech Elevator
✔️ April 2020
- Speaker – “C-Suite Perspective – Leadership & Integrated Marketing” – NYU Graduate School Course. Virtual Fireside chat with Peter Weingard, an NYU Marketing and Public Relations professor, with his CIO/CTO/CISO Perspective – Leadership & Integrated Marketing class.
✔️ January 2020
- Speaker – “Understanding the persona of the underserved and unbanked with Oracle Cloud tools” – Oracle Cloud Day 2020
Past Webinar/Podcast Interviews

- “Coach Mel’s Leadership Circle 360 Review” – Elite Leadership Livestream with Lisa Baker
- “Navigating the Complexities of a Cybersecurity Career and Burnout” – ISC2 LA Podcast with Shannon Brewster
- “Why is IGA Failing Our Enterprises” – YouAttest
- “Security training: Necessary investment or overrated expense?” – Escape
- “Riding both sides of the fence: CIO & CISO” – Aphinia
- “Building Security Warriors“ – Blue Lava
- “Scale to Zero“– Cloud Security Podcast – Cloudanix
- “Weekly sprints to recraft your life!” – Fail Faster podcast from the Philosophie Group Inc
- “Meet the Parents! with Mel and Wendi Reyes” – Fashion Your Passion Podcast
- “Positivity and Mindfulness for Techies” – Fail Faster podcast from the Philosophie Group Inc








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