Charlotte Technology Innovation Leadership Breakfast
Thu, Feb 26
|Location is TBD
Join our upcoming Technology Innovation Leadership Breakfast! IT Practitioners & Executives in the Charlotte area come together to network and discuss relevant tech topics. The first half hour is for networking, followed by a guided, informal topic discussion over breakfast.
Time & Location
Feb 26, 2026, 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Location is TBD
About The Event
Speaker: Rick Doten
Title: vCISO, AI Researcher, Advisor and Neurodiversity Coach
Topic: The Benefits of Neurodiversity in Technology
Rick Doten is an award winning CISO who helps organizations reimagine and create new capabilities to mature their AI and cybersecurity programs in ways that aren’t yet common.
He was previously Healthplan CISO at Centene Corporation, CISO for multinational mobile services company, and vCISO supporting multiple international companies. During his time as vCISO he educated corporate boards, developed and matured security programs, built a SOC, and created the curriculum for a Cybersecurity Master’s degree program for an International University. Earlier in his career, Rick managed the east coast regional cybersecurity consulting practice for Verizon Business.
Rick focuses on AI Governance and Ethics research and assists companies to transform cybersecurity functions through an AI lens. He advises many venture capital firms and is on the Board of Advisors of eight innovative cybersecurity startups.…