The voices on stage at Predict 2025 aren’t just talking about the future, they’re building it. From Recorded Future leadership to customers and community experts, get ready to hear from the trailblazers shaping intelligence today. The full speaker lineup is coming soon, and it’s one you won’t want to miss.
Dr. Christopher Ahlberg is the CEO of Recorded Future, Inc. and Chairman of Hult International Business School. He advises a series of start up companies. Earlier Ahlberg was the president
of the Spotfire Division of TIBCO, which he founded in 1996 and in 2007 sold to TIBCO (Nasdaq: TIBX) for $195M. Spotfire was founded based on his ground-breaking research on information visualization. Dr. Ahlberg earned his doctorate from Chalmers University of Technology, worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Maryland, and has lectured and consulted extensively for industry, academia, military, and intelligence communities - as well as published & lectured in computer science, cybersecurity, psychology, linguistics, biology, and chemistry. He has five granted software patents, and multiple pending.
Dr. Ahlberg was named among the World's Top 100 Young Innovators by Technology Review, MIT's Magazine of Innovation in 2002. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Jamie Zajac has over 10 years of experience in security and data protection roles and is currently the Chief of Product at Recorded Future. Jamie holds a B.S. in Meteorology and Computer Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts.
Michelle McCluer is a recognized global cybersecurity leader with deep expertise in intelligence operations, crisis response, and cyber resilience. As Vice President of Global Fusion and Intelligence at Mastercard, she leads a worldwide network of Fusion Centers and intelligence capabilities, including Mastercard’s Global Fusion Center, Crisis Management program, Threatcasting Lab, European and Asia-Pacific Cyber Resilience
Centers, Advanced Threat Operations, and the Mastercard Intelligence Center.
Michelle’s work focuses on integrating advanced threat intelligence into operational security models to protect critical infrastructure and ensure business continuity across global networks. She has been instrumental in scaling Mastercard’s intelligence capabilities and aligning them with regulatory requirements and threat landscapes across
regions.
At the forefront of cyber defense strategy, Michelle actively engages with government partners and international security organizations to strengthen global threat-sharing frameworks. Her forward-leaning leadership is also shaping the future of cyber through innovation in fusion center models and the strategic use of predictive intelligence. Michelle is an Aspen Rising Leaders Fellow at The Aspen Institute and a passionate advocate for cyber policy, workforce development, and digital safety. She is also the author of Sam and Molly Stay Safe While Gaming, a children's book promoting online safety and digital literacy.
Staffan Truvé is the co-founder and CTO of Recorded Future. He has co-founded over 15 software companies, including visualization pioneer Spotfire (acquired by Tibco) and Appgate (now Cryptzone) for network security. Staffan holds a PhD in computer science from Chalmers University of Technology. He has been a visiting Fulbright Scholar at MIT. His research interests include threat intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, and information visualization. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Colin Mahony is the newly appointed CEO of Recorded Future. He joined the company in 2023 to continue the company’s rapid growth as the leading global provider of Threat Intelligence solutions.. Colin joined Recorded Future because he fervently believes in the company’s mission to “Secure our World with Intelligence” leveraging the company’s unique Intelligence Cloud and risk mitigation and remediation capabilities. Colin is passionate about this mission and the tremendous impact it has on customers, partners, and their communities. Colin has been in the analytics and data intelligence market for over twenty years operating in both early stage start-up environments and large global companies. He has also been a venture capitalist and board member of private and public companies.
Lincoln works as CTI lead at Deloitte Global. He has over a decade of experience helping organizations understand the threats they face and make informed, risk based decisions.
Corey is a military veteran and leader in Cyber Security with 14 years of experience, 14 industry accredited certifications, and a profound passion for all facets of Cyber Security. His diverse experience encompasses leading blue and red teams, executive advisory positions, incident response, security engineering, threat hunting, threat intelligence, and risk management. Beyond his professional pursuits, he indulges in hobbies such as mentorship, public speaking, attending conferences, conquering IT certifications, and experimenting with AI. A fun fact: Corey once hacked a drone and took over its controls!
With over 30 years of cybersecurity experience across multiple disciplines, Mr. Klein Keane has build and let multiple threat intelligence programs that delivered measureable value in order to withstand budgetar and executive scrutiny. Justin has worked across multiple verticals in both an advisory and in-house capacity. Justin currently leads CSL Behring's cyber threat intelligence program.
Adam has been with JPMorgan Chase for nearly three years, where he represents the firm during third-party cyber incidents and develops large-scale risk analytics. Prior to joining JPMC, he accumulated over 20 years of experience with the federal government, working on diverse projects in circuit board design, software development, cybersecurity analysis, and cyber operations. He was once voted by his peers as Most Likely to Make a Spreadsheet "Just In Case."
Sanjay Kumar is a Threat Intelligence Manager at Landis+Gyr and a PhD researcher in Cybersecurity and Networking at the University of Jyväskylä, specializing in hybrid machine learning–based threat detection. He has over a decade of global experience in threat intelligence, detection engineering, and adversary tracking, having worked at several international organizations, and he currently serves as Chair of IEEE Finland Young Professionals. Sanjay is an active speaker at international cybersecurity conferences and has earned numerous awards recognizing his contributions to the field.
Marie Brattberg is Chief Strategy Officer at Recorded Future where she works across all functional departments to develop, communicate, and oversee execution of the overall company strategy. Marie has been with Recorded Future since 2013 and before that, she’s spent 10 years in the high tech domain founding and growing startups in Silicon Valley, New York, and Stockholm. Today she advises a number of European based startups and serves on a few Board of Directors of local tech companies. Marie has a degree in Systems and Information Science from the University of Uppsala, Sweden. She’s also a Y-Combinator alumni.
Robert Moody is a Cyber Security Architect and Security Researcher. Robert’s team of Domain Architects support an array of core cybersecurity technologies that secure mission critical functions. Robert holds a Masters Degree in Cybersecurity and an Executive MBA.
Steve Range is a Director of Mastercard’s security operations with expertise in managing and optimizing enterprise security tools to detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats.
With 17 years of experience gained from working at the largest public and private organizations, he leads cross-functional teams in deploying technologies and strategies that strengthen organizational resilience and ensure continuous protection of Mastercard’s infrastructure.
Patrick Davey presides over Mastercard Corporate Security's Threat Emulation effort. Much of Mr. Davey's professional focus lies on the conversation of Cyber Threat Intelligence into improved security controls.
With 13 years of Cyber Security experience in both the public and private sector, Mr. Davey is dedicated to bridging the gap between talking about Cyber Threat Intelligence and actioning that intelligence.
Professor Chris Miller is an expert on international politics, economics, and technology.
He is the author, of Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology, a book that explains how computer chips have made the modern world—and how the U.S. and China are struggling for control over this fundamental technology.
A handful of companies control the manufacturing of all the world’s semiconductors, giving them a chokehold over the computing power on which everything from the biggest data centers to the tiniest Internet- of-Things devices depend.
The future of computing, the book argues, will be determined by who controls the ability to produce the world’s most advanced chips. Chip War won Financial Times' Best Business Book of the Year award in 2022 and the prestigious Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations in 2023. It was described by The New York Times as a “a nonfiction thriller.”
Miller serves as professor of international history at The Fletcher School at Tufts University and co-director of the school’s Russia and Eurasia Program.
He also serves as nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a leading think tank, where he researches and writes on trends in international politics. He is also a Director at Greenmantle, a New York and London-based macroeconomic and geopolitical consulting firm that advises some of the world’s largest hedge funds, venture capital firms, asset managers, and corporations.
Professor Miller’s previous books explored major trends in politics and economics that shaped the contemporary world. His book Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia explores the origins of Vladimir Putin’s rule over Russia and the economic impact Putin has had. Miller’s book We Shall Be Masters examines major shifts in geopolitics in Europe and Asia over the past three centuries, exploring the rise and fall of prior empires and how this legacy shapes Russia and China today.
Miller’s first book, The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy examined the collapse of the Soviet Union and global demise of socialism. Professor Miller frequently writes for newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and many others. He has published academic articles in leading journals of international politics and economics.
He has previously served as Associate Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale, a lecturer at the New Economic School in Moscow, a visiting researcher at the Carnegie Moscow Center, a research associate at the Brookings Institution, and as a fellow at the German Marshall Fund's Transatlantic Academy.
He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Yale University and his B.A. in history from Harvard University.
Adam Janofsky is the founding editor-in-chief of The Record from Recorded Future News. He previously was the cybersecurity and privacy reporter for Protocol, and prior to that covered cybersecurity, AI, and other emerging technology for The Wall Street Journal.
Jack Watson is a Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at Global Payments with over six years of experience specializing in intelligence collection, OSINT, and Dark Web insights. He previously served as a Cyber Systems Engineer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, collaborating with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Jack holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Appalachian State University, is pursuing an M.S. in Information Security Engineering from the SANS Technology Institute, and is passionate about inspiring future cybersecurity professionals through teaching and guest lectures.
Colin Ahern was appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul in June 2022 as New York’s first Chief Cyber Officer. In this role, he led the development of the state’s first ever cybersecurity strategy and leads cross-agency efforts to protect New York State from cyber threats.
Prior to joining state service, Colin served as First Deputy Director of New
York City Cyber Command and Acting Chief Information Security Officer of New York City. Colin worked in cybersecurity in financial services before joining New York City government. Colin began his career in the Army, enlisting in the reserves after 9/11 and later served on active duty as an Army officer where he deployed twice to Afghanistan. He was
promoted to multiple leadership roles and ended his Army career as company commander in the Army Cyber Brigade, where he oversaw the creation of a specialized cyberspace operations organization. His military awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Knowlton Award.
Colin has taught at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and is a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations. His academic and professional writing has been widely published, including by the Advanced Computing Systems Association, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Washington Post. Colin received a bachelor's degree from Tulane University and a Master of Business Administration from the New York University Stern School of Business.
Colin lives with his wife and two children in Brooklyn.
Colin Jost is a writer, performer and author best known for his work on “Saturday Night Live.” Jost starting writing for “SNL” in 2005 and has been the co-anchor of the show’s “Weekend Update” since 2014.
Jost has won five Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards and has been nominated for 15 Emmy Awards for his writing on “SNL.” Jost and Michael Che have hosted special editions of “Weekend Update” on MSNBC during the 2016 Republican and Democratic national conventions as well as the primetime “Weekend Update Summer
Edition” in 2017.
The duo also co-hosted the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2018 and in 2024 executive produced and co-hosted Peacock’s first-ever live comedy event, “Colin Jost and Michael Che Present: New York After Dark,” which featured an evening of surprise drop-in performances from stand-up comedians. In 2015, Jost wrote “Staten Island Summer,” a coming-of-age comedy that was released by Paramount Pictures. In 2016, he had a supporting role in the Warner Bros. film “How to Be Single.” Jost can be seen in the Paramount film “Coming 2 America.” He also starred in the Warner Bros. live-action animation film “Tom and Jerry.”
As a writer, Jost has been published multiple times in the New Yorker and has contributed to the New York Times Magazine and the Huffington Post, among others. In 2020, Jost debuted “A Very Punchable Face.” A New York Times bestseller, the memoir is a series of essays that documents pivotal moments in Jost’s life, including growing up in Staten Island in a family of firefighters, commuting three hours a day to high school, attending Harvard while Facebook was created and more. In 2024, Jost served as a correspondent from Tahiti for NBC Sports for the surfing competition at the summer Olympic Games. He also received strong reviews as the featured entertainer of the 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner.
He will soon debut as the host of “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” for Amazon Prime Video. Jost is from Staten Island, and his birthday is June 29.
Michael Che can be seen on his 12th season of Saturday Night Live as "Weekend Update" Co-Anchor alongside Colin Jost, and in his HBO Max series That Damn Michael Che, a comedy sketch series which he stars in, wrote and executive produced.
His first hour long comedy special, “Michael Che Matters” hit #1 twice on the platform, first upon its initial release and then again in 2020. Che’s second special for Netflix “Michael Che Shame the Devil” taped at the Fox Theater in Oakland. He has been nominated for multiple Emmys for his writing on “SNL,” and has co-hosted NBC’s live Emmy Awards telecast alongside Jost.
Prior to his time on “SNL,” Michael was a correspondent on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and appeared alongside Chris Rock in the 2015 feature, “Top Five.” When Che is not in front of the camera, he tours the world headlining live stand-up shows. He is a native of New York City.
Kelly White is the co-founder and CEO of RiskRecon, a cybersecurity risk ratings company that enables dramatically better third-party security risk management. Prior to founding RiskRecon, Kelly held various enterprise security roles, including CISO and Director of Information Security for financial services companies. Kelly was also practice manager and senior security consultant for CyberTrust and Ernst & Young.
Mariangela is a Cyber Threat and Counterintelligence (CTI/CI) professional with over 11 years’ experience in threat collection, including Deep/Dark/Clear sources, research, analysis, and finished intelligence writing, 5 years of which included All-Source Analysis and Production for the Intelligence Community (IC). My educational background is in East Asia studies with a China focus to include culture, history, military, and strategy. I currently build, mature, and lead CTI and Insider Threat programs, and excel in turning threat data into meaningful stories for operations teams and executives.
Jitin Shabadu is an analyst supporting security and risk professionals. His research focuses on Zero Trust, threat intelligence, network analysis and visibility (NAV), and automation and orchestration in Zero Trust environments. He works with clients to enhance their organizations’ security posture through Zero Trust and counter cyberthreats through automation and orchestration strategies. Jitin’s expertise spans numerous industries, including energy, finance, aviation, education, and government, enabling him to deliver tailored solutions for complex security challenges.
Previous Work Experience
Prior to joining Forrester, Jitin was a member of the US Banks Operational Risk (2LOD) Cyber Risk team at Morgan Stanley, responsible for the oversight and challenge of 1LOD operations for the firm’s application security and CIRT teams. Additionally, Jitin supported senior officers and executives across the firm in effectively responding to regulatory matters requiring attention (MRAs) and matters requiring
immediate attention (MRIAs). Before that, Jitin worked most of his career in the consulting industry, including at Boston Consulting Group, where he helped clients achieve their cyber defense and risk management objectives.
Education
Jitin holds a Master of Science degree in information security policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) in electronics and instrumentation engineering
from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani).
Jon Miller is a Team Lead on the Product Marketing team with a background in cybersecurity and healthcare IT, specializing in go-to-market strategy, product launches, and market intelligence. Prior to Recorded Future, he led product marketing for a cybersecurity advisory firm, driving campaigns to help customers strengthen their security posture. Originally from the Chicago suburbs and a Purdue graduate, Jon now lives in Kansas City, MO, with his wife, daughter, and dog.
