Technology Leaders Dinner

Todd M. Carroll serves as the ASAC of the Chicago Violent Crimes Branch. He has served as the Intelligence Operations Branch and Counterterrorism ASAC while in Chicago since 2013. Previously, he served as an Assistant Inspector in the Inspection Division. Mr. Carroll entered duty with the FBI in 1998 and was assigned to the Washington Field Office working Counterterrorism matters. He was promoted in 2003 as a Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) with the Critical Incident Response Group/Rapid Deployment Logistic Unit. From 2006 to 2011, he was assigned as the SSA over the Cyber program in the Chicago Field Office. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Law Enforcement Administration from Western

Illinois University and a Master’s of Science in Cyber Security from University of Maryland, University College in 2012. He holds three Global Information Assurance Certifications in information and cyber security. He currently oversees all violent crime and crimes against children investigations in Chicago and the violent crimes/gang squads in all four of the Chicago’s Resident Agencies. Prior to joining the FBI, ASAC Carroll was a police officer in Oakland, California and Western Springs, Illinois.

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Giancarlo Profenna is an Executive and VP at Zurich Insurance overseeing Global Information Security Governance. Giancarlo has spent over 18 years in the development and implementation of security, performance improvement and strategy. Early in his career, he worked for a small entrepreneurial company, developing products and services and managing the infrastructure. As a consultant with PwC, he focused on the healthcare and financial sectors. He served as the national lead for security strategy while leading security and performance improvement engagements. At Zurich, Giancarlo leads a team focused on analytics, assessment, governance and strategy.  He has led multiple transformative global programs, including implementing the company’s first baseline controls assessment, building out a security inventory, and creating a KRI based approach to measure risk reduction. Giancarlo is currently involved in initiatives in Cyber Insurance, Cyber Policy development and Cyber and Information Security Strategy. Giancarlo has lived and worked abroad in Switzerland, has earned both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Loyola University Chicago and holds certificates of CISSP, CISA and CISM.