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Alex Rutkovitz Spigel

Vice President, Choice CyberSecurity

Alex Rutkovitz is the co-founder and Vice President of Choice CyberSecurity, a Security and Compliance firm specializing in industry-leading risk assessments and ongoing proactive security services. As a graduate of Drexel University with degrees in Management Information Systems and International Business, Alex has a strong background in IT networking and technology management. She has spent the majority of her career focused on providing state of the art risk assessments to her clients to help them meet compliance requirements and prevent cyberattacks in business settings.

Raffi Jamgotchian

President/CTO, Triada Networks LLC

As the son of a mainframe programmer, Raffi Jamgotchian has been around computers since the age of seven. Raffi joined and then later ran a successful Bulletin Board Service (BBS) out of his bedroom while in High School prior to attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and receiving a BS in Computer and Systems Engineering.

Raffi joined a control systems manufacturer and helped implement some of the largest distance learning and conference systems in the United States. In 1995, Raffi joined as a general IT technician and scriptwriter for a mid-tier investment firm, but eventually was the Director of IT Infrastructure for the New York region. During his tenure at that investment firm, he served as an advisor for emerging technology investments and managed many of the large scale IT integration projects including the first cybersecurity teams. During this time, Raffi obtained an MBA in Information Systems.

In 2006, he left that firm to assist in the startup over another smaller independent investment fund.

In the fall of 2008, in the middle of the financial crisis, Raffi saw an opportunity to service small investment firms that were now cropping up. They needed the same technical, compliance, and cybersecurity that larger investment firms did, but didn't have the resources.

Raffi lives in Northern NJ near Manhattan with his wife and 4 boys.