Born to blue collar, immigrant parents in a suburb of New Haven, CT, legend has it that Mario was born with a screwdriver in his hand and started voiding warranties shortly thereafter. Raised on a steady diet of New Haven “Apizza” and hacker conventions, he decided to pursue a degree in computer science, much to his parents’ chagrin.
On the day he left for college, his father told him that he didn’t know if there was any money in “computers”, handed him a shovel and told him that if that whole “computer thing” didn’t pan out, this shovel would still be here waiting for him.

Mario DiNatale then went on to garner a reputation as one of today’s most prolific technology visionaries, while simultaneously distinguishing himself as a charismatic and versatile CIO and Cybersecurity thought leader, in both the public and private sectors.

Even while acting in an executive capacity, Mario still remains regularly engaged as a trusted Cyber Security adviser to a multitude of Governments, Fortune 50 CEOs, Federal Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies, as well as an ad-hoc member to Cybersecurity “Red-Teams” when called upon.

Spare time activities include building Lego sets with his daughters, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Astronomy… and he still has that shovel his father handed him all those years ago.

Matt Radolec is the Senior Director of Incident Response and Cloud Operations at Varonis, leading a global team of security and cloud experts. His teams were built to help organizations adopt a data-centric approach to cybersecurity by securing information assets from the inside out. Since its inception in 2017 the Varonis Incident Response Team, led and created by Radolec, has thwarted thousands of insider threats and cyberattacks, including notable breaches by Blackcat, Darkside, REvil, Trickbot and more. Radolec has over a decade of hands-on cybersecurity experience, holding prior roles of Cyber Threat Program Manager at WilmerHale and Cybersecurity Technical Lead at SRA International. You can also watch Radolec host the hit internet series, “State of Cybercrime.”